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APPENDIX D

Conservation Practices, Natural Resources Conservation

Service Environmental Evaluation Worksheet, and

Conservation Practice Exemplars

D-1

Table D-1. Conservation Practices

Code Practice Agriculture Best Management Practices on Dairy

Agriculture Best Management Practices on Cropland/Grazing

Winter Water Holding Plus Agriculture Best Management Practices

102 Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CAP) X

104 Nutrient Management Plan (CAP) X X X

118 Irrigation Water Management Plan (CAP)

X X

130 Drainage Water Management Plan (CAP) X X X

309 Agrichemical Handling Facility X X X

313 Waste Storage Facility X

314 Brush Management

X X

315 Herbaceous Weed Control X X X

316 Animal Mortality Facility X

317 Composting Facility X

327 Conservation Cover X X X

328 Conservation Crop Rotation

X X

329 Residue and Tillage Management, No Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed

X X

330 Contour Farming

X X

331 Contour Orchard and Other Perennial Crops

X X

332 Contour Buffer Strips

X X

338 Prescribed Burning

X X

340 Cover Crop X X X

342 Critical Area Planting X X X

345 Residue and Tillage Management, Reduced Till

X X

350 Sediment Basin X X X

351 Well Decommissioning X

356 Dike X X X

359 Waste Treatment Lagoon X

360 Closure of Waste Impoundments X

362 Diversion X X X

D-2




367 Roofs and Covers X

378 Pond X X X

381 Silvopasture Establishment

X X

382 Fence X X X

386 Field Border X X X

390 Riparian Herbaceous Cover X X X

391 Riparian Forest Buffer X X X

393 Filter Strip X X X

410 Grade Stabilization Structure X X X

412 Grassed Waterway X X X

430 Irrigation Pipeline (Manure Transfer Only) X

436 Irrigation Reservoir

X X

441 Irrigation system, Microirrigation

X X

442 Irrigation System, Sprinkler

X X

443 Irrigation System, Surface & Subsurface

X X

449 Irrigation Water management

X X

462 Precision Land Forming

X X

464 Irrigation Land Leveling

X X

468 Lined Waterway or Outlet X X X

484 Mulching X X X

490 Tree/Shrub Site Preparation X X X

511 Forage Harvest Management X X X

512 Forage And Biomass Planting X X X

516 Pipeline X X X

528 Prescribed Grazing X X X

533 Pumping Plant X X X

550 Range Planting

X X

D-3




554 Drainage Water Management X X X

557 Row Arrangement

X X

558 Roof Runoff Structure X

561 Heavy Use Area Protection X X X

575 Animal Trails and Walkways X X X

578 Stream Crossing X X X

580 Streambank and Shoreline Protection X X X

587 Structure for Water Control X X X

590 Nutrient Management X X X

591 Amendments for the Treatment of Agricultural Waste X

595 Integrated Pest Management

X X

601 Vegetative Barrier X X X

607 Surface Drain, Field Ditch X X X

612 Tree/Shrub Establishment X X X

614 Watering Facility X X X

620 Underground Outlet X X X

629 Waste Treatment X

632 Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility X

634 Waste Transfer X

635 Vegetated Treatment Area X X X

638 Water and Sediment Control Basin X X X

642 Water Well

X X

644 Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management

X X

646 Shallow Water Development and Management

X X

NRCS-CPA-52, April 2013

√ if RMS √ if RMS √ if RMS

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

C. Identification # (farm, tract, field #, etc. as required):

SOIL: EROSION

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

Amount, Status, Description

(Document both short and long term impacts)

Resource Concerns

√ ifdoes NOT meet PC



No Action Alternative 1 Alternative 2I. Effects of Alternatives

U.S. Department of Agriculture4/2013

NRCS-CPA-52

F. Resource Concerns and Existing/ Benchmark Conditions(Analyze and record the existing/benchmark conditions for each identified concern)

E. Need for Action:

D. Client's Objective(s) (purpose):

ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION WORKSHEET


No ActionH. Alternatives




In Section "F" below, analyze, record, and address concerns identified through the Resources Inventory process. (See FOTG Section III - Resource Planning Criteria for guidance).

Program Authority (optional):

Natural Resources Conservation Service A. Client Name:

B. Conservation Plan ID # (as applicable):

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

Alternative 2Alternative 1

NOT meet PC

SOIL: SOIL QUALITY DEGRADATION

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

WATER: WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION

NOT meet PC

WATER: EXCESS / INSUFFICIENT WATER

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC


ANIMALS: LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIMITATION

PLANTS: DEGRADED PLANT CONDITION

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

HUMAN: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

ENERGY: INEFFICIENT ENERGY USE

NOT meet PC

I. (continued)

√ if does NOT meet PC




Alternative 2No Action Alternative 1

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

F. Resource Concerns and Existing/ Benchmark Conditions(Analyze and record the existing/benchmark conditions for each identified concern)



AIR: AIR QUALITY IMPACTS



NOT meet PC


NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

ANIMALS: INADEQUATE HABITAT FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC

NOT meet PC


FS1 FS-2

●Coastal Zone Management

Guide Sheet Fact Sheet

●Clean Water Act / Waters of the U.S.

In Section "G" complete and attach Environmental Procedures Guide Sheets for documentation as applicable. Items with a "●" may require a federal permit or consultation/coordination between the lead agency and another government agency. In these cases, effects may need to be determined in consultation with another agency. Planning and practice implementation may proceed for practices not involved in consultation.

√ if needs further action

Document all impacts(Attach Guide Sheets as

applicable)

Guide Sheet





applicable)


●Clean Air Act

J. Impacts to Special Environmental Concerns


applicable)

Guide Sheet


Coral Reefs

●Cultural Resources / Historic Properties

●Endangered and Threatened Species


Natural Areas





Invasive Species

Prime and Unique Farmlands

●Migratory Birds/Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act



●Essential Fish Habitat

Environmental Justice

Fact Sheet



Scenic Beauty

Alternative 2Alternative 1

Floodplain Management

Riparian Area

Special Environmental Concerns: Environmental Laws, Executive Orders, policies, etc.

No ActionG. Special Environmental Concerns(Document existing/ benchmark conditions)


No●●

●●

●

●

●

●

●Wild and Scenic Rivers

●Wetlands

Title

Alternative 2No Action

Cumulative Effects Narrative (Describe the cumulative impacts considered, including past, present and known future actions regardless of who performed the actions)

K. Other Agencies and Broad Public Concerns

DateSignature (NRCS)

P. To the best of my knowledge, the data shown on this form is accurate and complete:

If preferred alternative is not a federal action where NRCS has control or responsibility and this NRCS-CPA-52 is shared with someone other than the client then indicate to whom this is being provided.

DateTitle

Are the effects of the preferred alternative on the quality of the human environment likely to be highly controversial?

Signature (TSP if applicable)

Is the preferred alternative expected to significantly affect unique characteristics of the geographic area such as proximity to historic or cultural resources, park lands, prime farmlands, wetlands, wild and scenic rivers, or ecologically critical areas?

Does the preferred alternative have highly uncertain effects or involve unique or unknown risks on the human environment?

The significance of an action must be analyzed in several contexts such as society as a whole (human, national), the affected region, the affected interests, and the locality. O. Determination of Significance or Extraordinary CircumstancesIntensity: Refers to the severity of impact. Impacts may be both beneficial and adverse. A significant effect may exist even if the Federal agency believes that on balance the effect will be beneficial. Significance cannot be avoided by terming an action temporary or by breaking it down into small component parts.If you answer ANY of the below questions "yes" then contact the State Environmental Liaison as there may be extraordinary circumstances and significance issues to consider and a site specific NEPA analysis may be required.

Is the preferred alternative expected to cause significant effects on public health or safety?

Easements, Permissions, Public Review, or Permits Required and Agencies Consulted.

Will the preferred alternative likely have a significant adverse effect on ANY of the special environmental concerns? Use the Evaluation Procedure Guide Sheets to assist in this determination. This includes, but is not limited to, concerns such as cultural or historical resources, endangered and threatened species, environmental justice, wetlands, floodplains, coastal zones, coral reefs, essential fish habitat, wild and scenic rivers, clean air, riparian areas, natural areas, and invasive species.Will the preferred alternative threaten a violation of Federal, State, or local law or requirements for the protection of the environment?

Is the preferred alternative known or reasonably expected to have potentially significant environment impacts to the quality of the human environment either individually or cumulatively over time?

Does the preferred alternative establish a precedent for future actions with significant impacts or represent a decision in principle about a future consideration?

In the case where a non-NRCS person (e.g. another MS TIG Trustee) assists with planning they are to sign the first signature block and then NRCS is to sign the second block to verify the information's accuracy.

Alternative 1



N. Context (Record context of alternatives analysis)

L. Mitigation(Record actions to avoid, minimize, and compensate)

Supporting reason

M. Preferred Alternative

√ preferred alternative

Yes


R.1

2) is a federal action that has NOT been sufficiently analyzed or may involve predictedsignificant adverse environmental effects or extraordinary circumstances and mayrequire an EA or EIS.

Contact the State Environmental Liaison. Further NEPA analysis required.

R. Rationale Supporting the Finding

I have considered the effects of the alternatives on the Resource Concerns, Economic and Social Considerations, Special Environmental Concerns, and Extraordinary Circumstances as defined by Agency regulation and policy and based on that made the finding indicated above.

Findings Documentation

The following sections are to be completed by the Responsible Federal Official (RFO)NRCS is the RFO if the action is lead federal agency for NRDA-funded actions planned by NRCS.

Action required

Additional notes

Signature Title Date

1) is a federal action that has been sufficiently analyzed in an existing NEPA documentto which this environmental evaluation is tiered because the expected effects are withinthe range of those described in the applicable NEPA document and there are nopredicted significant adverse environmental effects or extraordinary circumstances.

Document in "R.1" below.No additional analysis is required.

The preferred alternative:Q. NEPA Compliance Finding (check one)

S. Signature of Responsible Federal Official:

NRCS CONSERVATION PRACTICE EFFECTS - NETWORK DIAGRAM May 2016

Diversion (362)

D.1. Redirected water flow

1. Channel across the slope

I.8 (+) Habitat quality – terrestrial and aquatic

C.4 (+) Income and income stability (individuals

and community)

C.3 (+) Preservation of infrastructure; reduced

community maintenance costs

1.7 (-) Sediments and sediment-borne contaminants

I.4 (-) Ephemeral gullies

C.2 (+) Fishable and swimmable waters; reduced health and safety issues for humans, domestic, and wild animals

I.6 (+) Soil quality

Initial setting: Land subject to water erosion and/or runoff

I.2 (-) Runoff velocity

I.10 (-) Maintenance of drainage ditches and other structures

I.9 (+) Crop production

I.11.(+) Net return to farmer

Critical Area Planting (342)

Grassed Waterway (412)

Lined Waterway or Outlet (468)

2. Vegetative cover

I.5 (-) Classic gullies I.1 (-) Peak flow

I.3 (-) On-farm flooding

C.1 (+) Quality of receiving waters

D.2 (+) Carbon storage (-) Greenhouse gasses

D.3 (+) Wildlife food and cover

C.6 (+) Health for humans, domestic

animals, and wildlife C.5 (+) Air

quality of the air shed

Start

LEGEND

#. Created by practice

D. Direct effect

I. Indirect effect

C. Cumulative effect

Pathway

Mitigating practice

Associated practice

NRCS CONSERVATION PRACTICE EFFECTS - NETWORK DIAGRAM March 2014

D. Direct effect


I. Indirect effect

LEGEND

Mitigating practice

Associated practice

Pathway

Notes:

Effects are qualified with a plus (+) or minus (-). These symbols indicate only an increase (+) or a

decrease (-) in the effect upon the resource, not whether the effect is beneficial or adverse.

D.2 (+) Cost of installation, operation, and management.

D.1 (+) Ability to manipulate waste stream and handle

wastes as separate solid and liquid components.

Initial setting: Farmstead where there is a need to separate solids from liquids in a waste stream using mechanical separation. Start

1. Physical structure to separatesolids form liquids.

I.12 (-) Odor

I.11 (-) Cost of future regulatory

compliance

Waste Recycling (633)

I.2 (-) Wear and tear on irrigation

equipment

Nutrient Management (590)

Waste Separation Facility (632)

C.1 (+) Water quality

C.2 (+) Public / private health and safety,

community relations

C.3 (+/-) income and income stability (individuals and

community)

I.4 (+) Alternatives for solid waste utilization

I.8 (+) Plant health and vigor,

productivity I.6 (+) Organic matter content in land-applied

waste

I.9 (+) Potential income

I.3 (-) Maintenance

costs

I.1 (+) Nutrient-laden liquids available for

irrigation.

I.5 Nutrient transport to

receiving waters

I.7 (+) soil quality

I.10 (+/-) Net returns

Composting Facility (317)

I.13 (-) Greenhouse gas

emissions

I.14 (+) Operational efficiency / flexibility

C.4 (+) Air quality


NRCS CONSERVATION PRACTICE EFFECTS - NETWORK DIAGRAM September 2014

Grassed Waterway (412)

2. Wide, shallow channel

I.1 (+) Upland wildlife

D.7 (+) Conveyance of runoff water

C.4 (+/-) Income and income stability (individuals and

community)

C.5 (+) Preservation of infrastructure; reduced

community maintenance costs

I.7 (-) Sediments and sediment-borne

contaminants to receiving waters

I.6 (-) Gully erosion (ephemeral and classic)

C.2 (+) Fishable and swimmable waters; reduced health and safety issues for humans, domestic, and

wild animals.

I.5 (+) Soil quality

Initial setting: Cropland, nonirrigated, subject to water erosion and/or runoff

D.6 (-) Runoff velocity

I.8 (-) Maintenance of drainage ditches and other structures

I.3 (+/-) Crop production

I.2 (+/-) Net return to farmer

1. Vegetative cover

C.3 (+) Quality of receiving waters

C.6 (+) Air quality of the airshed


D.3 (+) Land removed from cropping

D.5 (+) FiltrationD.4 (+) Infiltration D.8 (+) Carbon sequestration, (-) Greenhouse gas

emissions

D.2 (+) Livestock feed

I.4 (-) Soluble contaminants to receiving waters

C.1 (+) Health for humans, domestic and wild animals

Start

LEGEND


D. Direct effect

I. Indirect effect


Pathway

Mitigating practice

Associated practice

Notes:

Effects are qualified with a plus

(+) or minus (-). These symbols

indicate only an increase (+) or a

decrease (-) in the effect upon

the resource, not whether the

effect is beneficial or adverse.

NRCS CONSERVATION PRACTICE EFFECTS - NETWORK DIAGRAM September 2016

Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till (329)

D.4 (-) Sheet and rill erosion

1. Soil cover 3. Oriented soil roughness

I.7 (+) Crop vigor

D.3 (+) Water infiltration


C.3 (+) Income and income stability (individuals and

community)

C.2 (+/-) Quality of receiving waters

I.11 (-) Sediment and sediment-borne

contaminants

I.1 (+) Habitat diversity

C.1 (+) Fishable and swimmable waters; reduced health and safety issues for humans,

domestic and wild animals

I.9 (+) Soil health

Initial setting: Cropland, subject to erosion

D.2 (-) Evaporation

I.12 Air effects (-) air-borne particulate matter (+) visibility (-) chemical drift

I.8 (+) Plant available moisture

D.6 (+) Snow trapped

C.4 (+) Air quality of the airshed

I.6 (+) Crop production

I.5 (+) Net return to farmer

D.7 (-) Wind erosion

I.2 (+) Upland wildlife

I.3 (+) Recreational opportunities

I.4 (+) Enterprise diversity

2. Soil disturbancereduced

D.5 (+) Soil organic matter

I.10 (+) Soil carbon (-) Greenhouse

gases

Start

D. Direct effect


I. Indirect effect


Pathway

Notes:

Effects are qualified with a plus (+) or minus (-). These symbols indicate only an increase (+) or a

decrease (-) in the effect upon the resource, not whether the effect is beneficial or adverse.

LEGEND

Mitigating practice

Associated practice


Pumping Plant (533) Initial setting: Where water transfer is needed to meet a conservation need

I.5 (+/-) Wetland and

aquatic wildlife habitat

1. Pumping station with apower unit

I.6 (+) Surface or ground water use

D.4 (+/-) Energy use D.5 (+) Noise D.2 (+) Waste

transfer

I.7 (-) Water availability for

other competing

human uses (recreation,

water supply, hydropower,

etc.)

I.10 (+) Public

nuisance

I.8 (+/-) Greenhouse gases

I.2 (+) Plant vigor, crop production,

livestock health and production

C.2 (+/-) Populations of aquatic and wetland

wildlife

I.9 (+/-) Air quality of the

airshed

3 (+/-) Human health and welfare (individuals and

community)

Irrigation Water Management (449)

Waste Utilization (633)

D.1 (+) Cost of installation,

operation, and maintenance

I.3 (+) Potential income

I.1 (+/-) Net return

I.4 (+) Flood control

Nutrient Management (590)

Alternative energy sources

Proper design, maintenance and in-field adjustment

Start

Note: Effects are qualified with a plus (+) or minus (-).

These symbols indicate only an increase (+) or a decrease (-) in the effect upon the resource, not whether the effect is beneficial or adverse.


community)

D.3 (+) Water transfer to meet a conservation need

LEGEND


D. Direct effect

I. Indirect effect


Pathway

Mitigating practice

Associated practice


Shallow Water Development and Management (646)

1. Inundation of lands to provide habitat and refugefor fish and/or wildlife species that require shallow

water for at least a part of their life cycle

I.3 (+) Use of habitat by non-target

species

D.4 (-) Land available for commercial agricultural

production or development

C1. (+) Health and population of fish and wildlife

C.2 (+) Biodiversity

I.2 (+) Use of habitat by

target species


community)

Initial setting: Where habitat is needed for wildlife that require shallow water: (1) on lands where water can be impounded or regulated by diking excavating, ditching, and/or flooding; (2) on flood plains area that provide refuge habitats for native fish during high flow periods

D.1 (+) Habitat for target species

I.4 (-) Habitat for noxious/invasive

species (with vegetation

management)

C.3 (+) Recreational opportunities

I.8 (+/-) Nutrients

I.6 (+) Sedimentation

(onsite) I.5 (+/-) Water temperature

C.4 (+/-) Water quality

I.9 (+/-) Water-borne contaminants to

receiving waters*

D.3 (+) Anaerobic conditions

(during inundation)

D.5 (+) Cost of installation

and maintenance

D.2 (+) Ponded water (seasonal)

I.7 (-) Sediment-borne contaminants to receiving waters

I.10 (+) Temporary flood storage

C.5 (+/-) Community health and safety

I.17 (-) Net return to producer

I.1 (-) Habitat

fragmentation

I.11 (+) Methane

production

I.13 (+) Temporary carbon storage

I.12 (-) Organic matter oxidation

I.14 (+/-) Greenhouse gases

I.15 (+/-) Air quality

I.16 (-) Potential income

Start

Note: Effects are qualified with a plus (+) or minus (-). These

symbols indicate only an increase (+) or a decrease (-)

in the effect upon the resource, not whether the

effect is beneficial or adverse.

LEGEND


D. Direct effect

I. Indirect effect


Pathway

Mitigating practice

Associated practice

Structure for Water Control (587)

Dike (356)

Early Successional Habitat Development and Management (647)

Critical Area Planting (342)

Filter Strip (393)

Prescribed Burning (338)

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