Part 510 - General Operating Procedures 



510.48(f) (3) 



(3) Persons who plan to alter a wet area are responsible for 

 contacting SCS well in advance of the intended alteration to enable 

 SCS to naJce a wetland determination prior to the tine the alteration 

 activities are plemned. 



§510.49 Form SCS-CPA-026. 



(a) SCS will use Form SCS-CPA-026 to record the results of the 

 determination requested on Form AD-1026. (See Exhibit §516.03) 



(1) SCS will complete a Form SCS-CPA-026 for each tract on 

 which highly erodible field or wetland determinations are made. SCS 

 will use Forms SCS-CPA-026 and SCS-CPA-026A to provide information to 

 ASCS and the person on the results of the determinations made. 



(2) SCS will make as many office determinations as possible 

 for HEL^ wetland, or converted wetlemd. 



(3) SCS will record the results of each determination on the 

 photocopies of the aerial photographs and on Form SCS-CPA-026. 



(4) SCS will indicate determinations on aerial photographs 

 using the IcLbels in 516.21. 



(5) After SCS has completed the Form SCS-CPA-026 for each 

 tract identified on the Form AD-1026, SCS will send the ASCS copy of 

 the Form SCS-CPA-026 and one aerial photocopy for each tract for which 

 a determination was made to the ASCS office. 



(6) SCS will provide a copy of the SCS-CPA-026 and an aerial 

 photocopy that shows the field determinations to the person who signed 

 the Form AO-1026 (as well as the landowner where ASCS provides the 

 name and address) and inform the person of the need to develop a 

 conservation plan for any highly erodible cropland fields identified 

 on Form SCS-CPA-026. See Exhibit §516.04 for a seunple letter of 

 transmittal . 



(7) SCS will maintain one copy of the Form SCS-CPA-026, the 

 aerial photocopy containing determinations, and the SCS copy of the 

 Form AD-1026 in the case file for the tract. 



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



