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Fiscal Year 2008 Bulletins

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110 - ADMINISTRATION

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120 - ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

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SD120-8-1 (DOC; 86.5 KB) Transmission of Forms SD-CPA-61 (DOC; 43 KB)

SD-ECS-11 (XLS; 92 KB)

SD-LTP-30 (DOC; 58.5 KB)

SD-LTP-49 (XLS; 35.5 KB)

SD-SSC-1 (PDF; 29.2 KB)

SD-SSC-2 (PDF; 27.7 KB)

 September 30, 2008
SD120-8-2 (DOC; 82.0 KB) Annual Vehicle Inspection and Certification Preventative Maintenance Inspection Report (PDF; 70.1 KB) September 30, 2008
SD120-8-3 (DOC; 82.0 KB) Transmission of Forms SD-CPA-15C (XLS; 303 KB)

SD-CPA-62 (XLS; 212 KB)

SD-CPA-63 (XLS; 2.1 MB)

SD-PER-2 (PDF; 41 KB)

SD-CPA-5 (XLS; 53 KB)

SD-CPA-19 (XLS; 248 KB)

SD-CPA-57 (XLS; 29 KB)

SD-LTP-28 (XLS; 30 KB)

SD-LTP-29 (76 KB)

SD-LTP-30 (DOC; 66 KB)

 September 30, 2008
SD120-8-4 (DOC; 83.5 KB) Revised South Dakota (SD) Minimal Effect Procedure Form SD-CPA-10 SD-CPA-10 (DOC; 74.5 KB) September 30, 2008
SD120-8-5 (DOC; 84 KB) Revised South Dakota (SD) Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) Easement Consideration Form SD-LTP-38 SD-LTP-38 (PDF; 14.5 KB) September 30, 2008

140 - STRATEGIC PLANNING AND POLICY ANALYSIS

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150 - BASIN & AREA PLANNING

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180 - CONSERVATION PLANNING AND APPLICATION

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SD180-8-1 (DOC; 458 KB) Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) MOU (PDF; 250 KB)

ECP Onsite Inspection Form (DOC; 28.0 KB)

 September 30, 2008
SD180-8-2 (DOC; 126 KB) Determining Maintenance of a Wetland Drainage System   September 30, 2008
SD180-8-3 (DOC; 126 KB) Cancellation of "Food Security Act (FSA) Wetland Conservation Policy and Program  Administration" Questions and Answers (Q&A)   September 30, 2008
SD180-8-4 (DOC; 126 KB) Using Technical Service Providers (TSP) Introduction to the Sources (DOC; 47 KB)

NRCS Workforce Source 1 (DOC; 55 KB)

Architect-Engineer Service Contractors Source 2 (DOC; 68.5 KB)

TSP Using Technical Assistance Funds Source 3 (DOC; 82.5 KB)

Participant Hires Non-NRCS Engineer Source 4 (DOC; 68.5 KB)

TSP Sample Letter (DOC; 79.5 KB)

Producer Responsibilities for Hiring TSP (DOC; 81 KB)

Authorization for Release of Information to a TSP (DOC; 29.5 KB)

 September 30, 2008
SD180-8-5 (DOC; 117 KB) Food Security Act (FSA) - Completing Compliance Status Reviews for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 SD-CPA-31 (XLS; 25 KB) September 30, 2008
SD180-8-6 (DOC; 125 KB) Revised Preliminary Wetland Determination Letter Revised Preliminary Technical Determination Letter (DOC; 99.5 KB) September 30, 2008
SD180-8-7 (DOC; 138 KB) National Food Security Act Manual and South Dakota (SD) Wetland Policy Guidance   September 30, 2008
SD180-8-8 (DOC; 135 KB) Effective Date of Certified Wetland Determinations (CWD)   September 30, 2008
SD180-8-9 (DOC; 87.5 KB) Prioritization of Certified Wetland Determinations (CWD)   September 30, 2008
SD180-8-10 (DOC; 81.5 KB) Extension of Cool-Season Grass Seeding Dates   September 30, 2008
SD180-8-11 (DOC; 82.5 KB) Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Between the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) MOA (PDF; 155 KB) September 30, 2008
SD180-8-12 (DOC; 83 KB) Certified Wetland Determination (CWD) Cover Letter Preliminary Wetland Determination Letter (DOC; 100 KB) September 30, 2008
SD180-8-13 (DOC; 83.5  KB) Use of Forms SD-CPA-19 (Wildlife Habitat Quality Rating Worksheet) and SD-CPA-26 (Wildlife Habitat Management)   September 30, 2008
SD180-8-14 (DOC; 85 KB) Wetland Compliance Photography Flight Dates   September 30, 2008
SD180-8-15 (DOC; 139 KB Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) SD180-8-1 (PDF; 462 KB)

SD-CPA-52-ECP (XLS; 771 KB)

 September 30, 2008
SD180-8-16 (DOC; 91 KB) National Food Security Act Manual (NFSAM) - Highly Erodible Land (HEL) Determinations in South Dakota (SD)   September 30, 2008
SD180-8-17 (DOC; 88 KB) Preliminary Feasibility Reports (PFR) for Agricultural Waste Management Systems (AWMS) AWMS Preliminary Feasibility Inventory (August 2008) (DOC; 50.5 KB)

Preliminary Feasibility Report (PFR) Checklist (DOC; 28.5 KB)

 September 30, 2008
SD180-8-18 (DOC; 84.5  KB) Preliminary Feasibility Reports (PFR) for Agricultural Waste Management Systems (AWMS)   September 30, 2008

190 - ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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SD190-8-1 (DOC; 146 KB) General Procedures for Rare, Threatened, and Endangered (RTE) Species Verification   September 30, 2008
SD190-8-2 (DOC; 146 KB) Announcement of Wetland Folder on South Dakota (SD) FTP Server   September 30, 2008
SD190-8-3 (DOC; 88.5 KB) Nutrient Management - Criteria and Tools to Facilitate Environmentally Acceptable Incidental Winter Application of Solid Manure, Waste Feed, Snow, and Ice from Open Beef Feedlots in South Dakota (SD) Example County Layer Map (PDF; 165 KB)

Example Clipped Map (PDF; 120 KB)

 September 30, 2008

200 - ECONOMICS

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210 - ENGINEERING

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SD210-8-1 (DOC; 83 KB) Removal and Update of Fabricated Windbreak Standard Drawings   September 30, 2008
SD210-8-2 (DOC; 89 KB) Release of Revised Grassed Waterway Design Tools   September 30, 2008
SD210-8-3 (DOC; 91.5 KB) Release of Revised Pipeline Design Tools   September 30, 2008
SD210-8-4 (DOC; 85 KB) Revised Animal Waste Management System (AWMS) Planning Process ANMT Prioritization Form(DOC; 88.5 KB) September 30, 2008

 

230 - EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

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SD230-8-1 (DOC; 83.5 KB) Workforce Diversity Award Nomination Award Criteria (DOC; 29.0 KB) September 30, 2008
SD230-8-2 (DOC; 85.5 KB) Federal Women's Program Advisory Committee Vacancy Fact Sheet (DOC; 42.5 KB) December 31, 2007
SD230-8-3 (DOC; 85.5 KB) Mentoring Program Mentoring Information (DOC; 88.5 KB) September 30, 2008
SD230-8-4 (DOC; 84.5 KB) Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Workday Diary (PPT; 453 KB)

Event Information Packet (PPT; 672 KB)

Excused Absence Form (DOC; 29.0 KB)

Parents Checklist (DOC; 25.5 KB)

 September 30, 2008
SD230-8-5 (DOC; 88.5 KB) 2009 National Civil Rights Committee Vacancies Nomination Form (PDF; 31.8 KB) December 31, 2008
SD230-8-6 (DOC; 86.0 KB) Federal Women's Program Award Informational Document (PDF; 328 KB) September 30, 2008
SD230-8-7 (DOC; 97.5 KB) Civil Rights Advisory Committee Vacancies and Disability Employment Program Manager Vacancy   September 30, 2008
SD230-8-8 (DOC; 98.0 KB) Extension of Civil Rights Advisory Committee Vacancies and Disability Employment Program Manager Vacancy   September 30, 2008
SD230-8-9 (DOC; 86.0 KB) Federal Women's Program Advisory Committee Vacancy Fact Sheet (DOC; 42.5 KB) September 30, 2008
SD230-8-10 (DOC; 85.5 KB) Civil Rights In Program Delivery (Title VI) and Workforce Diversity (Title VII) Awards Nominations Nomination Form and Instructions (DOC; 32.0 KB) September 30, 2008

250 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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SD250-8-1 (DOC; 81.5 KB) Conference Attendance - National Organization of Professional Black NRCS Employees Training   September 30, 2008
SD250-8-2 (DOC; 82.0 KB) Conference Attendance - Indian Nations Conservation Alliance, Inter-Tribal Agriculture Council, and Alaska Village Initiatives National Conference   September 30, 2008
SD250-8-3 (DOC; 88.0 KB) Limited-Open Travel Authorization Per Diem Rates (XLS; 700 KB) September 30, 2008
SD250-8-4 (DOC; 88.0 KB) AirFares   September 30, 2008
SD250-8-5 (DOC; 88.5 KB) Compensatory Time   September 30, 2008
SD250-8-6 (DOC; 83.5 KB) Privately-Owned Vehicle Mileage   September 30, 2008
SD250-8-7 (DOC; 83 KB) Conference Attendance - National Organization of Professional Hispanic Natural Resources Conservation Service Employees Training Conference   September 30, 2008
SD250-8-8 (DOC; 82.5 KB) Conference Attendance - 2008 Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference   September 30, 2008
SD250-8-9 (DOC; 82.0 KB) Conference Attendance - Asian Pacific Islander Organization/American Indian Alaska Native Employees Association Training Conference   September 30, 2008
SD250-8-10 (DOC; 86.5 KB) GOVTRIP   September 30, 2008
SD250-8-11 (DOC; 82.5 KB) Year-End Instructions - Government Purchase Card Unreconciled Purchases in PCMS & Purchases not loaded in PCMS (XLS; 15.5 KB) September 30, 2008
SD250-8-12 (DOC;  81.5 KB) Program Payments and Travel Vouchers Unapproved Travel Vouchers and Estimated Travel Costs (XLS; 21.0 KB) September 30, 2008
SD250-8-13 (DOC; 82.5 KB) 2008 Range Forum/Joint South Dakota (SD)/Nebraska (NE) Sections Society for Range Management (SRM) Meeting and SD/NE Grazing Lands Coalition Conference Joint SD/NE Meeting Agenda (DOC; 553 KB) September 30, 2008

260 - PUBLIC INFORMATION

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270 - INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

SD270-8-1 (DOC; 89.0 KB) Two-Factor Authentication for End Users Training How to Use your LincPass (PDF; 265 KB)

HSPD-12 Overview (PDF; 67.9 KB)

Use Your LincPass + PIN to Access USDA Resources (PDF; 75.6 KB)

LincPass + PIN Are All You Need (PDF; 131 KB)

 September 30, 2008
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280 - INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION

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290 - RESOURCES INVENTORY

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300 - LAND TREATMENT PROGRAMS

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SD300-8-1 (DOC; 78.5 KB) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Practice Payment Schedule Practice Payment Schedule (PDF; 63.3 KB) September 30, 2008
SD300-8-2 (DOC; 87 KB) Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program (EWRP), and Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP)-Flood Plain Compatible Use Requests   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-3 (DOC; 94 KB) Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Ranking and Application Information   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-4 (DOC; 87 KB) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Ranking Deadline   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-5 (DOC; 80 KB) Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) Narratives in Toolkit   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-6 (DOC; 69 KB)

Contract Check List for Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), EQIP Ground and Surface Water Conservation (GSWC), and Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) Revised Form

 SD-LTP-47 (PDF; ) September 30, 2008
SD300-8-7 (DOC; 95 KB) CP23, CP23A, CP27, CP37 - Wetland Restoration and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-8 (DOC; 86.5 KB) Expiring Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Highly Erodible Land (HEL) Determinations   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-9 (DOC; 84 KB) Application Ranking, Funding, and Signing Contracts for Ground and Surface Water Conservation Provision of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP GSWC)   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-10 (DOC; 90 KB) Application Ranking, Funding, and Signing Contracts for the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) WHIP Practice Payment Guidelines (PDF; )

WHIP_Instructions (PDF; )

WHIP Practice Resource Concerns (PDF; )

 September 30, 2008
SD300-8-11 Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program Second "Call for Ranking" in Fiscal Year 2008   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-12 Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program Third "Call for Ranking" in Fiscal Year 2008   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-13 Identifying Proper Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Component or Payment Rate for Wells Using J55 Tubing   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-14 (87.0 KB) Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program (EWRP), and Emergency Watershed Protection Program-Flood Plain (EWP) Compatible Use Requests   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-15 (DOC; 87.0 KB) Ground and Surface Water Conservation (GSWC) Provision of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Second "Call for Ranking" in Fiscal Year 2008   September 30, 2008
SD300-8-16 (DOC; 82.0 KB) Conservation Security Program (CSP) Contract Checklist SD-LTP-46 (PDF; 27KB) September 30, 2008
SD300-8-17 Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program Fourth "Call for Ranking" in Fiscal Year 2008   September 30, 2008

330 - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

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SD330-8-1 (DOC; 82.5 KB) WebTCAS Program & Activity Codes (PDF; 346 KB)

Program & Activity Codes Short Version (PDF; 55.6 KB)

FY2008 Program Activity Matrix (XLS; 308 KB)

 September 30, 2008

340 - STRATEGIC PLANNING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

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SD340-8-1 (DOC; 84 KB) Temporary Suspension of Quality Assurance Reviews (QAR) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008   September 30, 2008
SD340-8-2 (DOC; 90 KB) Development of Fiscal Year 2008 (FY'08) Performance Measure Goals and Targets Access Information for PRS Goals Training (DOC; 35 KB) September 30, 2008
SD340-8-3 (DOC; 83.5 KB) Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Performance Results System (PRS) Close Out Requirements   September 30, 2008
SD340-8-4 (DOC; 84.5 KB) Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Cultural Resources SD=SSC-1, Cultural Resource Inventory, and SD-SSC-2, Request For Known Cultural Resources Site Form Closeout Requirements   September 30, 2008

360 - PERSONNEL

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SD360-8-1 (DOC; 92.5 KB) Processing Performance Appraisal and Awards for Fiscal Year 2007 Processing Ratings in EmpowHR (PPT; 2.27 MB)

Salary Table 2007 - GS (DOC; 60.5 KB)

 September 30, 2008
SD360-8-3 (DOC; 87.0 KB) Safety Officer Vacancy   September 30, 2007
SD360-8-4 (DOC; 86 KB) Employee Responsibilities and Conduct Departmental Regulation (PDF; 51.6 KB) September 30, 2007
SD360-8-5 (DOC; 95.5 KB) Processing Performance Plans for Fiscal Year 2008 Attachment A (PDF; 82 KB)

Attachment B (PDF; 69.2 KB)

Attachment C  (PDF; 62.1 KB)

Attachment D (PDF; 74.7 KB)

Attachment E (PDF; 58.5 KB)

Attachment F (PDF; 61.1 KB)

 September 30, 2008
SD360-8-6 (DOC; 94 KB) Employee Development and Fiscal Year 2009 Training Needs Inventory Core Curriculum Guide (XLS; 120 KB)

SD-PER-2 (PDF; 40.5 KB)

 September 30, 2008
SD360-8-7 (DOC; 86.5 KB) 2008 Performance Management Progress Reviews   May 31, 2008
SD360-8-8 (DOC; 84.5 KB) Training Committee Vacancies   September 30, 2008
SD360-8-9 (DOC; 97.0 KB) Processing Performance Appraisals and Awards for Fiscal Year 2008   September 30, 2008

390 - PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE

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420 - SOCIAL SCIENCES

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SD420-8-1 (DOC; 95.5 KB) Procedures For Tribal Cultural Resource Consultation For Conservation Projects Calendar Year 2008 Field Season   September 30, 2008

430 - SOIL SURVEY

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440 - PROGRAMS

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SD440-8-1 (DOC; 92 KB) Suspension of Application and Contract Management Activities in ProTracts   September 30, 2008

450 - TECHNOLOGY

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SD450-8-1 (DOC; 88.0 KB) Fence Standard (382) Guidance   September 30, 2008

460 - WATER QUALITY PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

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