Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 700 - FARMLAND PRESERVATION ACT › Section 700.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means the "Farmland Preservation Act" (Ill. Rev. Stat.
				1985, ch. 5, par. 1301 et seq.).
"Agency" means one of the State agencies listed in Section 3 of
				the Farmland Preservation Act.
"Agricultural land" or "farmland" means all land in farms
				including cropland, hayland, pastureland, forestland, corrals, gardens and
				orchards, land used for farmsteads, buildings, barns, and machinery sheds,
				adjacent yards or corrals, pens, waste lagoons, feedlots, farmstead or feedlot
				windbreaks, grain bins, lanes for farm residences and fields, field windbreaks,
				ponds, commercial feedlots, greenhouses, nurseries, broiler facilities and farm
				landing strips.
"Agricultural land conversion" means the taking of land
				directly out of agricultural production or displacing it by another use and not
				returning it to production.
"BOB" means the Bureau of the Budget.
"CDB" or "Board" means the Capital Development Board.
"Committee" means the Inter-Agency Committee on Farmland
				Preservation as established in Section 3 of the Act.
"Compliance" means conformance to the rules of this Part by an
				agency that is participating in a State-funded capital development project or
				in executing its responsibilities which will lead to the direct or indirect
				conversion of agricultural land to nonagricultural purposes.
"Conflict Resolution Process" or "CRP" means a procedure
				utilized to reach an agreement between DOA and one or more agencies when there
				are differences on how to avoid the impact of agricultural land conversion or
				the loss of such land as an environmental or food production resource. The
				Conflict Resolution Process is explained in 8 Ill. Adm. Code 700.APPENDIX A:
				EXHIBIT C.
"Cooperative Working Agreement" means a written agreement
				between the DOA and an agency stating what projects shall be reviewed, when a
				project shall be reviewed, and the time limits of the review.
"DCCA" means the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community
				Affairs.
"DOA" means the Illinois Department of Agriculture, Division of
				Natural Resources, Agriculture Building, State Fairgrounds, P.O. Box 19281,
				Springfield, Illinois 62794-9281; phone (217) 782-6297.
"DOC" means the Illinois Department of Conservation.
"DOT" means the Illinois Department of Transportation.
"ENR" means the Department of Energy and Natural
				Resources.
"Exceptions" means State projects exempted from review to
				assess impact on agricultural land as identified in agency working agreements
				or Section 7 of the Act.
"Executive Order 80-4, 'Preservation of Illinois Farmland'"
				means the Executive Order which directed specific State agencies to develop
				agricultural land preservation policies and methods to protect the State's
				agricultural land as an environmental or essential food production resource
				from irreversible conversion (e.g., buildings, highways, and dams).
"ICC" means the Illinois Commerce Commission.
"IEPA" means the Illinois Environmental Protection
				Agency.
"Initial analysis" means a review of an agency's project
				proposal by the DOA to determine whether the proposal conforms to the rules of
				this Part.
"Land class" means one of eight classes of land in the Land
				Capability Classification System (Handbook 210, issued September, 1961, and
				approved for reprinting January, 1973) as developed by the Soil Conservation
				Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C..
				Incorporation by reference does not include any future editions or amendments.
				The land capability classification shows, in a general way, the suitability of
				soils for most kinds of field crops. The soils are grouped according to their
				limitations for field crops, the risk of damage if they are used for crops, and
				the way they respond to management.
"Modern soil survey" means a document published after 1965 by
				the Soil Conservation Service, containing a description of a county's soils,
				maps showing their distribution and discussions concerning their behavior and
				adaptability.
"Policy statement" means a written statement developed by each
				agency named in Section 3 of the Act which specifies the policy of that agency
				toward agricultural land preservation.
"Secondary impact" means an action taken by an agency which
				does not convert agricultural land directly but does create a more favorable
				climate for conversion to take place or may create unfavorable conditions for
				normal farming operations. Unfavorable conditions occur when a project requires
				a farmer to deviate from his normal farming operations. For example, the
				granting of a permit for the installation of a water line may not convert land
				directly, but the presence of the line increases the likelihood that the
				surrounding area will be developed.
"Sign-off" means written notification to the affected agency by
				the DOA which indicates that the manner in which agricultural land is addressed
				in a project proposal or in a compromise is in compliance with the rules of
				this Part and that the DOA has completed its review.
"Study of Agricultural Impacts" or "Agricultural Impact Study"
				means the analysis of a proposed project not in compliance with the Act or the
				rules of this Part to determine the probable impact on the agriculture
				environment.