Subpart E - Detailed Procedures for Highly Erodible Land HEL 

 and Wetland Conservation Provisions 



510.48(c) (2) (i) 



(b) If any of the determination questions on the Form AD-1026 are 

 answered "yes," ASCS will send SCS a copy of the completed Form 

 AD-1026 together with 3 photocopies of the aerial photograph of the 

 farms or tracts. All fields without cropping history ^^J^^""? 1981 

 through 1985 for which determinations are needed will ^f,"'^^^?^^^?;^^ 

 an °X" on the photocopies of the aerial photographs. All fields with 

 chopping history during 1981 through 1985 for which determinations are 

 needed will be marked with a "/" on the photocopies of the aerial 

 photographs . 



§510.48 SCS servicing of requests for determinations. 



(a) SCS will date the Form AD-1026 when it is received from ASCS, 

 log it into a tracking register, and assign it to a priority category 

 as specified in §510. 41(c). Forms AD-1026 may be sequentially 

 numbered for purposes of tracking if needed. 



(b) mih. If the Form AD-1026 is for an FmHA inventory farm or 

 FmHA borrower land, HEL and wetland determinations will be ^ade f or 

 all crop fields marked with a V" ov an "X" within 45 calendar days of 

 receipt! Also, for all non-cropland areas, SCS will determine the 

 presence or absence of highly erodible and hydric soil map units. 



(c) ^r^ .-nv^ntorv farms. Section 1314 of the FSA of 1985 

 requires FmHA to secure the services of SCS on all farms held m FmHA 

 inventory to: 



(1) Identify all highly erodible cropland fields, all 

 croDland that is wetland or converted wetland, and for non-cropland 

 ?ieldl? the presence or absence of highly erodible and hydric soil map 



units . 



(2^ Prepare a set of recommendations or a conservation plan 

 that as a minimum, protects the highly erodible cropland fields and 

 we?i;nds. T^lnnk inventory farms, SCS should include the following 

 recommendations: 



(i) Where highly erodible cropland fields are now in 

 permanent protective vegetation, maintain ^^J^^^^f i°2/J.P^'^ °^ 

 the lease, and possibly make a condition of the sale that the 

 vegetation be maintained. 



510-33 

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



