Eligible land.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) The provisions of paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section do not apply to: (1) The Transition Incentives Program as specified in § 1410.64; (2) The Soil Health and Income Protection Pilot Program as specified in § 1410.70; or (3) The Clean Lakes, Estuaries, and Rivers 30 (CLEAR 30) Pilot Program as specified in § 1410.80. (b) To be eligible for CRP, land must be one of the following: (1) Cropland that: (i) Has been annually planted or considered planted to an agricultural commodity in 4 of the 6 crop years from 2012 through 2017, provided that field margins that are incidental to the planting of crops may also be considered qualifying cropland; and (ii) Is physically and legally capable of being planted in a normal manner to an agricultural commodity; (2) Marginal pasture land that: (i) Is located immediately adjacent and parallel to an eligible stream, other water body, or wetland, but excluding such areas as gullies or sod waterways or similar areas; and (ii) Is capable, when permanent grass, forbs, shrubs, or trees are grown, or when planted with appropriate vegetation for the area, including vegetation suitable for wetland restoration or wildlife habitat, of either substantially reducing sediment or nutrient runoff that otherwise would be delivered to the adjacent eligible stream or water body, or serving other water quality purposes; (3) Acreage enrolled in CRP during the final year of the contract period, unless such land is federally-owned, provided the schedu

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1410.6