[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: 7CFR623.9]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 623--EMERGENCY WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 623.9  Easement priority.

    The State Conservationist, in consultation with the FWS and with 
input from a technical committee and other interested Federal agencies, 
will establish a ranking process to establish the priority of parcels 
offered into the EWRP. This process will rank the floodway enhancement 
and environmental benefits per dollar of government expenditure on 
restoration and easement purchase. The factors for determining the 
priority for selection will consider the following:
    (a) Protection and enhancement of habitat for migratory birds and 
wildlife, including the contribution the restoration may make to the 
recovery of threatened and endangered species,
    (b) Floodway expansion,
    (c) Proximity to other protected wetlands,
    (d) Level of hydrology restored,
    (e) Wetland function or values,
    (f) Likelihood of successful restoration of wetland values,
    (g) Cost of restoration and easement purchase, and
    (h) Other factors as determined appropriate by NRCS.