Sec. 1001. Definitions
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Section 1201(a)(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(4) ) is amended to read as follows: The term conservation system means a combination of conservation measures or practices that are based on local natural resource and environmental conditions and are designed to cost-effectively address one or more priority resource concerns. . Section 1201(a)(11)(A)(ii) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(11)(A)(ii)) is amended— by striking excessive before average annual rate ; by striking in relation to and inserting exceeding ; and by inserting revised before universal soil loss .
Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3801(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: The term comprehensive conservation plan means a document that, subject to the unique purposes of each conservation program— identifies priority resource concerns that can be effectively addressed through conservation activities, practices, systems, and management measures on an agricultural operation; inventories natural resource and environmental conditions related to priority resource concerns and establishes benchmark data and conservation objectives; determines the most cost-effective conservation activities, practices, systems, and management measures to be implemented, improved or maintained to address the designated priority resource concerns; provides a schedule for planning, implementing, improving, or maintaining the identified conservation activities, practices, systems, and management measures; and contains a description and schedule for on-farm activities to evaluate the extent to which the planned conservation activities, practices, systems, and management measures are effectively improving the condition of priority resource concerns.
The term conservation outcome means a natural resource or environmental change that is that is correlated with conservation activities. The term highly erodible land conservation plan means the document that— applies to highly erodible land; describes the highly erodible land conservation system applicable to the highly erodible land and describes the decisions of the person with respect to location, land use, tillage systems, and conservation treatment measures and schedule; and is approved by the local soil conservation district, in consultation with the local committees established under section 8(b)(5) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590h(b)(5) ) and the Secretary, or by the Secretary.
The term highly erodible land conservation system means a combination of 1 or more conservation measures or management practices that— are based on local resource conditions, available conservation technology, and the standards and guidelines contained in the Natural Resources Conservation Service field office technical guides; are designed to achieve, in a cost effective and technically practicable manner, a substantial reduction in soil erosion or a substantial improvement in soil conditions on a field or group of fields containing highly erodible land when compared to the level of erosion or soil conditions that existed before the application of the conservation measures and management practices; at a minimum are designed to achieve, within five years of actively applying a highly erodible land conservation plan, a level of erosion not to exceed twice the soil loss tolerance level; and effectively treat all ephemeral gullies.
The term nutrient-impacted watershed means a watershed, including its surface and ground waters, any portion of which the Secretary, in consultation with officials from State water quality agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States Geological Survey, determines to be degraded, or contributing to the degradation of downstream waters, due to the presence of excess agricultural nutrients. The term priority resource concern means a specific impairment to soil, soil quality, water quality, water quantity, energy, air quality, biodiversity, or fish, wildlife, or pollinator habitat, that, as determined by the Secretary— represents a significant environmental, human health, or sustainable agricultural production concern in a State, region, or watershed; is likely to be addressed successfully through implementation of conservation systems, practices, or activities by producers on land eligible for enrollment in one or more programs under this title; and if successfully addressed will substantially contribute to the achievement of the purposes of the relevant program or programs under this title. .
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