[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: 7CFR1467.2]

[Page 675]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1467_WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1467.2  Administration.

    (a) The regulations in this part will be administered under the 
general supervision and direction of the Chief.
    (b) The Chief is authorized to modify or waive a provision of this 
part if the Chief deems the application of that provision to a 
particular limited situation to be inappropriate and inconsistent with 
the environmental and cost-efficiency goals of the WRP. This authority 
cannot be further delegated. The Chief may not modify or waive any 
provision of this part which is required by applicable law.
    (c) As determined by the Chief and the Administrator of the Farm 
Service Agency, the Department and the Farm Service Agency will seek 
agreement in establishing policies, priorities, and guidelines related 
to the implementation of this part.
    (d) The State Conservationist will consult with the State Technical 
Committee on the development of the rates of compensation for an 
easement, a priority ranking process, and related policy matters.
    (e) The Department may delegate at any time easement management, 
monitoring, and enforcement responsibilities to other Federal or State 
agencies.
    (f) The Department may enter into cooperative agreements with 
Federal or State agencies, conservation districts, and private 
conservation organizations to assist the Department with educational 
efforts, easement management and monitoring, outreach efforts, and 
program implementation assistance.
    (g) The Department shall consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service in the implementation of the program and in establishing program 
policies. The Department may consult with the Forest Service, other 
Federal or State agencies, conservation districts or other organizations 
in program administration. No determination by the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, the Forest Service, Federal or State agency, 
conservation district, or other organization shall compel the Department 
to take any action with the Department determines will not serve the 
purposes of the program established by this part.
    (h) The Chief may allocate funds for such purposes related to: 
special pilot programs for wetland management and monitoring; 
acquisition of wetland easements with emergency funding; cooperative 
agreements with other Federal or State agencies for program 
implementation; coordination of easement enrollment across State 
boundaries; coordination of the development of conservation plans; or, 
for other goals of the WRP found in this part. The Department may 
designate areas as conservation priority areas where environmental 
concerns are especially pronounced and to assist landowners in meeting 
nonpoint source pollution requirements and other conservation needs.

[60 FR 28514, June 1, 1995. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 42141, 
Aug. 14, 1996]