516.15 



§516.15 SAMPLE LETTER TO A PERSON WHEN SCS HAS DETERMINED THAT THE 

 PERSON IS NOT ACTIVELY APPLYING THE APPROVED CONSERVATION PLAN. 



Dear 



The Food Security Act of 1985 requires that, after January 

 1, 1990 all persons must be actively applying an approved 

 conservation plan to produce agricultural commodities on 

 highly erodible land (HEL) that was cropped during the 1981 

 through 1985 period in order to be eligible for U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture (USDA) progrem benefits. You 

 developed an approved conservation plan and signed it on 



, 19 . Your signature indicated your agreement 



that this plan represented the decisions you made for tract 



No. , and indicated your understanding that the 



active application of this plan is required to be eligible 

 for USDA programs. 



The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) conducted a status 



review on this tract on , 199_, and determined 



that you are not actively applying the approved 

 conservation plan because (Give Reason, such as a scheduled 

 practice was not applied, required residue levels were not 

 met, a low-residue crop was planted where a high-residue 

 crop was required, an applied practice was not maintained, 

 etc.) . 



You have the right to appeal this determination to SCS at 

 this office within 45 days of the date of this letter. If 

 you have not made an appeal before the 45 days has expired, 



SCS will officially inform the County ASCS Office 



on Form ASCS-569 that you are "not actively applying the 

 approved conservation plan" on tract No. . 



/s/ 

 District Conservationist 



cc: 



Conservation District 

 , Area (or State) Conservationist 

 , County Supervisor, Farmers Home Administration 

 , Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 



516-31 

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



