[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1410.10]

[Page 342-343]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1410--CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1410.10  Restoration of wetlands.

    (a) An owner or operator who entered into a CRP contract on land 
that is suitable for restoration to wetlands or that was restored to 
wetlands while under such contract, may, if approved by CCC, subject to 
any restrictions as may be imposed by law, apply to transfer such 
eligible acres subject to such

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contract that are devoted to an approved cover from the CRP to the WRP. 
Transferred acreage shall be terminated from the CRP effective the day a 
WRP easement is filed. Participants will receive a prorated CRP annual 
payment for that part of the year the acreage was enrolled in the CRP 
according to Sec.  1410.42. Refunds of cost-share payments or applicable 
incentive payments need not be refunded unless specified by the Deputy 
Administrator.
    (b) An owner or operator who has enrolled acreage in the CRP may, as 
determined and approved by CCC, restore suitable acres to wetlands with 
cost-share assistance provided that Federal cost-share assistance has 
not been received for wetland restoration on the same land. In addition 
to the cost-share limitation in Sec.  1410.41, an additional one-time 
financial incentive may be provided to encourage restoration of the 
hydrology of the site.