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Subpart B - Wetland Criteria 



512.18(h) 



(h) FWS must be consulted on all misinformation 

 determinations. 



(i) Inform the producer that Section 404 permits and other 

 federal, state, and local permits may still be required. 



(j) Within 15 days after the state conservationist decides 

 that misinformation was provided, forward the entire reviewable 

 record to the Director, Conservation Planning Division. 



(k) Each state conservationist must report quarterly to the 

 Director, Conservation Planning Division, the cumulative number of 

 CWTE exemptions granted as of that quarter and the nximber of acres 

 converted due to technical error. Reports are due April 15, 

 July 15, October 15, and January 15; negative reports are required. 



{512.19 Criteria for abandonment. 



(a) Abandonment is the cessation of cropping, management, or 

 maintenance operations on prior converted cropland (PC) , farmed 

 wetland (FW) , or farmed wetland pasture or hayland (FWP) . If 

 cropping, management, or maintenance operations have ceased for 5 

 successive years, prior converted cropland, farmed wetland, or 

 pasture or hayland wetlands are considered abandoned if wetland 

 criteria are present, unless it is shown that there was no intent 

 to abandon; however, if there is no crop production for 5 

 successive years, the land is abandoned if it meets wetland 

 criteria. 



(1) Cropping means the use of the area for the 

 production of an agricultural commodity, but also includes the use 

 of the area for aquaculture, grasses, or legtimes, or pasture 

 production in a commonly used rotation related to the production of 

 an agricultural commodity. Management or maintenance means 

 carrying out those operations that support the production of the 

 agricultural commodity, hay, or pasture. 



(2) A person may provide a written declaration of a 

 decision to cease cropping, management, or maintenance operations 

 and allow the land to revert from cropland, farmed wetland, or 

 farmed pasture or hayland wetland to natural wetland. Indicating 



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



