[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: 7CFR752.6]

[Page 379-380]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 752--WATER BANK PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 752.6  Land eligible for designation.

    (a) Land placed under an agreement shall be specifically identified 
and designated for the period of the agreement.
    (b) Land eligible for designation must be: (1) Privately owned 
inland fresh wetland areas of types 1 through 7 of which at least 2 
acres must be types 3 through 7 wetlands with respect to which, in the 
absence of inclusion in the program, destruction of the wetland 
character could reasonably be expected; (2) privately owned inland fresh 
wetland areas of types 1 through 7, which are under a drainage easement 
with the U.S. Department of the Interior or with a State government 
which permits agricultural use; or (3) other privately owned land which 
is adjacent to or within one quarter mile of designated types 1 through 
7 wetlands and which is determined by the county committee to be 
essential for the nesting, breeding, or feeding of migratory waterfowl, 
or for the protection of wetland.

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    (c) The following land is not eligible for designation: (1) Land on 
which the ownership has changed during the 2-year period preceding the 
first year of the agreement period unless: (i) The new ownership was 
acquired by will or succession as a result of the death of the previous 
owner, or (ii) the land was acquired by the owner or operator to replace 
eligible land from which he was displaced because of its acquisition by 
any Federal, State, or other agency having the right of eminent domain. 
However a new owner shall not be prohibited from entering into an 
agreement if the person has operated the land to be designated for as 
long as 2 years preceding the first year of the agreement and has 
control of such land for the agreement period. The provisions of this 
subparagraph shall not prohibit the continuation of an agreement by a 
new owner after an agreement has once been entered into under this part.
    (2) Land which is set aside or diverted under any other program 
administered by the Department of Agriculture.
    (3) Land which is owned by the United States or a State or local 
government or political subdivision thereof.
    (4) Land which is harvested in the first year of the agreement 
period prior to being designated, except for land on which timber is 
harvested in accordance with Sec. 752.7(g).
    (5) Types 1 through 7 wetlands which are common to more than one 
farm unless the portion of a wetland area located on the farm which 
controls the potential outlet for drainage is placed under agreement. 
After an agreement has been approved for the farm controlling the outlet 
for drainage, an agreement may be entered into with any or all other 
farms for other portions of the common wetland area if all agreements 
have the same beginning date as the farm controlling the outlet for 
drainage.

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