[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1410.3]

[Page 370]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1410_CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1410.3  General description.

    (a) Under the CRP, CCC will enter into contracts with eligible 
participants to convert eligible land to a conserving use during the 
contract period in return for financial and technical assistance.
    (b) A participant must obtain and adhere to a conservation plan 
prepared in accordance with CRP guidelines, as established and 
determined by CCC. A conservation plan for eligible acreage must be 
obtained by a participant and must be approved by the conservation 
district in which the lands are located unless the conservation district 
declines to review the plan, in which case the provider of technical 
assistance may take such further action as is needed to account for lack 
of such review.
    (c) The objectives of the CRP are to cost-effectively reduce water 
and wind erosion, protect the Nation's long-term capability to produce 
food and fiber, reduce sedimentation, improve water quality, create and 
enhance wildlife habitat, and other objectives including encouraging 
more permanent conservation practices and tree planting.
    (d) Except as otherwise provided, a participant may, in addition to 
any payments under this part, receive cost-share assistance, rental or 
easement payments, tax benefits, or other payments from a State or a 
private organization in return for enrolling lands in CRP. However, a 
participant may not receive or retain CRP cost-share assistance if other 
Federal cost-share assistance is provided for such acreage under any 
law, as determined by the Deputy Administrator. Further, under no 
circumstances may the cost-share payments received under this part, or 
otherwise, exceed the cost of the practice, as determined by CCC.