EWP INITIAL ELIGIBILITY WORKSHEET
SITE NAME DATE
A FALSE answer to any of the following statements means the initial determination is that the site is NOT eligible.TRUE
FALSE / There is a sudden watershed impairment that is causing an exigency or imminent threat to life and/or property due to the effects of flooding or erosion?
Watershed Impairments include: debris-clogged stream channels, unstable stream banks, jeopardized water control structures and public infrastructure, wind-blown debris, damaged upland vegetative cover.
Exigency means those situations that demand immediate action to avoid potential loss of life or property, including situations where a second event may occur shortly thereafter that would compound the impairment, cause new damages or potential loss of life if action to remedy the situation is not taken immediately. NRCS may approve temporary correction practices until a more acceptable solution can be designed. Call SCE as soon as possible.
Imminent Threat means a substantial natural occurrence that could cause significant damage to property or threaten human life in the near future.
Property includes: structures; crops and cropland; agricultural infrastructure; residential and commercial land; utilities.
TRUE
FALSE / The threat to life or property significantly exceeds that which existed before the impairment?
TRUE
FALSE / The same type of natural event has NOT occurred AND a structural measure has NOT been installed or repaired using EWP assistance twice at this site within a 10-year period. (NRCS does not intend to limit the number of times that debris can be removed at the same site due to a natural or constructed restriction in a waterway).
TRUE
FALSE / This is NOT an Operation &Maintenance problem or a watershed problem that existed before the disaster.
TRUE
FALSE / Funds will NOT be used to repair, rebuild or maintain private or public transportation facilities, utilities or similar facilities.
TRUE
FALSE / Funds will NOT be used to repair or rehabilitate non-structural management practices.
TRUE
FALSE / The site is NOT on Federal Lands. (An exception to this prohibition is where the local sponsor controls an easement and has maintenance responsibilities; e.g., road rights-of-way).
TRUE
FALSE / Assistance is NOT being provided for measures eligible under the FSA Emergency Conservation Program.
TRUE
FALSE / All other resources have been exhausted or there is insufficient funding available.
TRUE
FALSE / Action will NOT remove threats to Federal-aid highways except where the Federal-aid highway protection would be incidental to other eligible protection.
TRUE
FALSE / Work is NOT on levee projects where the stream has a drainage area greater than 400 square miles.
TRUE
FALSE / The project is NOT to remove sediment or debris from reservoirs or debris basins.
TRUE
FALSE / There is a legal Sponsor (political subdivision of a State, Local Government, Native American Tribe or Tribal Organization) that:
ü Will agree to provide for their % of the total installation cost (NRCS cost share is 75%, or up to 90% in limited resource areas, and 100% in unique situations).
ü Will agree to be responsible for Operation and Maintenance.
ü Has the legal authority to obtain land rights and acquire permits.
NV EWP 1 March, 2007