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RCPP Project ID:2724 <br /> Document Flexibilities not captured elsewhere <br /> 1) Flexible cover crop seeding rates. 2) Provision of an online <br /> management system capable of tracking practice progress and <br /> Other conservation flexibilities: implementation, load reductions against established targets, and <br /> Contracting Considerations expenditures. This system would be secure and only available to the <br /> Lead Partner,NRCS staff and contributing partners. 3)Ability to <br /> conduct socioeconomic outcome measurement. <br /> In circumstances where existing tools, methods, and flexibilities are <br /> insufficient to address project needs, a project may include negotiated <br /> conservation innovations. <br /> • Unusual uses of existing payment scenarios. For <br /> example,Documentation of an NRCS technical determination <br /> identifying a specific existing payment scenario that is most <br /> analogous to an innovative project-related activity that otherwise <br /> satisfies a practice standard but for which no obvious payment <br /> scenario is available. <br /> • Proposals for new or modified payment scenarios by practice, <br /> • Proposals for new interim practices, <br /> • Proposals for new tools for identification of eligible lands, <br /> assessment or ranking, or <br /> • Other directly related agreed-to items (e.g. simultaneous partner TA <br /> or FA awards to producers, etc.). <br /> Proposed innovations will be considered on a case-by-case basis and shall <br /> not be approved for use during initial project negotiations. Rather each <br /> proposed innovation will be evaluated once a signed PPA is in place. <br /> Factors NRCS may consider in reviewing proposed innovations include but <br /> are not limited to: potential impacts to anticipated conservation benefits; <br /> compatibility with existing technical and environmental analysis <br /> requirements; cost effectively of proposed innovations (particularly where <br /> compared to existing alternatives); demonstrated success of proposed <br /> methods elsewhere; provider and/or delivery method; potential impacts on <br /> project schedules; RCPP programmatic requirements; and, other federal <br /> Other Conservation Innovations requirements. <br /> Are there any proposed innovations to the Land Management Awards that <br /> have not already been discussed? <br /> Yes <br /> If Yes, Please describe them <br /> We propose two innovations to improve efficiency in delivering <br /> RCPP funds and to provide an additional level of outcome reporting. <br /> 1) Currently, RUSLE2 is used to quantify erosion rates before and <br /> after a given practice for a given field and required for completion of <br /> the necessary job sheets for cover crops and tillage management. The <br /> Page 29 of 51 <br />