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USDA/NRCS | RIN: 0578-AA65 | Publication ID: Fall 2019 |
Title: Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation | |
Abstract:
The Food Security Act of 1985, as amended, requires producers participating in many programs administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to abide by certain conditions on any land owned or farmed that is highly erodible or that is considered a wetland, hereafter "conservation compliance provisions." Producers participating in these programs and any person or entity considered to be an "affiliated person" of the producer are subject to these conservation compliance provisions. The current regulations for conservation compliance are set forth at 7 CFR part 12. Conservation compliance requires producers to apply a conservation system if they plant annually tilled crops on highly erodible soil and prohibits producers from planting an agricultural commodity on a converted wetland or converting a wetland to make possible the production of an agricultural commodity. The last update to 7 CFR part 12 was completed in 2015, in accordance with the amendments made by sections 2609 and 2611 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, which relinked eligibility for USDA crop insurance premium subsidies with the conservation compliance provisions. USDA seeks to make minor changes to 7 CFR part 12 related to how USDA makes wetland determinations under the conservation compliance provisions to ensure that the regulations are consistent with the current technical standards being applied.
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Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant | |
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 12 | |
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3801, 3811 to 3812 and 3812A 3813 and 3814 3821 to 3824 |
Legal Deadline:
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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 | |
Agency Contact: Deirdre Holder Team Lead, Regulatory Analysis and PRA Requirements Team Department of Agriculture Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0572 Phone:202 205-5851 Email: deirdre.holder@usda.gov |