Criteria.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

This section states the criteria required by section 1541(a) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 4202(a). The criteria were developed by the Secretary of Agriculture in cooperation with other Federal agencies. They are in two parts, (1) the land evaluation criterion, relative value, for which NRCS will provide the rating or score, and (2) the site assessment criteria, for which each Federal agency must develop its own ratings or scores. The criteria are as follows: (a) (b) (1) How much land is in nonurban use within a radius of 1.0 mile from where the project is intended? (2) How much of the perimeter of the site borders on land in nonurban use? (3) How much of the site has been farmed (managed for a scheduled harvest or timber activity) more than 5 of the last 10 years? (4) Is the site subject to State or unit of local government policies or programs to protect farmland or covered by private programs to protect farmland? (5) How close is the site to an urban built-up area? (6) How close is the site to water lines, sewer lines and/or other local facilities and services whose capacities and design would promote nonagricultural use? (7) Is the farm unit(s) containing the site (before the project) as large as the average-size farming unit in the county? (Average farm sizes in each county are available from the NRCS field offices in each State. Data are from the latest available Census of Agriculture, Acreage of Farm Units in Operation with $1,000 or more in sales.) (8) If this site is chosen f

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 658.5