WSP11669

• File Number: 8149.100
• Description: Miscellaneous Small Projects and Project Studies - NRCS-Ft Lyon Canal Co Limestone Graveyard Creeks
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 9/1/1996
• Author: Bent Soil Conservati
• Title: Limestone-Graveyard Creeks Watershed Bent County Colorado Prowers County Colorado Watershed Plan and Environmental Assessment
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: EIS

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Cooperators will be strop-gly encouraged to participate
a prerequisite for receivi~g PL-566 cost-share funds.
certify landowner or enti~y participation.

in a workshop as
NRCS will

The NRCS will be responsible for technical services, writing and
administering the land treatment contracts, providing follow-up
assistance for operating and maintaining practices, and certifying
installation of land treatment practices. The plans will be written in
accordance with the guidelines found in the Field Office Technical
Guide, National Conservation Planning Manual and the National Long-term
Contracting Manual. Resource management systems will be installed by
landowners who will enter into Long-term Land Treatment Contracts with
the NRCS.

The Conservation practices will be applied by the participants or
through contractors hired be the project participants. The NRCS will
administer all contracts and provide cost-share funds. Cost-share
payments will be based on county average costs, or in some cases the
actual cost not to exceed a specified maximum, for that practice.
County average costs will be updated annually by the NRCS. The
participants will be responsible for their share of the cost of each
installation. In addition, the participants will be responsible for
following manageme~t plans prepared for the operating unit.

Contractinq

Approximately 108 individual Long Term Contracts on 26,700 acres will
be developed with assistance from NRCS. Participants representing at
least 30 percent of the irrigated land needing treatment must apply for
an LTC before any LTC will be approved. The participants share of the
cost of installing practices may come from any source other than
Federal funds without a reduction in NRCS funding as long as the total
financial assistance to be received does not exceed 100 percent of the
cost. If other Federal funds are used, the NRCS share will be reduced
by the amount of the other Federal funding.

The basis for each LTC will be a conservation plan of operations (CPOs)
that will detail the kind, amount, location and installation schedule
of the planned practices. CPOs will be reviewed and approved by the
SCDs prior to finalization of the contract between NRCS and the
participant.

Primary considerations in establishing the installation schedule
include: the seasonal nature of the practices; the inter-relationship
of practices; the availability of contractors and materials; the
landowners' financial situation; and the need for and availability of
technical services. These considerations will provide land users the
maximum time possible to finance their share of the project
installation cost.

Each contract may range in length from 3 to 10 years. All cost-share
practices must be installed two years before the end of the contract,

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