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Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

conservation · Commodity Credit Corporation · Rule · Published 2015-02-27 · Effective 2015-02-27 · 80 FR 11032

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Document number
2015-03781
Federal Register citation
80 FR 11032
CFR reference
7 CFR 1468
Type
Rule
Action
Interim rule with request for comments.
Category
conservation
Sub-agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Publication date
2015-02-27
Effective date
2015-02-27
USDA docket
Docket No. NRCS-2014-0011

Abstract

The Agricultural Act of 2014 (the 2014 Act) consolidates the purposes of the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP), Grassland Reserve Program (GRP), and Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) into one easement program called the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). ACEP restores, protects, and enhances wetland on eligible land; protects the agricultural use, viability, and related conservation values of eligible land by limiting non-agricultural uses of that land; and protects grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring and conserving eligible land. This interim rule with request for comments sets forth the policies and procedures related to implementation of ACEP as authorized by the 2014 Act. Since the Conservation Farm Option (CFO) is a repealed program that was never implemented, NRCS is replacing the CFO regulations at 7 CFR part 1468 with the regulations necessary to implement ACEP.

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