1. 2009 NPS Project Review Meeting
Little Rock, Arkansas
Patrick Fisk
Arkansas Natural
Resources Commission

2. 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 §§ through 1206

3. Cost Share Elements Goals
Federal Non-Federal Match Total
$125, $125, $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

4. Nutrient Surplus Areas

5. LITTER

6. 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)

7. 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, =
$1,400

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

9. 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

10. 1st application was May 5th
Progress
tons moved
1st application was May 5th
Received
Removed
Cross 696
Izard 133
Lawrence 680
Mississippi
Polk 469
Randolph 516
Woodruff 327
Benton 561
Carroll 133
Scott 469
Washington
4821 tons moved

11. 1st application was May 5th
Progress
N&P
1st application was May 5th
Received
Removed
Cross 696
Izard 133
Lawrence 680
Mississippi
Polk 469
Randolph 516
Woodruff 327
Benton 561
Carroll 133
Scott 469
Washington
299K lbs P removed
275K lbs N removed

12. Progress
removed
application

13. Questions