Part 510 - General Operating Procedures 



510.21(g) 



(g) Consult with the FWS on matters relating to wetland and 

 converted wetland identification, abandonment, quality reviews, 

 restoration plans, and mitigation. See 512.50. 



(h) Coordinate technical assistance provided to conservation 

 districts in the discharge of these responsibilities with the other 

 Federal, State, and local agencies involved in implementation of these 

 provisions of the Acts. 



(i) Provide technical assistance to identify suitaOsle lands for 

 FmHA, FWS and other conservation easements. 



(j) Provide technical services to persons regarding the 

 requirements of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, relative to highly 

 erodible land and wetland. 



(k) Conduct environmental evaluations, including cultural 

 resource considerations, in compliance with the National Environmental 

 Policy Act of 1969, PL 91-190 (NEPA) and the National Historic 

 Preservation Act of 1966, PL 89-665 (NHPA) , as amended relative to 

 applicable highly erodible land and wetland activities. 



(1) Monitor and report progress regarding highly erodible land 

 and wetland conservation implementation. 



(m) Develop a haying or grazing plan on the forage production 

 area with FWS. 



(n) Help ASCS determine whether the tenant made a good faith 

 effort to actively apply the approved conservation plan. 



(1) This determination will be based in part on whether the 

 person promptly developed an approved conservation plan and has 

 attempted to actively apply that plan to a reasonable extent. The 

 determination of good faith is an ASCS decision. 



(2) ASCS is developing a form for the tenant to request 

 exemption at the time of program signup. If ASCS determines that the 

 person is a tenant who may be considered eligible for the good faith 

 exemption, SCS will respond to the ASCS request for information 

 regarding the date that the conservation plan was developed, and for 

 information on previous accomplishments in the active application of 

 the approved conservation plan. If there is no approved conservation 

 plan for the tract, the tenant is not eligible for the good faith 

 exemption. 



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(180-V-NFSAM, Second Ed., Amend. 6, May 1991) 



