Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (Us Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulation) (Nrcs) (2018 Edition)

Download or read book Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (Us Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulation) (Nrcs) (2018 Edition) written by The Law Library and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Law Library presents the complete text of the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (US Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulation) (NRCS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 Section 2602 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Act) amended the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (WHIP) by: Narrowing the program's applicability to private agricultural lands, nonindustrial private forestland, and Indian land; identifying habitat on pivot corners and irregular areas as "other types of wildlife habitat" eligible for cost-share; increasing, from 15 to 25, the percentage of funds that may be used for agreements that have a term of at least 15 years; providing the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) authority to give priority to projects that would address issues raised by State, regional, and national conservation initiatives; and instituting an annual $50,000 in direct or indirect aggregate payment limitations per person or legal entity. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency of USDA, issues this interim final rule with request for comment to incorporate statutory changes resulting from the 2008 Act authorization. The Agency is also using this rule to simplify the regulation and make administrative changes to improve program efficiency. Cost-share agreements entered into on or following January 16, 2009 will be administered according to this interim final rule. This ebook contains: - The complete text of the Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program (US Natural Resources Conservation Service Regulation) (NRCS) (2018 Edition) - A dynamic table of content linking to each section - A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure