Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024) |
Title 7 - Agriculture |
Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
Chapter VII - Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture |
SubChapter A - Agricultural Conservation Program |
Part 701 - Emergency Conservation Program, Emergency Forest Restoration Program, and Certain Related Programs Previously Administered Under This Part |
§ 701.12 - Eligible ECP practices.
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(a) Cost-share assistance may be offered for ECP practices to replace or restore farmland, fences, or conservation structures to a condition similar to that existing before the natural disaster. No relief under this part shall be allowed to address conservation problems existing before the disaster.
(b) The practice or practices made available when the ECP is implemented shall be only those practices authorized by FSA for which cost-share assistance is essential to permit accomplishment of the program goals.
(c) Cost-share assistance may be provided for permanent vegetative cover, including establishment of the cover where needed, only in conjunction with eligible structures or installations where cover is needed to prevent erosion and/or siltation or to accomplish some other ECP purpose.
(d) Practice specifications shall represent the minimum levels of performance needed to address the ECP need.