[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR701.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 701--CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 701.2  Definitions.

    (a) County conservation review group consists of the county 
committee; the county extension agent; a representative of the Soil 
Conservation Service; a representative of the U.S. Forest Service; a 
representative of the Farmers Home Administration; a representative of 
the State forestry agency or its equivalent, when the representative 
accepts an invitation to be a member of the group; and a representative 
of the conservation district in the county, where the governing board of 
the district accepts an invitation to designate a representative (if 
there is more than one district in the county, the governing boards of 
the districts may jointly designate only one person to represent all of 
the districts). The county conservation review group shall have the 
responsibilities as provided for in Secs. 701.10 and 701.35.
    (b) Farm or ranch means that area of land considered as a farm under 
the regulations governing reconstitution of farms, allotments, and 
bases, part 719 of this chapter, as amended, and, for the forestry 
incentives program, ``farm'' or ``ranch'' means eligible land (or 
ownership tracts) as provided in Sec. 701.30.
    (c) National conservation review group consists of representatives 
of the Farm Service Agency; Soil Conservation Service; U.S. Forest 
Service; Science and Education Administration; Economics, Statistics, 
and Cooperatives Service; Farmers Home Administration; Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Office of Budget 
Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Environmental 
Protection Agency; and Office of Management and Budget. The national 
conservation review group is responsible for recommending changes in 
program administrative procedures and policy guidelines, and evaluations 
of program effectiveness and operating arrangements.
    (d) Program year means the Federal fiscal year for accounting 
purposes.
    (e) State means any one of the United States, Puerto Rico, the 
Virgin Islands, and (1) In the case of the Agricultural Conservation 
Program and the Emergency Conservation Program, Guam and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) In the case of the 
Forestry Incentives Program, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 
and the Territories and possessions of the United States.
    (f) State conservation review group consists of the State committee, 
the State Director of Extension; the State Conservationist of the Soil 
Conservation Service; a representative of the U.S. Forest Service; a 
representative of the Farmers Home Administration; a representative of 
the State forestry agency, or its equivalent, when the representative 
accepts an invitation to be a member of the group; a representative of 
the State Soil Conservation Committee, or its equivalent, when the

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representative accepts an invitation to be a member of the group; and a 
representative of the State Water Quality Agency, or its equivalent when 
it accepts an invitation to be a member of the group. The State 
conservation review group has the responsibility provided for in 
Sec. 701.11.
    (g) State forestry committee, or its equivalent, consists of the 
State forester or equivalent State official, who serves as chairperson; 
and a head or representative at the State level of the following USDA 
agencies: Farm Service Agency; U.S. Forest Service; Science and 
Education Administration; Farmers Home Administration; Soil Conservation 
Service. At the discretion of the committee, State and local interests 
may also be involved. The function of the State forestry committee is to 
coordinate forestry budget proposals, agency roles in education, 
technical assistance, technology transfers, and forestry incentives.
    (h) 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 operations shall, unless the context or 
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.

[45 FR 49522, July 25, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 46998, Oct. 22, 1982; 
53 FR 15657, May 3, 1988]