New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 2 - AGRICULTURE › Chapter 90 - STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE › Subchapter 3 - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT COST SHARING: PROCEDURAL RULES › Section 2:90-3.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Application form" means a standard form adopted by the State Soil Conservation Committee.
"County Agriculture Development Board" (CADB) means a county agriculture development board established pursuant to 4:1C-14 or a subregional agricultural retention board established pursuant to 4:1C-17.
"District" or "Soil Conservation District" (SCD) means a governmental subdivision of this State, organized in accordance with the provisions of 4:24-1 et seq.
"Farm conservation plan" or "plan" means a plan which indicates needed land treatment and related conservation and resource management measures including approved forest management practices that are determined practical and reasonable for a particular farm to conserve and protect natural resources and to maintain and enhance agricultural productivity.
"Farm Services Agency" (FSA) means the Farm Services Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.
"Farmland Preservation Program" means any voluntary "Farmland Preservation Program" or "municipally approved farmland preservation program", the duration of which is at least eight years, authorized by law enacted subsequent to the effective date of the "Farmland Preservation Bond Act of 1981," P.L. 1981, c.276, which has its principal purpose the long term preservation of significant masses of reasonably contiguous agricultural land within agricultural development areas adopted pursuant to 4:1C-11 et seq., ( P.L. 1983, c.32) and the maintenance and support of increased agricultural production as the first priority use of the land.
"Natural Resources Conservation Service" (NRCS) means Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
"New Jersey Forest Service" means the Forest Service, Division of Parks and Forestry of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
"Soil and water conservation practice" means any practice designated for the control and prevention of soil erosion and sediment damages, the control of pollution on agricultural lands, the impoundment, storage and management of water for agricultural purposes, or the improved management of land and soils to achieve maximum agricultural productivity. Definitions of individual practices are contained in United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service standards and specifications, Technical Guide Section IV, which are hereby adopted by reference. All forest management type practices shall be in accordance with standards and specifications adopted by New Jersey Forest Service. Where determined necessary, the State Soil Conservation Committee may develop and adopt additional standards and specifications for installation of practices.
"State Agriculture Development Committee" (SADC) means the State Agriculture Development Committee established pursuant to 4:1C-4.
"State Soil Conservation Committee" (SSCC) means an agency of the State established pursuant to 4:24-1 et seq.
"Standards and specifications" means the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service standards and specifications, Technical Guide Section IV, which are hereby adopted by reference. All forest management type practices shall be in accordance with standards and specifications adopted by New Jersey Forest Service. Where determined necessary, the State Soil Conservation Committee may develop and adopt additional standards and specifications for installation of practices. Copies of Standards and Specifications are on file and may be viewed at
http://www.nj.nrcs.usda.gov/efotg
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"System" means a group of practices which when combined provide for the resolution of land treatment and related conservation problem(s).
"Technical agency" means the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service or the New Jersey Forest Service having responsibility for standards and specifications as identified above for soil and water conservation projects approved by the State Soil Conservation Committee.