[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: 7CFR700.12]

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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 B--Project Authorization and Funding
 
Sec. 700.12  Eligible project areas.

    (a) Only those project areas which reflect the water quality 
priority concerns developed through the established water quality 
management program planning process and have identified agricultural 
nonpoint source water quality problems are eligible for authorization 
under RCWP. Only those critical areas or sources of pollutants 
significantly contributing to the water quality problems are eligible 
for financial and technical assistance.
    (b) An RCWP project area is a hydrologically related land area. 
Exceptions may be made for ease of administration, or to focus on 
concentrated critical areas. To be designated as an RCWP project area 
eligible for authorization, the area's water quality problems must be 
related to agricultural nonpoint source pollutants, including but not 
limited to, sediment, animal waste, irrigation return flows, runoff, or 
leachate that contain high concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus, 
dissolved solids, toxics (pesticides and heavy metals), or high pathogen 
levels.