Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/3839?quicktabs_8=2
Timestamp: 2013-12-22 07:49:23
Document Index: 354167702

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3839', '§ 3839', '§ 3839', '§ 1239', '§ 1440', '§ 204', '§ 1301', 'art 1455']

16 USC § 3839 - Environmental easement program | Title 16 - Conservation | U.S. Code | LII / Legal Information Institute
USC › Title 16 › Chapter 58 › Subchapter IV › Part III › § 3839 › prevnext
16 USC § 3839 - Environmental easement program
The Secretary shall, during the 1991 through 1995 calendar years, formulate and carry out an environmental easement program (hereafter in this part referred to as the “easement program”) in accordance with this part, through the acquisition of permanent easements or easements for the maximum term permitted under applicable State law from willing owners of eligible farms or ranches in order to ensure the continued long-term protection of environmentally sensitive lands or reduction in the degradation of water quality on such farms or ranches through the continued conservation and improvement of soil and water resources.
The Secretary may acquire easements under this section on land placed in the conservation reserve under this subchapter (other than such land that is likely to continue to remain out of production and that does not pose an off-farm environmental threat), land under the Water Bank Act [16 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.], or other cropland that—
contains riparian corridors;
land that contains timber stands established under the conservation reserve under this subchapter; or
pasture land established to trees under the conservation reserve under this subchapter.
The Secretary may terminate or modify any existing contract entered into under section 3831
(a) of this title if eligible land that is subject to such contract is transferred into the program established by this part.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1239, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1440,Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3597; amended Pub. L. 102–237, title II, § 204(7),Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1855.)
The Water Bank Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is Pub. L. 91–559, Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1468, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 29 (§ 1301 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1301 of this title and Tables.
1991—Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 102–237substituted a semicolon for comma after “corridors”.
This is a list of parts within the Code of Federal Regulations for which this US Code section provides rulemaking authority.This list is taken from the Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules provided by GPO [Government Printing Office].It is not guaranteed to be accurate or up-to-date, though we do refresh the database weekly. More limitations on accuracy are described at the GPO site.7 CFR - Agriculture7 CFR Part 1455 - VOLUNTARY PUBLIC ACCESS AND HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM