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RIN: 0578-AA46

Publication ID: Spring 2011

Title: Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
Abstract: The purpose of the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) is to protect the agricultural use of land and related conservation values of eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses of that land. FRPP facilitates and provides funding for the purchase of conservation easements or other interests in eligible land. FRPP is a voluntary program and provides matching funds to State, Tribal, and local governments and nongovernmental organizations with farmland protection programs to purchase conservation easements.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 1491
Legal Authority: 16 USC 3838i

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 of statutory enactment.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	01/16/2009	74 FR 2809
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	08/03/2009
Interim Final Rule Correction and Reopening of Comment Period	07/02/2009	74 FR 31578
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	08/03/2009
Final Action	01/24/2011	76 FR 4027

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Related RINs: Previously reported as 0578-AA37
Agency Contact: Mark Rose FRPP Program Manager Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250 Phone:202 720-9476