[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR230.5]

[Page 178]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 230--STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart A--Stewardship Incentive Program
 
Sec. 230.5  Eligibility requirements.

    (a) All nonindustrial private forest landowners as defined in 
Sec. 230.2 of this subpart, including those who produce forest products 
on a part-time or intermittent basis, who meet the requirements of this 
section, are eligible to apply for and receive assistance under the 
Program without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, 
sex, marital status, or handicap.
    (b) To be eligible to receive cost-share funds under the Program, a 
landowner shall own not more than a total of 1,000 acres of 
nonindustrial private forest land, except where the State Forester, with 
the concurrence of the Regional Forester, determines that significant 
public benefits would accrue from approval of a landowner owning not 
more than 5,000 acres. In making a determination of significant public 
benefits, the State Forester and the Regional Forester shall consider, 
at a minimum, whether the installation of practices by landowners who 
own more than 1,000 acres but less than 5,000 acres are necessary to 
achieve cost-effective resource management objectives without unduly 
affecting Program participation of other eligible landowners.
    (c) To be eligible to receive cost-share funds under the Program, a 
landowner shall not own less than the minimum contiguous acreage as 
established by the State Forester. However, in no case shall the minimum 
contiguous acreage requirement be higher than 25 acres.
    (d) To be eligible to receive cost-share funds under the Program, a 
landowner must agree to manage the following lands under a Landowner 
Forest Stewardship Plan prepared pursuant to Sec. 230.6 of this subpart:
    (1) All of their nonindustrial private forest land with existing 
tree cover within a contiguous tract; and
    (2) Other nonindustrial private forest land within the same 
contiguous tract which is identified by the landowner and approved by 
the Service Representative as suitable for growing trees and scheduled 
for conversion to a Program practice.
    (e) To be eligible to receive cost-share funds under the Program, a 
landowner must agree to maintain Program practices for 10 years, unless 
otherwise specified by the Chief.