[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: 7CFR1466.10]

[Page 666]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1466_ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  1466.10  Conservation practices.

    (a) NRCS will determine which structural and land management 
practices are eligible for program payments. A list of eligible 
practices will be available to the public.
    (b) Cost-share and incentive payments will not be made to a 
participant for a conservation practice that the applicant has applied 
prior to application for the program.
    (c) Cost-share and incentive payments will not be made to a 
participant who has implemented or initiated the implementation of a 
conservation practice prior to approval of the contract unless a waiver 
was granted by the State Conservationist or Designated Conservationist 
prior to the installation of the practice.
    (d) A participant will be eligible for cost-share or incentive 
payments for irrigation related structural and land management practices 
only on land that has been irrigated for two of the last five years 
prior to application for assistance.
    (e) Where new technologies or conservation practices that provide a 
high potential for optimizing environmental benefits have been 
developed, NRCS may approve interim conservation practice standards and 
financial assistance for pilot work to evaluate and assess the 
performance, efficacy, and effectiveness of the technology or 
conservation practices.