{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3839aa\u20135.","heading":"Environmental quality incentives program plan","text":"\u00a7\u202f3839aa\u20135.\nEnvironmental quality incentives program plan\n(a)\nPlan of operations\nTo be eligible to receive payments under the program, a producer shall submit to the Secretary for approval a plan of operations that\u2014\n(1) specifies practices covered under the program;\n(2) includes such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the program, including a description of the purposes to be met by the implementation of the plan;\n(3) in the case of a confined livestock feeding operation, provides for development and progressive implementation of a comprehensive nutrient management plan, if applicable; and\n(4) in the case of forest land, is consistent with the provisions of a forest management plan that is approved by the Secretary, which may include\u2014\n(A) a forest stewardship plan described in\nsection 2103a of this title\n(B) another practice plan approved by the State forester; or\n(C) another plan determined appropriate by the Secretary.\n(b)\nAvoidance of duplication\nThe Secretary shall\u2014\n(1) consider a plan developed in order to acquire a permit under a water or air quality regulatory program as the equivalent of a plan of operations under subsection (a), if the plan contains elements equivalent to those elements required by a plan of operations; and\n(2) to the maximum extent practicable, eliminate duplication of planning activities under the program under this subpart and comparable conservation programs.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3839aa\u20135."},{"t":"heading","text":"Environmental quality incentives program plan"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Plan of operations"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"To be eligible to receive payments under the program, a producer shall submit to the Secretary for approval a plan of operations that\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" specifies practices covered under the program;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" includes such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the program, including a description of the purposes to be met by the implementation of the plan;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" in the case of a confined livestock feeding operation, provides for development and progressive implementation of a comprehensive nutrient management plan, if applicable; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" in the case of forest land, is consistent with the provisions of a forest management plan that is approved by the Secretary, which may include\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/a/4/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" a forest stewardship plan described in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 2103a of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s2103a","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/a/4/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" another practice plan approved by the State forester; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/a/4/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" another plan determined appropriate by the Secretary.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Avoidance of duplication"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Secretary shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" consider a plan developed in order to acquire a permit under a water or air quality regulatory program as the equivalent of a plan of operations under subsection (a), if the plan contains elements equivalent to those elements required by a plan of operations; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s3839aa\u20135/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to the maximum extent practicable, eliminate duplication of planning activities under the program under this subpart and comparable conservation programs.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}