PART 511 - HIGHLY ERODIBLE LAND CONSERVATION 



SUBPART E - CONSERVATION PLANS AND CONSERVATION SYSTEMS 



511.41 

 {511.40 Conservation plans, 



(a) A conservation plan docximents the conservation system 

 applied or scheduled to be applied to one or more fields. 



(b) The goal for conservation planning on highly erodible 

 fields is to reduce soil erosion to an acceptable level as specified 

 for the soil and crop in the FOTG, and which ultimately will lead to 

 an RMS for the field(s). 



(c) All persons who plant agricultural commodities on highly 

 erodible fields and participate in USDA programs listed in {510.14(a) 

 must have an approved conservation plan for those fields. The 

 conservation plan may be: 



(1) A newly developed conservation plsm; 



(2) An existing conservation plan that has been applied or 

 is being actively applied; or 



(3) The documentation of an existing conservation system 

 that meets the requirements of Section III of the FOTG. 



(d) Conservation plans are to contain Resource Management 

 Systems (RMS) , Basic Conservation Systems (BCS) , and/or Alternative 

 Conservation Systems (ACS) as appropriate. (See Part 517 - Glossary) 



(e) The conservation plan will include, as a minimum, an 

 accepteible conservation system for all highly erodible cropland 

 fields that are or will be used to produce agricultural commodities. 



{511.41 Conservation system. 



A conservation system is the part of a croplemd resource 

 management system (RMS) that is applied to a field or group of fields 

 to provide cost-effective and practical erosion reduction based upon 

 standards contained in the SCS FOTG. A conservation system may be a 

 single practice or a combination of practices. Alternative 

 conservation systems will be offered to the producer during the 

 planning process along with any resource management system options. 



511-11 

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



