511.46(d) (1) 



(1) A full cycle of the crop rotation does not need to be 

 completed to consider that the crop rotation is being used. SCS must 

 be satisfied that the person is producing the crops in rotation in a 

 sequence and manner that will meet FSA erosion reduction 

 requirements. 



(2) Documentation of the planned crop rotation in the FSA 

 plan must be specific enouan regarding crops to be grovm to assure 

 that the person knows what is needed to achieve the required USLE "C" 

 factor and/or the required WEQ "V factor. The docxamentation should 

 be general enough to permit some substitution of crops without the 

 need for a plan revision when weather or other circumstances make 

 some cropping changes necessary. 



(3) The amount of crop residue needed to achieve the 

 planned USLE "C factor and/or WEQ "V factor needs to be identified 

 in the conservation plan. 



(e) Notification to ASCS . SCS may use Form SCS-CPA-027 to 

 notify ASCS and others that the person has completed application of 

 all scheduled practices and is using the conservation system. This 

 will usually not be necessary because ASCS will consider that the 

 person is either actively applying the approved conservation plan or 

 using an approved conservation system unless SCS informs ASCS 

 otherwise. It will be the responsibility of the person to annually 

 certify to ASCS the continued use of the conservation system in any 

 year that USDA benefits are requested. SCS will conduct annual 

 status reviews on 5 percent of the tracts with plans to detemnine 

 continued use of the approved conservation system. 



{511.47 Certification of existing conservation plans and 

 conservation systems. 



(a) Existing conservation plans. 



(1) SCS will use the existing conservation plan to the 

 extent possible, rather than develop a new plan. SCS will determine 

 the technical adequacy of existing conservation plans and 

 conservation systems with respect to current standards. 



(2) SCS must determine if there are highly erodible fields 

 on the farm and review the conservation plan to determine if it meets 

 requirements of the FOTG for HEL. 



(3) If the conservation plan for the highly erodible 

 field (s) does not meet FOTG requirements, the district 

 conservationist will inform the person of additional treatment 

 alternatives that are required to complete the conservation plan for 

 the FSA, and will provide the needed technical assistance to revise 

 the conservation plan. 



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



