§ 702.5 - Eligible land.

For the purposes of this part, eligible land is land that is within the Colorado River Basin area which:

(a) Has been identified by SCS as a salt source area;

(b) Is the subject of a published USDA Salinity Control Report and an approved project implementation plan;

(c) Has been irrigated at least two years during the period between 1982 and 1986, inclusive; and

(d) Notwithstanding the criteria articulated in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section, the Deputy Administrator has final authority to approve land for CRSC program eligibility if one of the following conditions is satisfied:

(1) If it is determined impossible to reorganize the existing irrigation system to increase irrigation efficiencies to obtain salt load reduction, irrigated land may be exchanged for nonirrigated land.

(2) Nonirrigated wildlife areas devoted to replacing incidental fish and wildlife values foregone because of the CRSC program.

(3) Incidental land, which in the course of improving or reorganizing the existing irrigation system, becomes irrigable.