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l <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />i <br />levels are optimal. This practice will also improve irrigation efficiency and conserve <br />water within the USJR and IRL watersheds by providing growers with an empirical <br />tool to more accurately determine irrigation scheduling needs. <br />7.0 Individual Program Cost -Share Rates and Alternative Rates for Joint Program <br />Participation <br />7.1 Cost -share funds are available through this program for each of the practices <br />listed in section 7.2 below at the designated "program reimbursement rate". <br />The program reimbursement rate represents the percentage of the total BMP <br />cost to be paid through the program. Cost -share may also be available <br />through the USDA-NRCS "Environmental Quality Incentives Program" <br />(EQIP), and participants are encouraged to utilize both programs when <br />possible to maximize the distribution of limited program funds. Those who <br />choose to utilize both programs will generally be eligible to receive a higher <br />overall rate of cost -share through a combination of the two programs. The <br />maximum cost -share amount available from this program is $50,000 per <br />agricultural operation (individual or business) per fiscal year. Cost - <br />share amounts in excess of $50,000 are possible when cost -share is <br />received from a combination of programs as explained in section 7.3 below. <br />7.2 Practice Title <br />Program Cost -Share Rate <br />Aquatic Weed Barrier <br />Chemigation Infrastructure <br />Conversion to Flash Board Riser Water <br />Control Structure <br />Conversion to Low Volume Irrigation System <br />Grade Stabilization <br />On -Site Water Detention/Retention <br />Permanent Agrichemical Mixing/Washdown Facility <br />Portable Agrichemical Mixing Station <br />Precision Application Equipment <br />Water Table Observation Well <br />75% <br />70% <br />75% <br />75% <br />75% <br />70% <br />60% <br />60% <br />60% <br />75% <br />7.3 When EQIP funds are received to support a practice or group of practices, <br />the participant is automatically eligible to receive program funds. In this <br />situation, the program will pay one half of the grower's portion of the total <br />project cost. As an example: If a grower implements an eligible practice that <br />costs $50,000 and receives 75% ($37,500) through the USDA - EQIP, the <br />grower is also eligible to receive a program payment which equals one half of <br />the grower's portion of the cost or $6,250. Using this formula, growers can <br />receive up to 87.5% of the total cost through a combination of both programs. <br />The process of bidding down, which can be used to increase competitiveness <br />Revised 03/21/02 6 <br />