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| State Technical Advisory Committee | Utah NRCSWhat is the State Technical Committee?The State Technical Committee (STC) provides advice on a wide variety of policy issues to Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Although State Technical Committees have no implementation or enforcement authority, USDA gives strong consideration to the Committee's recommendations. What do they do?Each State Technical Committee recommends criteria and guidelines for agricultural producers regarding new conservation practices and systems not already described in field office technical guide.
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Adobe Acrobat. Who are the members of the Utah State Technical Committee?State Technical Committee MembersWhen do they meet?The STC usually meets quarterly or as needed. The schedule may change as determined by the State Conservationist. The meetings originate from various locations around the state. Efforts are underway to create greater accessibility and opportunities to participate in the STC meeting by utilizing net meeting software that allows participants to log on from their home or office computer, or attend at a designated NRCS field office where the meeting will be monitored. This system allows for two way audio communications, so questions can be asked and comments made by phone from any location logged into the net meeting bridge. Meeting dates for the 2007 calendar year are:
New Cost List Policy for FY 2007NRCS would like to gather input from its conservation partners in Utah regarding the percent of total points that should come from each of the four points categories in the new nationally-designed ranking tool. Please see the items below for further information.
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PowerPoint. EQIP Listening Session Comments:A list of national EQIP objectives and priorities is available online at http://policy.nrcs.usda.gov. Public listening sessions were held around Utah in February and March 2005. See below for the unedited comments from Utah that were submitted to the national EQIP team for consideration.
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Adobe Acrobat How can I get a copy of the minutes from the meetings?Download the meeting minutes and agendas What are the rules that govern the STC?More InformationFor more information about the STC and their role, contact Juan Hernandez, Assistant State Conservationist - Operations, at (801) 524-4552. Last Modified: 09/26/2007 |
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