[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: 7CFR634.1]

[Page 407]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 634--RURAL CLEAN WATER PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 634.1  Purpose and scope.


    (a) The purpose of this part is for the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA), with the concurrence of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), to set forth regulations to carry out a Rural 
Clean Water Program (RCWP) under section 35, Pub. L. 95-217; 91 Stat. 
1579; 33 U.S.C. 1288.
    (b) The Rural Clean Water Program provides financial and technical 
assistance to private landowners and operators (participants) having 
control of rural land. The assistance is provided through long-term 
contracts (5 to 10 years) to install best management practices (BMP's) 
in project areas which have critical water quality problems resulting 
from agricultural activities. The proposed project area must be within a 
high priority area in an approved agricultural portion of a 208 water 
quality management plan. Participation in RCWP is voluntary.
    (c) The program is a new USDA program and an extension of existing 
water-quality management programs of EPA.