Agreement Number
12-208
Awardee Name
Borough of Chambersburg
Grant Type
Classic
Project Title
Local Utilization of Agricultural Credits Program
Awardee State/Territory
Pennsylvania
Involved States/territories
Pennsylvania
Award Year
2012
Start Date
End Date
Award Amount
$336,150.00
Production/Use
Farmland Agricultural
Resource Concern (Broad)
Water
Resource Concern (Specific)
Field sediment, nutrient and pathogen loss
Water Quality
Conservation Practice(s)
Cover Crop
Residue and Tillage Management
Project Background
The purpose of the Program is to provide credit aggregation, inter-basin trading, and baseline and threshold compliance barrier solutions relating to the Pennsylvania Nutrient Trading Program by creating an aggregation program for credits generated by cover crop and conservation tillage BMPs and with education and outreach targeted to the Commonwealth’s Plain Sect agricultural operators. The following are goals of the Project:
• To increase non-point source pollution reduction activities on agricultural operations by funding cover crop and conservation tillage BMPs on over 3,700 acres in Adams, Cumberland, and Franklin Counties
• To overcome the baseline / threshold compliance trading barrier of the Pennsylvania Nutrient Credit Trading Program by identifying agricultural operations missing the required erosion, sedimentation, pollution control, and nutrient management plans and working with the operators to complete the missing plan documents.
• To increase the opportunity for Plain Sect agricultural operators to enroll in the Pennsylvania Nutrient Credit Trading Program by creating an education and outreach program specifically targeted to serving those communities and to create guidance for continued inclusion in the Pennsylvania Nutrient Credit Trading Program
• To overcome the inter-basin trading barrier of the Pennsylvania Nutrient Credit Trading Program through establishing a multi-disciplined task force and the implementation of innovative trading factors
• To increase non-point source pollution reduction activities on agricultural operations by funding cover crop and conservation tillage BMPs on over 3,700 acres in Adams, Cumberland, and Franklin Counties
• To overcome the baseline / threshold compliance trading barrier of the Pennsylvania Nutrient Credit Trading Program by identifying agricultural operations missing the required erosion, sedimentation, pollution control, and nutrient management plans and working with the operators to complete the missing plan documents.
• To increase the opportunity for Plain Sect agricultural operators to enroll in the Pennsylvania Nutrient Credit Trading Program by creating an education and outreach program specifically targeted to serving those communities and to create guidance for continued inclusion in the Pennsylvania Nutrient Credit Trading Program
• To overcome the inter-basin trading barrier of the Pennsylvania Nutrient Credit Trading Program through establishing a multi-disciplined task force and the implementation of innovative trading factors
Project Scale
Field-level
Regional
Farm-level
Project targeted to Historically Underserved producers?
No
Awardee Technical Contact Name
Samuel Wiser