2009 NPS Project Review Meeting Little Rock, Arkansas Patrick Fisk Arkansas Natural Resources Commission

Arkansas Cost Share Program This program is intended to provide financial incentives to encourage the removal of excess poultry litter from Arkansas’s nutrient surplus areas (NSA) This program is established by Act 532 of 2007, the “Surplus Nutrient Removal Incentives Act,” Arkansas Code §§ 15-20-1201 through 1206

Cost Share Elements Goals Federal Non-Federal Match Total $125,000 $125,000 $250,000 Goals to remove at least 16,000 tons litter (1)milion lbs of P 950K lbs of N Move litter from NSA to east Arkansas (row crop) Encourage BMP’s for areas outside the regulated area

Nutrient Surplus Areas

LITTER

Eligibility Transporter or Broker Move a Minimum of 100 tons From a Registered PFO Moved beyond the NSA and excluded area Litter sample no older that 3 mo End user agrees to apply according to recommendations (soil test-litter test-certified personnel)

Cost Share Rates .05 X 300 X 100 = $1,500 - 100 = $1,400 .05 per mile per ton (pays one way only) $1 per ton admin fee (taken off the top) Maximum of 300 miles or $15 per ton .05 X 300 X 100 = $1,500 - 100 = $1,400

Application approval W9 Prior approval before purchase PFO info End user info Distance Tons The intended disposition of the litter

Payment request Tons moved (wt tickets) Mileage (map quest, Google) Signed agreement from end user If applicant was approved for $ 1,800 in cost share $1,800 is all they will receive regardless of how much they move

1st application was May 5th Progress tons moved 1st application was May 5th Received Removed Cross 696 Izard 133 Lawrence 680 Mississippi 2000 Polk 469 Randolph 516 Woodruff 327 Benton 561 Carroll 133 Scott 469 Washington 3657 4821 tons moved

1st application was May 5th Progress N&P 1st application was May 5th Received Removed Cross 696 Izard 133 Lawrence 680 Mississippi 2000 Polk 469 Randolph 516 Woodruff 327 Benton 561 Carroll 133 Scott 469 Washington 3657 299K lbs P removed 275K lbs N removed

Progress removed application

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