CNMPs Written

To record CNMPs Written

  1. Login to PRS.

  2. Select Data Entry from the top menu bar.

  3. Select CNMPs Written from the left-side options.

  4. Enter the Service Date in MM/DD/YYYY format or select it from the calendar.

  5. Checkmark the appropriate Agency Affiliation box(es). NRCS is the default value.

  6. Select the location on the map.

  7. Enter the number of CNMPs written.

  8. Click Submit.

Note:  You can locate submitted records through View Prior Entries

Guidance

Instructions for Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans Written for 2006:

The CNMPs Written data entry screen is now available on the PRS menu for FY2006. The screen is the same as the FY2005 version and the instructions for data entry are also the same.

Action Required: Field personnel should enter a CNMP written record for each CNMP plan where at least one practice is reported as planned in FY2006 in Toolkit or PRS. The only programs that should be selected when entering a CNMP written record are CTA or EQIP.

Background: 'CNMPs Written' is the name being used for those CNMPs that are planned this fiscal year. The intent of the CNMPs Written data entry screen is to determine how many CNMPs are planned using the EQIP program versus the CTA-GNRL program. This data must be entered in PRS (and cannot be derived from the National Conservation Planning database) because the programs entered for practices reported in PRS and Toolkit are the programs responsible for the implementation of the practices not the planning. For most practices, CTA is the program assumed to be used to plan practices. However, in the case of CNMPs, detailed CNMP planning may occur using EQIP. CNMPs written (or planned) this fiscal year are goaled performance measures for both the EQIP and CTA program. Therefore, the CNMPs Written data entry screen should be used to enter the program used to plan each CNMP.

In PRS, the CNMPs Written data entry screen is available under the "Field Level Measures" heading on the Data Entry menu. Use this screen to report progress toward the CNMPs Written goal that appears in the PRS Series 6 reports under the CNMPs Written performance measure.

Instructions for reporting a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) as applied for 2005:

Use last year's basic guidance:

After practice 590 has been applied. If the CNMP plan does not include practice 590 then PRS users should report it as applied after the major structural components or practices of the CNMP plan are installed (one or more of the following practices are installed, 365, 366, 634, 367, 313, 359, 633, or 635).

Instructions for reporting a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) written for FY2005

Within PRS, users are to report a CNMP written when the plan meets the requirements for a CNMP as outlined in National Planning Procedures Handbook, Subpart B, Part 600.51.

There is only one program data entry point for each practice within the PRS or Toolkit application. The program that is to be selected within Toolkit or PRS is the program that is primarily responsible for the implementation of the practice, so there is no data entry point to provide the program that is responsible for planning the practice.

For most all practices, CTA is the program that is assumed to be used to plan practices, however in the case of CNMP’s, detailed CNMP planning may occur using EQIP. CNMP’s written (or planned) this fiscal year are goaled performance measures for both the EQIP and CTA program, so the CNMP written input screen should be used to input which program is used to plan each CNMP.

CNMP written (before a commitment of funding) using the Conservation Technical Assistance Program Conservation Planning activity code should be reported as progress for the CTA-Gen fund in PRS.

A CNMP written using the Environmental Quality Improvement Program (EQIP) technical assistance with the time charged to the Contract Planning activity code should be reported as progress for the EQIP fund in PRS.

Examples:

Both planned (written) and applied CNMPs show up in the PRS reports.

Example 1 shows a CNMP 100 from the practice tab view in PRS. This CNMP is in the NCP database and when it is reported as applied, it will show up in the PRS 2 series reports and also in the PRS 6 series reports as a CNMP applied.

The CNMPs written screen is available under the data entry screens in PRS, it is used only to populate the progress towards the CNMPs written goal that shows up in the PRS 6 serires reports under the CNMP written performance measure.

The PRS 2.22 report for CNMP reflects the NCP data on the number of CNMP 100s that are applied.

 

FY 2005-2006 Field, State, and National Performance Business Definitions

Note: Users guides and quick references focus on instructions for operating applications. The business definitions focus on policy relating to when and how data is entered and reported.