Subpart C - Wetland Exemptions, Mitigation, Restoration, and 



Replacement 



$ ) SUBPART C - WETLAND EXEMPTIONS, MITIGATION, RESTORATION, AND 



REPLACEMENT 



512.20(e) 



C512.20 Wetland exemptions. 



Record the following wetland exemptions on Form SCS-CPA-026. 

 Delineate these areas on the ASCS aerial photocopies and return the 

 photos to ASCS with Form SCS-CPA-026. ASCS will outline these 

 areas on their official maps. This process eliminates the need for 

 persons to complete a new Form AD-1026 each year that maintenance 

 is done on prior converted croplands or other exempted wetlands. 

 Wetland exemptions include the following: 



(a) Prior converted cropland (PC) . A prior converted cropland 

 is an area that was wetland that was manipulated before 

 December 23, 1985, for the purpose, or to have the effect of, 

 making the production of an agricultural commodity possible. The 

 area is PC if production was not possible before the action, an 

 agricultural commodity has been planted at least once, emd the area 

 has not been abandoned. PC's are exempt from FSA. 



(b) Artificial wetlands (AW) . An area is an artificial wetland 

 if the area was formerly nonwetland or prior converted cropland, 

 but now exhibits wetland characteristics because of human 

 activities. 



(c) Irrigation-induced wetlands (AW) . An area is an 

 irrigation-induced wetland if it was created by irrigation or 

 seepage from an irrigation delivery system, but was nonwetland in 

 its natural state. 



(d) Wetlands (V) farmed under natural conditions . If the 

 production of an agricultural commodity is possible on wetland as a 

 result of a natural condition, such as drought, without the person 

 destroying a natural wetlemd characteristic, leibel the wetland (W) . 



(e) Minimal effect (MW) . Label the area MW if the production 

 of an agricultural commodity on a converted wetland, in connection 

 with all other similar actions in the area, would have minimal 

 effect on the hydrological and biological functions of the wetland. 



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



