[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1410.11]

[Page 376-377]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1410_CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1410.11  Farmable Wetlands Program.

    (a) In addition to other allowable enrollments, land may be enrolled 
in this program through the Farmable Wetlands Program within the overall 
Conservation Reserve Program provided for in this part.
    (b) As determined by the Deputy Administrator, owners and/or 
operators may enroll cropland that has been planted or considered 
planted to an agricultural commodity, as defined in Sec.  1410.2 in 
three of the ten most recent crop years, provided that the cropland:
    (1) Is a wetland, including a converted wetland, as determined by 
CCC, that does not exceed the size limitations of this section; and
    (2) Subject to other provisions of this section, is buffer acreage 
that provides protection for and is contiguous to the wetland.
    (c) An owner or operator may not enroll in this program any wetland, 
or land in a flood plain, that:
    (1) Is located adjacent to a perennial riverine system wetland as 
identified on the final national wetland inventory

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map of the Department of the Interior; or
    (2) Is located adjacent to a perennial stream identified on a 1-
24,000 scale map of the United States Geological Survey, when the area 
is not delineated on a final national wetland inventory map.
    (d) Total enrollment in the CRP under this section shall not exceed 
1 million acres.
    (e) The maximum size of a wetland enrolled under this section shall 
be 10 contiguous acres of which only the first 5 acres shall be eligible 
for payments.
    (f) The maximum size of any buffer acreage described in paragraph 
(b)(2)(ii) of this section shall be the greater of:
    (1) An area three times the size of the wetland described in 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section; or
    (2) An area that continues no more than 150 feet from the edge of 
the wetland.
    (g) The maximum total acreage enrolled in the CRP under this 
section, including any wetland and buffer acreage described in paragraph 
(b)(2) of this section, in a tract, as determined by the Deputy 
Administrator, of an owner or operator, is 40 acres.
    (h) All participants subject to a CRP contract under this section 
must agree to restore the hydrology of the wetland described in 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section to the maximum extent possible, as 
determined by the Deputy Administrator, in accordance with the FOTG.
    (i) Offers for contracts under this section shall be submitted under 
continuous signup provisions as authorized in Sec.  1410.30.
    (j) Except as otherwise determined by the Deputy Administrator, all 
other requirements of this part shall apply to enrollments under this 
section, and the Deputy Administrator by contract or otherwise may add 
such other requirements or conditions as are deemed necessary. Such 
additional conditions include but are not limited to payment 
limitations, adjusted gross income limitations, and limitations on the 
amount of acreage that can be enrolled in any one county.