[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: 7CFR624.2] [Page 380] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 624--EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION--Table of Contents Sec. 624.2 Objective. The objective of the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program is to assist in relieving imminent hazards to life and property from floods and the products of erosion created by natural disasters that cause a sudden impairment of a watershed.