[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: 7CFR701.3]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 701--CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart--Agricultural Conservation Program
 
Sec. 701.3  Program objective.


    (a) The objective of the Agricultural Conservation Program 
(hereinafter referred to in this subpart as the ``program'') is to 
assure the continued supply of food and fiber necessary for the 
maintenance of a strong and healthy people and economy, and to provide 
for environmental conservation or enhancement.
    (b) This will be accomplished through a program that has been 
formulated and is to be carried out, taking into consideration:
    (1) The need to control erosion and sedimentation from agricultural 
land and conserve the water resources on such land.
    (2) The need to control pollution from animal wastes.
    (3) The need to facilitate sound resource management systems through 
soil and water conservation.
    (4) The need to encourage voluntary compliance by agricultural 
producers with Federal and State requirements to solve point and non-
point sources of pollution.
    (5) National priorities reflected in the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and other congressional and administrative actions.
    (6) The degrees to which the measures contribute to the national 
objective of assuring a continuous supply of food and fiber necessary 
for the maintenance of a strong and healthy people and economy.
    (7) The type of conservation measures needed to improve water 
quality in rural America.
    (8) The types of conservation measures needed that have significant 
energy conserving benefits.

[45 FR 49522, July 25, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 939, Jan. 8, 1982]