[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: 7CFR752.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 752--WATER BANK PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 752.2  Definitions.

    (a) Adjacent land means land on a farm which adjoins designated 
types 1 through 7 wetlands and is considered essential for the 
protection of the wetland or for the nesting, breeding, or feeding of 
migratory waterfowl. Adjacent land need not be contiguous to the land 
designated as wetland, but cannot be located more than one quarter of a 
mile away. Types 1 and 2 wetlands may be designated as adjacent land 
rather than wetland if located not more than one quarter mile from types 
3 through 7 wetlands.
    (b) Administrator means the Administrator or Acting Administrator of 
the

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Farm Service Agency (FSA), U.S. Department of Agriculture.
    (c) Agreement means a water bank agreement.
    (d) Conservation plan means a written record of the land user's 
decisions on the use and management of the wetland and adjacent areas 
covered by the agreement. The conservation plan is the basis for the 
agreement. It includes a schedule of conservation treatment and 
management required to improve, protect, or restore the wetland and to 
maintain the wetland and adjacent land as a functional wetland unit for 
the life of the agreement. Conservation treatment and management of the 
vegetation for wetland protection, wildlife habitat, or other authorized 
objectives are consistent with the program objectives and priorities.
    (e) Wetlands means the inland fresh areas described as types 1 
through 7 in Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States, as published by 
the United States Department of the Interior.
    (f) In the regulations in this part and in all instructions, forms, 
and documents in connection therewith, all other words and phrases 
specifically relating to FSA operation shall, unless the context of 
subject matter otherwise requires, have the meanings assigned to them in 
the regulations governing reconstitution of farms, allotments and bases, 
part 719 of this chapter, as amended.

[48 FR 45528, Oct. 6, 1983, as amended at 50 FR 7744, Feb. 26, 1985]