16 U.S.C. § 3830
Section 3830 · Comprehensive conservation enhancement program
Current version, with additions and removals from the April 4, 1996 version.
(1) In general
(1) In general
(2) Means
(2) Means
(A) providing for the long-term protection of environmentally sensitive land; and
(A) providing for the long-term protection of environmentally sensitive land; and
(B) providing technical and financial assistance to farmers and ranchers to—
(B) providing technical and financial assistance to farmers and ranchers to—
(i) improve the management and operation of the farms and ranches; and
(i) improve the management and operation of the farms and ranches; and
(ii) reconcile productivity and profitability with protection and enhancement of the environment.
(ii) reconcile productivity and profitability with protection and enhancement of the environment.
(3) Programs
(3) Programs
(A) the conservation reserve program established under subpart B;
(A) the conservation reserve program established under subpart B;
(B) the wetlands reserve program established under subpart C; and
(B) the wetlands reserve program established under subpart C; and
(C) the environmental quality incentives program established under part IV of this subchapter.
(C) the environmental quality incentives program established under part IV of this subchapter.
(1) In general
(1) In general
(2) Prior enrollments
(2) Prior enrollments
(1) Designation
The Secretary may designate watersheds, multistate areas, or regions of special environmental sensitivity as conservation priority areas that are eligible for enhanced assistance under this part and part IV of this subchapter.
(2) Assistance
The Secretary may designate areas as conservation priority areas to assist, to the maximum extent practicable, agricultural producers within the conservation priority areas to comply with nonpoint source pollution requirements under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and other Federal and State environmental laws and to meet other conservation needs.
(3) Producers
The Secretary may provide technical assistance, cost-share payments, and incentive payments to producers in a conservation priority area under this part and part IV of this subchapter based on—
(A) the significance of the soil, water, wildlife habitat, and related natural resource problems in a watershed, multistate area, or region; and
(B) the structural practices or land management practices that best address the problems, and that maximize environmental benefits for each dollar expended, as determined by the Secretary.