[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR610.11]

[Page 406]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 610_TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B_Soil Erosion Prediction Equations
 
Sec. 610.11  Purpose and scope.

    Source: 61 FR 27999, June 4, 1996, unless otherwise noted.


    This subpart sets forth the equations and rules for utilizing the 
equations that are used by the Natural Resources Conservation Service 
(NRCS) to predict soil erosion due to water and wind. Section 301 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (FAIRA) and the 
Food Security Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 3801-3813 specified that the 
Secretary would publish the universal soil loss equation (USLE) and wind 
erosion equation (WEQ) used by the Department within 60 days of the 
enactment of FAIRA. This subpart sets forth the equations, definition of 
factors, and provides the rules under which NRCS will utilize the USLE, 
the revised universal soil loss equation (RUSLE), and the WEQ.