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USDA/FSA RIN: 0560-AH80 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Conservation Reserve Program 
Abstract: Regulatory changes implemented through interim rules for changes to CRP required by the 2008 Farm Bill include: * General authority to address issues raised by State, region, and national conservation initiatives; * Enrollment authority at 39.2 million acres for 2008 and 2009 and, for FY 2010 to 2012, reduced to up to 32 million acres; * Alfalfa grown in long-term certain rotations to be considered eligible; * For Farmable Wetlands Program, eligibility for constructed wetlands to provide nitrogen removal in tile-drained areas, commercial pond-raised aquaculture, and intermittently flooded land provided the land; * Removed managed grazing and added routine grazing; * Authority to make cost-share payments for 2 to 4 years for thinning of tree stands for the benefit of wildlife and other resource conditions on the land; * NASS annual surveys of county average market dry-land and irrigated cash rental rates for cropland and pastureland; * Authority to facilitate a transition of land from a retired or retiring owner or operator to a beginning farmer or rancher, socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher, or limited resource farmers or rancher to return some or all of the land into production using sustainable grazing or crop production methods; and * Additional authority to waive the cropland limit in cases limited for continuous or Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program enrollment, provided that county government agrees. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Economically Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: Yes  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 1410   
Legal Authority: PL 110-246   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Other  Statutory  Interim Rule  08/22/2008 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice  12/16/2008  73 FR 76331   
Interim Final Rule  06/29/2009  74 FR 30907   
Interim Final Rule Effective  06/29/2009    
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  08/28/2009    
Notice  09/03/2009  74 FR 45606   
Notice SEIS  02/19/2010  75 FR 7438   
Notice SEIS Comment Period End  04/05/2010    
Second Interim Final Rule  05/14/2010  75 FR 27165   
Interim Rule 2 Effective  05/14/2010    
Interim Rule 2 Comment Period End  07/13/2010    
Third Interim Final Rule  07/28/2010  75 FR 44067   
Interim Rule 3 Comment Period End  09/27/2010    
Interim Rule 3 Effective  09/27/2010    
Final Rule  To Be Determined    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Deirdre Holder
Branch Chief, Regulatory Analysis and PRA Requirements Branch
Department of Agriculture
Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250-0572
Phone:202 205-5851
Email: deirdre.holder@usda.gov