[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 7CFR752.7]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 752--WATER BANK PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 752.7  Use of designated acreage.

    (a) The acreage designated under an agreement shall be maintained 
for the agreement period in a manner which will preserve, restore or 
improve the wetland character of the land. Persons entering into an 
agreement shall devote the adjacent land to conservation uses as 
specified in the agreement.
    (b) The designated acreage shall not be drained, burned, filled, or 
otherwise used in a manner which would destroy the wetland character of 
the acreage, except that the provisions of this paragraph shall not 
prohibit the carrying out of management practices which are specified in 
a conservation plan for the farm which is developed in cooperation with 
the Soil and Water Conservation District in which the farm is located.
    (c) The designated acreage shall not be used as a dumping area for 
draining other wetlands. However, the county committee may authorize the 
use of the designated area to receive limited drainage waters upon a 
determination that such use is consistent with the sound management of 
wetlands and is specified in the conservation plan for the farm.
    (d) The designated acreage shall not be used: (1) As a source of 
irrigation water or as acreage for a set-aside, land diversion, acreage 
reduction or other program, or (2) to meet the conserving base acreage 
requirement for any other program.
    (e) No crop shall be harvested from the designated acreage and such 
acreage shall not be grazed, except as may be specified in the 
conservation plan for the farm except that the designated acreage may be 
grazed in the first year of the agreement period prior to the date the 
agreement is approved.
    (f) During periods of severe drought, haying of the designated 
acreage may be approved under specified conditions which are prescribed 
by the Deputy Administrator in consultation with the Secretary of 
Interior or his designee.
    (g) The harvesting of timber products may be permitted but only in 
accordance with a Forest Management Plan which is included in the 
conservation plan and which is approved by the State forester or 
equivalent State official.

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

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