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In August 2020, USDA issued a final rule for the Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended. The final rule made permanent many of the changes USDA had published in an interim rule, with request for comments, on December 7, 2018, to clarify how USDA delineates, determines, and certifies wetlands located on subject land in a manner sufficient for making determinations of ineligibility for certain USDA program benefits. On February 22, 2024, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia determined that the 2020 rulemaking did not comply with the Administrative Procedure Act. This rule would address the deficiencies noted in that opinion.