Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Division 70 - Soil and Water Districts Commission › Chapter 4 - Definitions › Section 10 CSR 70-4.010 - Definitions.

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides a legal description of
				  terms used throughout Division 70.
(1) Definitions.
(A) Act means the Missouri Soil and Water
				Conservation Districts Law;
(B)
				Commission or Soil and Water Districts Commission or State Soil and Water
				Districts Commission means the agency created by section
				278.080,
				RSMo for the administration of the soil and water conservation districts
				provided for by the Act;
(C)
				Conservation plan means the properly recorded decisions of the cooperating
				landowner on how the landowner plans, within practical limits, to use land in
				an operating unit within its capabilities and to treat it according to its
				needs for maintenance or improvement of the soil, water, and other related
				resources;
(D) Cost-Share Program
				means the Missouri State Soil and Water Conservation Cost-Share Program created
				by the Missouri State Soil and Water Conservation Districts Act, Chapter 278,
				RSMo;
(E) District means a soil and
				water conservation district as defined in section
				278.070(4),
				RSMo;
(F) District board or board
				or board of supervisors means the local governing body of a soil and water
				conservation district elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of
				the Act;
(G) Eligible practice
				means a soil and water conservation practice designated as eligible for state
				cost-share funds by the commission in accordance with
				10 CSR
				70-5.020(1);
(H) Farm means land which has been assigned a
				United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) farm number
				or assessed as agricultural land by the county assessor where agriculture
				activities are normally performed and from which one thousand dollars ($1000)
				or more of agriculture products are normally sold in a year;
(I) Land representative means the owner or
				representative authorized by power of attorney of any farm lying within an area
				proposed to be established, and subsequently established, as a soil and water
				conservation district under Chapter 278, RSMo. Each farm is entitled to
				representation by a land representative; provided, however, that the land
				representative is a taxpayer of the county within which the soil and water
				district is located;
(J) Landowner
				means any person, firm, or corporation holding title to any lands lying within
				a district organized or to be organized under the provisions of Chapter 278,
				RSMo. Any landowner may be represented by notarized power of attorney not more
				than one (1) year old. The term operator may be used interchangeably with
				landowner only for Chapter 5. The operator is the principal person who runs a
				farm by conducting or supervising the work, making day- to-day management
				decisions, and incurring expenses for applying or implementing conservation
				practices. The operator may be a landowner, tenant, lessee, or
				sublessee;
(K) NRCS means the
				United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation
				Service;
(L) Participating district
				means a soil and water conservation district which is a party to a memorandum
				of understanding or a cooperative working agreement as determined by the
				commission, which is entered into in accordance with
				10 CSR
				70-5.010(1);
(M) Practice means any individual structure,
				conservation measure, or operation which constitutes a viable method of erosion
				abatement, sediment control, or protection of water quality;
(N) State cost-share funds means funds
				available through the Missouri State Soil and Water Conservation Cost-Share
				Program; and
(O) Technician means a
				person recognized by the commission as demonstrating acceptable technical
				knowledge and skills to evaluate and verify whether conservation practices meet
				required standards and specifications