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| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.1 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.1 Applicability. | CCC | (a) The regulations in this part set forth the policies, procedures, and requirements for the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) as administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for program implementation. (b) The Chief, NRCS, may implement WRP in any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.10 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.10 Cost-share payments. | CCC | [74 FR 2328, Jan. 15, 2009, as amended at 74 FR 26284, June 2, 2009] | (a) NRCS may share the cost with participants of implementing the WRPO on the enrolled land. The amount and terms and conditions of the cost-share assistance shall be subject to the following restrictions on the costs of establishing or installing conservation practices or activities specified in the WRPO: (1) On enrolled land subject to a permanent easement, NRCS will offer to pay at least 75 percent but not more than 100 percent of such costs; and (2) On enrolled land subject to a non-permanent easement, 30-year contract, or restoration cost-share agreement, NRCS will offer to pay at least 50 percent but not more than 75 percent of such costs. (3) The total amount of payments that a person or legal entity may receive, directly or indirectly, for one or more restoration cost-share agreements, for any year, may not exceed $50,000. (b) Cost-share payments may be made only upon a determination by NRCS that an eligible conservation practice or component of the conservation practice has been implemented in compliance with appropriate NRCS standards and specifications; or an eligible activity has been implemented in compliance with the appropriate requirements detailed in the WRPO. Identified conservation practices or activities may be implemented by the participant, NRCS, or other NRCS designee. (c) Cost-share payments may be made for replacement of an eligible conservation practice, if NRCS determines that the practice is still needed and that the failure of the original conservation practice was due to reasons beyond the control of the participant. (d) A participant may seek additional cost-share assistance from other public or private organizations as long as the conservation practices or activities funded are in compliance with this part. In no event shall the participant receive an amount that exceeds 100 percent of the total actual cost of the restoration. | |||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.11 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.11 Easement and 30-year contract participation requirements. | CCC | [74 FR 2328, Jan. 15, 2009, as amended at 74 FR 26284, June 2, 2009] | (a) Easement requirements. (1) To enroll land in WRP through the permanent or non-permanent easement option, a landowner shall grant an easement to the United States. The easement shall require that the easement area be maintained in accordance with WRP goals and objectives for the duration of the term of the easement, including the restoration, protection, enhancement, maintenance, and management of wetland and other land functions and values. (2) For the duration of its term, the easement shall require, at a minimum, that the participant, and the participant's heirs, successors and assigns, shall, consistent with the terms of this part, cooperate in the restoration, protection, enhancement, maintenance, and management of the land in accordance with the warranty easement deed and with the terms of the WRPO. In addition, the easement shall grant to the United States, through NRCS: (i) A right of access to the easement area; (ii) The right to permit compatible uses of the easement area, including such activities as hunting and fishing, managed timber harvest, or periodic haying or grazing, if such use is consistent with the long-term protection and enhancement of the wetland resources for which the easement was established; (iii) All rights, title and interest in the easement area; and (iv) The right to restore, protect, enhance, maintain, and manage activities on the easement area. (3) The participant shall convey title to the easement in a manner that is acceptable to NRCS. The participant shall warrant that the easement granted to the United States is superior to the rights of all others, except for exceptions to the title that are deemed acceptable by NRCS. (4) The participant shall: (i) Comply with the terms of the easement; (ii) Comply with all terms and conditions of any associated contract or agreement; (iii) Agree to the permanent retirement of any existing cropland base and allotment history for the easement area under any program administered by the Secretary, as determined by the FSA; (iv)… | |||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.12 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.12 The WRPO development. | CCC | [74 FR 2328, Jan. 15, 2009, as amended at 74 FR 26285, June 2, 2009] | (a) The development of the WRPO will be made through the local NRCS representative, in consultation with the State Technical Committee, with consideration of site-specific technical input from FWS and the Conservation District. (b) The WRPO will specify the manner in which the enrolled land shall be restored, protected, enhanced, maintained, and managed to accomplish the goals of the program. The WRPO will be developed to ensure that cost-effective restoration and maximization of wildlife benefits and wetland functions and values will result. Specifically, the WRPO will consider and address, to the extent practicable, the on-site alternations and the off-site watershed conditions that adversely impact the hydrology and associated wildlife and wetland functions and values. NRCS will review, revise, and supplement the WRPO as needed throughout the duration of the enrollment to ensure that program goals are fully and effectively achieved. | |||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.13 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.13 Modifications. | CCC | (a) Easements. (1) After an easement has been recorded, no modification will be made in the easement except by mutual agreement with the Chief and the participant. The Chief will consult with FWS and the Conservation District prior to making any modifications to easements. (2) Approved modifications will be made only in an amended easement, which is duly prepared and recorded in conformity with standard real estate practices, including requirements for title approval, subordination of liens, and recordation. (3) The Chief may approve modifications to facilitate the practical administration and management of the easement area or the program so long as the modification will not adversely affect the wetland functions and values for which the easement was acquired or when adverse impacts will be mitigated by enrollment and restoration of other lands that provide greater wetland functions and values at no additional cost to the government. (4) Modifications must result in equal or greater environmental and economic values to the United States and address a compelling public need, as determined by the Chief. (b) WRPO. Insofar as is consistent with the easement and applicable law, the State Conservationist may approve modifications to the WRPO that do not affect provisions of the easement in consultation with the participant and with consideration of site specific technical input from the FWS and the Conservation District. Any WRPO modification must meet WRP regulations and program objectives, comply with the definition of wetland restoration as defined in § 1467.3, must result in equal or greater wildlife benefits, wetland functions and values, and ecological and economic values to the United States. | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.14 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.14 Transfer of land. | CCC | (a) Offers voided. Any transfer of the property prior to the enrollment of the easement, 30-year contract, or restoration cost-share agreement contract, including the landowner entering into a contract or purchase agreement to sell the land subject to offer, shall void the offer of enrollment. (b) Payments to landowners. For easements with multiple annual payments, any remaining easement payments will be made to the original participant unless NRCS receives an assignment of proceeds. (c) Claims to payments. With respect to any and all payments owed to participants, NRCS shall bear no responsibility for any full payments or partial distributions of funds between the original participant and the participant's successor. In the event of a dispute or claim on the distribution of cost-share payments, NRCS may withhold payments without the accrual of interest pending an agreement or adjudication on the rights to the funds. | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.15 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.15 Violations and remedies. | CCC | (a) Easement violations. (1) In the event of a violation of the easement, 30-year contract, or any restoration cost-share agreement involving the participant, the participant shall be given reasonable notice and an opportunity to voluntarily correct the violation within 30 days of the date of the notice, or such additional time as the State Conservationist determines is necessary to correct the violation at the landowner's expense. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (a)(1) of this section, NRCS reserves the right to enter upon the easement area at any time to remedy deficiencies or easement violations. Such entry may be made at the discretion of NRCS when such actions are deemed necessary to protect important wetland functions and values or other rights of the United States under the easement. The participant shall be liable for any costs incurred by the United States as a result of the participant's negligence or failure to comply with easement or contractual obligations. (3) At any time there is a material breach of the easement covenants or any associated agreement, the easement shall remain in force and NRCS may withhold or require the refund of any easement and cost-share payments owed or paid to participants. Such withheld or refunded funds may be used to offset costs incurred by the United States in any remedial actions or retained as damages pursuant to court order or settlement agreement. This remedy is in addition to any and all legal or equitable remedies available to the United States under applicable Federal or State law. (4) The United States shall be entitled to recover any and all administrative and legal costs, including attorney's fees or expenses, associated with any enforcement or remedial action. (b) 30-year Contract and Restoration Cost-Share Agreement violations. (1) If the NRCS determines that a participant is in violation of the terms of a 30-year contract, or restoration cost-share agreement, or documents incorporated by reference into the 30-year contract or restoration cost-share ag… | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.16 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.16 Payments not subject to claims. | CCC | Any cost-share, contract, or easement payment or portion thereof due any person under this part shall be allowed without regard to any claim or lien in favor of any creditor, except agencies of the United States Government. | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.17 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.17 Assignments. | CCC | Any person entitled to any cash payment under this program may assign the right to receive such cash payments, in whole or in part. | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.18 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.18 Appeals. | CCC | (a) A person participating in the WRP may obtain a review of any administrative determination concerning eligibility for participation utilizing the administrative appeal regulations provided in 7 CFR part 614. (b) Before a person may seek judicial review of any administrative action taken under this part, the person must exhaust all administrative appeal procedures set forth in paragraph (a) of this section, and for purposes of judicial review, no decision shall be a final Agency action except a decision of the Chief of the NRCS under these procedures. (c) Any appraisals, market analysis, or supporting documentation that may be used by the NRCS in determining property value are considered confidential information, and shall only be disclosed as determined at the sole discretion of the NRCS in accordance with applicable law. (d) Enforcement actions undertaken by the NRCS in furtherance of its federally held property rights are under the jurisdiction of the federal courts and not subject to review under administrative appeal regulations. | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.19 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.19 Scheme and device. | CCC | (a) If it is determined by the NRCS that a participant has employed a scheme or device to defeat the purposes of this part, any part of any program payment otherwise due or paid such participant during the applicable period may be withheld or be required to be refunded with interest thereon, as determined appropriate by NRCS. (b) A scheme or device includes, but is not limited to, coercion, fraud, misrepresentation, depriving any other person of payments for cost-share practices, contracts, or easements for the purpose of obtaining a payment to which a person would otherwise not be entitled. (c) A participant who succeeds to the responsibilities under this part shall report in writing to the NRCS any interest of any kind in enrolled land that is held by a predecessor or any lender. A failure of full disclosure will be considered a scheme or device under this section. | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.2 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.2 Administration. | CCC | [74 FR 2328, Jan. 15, 2009, as amended at 90 FR 30560, July 10, 2025] | (a) The regulations in this part will be administered under the general supervision and direction of the Chief. (b) The Chief is authorized to modify or waive a provision of this part if the Chief deems the application of that provision to a particular limited situation to be inappropriate and inconsistent with the environmental and cost-efficiency goals of the WRP. This authority cannot be further delegated. The Chief may not modify or waive any provision of this part that is required by applicable law. (c) The State Conservationist will seek advice from the State Technical Committee on the development of the geographic area rate caps of compensation for an easement, a priority ranking process, and related policy matters. (d) NRCS may delegate at any time easement management, monitoring, and enforcement responsibilities to other Federal or State agencies that have the appropriate authority, expertise, and technical and financial resources, as determined by NRCS to carry out such delegated responsibilities. (e) NRCS may enter into cooperative agreements with Federal or State agencies, conservation districts, and private conservation organizations to assist NRCS with program implementation, including the provision of technical assistance. (f) NRCS shall consult with the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) at the local level in determinations of land eligibility and as appropriate throughout the program implementation process. NRCS may consult Federal or State agencies, conservation districts, or other organizations in program administration. No determination by these agencies or organizations shall compel NRCS to take any action which NRCS determines will not serve the purposes of the program established by this part. (g) The Chief may allocate funds for purposes related to: Encouraging enrollment by a beginning or limited resource farmer or rancher as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3844; special pilot programs for wetland management and monitoring; acquisition of wetland easements wit… | |||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.20 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.20 Market-based conservation initiatives. | CCC | (a) Acceptance and use of contributions. Section 1241(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 3841(e)), allows the Chief to accept and use contributions of non-Federal funds to support the purposes of the program. These funds shall be available without further appropriation and until expended, to carry out the program. (b) Ecosystem Services Credits for Conservation Improvements. (1) USDA recognizes that environmental benefits will be achieved by implementing conservation practices and activities funded through WRP, and that environmental credits may be gained as a result of implementing activities compatible with the purposes of a WRP easement, 30-year contract, or restoration cost-share agreement. NRCS asserts no direct or indirect interest in these credits. However, NRCS retains the authority to ensure that the requirements of the WRPO, contract, and easement deed are met. Where activities required under an environmental credit agreement may affect land covered under a WRP easement, 30-year contract, or restoration cost-share agreement, participants are highly encouraged to request a compatibility assessment from NRCS prior to entering into such agreements. (2) Section 1222(f)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 as amended, does not allow wetlands restored with Federal funds to be utilized for Food Security Act wetland mitigation purposes. | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.3 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.3 Definitions. | CCC | The following definitions are applicable to this part: 30-year Contract means a contract that is for a duration of 30 years and is limited to acreage owned by Indian Tribes. Acreage Owned by Indian Tribes means lands held in private ownership by an Indian Tribe or individual Tribal member and lands held in trust by a native corporation, Tribe or the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Activity means an action other than a conservation practice that is included in the WRPO or restoration cost-share agreement, as applicable, and that has the effect of alleviating problems or improving treatment of the resources, including ensuring proper management or maintenance of the wetland functions and values restored, protected, or enhanced through an easement, contract, or restoration cost-share agreement. Agreement means the document that specifies the obligations and rights of NRCS and any person or legal entity who is participating in the program. Agricultural commodity means any agricultural commodity planted and produced in a State by annual tilling of the soil, including tilling by one-trip planters; or sugarcane planted and produced in a State. Beginning Farmer or Rancher means an individual or legal entity who has not operated a farm or ranch, or who has operated a farm or ranch for not more than 10 consecutive years. This requirement applies to all members of a legal entity, and who will materially and substantially participate in the operation of the farm or ranch. In the case of an individual, individually or with the immediate family, material and substantial participation requires that the individual provide substantial day-to-day labor and management of the farm or ranch, consistent with the practices in the county or State where the farm is located. In the case of a legal entity or joint operation, material and substantial participation requires that each of the members provide some amount of the management, or labor and management necessary for day-to-day activities, such that if each of the members … | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.4 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.4 Program requirements. | CCC | [74 FR 2328, Jan. 15, 2009, as amended at 74 FR 26284, June 2, 2009] | (a) General. (1) Under the WRP, NRCS may purchase conservation easements from, or enter into 30-year contracts or restoration cost-share agreements with, eligible landowners who voluntarily cooperate to restore, protect, or enhance wetlands on eligible private and Tribal lands. The 30-year contract enrollment option is only available to acreage owned by Indian Tribes. (2) To participate in WRP, a landowner must agree to the implementation of a WRPO, the effect of which is to restore, protect, enhance, maintain, and manage the hydrologic conditions of inundation or saturation of the soil, native vegetation, and natural topography of eligible lands. NRCS may provide cost-share assistance through a restoration cost-share agreement or an easement restoration agreement for the conservation practices and activities that promote the restoration, protection, enhancement, maintenance, and management of wetland functions and values. For easement transactions, NRCS may implement such conservation practices and activities through an agreement with the landowner, a contract with a vendor, or a cooperative agreement with a cooperating entity. Specific restoration, protection, enhancement, maintenance, and management actions may be undertaken by the landowner, NRCS, or other designee. (b) Acreage limitations. (1) Except for areas devoted to windbreaks or shelterbelts after November 28, 1990, no more than 25 percent of the total cropland in any county, as determined by the FSA, may be enrolled in the CRP and the WRP, and no more than 10 percent of the total cropland in the county may be subject to an easement acquired through the WRP. (2) NRCS and FSA shall concur before a waiver of the 25 percent limit of this paragraph can be approved for an easement proposed for enrollment in the WRP. Such a waiver will only be approved if the waiver will not adversely affect the local economy, and operators in the county are having difficulties complying with the conservation plans implemented under 16 U.S.C. 3812. (c) Landowner eli… | |||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.5 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.5 Application procedures. | CCC | (a) Application for participation. To apply for enrollment, a landowner must submit an Application for Participation in the WRP. (b) Preliminary agency actions. By filing an Application for Participation, the landowner consents to an NRCS representative entering upon the land for purposes of assessing the wetland functions and values, and for other activities, such as the development of the preliminary WRPO, that are necessary or desirable for NRCS to evaluate applications. The landowner is entitled to accompany an NRCS representative on any site visits. (c) Voluntary reduction in compensation. In order to enhance the probability of enrollment in WRP, a landowner may voluntarily offer to accept a lesser payment than is being offered by NRCS. | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.6 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.6 Establishing priority for enrollment of properties in WRP. | CCC | (a) When evaluating easement, 30-year contract, or restoration cost-share agreement offers from landowners, the NRCS, with advice from the State Technical Committee, may consider: (1) The conservation benefits of obtaining an easement, or other interest in the land; (2) The cost effectiveness of each easement or other interest in eligible land, so as to maximize the environmental benefits per dollar expended; (3) Whether the landowner or another person is offering to contribute financially to the cost of the easement or other interest in the land to leverage Federal funds; (4) The extent to which the purposes of the easement program would be achieved on the land; (5) The productivity of the land; and (6) The on-farm and off-farm environmental threats if the land is used for the production of agricultural commodities. (b) To the extent practicable, taking into consideration costs and future agricultural and food needs, NRCS shall give priority to: (1) Obtaining permanent easements over shorter term easements; and (2) Acquiring easements based on the value of the easement for protecting and enhancing habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife, in consultation with FWS. (c) NRCS, in consultation with the State Technical Committee, may place higher priority on certain geographic regions of the State where restoration of wetlands may better achieve State and regional goals and objectives. (d) Notwithstanding any limitation of this part, the State Conservationist may, at any time, exclude enrollment of otherwise eligible lands if the participation of the adjacent landowners is essential to the successful restoration of the wetlands and those adjacent landowners are unwilling or ineligible to participate. The State Conservationist may coordinate with other Federal, State, and nonprofit organizations to encourage the restoration of wetlands on adjacent ineligible lands, especially in priority geographic areas. (e)(1) The Chief will conduct an assessment during fiscal year 2008 and each subsequent fiscal y… | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.7 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.7 Enrollment process. | CCC | [74 FR 2328, Jan. 15, 2009, as amended at 74 FR 26284, June 2, 2009] | (a) Tentative Selection. Based on the priority ranking, NRCS will notify an affected landowner of tentative acceptance into the program. (b) Effect of notice of tentative selection. The notice of tentative acceptance into the program does not bind NRCS or the United States to enroll the proposed project in WRP, nor does it bind the landowner to continue with enrollment in the program. The notice informs the landowner of NRCS' intent to continue the enrollment process on their land unless otherwise notified by the landowner. (c) Acceptance and effect of offer of enrollment —(1) Easement. For applications requesting enrollment through an easement, an option agreement to purchase will be presented by NRCS to the landowner, which will describe the easement area; the easement compensation amount; the easement terms and conditions; and other terms and conditions for participation that may be required by NRCS as appropriate. The landowner accepts enrollment in the WRP by signing the option agreement to purchase. NRCS will continue with easement acquisition activities after the property has been enrolled. (2) Restoration cost-share agreement. For applications requesting enrollment through the restoration cost-share agreement option, a restoration cost-share agreement shall be presented by NRCS to the landowner, which will describe the enrolled area, the agreement terms and conditions, and other terms and conditions for participation that may be required by NRCS as appropriate. The landowner accepts enrollment in the WRP by signing the restoration cost-share agreement. NRCS will proceed with implementation of the WRPO after the property has been enrolled. (3) 30-year contract. For applications requesting enrollment through the 30-year contract option, a 30-year contract shall be presented by NRCS to the landowner, which will describe the contract area, the contract terms and conditions, and other terms and conditions for participation that may be required by NRCS as appropriate. The landowner accepts enroll… | |||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.8 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.8 Compensation for easements and 30-year contracts. | CCC | (a) Determination of easement payment rates. (1) Compensation for an easement under this part shall be made in cash in such amount as is agreed to and specified in the option agreement to purchase or 30-year contract. (2) Payments for non-permanent easements or 30-year contracts shall be not more than 75 percent of that which would have been paid for a permanent easement as determined by the methods listed in paragraph (a)(3) of this section. (3) NRCS shall pay as compensation the lowest of the following: (i) The fair market value of the land using the Uniform Standards for Professional Appraisal Practices, or based on an area-wide market analysis or survey; (ii) The geographic area rate cap determined under paragraph (a)(4) of this section; or (iii) The landowner offer. (4) The State Conservationist, in consultation with the State Technical Committee, shall establish one or more geographic area rate caps within a state. The State Conservationist shall submit geographic area rate caps and supporting documentation to the Chief for approval. Each State Conservationist will determine the geographic area rate cap using the best information which is readily available in that State. Such information may include: Soil types, type(s) of crops capable of being grown, production history, location, real estate market values, and tax rates and assessments. (b) Acceptance of offered easement compensation. (1) NRCS will not acquire any easement unless the landowner accepts the amount of the easement payment offered by NRCS. The easement payment may or may not equal the fair market value of the interests and rights to be conveyed by the landowner under the easement. By voluntarily participating in the program, a landowner waives any claim to additional compensation based on fair market value. (2)(i) For easements or 30-year contracts valued at $500,000 or less, NRCS will provide compensation in up to 30 annual payments, as requested by the participant, as specified in the option agreement to purchase or 30-year cont… | ||||||
| 7:7:10.1.2.2.31.0.342.9 | 7 | Agriculture | XIV | B | 1467 | PART 1467—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM | § 1467.9 Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program. | CCC | (a) Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP). (1) The purpose of WREP is to target and leverage resources to address high priority wetlands protection, restoration, and enhancement objectives through agreements with States (including a political subdivision or agency of a State), nongovernmental organizations, and Indian Tribes. (2) Funding for WREP agreements will be announced in the Federal Register. (i) The announcement will provide details on the priorities for funding, required level of partner matching funds, ranking criteria, level of available funding, and additional criteria as determined by the Chief. (ii) The Chief will determine the funding level for WREP on an annual basis. Funds for WREP are derived from funds available for WRP. (3) Proposals will be submitted to the State Conservationist of the State in which the majority of the project area resides. (i) State Conservationists will evaluate proposals based on the ranking criteria established in the announcement and provide proposals recommended for funding to the Chief. (ii) The Chief will evaluate proposals recommended for funding and make final funding selections, in accordance with ranking factors identified in the announcement. (4) Selected proposals and associated funding will be provided to the State Conservationist to enter into WREP agreements with the eligible partner to carry out the project. (b) Reserved Rights Pilot. (1) The Chief shall carry out a reserved rights pilot subject to the requirements established in this part. (2) Under the reserved rights pilot, a landowner may reserve grazing rights in the warranty easement deed or 30-year contract, if the State Conservationist determines that the reservation and use of the grazing rights: (i) Is compatible with the land subject to the easement or 30-year contract; and (ii) Is consistent with the long-term wetland protection and enhancement goals for which the easement or 30-year contract was established; and (iii) Complies with a WRPO developed with NRCS. (3) The Sta… |
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