[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: 7CFR625.1]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 625_HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 625.1  Purpose and scope.




Sec.
625.1 Purpose and scope.
625.2 Definitions.
625.3 Administration.
625.4 Program requirements.
625.5 Application procedures.
625.6 Establishing priority for enrollment in HFRP.
625.7 Enrollment of easements.
625.8 Compensation for easements.
625.9 10-year restoration cost-share agreements.
625.10 Cost-share payments.
625.11 Easement participation requirements.
625.12 The HFRP restoration plan development.
625.13 Modification of the HFRP restoration plan.
625.14 Transfer of land.
625.15 Violations and remedies.
625.16 Payments not subject to claims.
625.17 Assignments.
625.18 Appeals.
625.19 Scheme and device.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6571-6578.

    Source: 71 FR 28556, May 17, 2006, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The purpose of the Health Forests Reserve Program (HFRP) is to 
assist landowners, on a voluntary basis, in restoring, enhancing, and 
protecting forestland resources on private lands through easements and 
10-year cost-share agreements.
    (b) The objectives of HFRP are to:
    (1) Promote the recovery of endangered and threatened species under 
the ESA;
    (2) Improve plant and animal biodiversity; and
    (3) Enhance carbon sequestration.
    (c) The regulations in this part set forth the policies, procedures, 
and requirements for the HFRP as administered by the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS) for program

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implementation and processing applications for enrollment.
    (d) The Chief of NRCS may implement HFRP in any of the 50 States, 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands.