March 16, 2015
IDAHO TECHNICAL GUIDE NOTICE NUMBER 393
Purpose: To advertise the posting of new and revised Conservation Practice Standards (CPS) and associated supporting files for Idaho
Effective Date: Upon Receipt
Explanation: This notice transmits new and revised CPS’ for the practices listed below, new Statements of Work, revised Construction Specifications and one revised Operation and Maintenance. Information sheets for several practices are also included.
See eDirectives (http://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/) for Notices 158, 159, and 160 to the National Handbook of Conservation Practices (NHCP) for explanations of national level changes to CPS’. The NHCP is found under Handbooks, Title 450 – Technology. State level changes to nationally issued CPS’ include minor edits for clarification and/or previous Idaho additions that were updated and merged with the new national version.
NEW IDAHO CONSERVATION PRACTICE STANDARDS
318 Short Term Storage of Animal Waste and Byproducts
319 On-Farm Secondary Containment Facility (formerly CPS 710)
632 Waste Separation Facility
670 Lighting System Improvement
672 Building Envelope Improvement
REVISED IDAHO CONSERVATION PRACTICE STANDARDS
309 Agrichemical Handling Facility
410 Grade Stabilization Structure
442 Sprinkler System
447 Irrigation System, Tailwater Recovery
450 Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) Application
466 Land Smoothing
557 Row Arrangement
560 Access Road
566 Recreation Land Grading and Shaping
574 Spring Development
591 Amendments for the Treatment of Agricultural Waste
620 Underground Outlet
629 Waste Treatment
634 Waste Transfer
640 Waterspreading
NEW STATEMENTS OF WORK
318 Short term Storage of Animal Waste and Byproducts
319 On-Farm Secondary Containment Facility (formerly CPS 170)
442 Sprinkler System
566 Recreation Land Grading and Shaping
591 Amendments for the Treatment of Agricultural Waste
629 Waste Treatment
632 Waste Separation Facility
670 Lighting System Improvement
672 Building Envelope Improvement
REVISED CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
410 Grade Stabilization Structure
442 Sprinkler System
447 Irrigations System, Tailwater Recovery
574 Spring Development
REVISED OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
442 Sprinkler System
INFORMATION SHEETS
313 Waste Storage Facility
318 Short Term Storage of Animal Waste and Byproducts
319 On-Farm Secondary Containment Facility (formerly CPS 170)
591 Amendments for the Treatment of Agricultural Waste
632 Waste Separation Facility
Filing Instructions: Electronic copies of current and archived Idaho Practice Standards are found in the Field Office Technical Guide, Section IV. It is not necessary to maintain a hard copy of the FOTG.
Contacts: For questions concerning this notice, please contact V. Bruce Sandoval, State Conservation Engineer at 208-378-5727.
/s/ Denise Adkins Acting for
Dee Carlson
Acting Assistant State Conservationist (Technical Resources)