[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: 7CFR700.43]

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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 D--Monitoring and Evaluation
 
Sec. 700.43  Public benefits when installing BMP's.

    All BPM's implemented under this program shall be in compliance with 
regulations promulgated under part 799 on environmental quality and 
related environmental concerns or similar regulations issued by a 
technical agency. Persons responsible for any aspect of performing BMPs 
shall carry out their responsibilities in such a way as to promote 
public benefits:
    (a) By improving or preserving environmental quality and ecological 
balance.
    (b) By preventing or abating pollution and other environmental 
degradation.
    (c) Benefiting the community by means such as preserving open space 
or enhancing the appearance of the area.
    (d) Benefiting wildlife and other desirable life forms.
    (e) Preserving historic, archaeological, or scenic sites, wetlands, 
ecologically critical areas and prime farmland.
    (f) Avoiding the creation of hazards to persons or animals.
    (g) Avoiding actions that may adversely affect an endangered or 
threatened species and flood plains.