# Conservation Innovation Grants
> **Natural Resources Conservation Service** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 2004-03-29 · Effective 2004-03-29 · 69 FR 16392
## Document
- **Document number:** 04-6934
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Natural Resources Conservation Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 69 FR 16392
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 1466
- **Publication date:** 2004-03-29
- **Effective date:** 2004-03-29
## Abstract

This interim final rule amends the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) final rule, published in the Federal Register on May 30, 2003, to describe how the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) intends to implement Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for eligible governmental or non-governmental organizations or individuals on a competitive basis as authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. CIG will be available to applicants who submit proposals for projects that involve EQIP-eligible farmers and ranchers. This interim final rule also solicits public comments for consideration in developing a final rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/03/29/04-6934/conservation-innovation-grants)
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