Application for contracts and selecting offers from applicants.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (b) (1) Demonstrates that the applicant's conservation activities, at the time of contract offer, meet or exceed the stewardship threshold for at least two priority resource concerns; and (2) Would, at a minimum, meet or exceed the stewardship threshold for at least one additional priority resource concern by the end of the conservation stewardship contract by: (i) Installing and adopting additional conservation activities; and (ii) Improving, maintaining, and managing existing conservation activities across the entire agricultural operation in a manner that increases or extends the conservation benefits in place at the time the contract application is accepted by NRCS; and (3) Provides a map, aerial photograph, or overlay that— (i) Identifies the applicant's agricultural operation; and (ii) Delineates eligible land with associated acreage amounts. (c) (1) To the extent practicable, one ranking period will occur in the last (2) In evaluating CSP applications for new enrollment or for renewal, NRCS will rank applications based on the following factors: (i) The natural resource conservation and environmental benefits that result from the conservation treatment on all State identified priority resource concerns at the time of submission of the application; (ii) The degree to which the proposed conservation activities increase natural resource conservation and environmental benefits; and (iii) Other consistent criteria, as determined by NRCS, including criteria the Chief dete

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