Eligible material for payments.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Except for the exclusions specified in paragraph (b) of this section, in order to qualify for matching payments, eligible material must meet the following requirements: (1) Eligible material must be collected or harvested by the eligible material owner: (i) Directly from: (A) National Forest System land, Bureau of Land Management land; (B) Non-Federal land; or (C) Land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States; (ii) Consistent with a conservation plan, forest stewardship plan, or plan that CCC determined to be an equivalent plan, that provides the following: (A) The purpose of the harvest of the eligible material; (B) The expected volume of the harvest; (C) The total number of acres to be harvested; (D) The name of the eligible material owner(s); and (E) Any additional information, as determined by CCC; and (iii) Consistent with Executive Order 13112, “Invasive Species. ” (2) Woody eligible material produced on land other than contract acreage must be: (i) By-products of preventative treatments that were removed to reduce hazardous fuels or to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation; and (ii) If harvested from Federal lands then done so in accordance with the requirements for old-growth maintenance, restoration, and management direction provided by 16 U.S.C. 6512 for Federal lands; and (3) Eligible material must be delivered to a qualified biomass co

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1450.103