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CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (1) The conservation practice cost-effectiveness, implementation efficiency, and innovation; (2) The degree and effectiveness in treating priority resource concerns; (3) The number of resource concerns the practice addresses; (4) The longevity of the practice's conservation benefit; (5) The conservation practice's ability to assist producers in meeting regulatory requirements; and (6) Other pertinent local considerations. (b) (1) Payment to a participant for performing a practice may not exceed, as determined by NRCS, the maximum payment percentages in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iii) of this section: (i) Seventy-five percent of the estimated costs incurred by implementing the conservation practice, (ii) One hundred percent of the estimated income foregone, or (iii) Both conditions in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section, where a producer incurs costs in implementing a conservation practice and foregoes income related to that practice implementation. (2) In determining the amount and rate of estimated income foregone, NRCS may assign higher significance to conservation practices which promote— (i) Soil health; (ii) Water quality and quantity improvement; (iii) Nutrient management; (iv) Pest management; (v) Air quality improvement; (vi) Wildlife habitat development, including pollinator habitat; (vii) Invasive species management; or (viii) Other natural resource concerns of regional or national significance, as determined by NRCS. (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1466.23