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RIN: 0578-AA53

Publication ID: Fall 2010

Title: Grassland Reserve Program
Abstract: The Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP) assists landowners and operators in protecting grazing uses and other related conservation values by restoring and conserving eligible grassland and certain other lands through rental contracts and easements. The Department will designate payment for cost share to restore the functions and values of grasslands.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 1415
Legal Authority: 16 USC 3838n to 3838q

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		09/00/2008

Overall Description of Deadline: Section 2709 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 requires rules to be promulgated within 90 days with statutory enactment.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	01/21/2009	74 FR 3856
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	03/23/2009
Interim Final Rule Amendment and Reopening of Comment Period	08/21/2009	74 FR 42170
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	09/21/2009
Final Action	12/00/2010

Additional Information: Leslie Deavers, Team Leader, Easement Programs, Phone: 202 720-0123, Email: leslie.deavers@wdc.usda.gov.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Related RINs: Previously reported as 0578-AA38	Related Agencies: Joint: USDA/FSA, null/null;
Agency Contact: Elizabeth Crane Program Manager, Easement Programs Division Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013 Phone:202 720-0242 Fax:202 720-9689 Email: elizabeth.crane@wdc.usda.gov