[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR12.3]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 12_HIGHLY ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 12.3  Applicability.

    (a) Geographic scope. The provisions of this part shall apply to all 
land, including Indian tribal land, in the fifty States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Island of 
the United States, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 
Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
    (b) Effective date. The provisions of this part apply to all actions 
taken after July 3, 1996, and to determinations made after or pending on 
July 3, 1996, except to the extent that Sec. 12.5(a)(5) and 12.5 (b)(4) 
through (b)(8) specify retroactive application on December 23, 1985, and 
November 28, 1990, for certain actions and determinations regarding 
wetlands and converted wetlands. Actions taken and determinations made 
prior to July 3, 1996, are subject to regulations set forth in this part 
as of July 2, 1996, except as otherwise provided in this part. Further, 
to the extent that a person may be eligible for an exemption for an 
action taken before July 3, 1996, the action is subject to the 
provisions of this part.