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HIGHLY ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION DETERMINATION

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  Name\                                         Request           County:           
  Address:                                      Date:                               

  Agency or                                     Tract No:         FSA Farm               
  Person\                                                         No.:              
  Requesting                                                                        
  Determination:                                                                    
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Section I - Highly Erodible Land

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  Is a soil survey now available for making a highly erodible     
  land determination?                                             

  Are there highly erodible soil map units on this farm?          
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Fields in this section have undergone a determination of whether they
are highly erodible land (HEL) or not; fields for which an HEL
Determination has not been completed are not listed. In order to be
eligible for USDA benefits, a person must be using an approved
conservation system on all HEL.

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  **[Field(s)]{.underline}**   **[HEL(Y/N)]{.underline}**   **[Sodbust(Y/N)]{.underline}**   **[Acres]{.underline}**   **[Determination
                                                                                                                       Date]{.underline}**

                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                            
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The Highly Erodible Land determination was completed in the

Section II - Wetlands

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  Are there hydric soils on this farm?                            

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Fields in this section have had wetland determinations completed. See
the Definition of Wetland Label Codes for additional information
regarding allowable activities under the wetland conservation provisions
of the Food Security Act and/or when wetland determinations are
necessary to determine USDA program eligibility.

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  **[Field(s)]{.underline}**   **[Wetland               **[Occurrence Year        **[Acres]{.underline}**   **[Determination      **[Certification
                               Label\*]{.underline}**   (CW)\*\*]{.underline}**                             Date]{.underline}**   Date]{.underline}**

                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                       
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The wetland determination was completed in the It was to the person on
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  Remarks:        

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I certify that the above determinations are correct and were conducted
in accordance with policies and procedures contained in the National
Food Security Act Manual.

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  Signature Designated                Date
  Conservationist                     

                                           
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**[\*DEFINITIONS OF WETLAND LABEL CODES]{.underline}**

AW Artificial Wetland. An area that is artificial or irrigation induced
wetland. These wetlands are not subject to the wetland conservation
provision.

AW/FW An area that contains both AW and FW.

AW/W An area that contains both AW and W.

CC Commenced Conversion exemption.

CPD Corps Permit Decision. Corps of Engineers permit decisions regarding
section 404 of the Clean Water Act will be relied upon to satisfy the
wetland conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, as
amended.

CMW An area that receives a Categorical Minimal Effect determination.

CW Converted Wetlands. An area converted between December 23, 1985 and
November 28, 1990. IN any year that an agricultural commodity is planted
on these converted wetlands, you will ineligible for USDA benefits.

\*\*CW+year An area converted after November 28, 1990. You will be
ineligible for USDA program\
benefits until this wetland is restored.

CWNA Converted Wetland Non-Agricultural use. A wetland area converted to
other than agricultural commodity production.

CWTE Converted Wetland Technical Error. An area converted or commenced
based on an incorrect NRCS determination or misinformation from a NRCS
or FSA employee.

FW Farmed Wetland. An area that is farmed wetland; was manipulated and
planted before December 23, 1985, but still meets wetland criteria.
These may be farmed and maintained in the same manner as long as they
are not abandoned.

FWP Farmed Wetlands Pasture. An area that is pasture or hayland,
manipulated before December 23, 1985 but still meets wetland criteria.
These may be farmed and maintained in the same manner as long as they
are not abandoned.

MIW Mitigation Wetlands. Wetlands on which a person is actively
mitigating a frequently cropped area or a wetland converted between
December 23, 1985 and November 28, 1990. A converted wetland, farmed
wetland, or farmed wetland pasture on which functions and values were
lost are compensated for through wetland restoration, enhancement or
creation.

MW Minimal effect Wetland. An area determined to be minimal effect.
These wetlands are to be farmed according to the minimal-effect
agreement signed at the time the minimal-effect determination was made,

MWM An area determined to be minimal effect with mitigation.

NI Not Inventoried -- No wetland determination has been completed.

NW Non-Wetland. An area that does not contain a wetland.

NW/NAD An area determined to be a non-wetland resulting from a decision
from the National Appeals Division.

OW Other Waters of the U.S. Area that fall under the jurisdiction of the
Clean Water Act.

PC Prior Converted cropland, which was drained filled, or manipulated
before December 23, 1985; was cropped prior to December 23, 1985; was
not abandoned; and does not meet FW criteria. These are not subject to
the wetland conservation provision unless the area reverts to wetland as
a result of abandonment.

PC/NW An area that contains both PC and NW.

TP Third Party Exemption.

W Wetlands. An area meeting wetland criteria, including wetland farmed
under natural conditions. If you plan to clear, drain, fill, level or
manipulate these areas, contact NRCS and the Army Corp of Engineers
prior to any such activity.

WX A wetland area that has been manipulated after December 23, 1985, but
was not, for the purpose of making production possible and production
was not made possible. These include wetlands manipulated by drainage
maintenance agreements.