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State Technical Advisory Committee | Utah NRCS

What 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 DocumentUtah State Technical Committee Roles and Responsibilities.

Who are the members of the Utah State Technical Committee?

State Technical Committee Members

When 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:

  • January 11, 2007
  • April 12, 2007   CANCELLED!
  • July 12, 2007 Changed to August 2, 2007
  • October 11, 2007  CANCELLED!

New Cost List Policy for FY 2007 

NRCS 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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Word DocumentInstructions for Providing Feedback on the Percentage Allocation of Points for Fiscal Year 2007 Cost-Share Program Application Rankings  (44 KB)
Microsoft PowerPoint PresentationNew Cost List Policy for Fiscal Year 2007 and The National Ranking Tool (120 KB)
 

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 DocumentEQIP Listening, Salt Lake City Meeting
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEQIP Listening, Richfield Meeting
Adobe Acrobat DocumentEQIP Listening, Price Meeting

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 Information

For more information about the STC and their role, contact Juan Hernandez, Assistant State Conservationist - Operations,  at (801) 524-4552.

Last Modified:  09/26/2007