Easement and 30-year contract participation requirements.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (2) For the duration of its term, the easement shall require, at a minimum, that the participant, and the participant's heirs, successors and assigns, shall, consistent with the terms of this part, cooperate in the restoration, protection, enhancement, maintenance, (i) A right of access to the easement area; (ii) The right to permit compatible uses of the easement area, including such activities as hunting and fishing, managed timber harvest, or periodic haying or grazing, if such use is consistent with the long-term protection and enhancement of the wetland resources for which the easement was established; (iii) All rights, title and interest in the easement area; and (iv) The right to restore, protect, enhance, maintain, and manage activities on the easement area. (3) The participant shall convey title to the easement in a manner that is acceptable to NRCS. The participant shall warrant that the easement granted to the United States is superior to the rights of all others, except for exceptions to the title that are deemed acceptable by NRCS. (4) The participant shall: (i) Comply with the terms of the easement; (ii) Comply with all terms and conditions of any associated contract or agreement; (iii) Agree to the permanent retirement of any existing cropland base and allotment history for the easement area under any program administered by the Secretary, as determined by the FSA; (iv) Agree to the long-term restoration, protection, enhancement, maintenance, and management

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1467.11