[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: 7CFR658.1]

[Page 547]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 658_FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 658.1  Purpose.



Sec.
658.1 Purpose.
658.2 Definitions.
658.3 Applicability and exemptions.
658.4 Guidelines for use of criteria.
658.5 Criteria.
658.6 Technical assistance.
658.7 USDA assistance with Federal agencies' reviews of policies and 
          procedures.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 4201-4209.

    Source: 49 FR 27724, July 5, 1984, unless otherwise noted.


    This part sets out the criteria developed by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, pursuant to 
section 1541(a) of the Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA or the Act) 
7 U.S.C. 4202(a). As required by section 1541(b) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 
4202(b), Federal agencies are (a) to use the criteria to identify and 
take into account the adverse effects of their programs on the 
preservation of farmland, (b) to consider alternative actions, as 
appropriate, that could lessen adverse effects, and (c) to ensure that 
their programs, to the extent practicable, are compatible with State and 
units of local government and private programs and policies to protect 
farmland. Guidelines to assist agencies in using the criteria are 
included in this part. The Department of Agriculture (hereinafter USDA) 
may make available to States, units of local government, individuals, 
organizations, and other units of the Federal Government, information 
useful in restoring, maintaining, and improving the quantity and quality 
of farmland.