[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: 7CFR1410.63]

[Page 352-353]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1410--CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1410.63  Permissive uses.

    (a) Unless otherwise specified by the Deputy Administrator, no uses 
of any kind are authorized on designated CRP acreage during the contract 
period.
    (b) Commercial shooting preserves may be operated on CRP acreage 
provided:
    (1) The commercial shooting preserve is licensed by a State agency 
such as the State fish and wildlife agency or State department of 
natural resources;
    (2) The commercial shooting preserve is operated in a manner 
consistent with the applicable State agency rules governing commercial 
shooting preserves;
    (3) CRP cover is maintained according to the conservation plan; and
    (4) No barrier fencing or boundary limitations exist that prohibit 
wildlife access to or from the CRP acreage unless required by State law.
    (c) The following activities may be permitted on CRP enrolled land:
    (1) Managed haying and grazing, including the harvest of biomass:
    (i) In exchange for a reduction of the annual payment in an amount 
determined by the Deputy Administrator;
    (ii) Not to exceed once every three years after the CRP vegetative 
cover has been established; and
    (iii) According to an approved CRP conservation plan consistent with 
the conservation of soil, water quality, and wildlife habitat (including 
habitat during nesting and brood rearing seasons) and in accordance with 
FOTG standards.
    (2) Managed grazing that is incidental to the gleaning of crop 
residue, but only in exchange for a reduction in the annual rental 
payment, as determined appropriate by the Deputy Administrator.
    (3) Wind turbines on CRP land installed in numbers and locations as 
determined appropriate by the Deputy Administrator considering the 
location, size, and other physical characteristics of the land, the 
extent to which the land contains wildlife, wildlife habitat, and the 
purposes of the CRP.

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    (4) Spot grazing, if necessary for control of weed infestation, not 
to exceed a 30-day period according to an approved conservation plan, 
but only in exchange for a payment reduction determined by the Deputy 
Administrator.
    (5) Forestry maintenance such as pruning, thinning, and timber stand 
improvement on lands converted to forestry use only in accordance with a 
conservation plan and in exchange for an applicable reduction in the 
annual rental payment as determined by the Deputy Administrator.
    (6) The sale of carbon, water quality, or other environmental 
credits, as determined by the Deputy Administrator.