[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR610.31]

[Page 354]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 610--TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D--Conservation of Private Grazing Land
 
Sec. 610.31  Purpose and scope.

    Source: 67 FR 68497, Nov. 12, 2002, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) This subpart sets forth the policies for the Conservation of 
Private Grazing Land (CPGL) Program, as authorized by Section 386 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, (Pub. L. 104-
127, April 4, 1996) 16 U.S.C. 2005b. Under the CPGL Program, NRCS will 
provide technical assistance to landowners and managers who request 
assistance based on locally-established priorities and resource 
concerns. The purpose of the CPGL Program is to provide technical 
assistance to private grazing land owners and managers to voluntarily 
conserve or enhance grazing land resources to meet ecological, economic, 
and social demands.
    (b) The term ``private grazing land'' means private, State-owned, 
tribally owned, and any other non-federally owned rangeland, 
pastureland, grazed forestland, hayland, and other lands used for 
grazing.
    (c) The NRCS Chief may implement the CPGL Program in any of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. NRCS will provide assistance in 
cooperation with conservation districts, or directly to a landowner or 
operator.