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Rolnictwo i żywność · 1.06.1995

Wetlands Reserve Program

Title XIV of the Food Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (the 1990 Act), enacted on November 28, 1990, amended the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide for the establishment of the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP). Under the WRP, the secretary of Agriculture is authorized to purchase easements from owners of eligible land who voluntarily agree to restore and protect farmed wetlands or converted wetlands and eligible adjacent acres. The Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, authorized the establishment of the Natural Resources Conservation service (NRCS) and transferred responsibility for the WRP from the Consolidated Farm Service Agency to the NRCS, formerly the Soil Conservation Service (SCS). This interim rule provides the process by which the WRP will be administered within the NRCS. This rule also amends 7 CFR Chapter VI to reflect the establishment of the NRCS and the abolishment of the SCS.

Source: Federal Register — Agriculture DepartmentOpen original release →