[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: 7CFR658.7]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 658_FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 658.7  USDA assistance with Federal agencies' reviews of policies and procedures.

    (a) Section 1542(a) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 4203, states, ``Each 
department, agency, independent commission or other unit of the Federal 
Government, with the assistance of the Department of Agriculture, shall 
review current provisions of law, administrative rules and regulations, 
and policies and procedures applicable to it to determine whether any 
provision thereof will prevent such unit of the Federal Government from 
taking appropriate action to comply fully with the provisions of this 
subtitle.''
    (b) Section 1542(b) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 4203, requires, as 
appropriate, each department, agency, independent commission, or other 
unit of the Federal Government, with the assistance of the Department of 
Agriculture, to develop proposals for action to bring its programs, 
authorities, and administrative activities into conformity with the 
purpose and policy of the Act.
    (c) USDA will provide certain assistance to other Federal agencies 
for the purposes specified in section 1542 of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 4203. If 
a Federal agency identifies or suggests changes in laws, administrative 
rules and regulations, policies, or procedures that may affect the 
agency's compliance with the Act, USDA can advise the agency of the 
probable effects of the changes on the protection of farmland. To 
request this assistance, officials of Federal agencies

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should correspond with the Chief, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service, P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013.
    (d) To meet the reporting requirements of section 1546 of the Act, 7 
U.S.C. 4207, and for data collection purposes, each Federal agency is 
requested to report to the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service by November 15th of each year on progress made during the prior 
fiscal year to implement sections 1542 (a) and (b) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 
4203 (a) and (b). Until an agency fully implements those sections, the 
agency should continue to make the annual report, but may omit the 
report upon full implementation. However, an agency is requested to file 
an annual report for any future year in which the agency has 
substantially changed its process for compliance with the Act.

[49 FR 27724, July 5, 1984, as amended at 59 FR 31118, June 17, 1994]

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