16 USC § 3839 - Environmental easement program
(a)
Establishment
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.
(b)
Eligibility; termination
(1)
In general
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—
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(a)
Establishment
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.
(b)
Eligibility; termination
(1)
In general
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—
Source
(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.)
References in Text
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.
Amendments
1991—Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 102–237substituted a semicolon for comma after “corridors”.
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