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The final rule would finalize changes made by the interim rule making minor changes to existing The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) regulation. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) mandated changes to CRP, which were fully implemented by the interim rule.  CRP is a Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) program administered by FSA.  There were 63 comments submitted in response to the interim rule.  The final rule will address the issues raised in the comments.  CRP assists producers in conserving and improving soil, water, and wildlife resources by converting highly erodible and other environmentally sensitive acreage to a long-term vegetative cover; the core scope of CRP did not change. The changes implemented by the interim rule included:  extended and modified the authorization for CRP through fiscal year (FY) 2023; increased the CRP acreage cap from 24 million acres to 27 million acres by FY 2023 and includes 8.6 million acres for continuous practices and 2 million acres for grasslands; implemented two pilot programs: the Clean Lakes, Estuaries, and Rivers initiative (CLEAR 30, which has 30-year contracts) and the Soil Health and Income Protection Program (SHIPP); up to $12 million in incentive payments for tree thinning and related activities and provides additional haying and grazing flexibilities; changes to the eligibility criteria for enrollment in CRP; the benefits available to participants; the compliance provisions of CRP; how regional drought concerns are addressed on the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) agreements; and the specific length of SHIPP contracts.