[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR700.1]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 700--EXPERIMENTAL RURAL CLEAN WATER PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 700.1  Purpose and scope.


    (a) The purpose of this part is for the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA), with certain concurrences by the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), to set forth regulations to carry out an 
experimental Rural Clean Water Program (RCWP) as authorized by the 
Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
fiscal year 1980, Pub. L. 96-108 (hereinafter referred to as the ``1980 
Appropriations Act'') and subsequent appropriations.
    (b) The RCWP will provide financial and technical assistance to 
private land owners and operators (participants) having control of 
agricultural land. The assistance is provided through long-term 
contracts of 3 to 10 years to install best management practices (BMPs) 
in approved project areas which have critical water quality problems 
resulting from agricultural activities. The project area must reflect 
the water quality priority concerns developed through the established 
water quality management program process. Participation RCWP is 
voluntary.
    (c) This is a new USDA program using the experiences under various 
on-going USDA programs and the established water quality management 
program of EPA.

[45 FR 14009, Mar. 4, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 29454, June 2, 1981]