Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V-C - Farmland and Forest Land › Chapter 138e - AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PURCHASE PROGRAM › PROCEDURE FOR PURCHASING AN EASEMENT › Section 138e.61 - Application

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A separate
				  application shall be required for each farmland tract offered for easement
				  purchase. The application shall consist of a completed application form,
				  locational maps and a soils report form. A copy of a soils report form is in
				  Appendix B (relating to Form C Soils Report). If the county program contains
				  minimum criteria for easement purchase that vary from those in §
										138e.16 (relating to minimum
				  criteria for applications), the application shall also include documentation to
				  demonstrate the farmland tract meets these minimum criteria.
(b) The county board shall develop and make
				  available to a county resident an application form which requires the following
				  information:
(1) The printed name, address,
				  telephone number and signature of all owners of the farmland tract.
(2) One of the following, as applicable:
(i) If the farmland tract is eligible to be
				  considered for easement purchase under §
												138e.16(a)(1)(i),
				  the county, local government unit and agricultural security area in which the
				  farmland tract is located.
(ii) If
				  the farmland tract is bisected by a dividing line between two units of local
				  government and is eligible to be considered for easement purchase under §
												138e.16(a)(1)(ii),
				  the county and local government units in which the farmland tract is located,
				  the agricultural security area in which a portion of that farmland tract is
				  located, a breakdown of the acreage proposed for easement purchase in each
				  local government unit and a breakdown of the number of acres of viable
				  agricultural land in the acreage proposed for easement purchase in each local
				  government unit.
(iii) If the
				  farmland tract is bisected by the dividing line between two or more counties
				  and is eligible to be considered for easement purchase under §
												138e.16(a)(1)(iii),
				  the counties and local government units in which the farmland tract is located,
				  the agricultural security area in which a portion of that farmland tract is
				  located, and one of the following:
(A) If
				  there is a mansion house on the farmland tract, an acknowledgement of this fact
				  and a designation of the county in which the mansion house is
				  located.
(B) If there is a mansion
				  house on the farmland tract, and the mansion house is bisected by the dividing
				  line between two or more counties, an acknowledgement of this fact and a
				  designation of the county the landowner has chosen as the situs of assessment
				  for tax purposes.
(C) If there is
				  no mansion house on the farmland tract, an acknowledgement of this fact and a
				  breakdown of the acreage proposed for easement purchase in each county and a
				  breakdown of the number of acres of viable agricultural land in the acreage
				  proposed for easement purchase in each county.
(3) The total acreage of the farm as shown on
				  the deed or instruments of record.
(4) The number of acres in the farmland tract
				  proposed for easement purchase.
(5)
				  The street address of the farm, and directions from the nearest State
				  route.
(6) The most current deed
				  reference-book, volume and page-or other reference to the place of record of
				  the deed. In the case of multiple deeds, numbers for all the deeds shall be
				  provided.
(7) County tax map
				  numbers, including tax parcel number, or account number of each
				  parcel.
(8) The date of the
				  conservation plan, if any, which has been approved by the county conservation
				  district or county board.
(9) The
				  date of any nutrient management plan.
(10) The name, address and telephone number
				  of the person to be contacted to view the farmland tract.