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Code · U.S. Code · Title 16 - CONSERVATION · CHAPTER 58— ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM · Part IV— Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Conservation Stewardship Program · § 3839aa–3

§ 3839aa–3. Evaluation of applications

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The Secretary shall develop criteria for evaluating applications that will ensure that national, State, and local conservation priorities are effectively addressed. In evaluating applications under this subpart, the Secretary shall prioritize applications— based on their overall level of cost-effectiveness to ensure that the conservation practices and approaches proposed are the most efficient means of achieving the anticipated conservation benefits of the project; based on how effectively and comprehensively the project addresses the designated resource concern or resource concerns; that best fulfill the purposes of the program; and that improve conservation practices or systems in place on the operation at the time the contract offer is accepted or that will complete a conservation system.
To the greatest extent practicable, the Secretary shall group applications of similar crop or livestock operations for evaluation purposes or otherwise evaluate applications relative to other applications for similar farming operations. ( Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1240C , as added Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2301 , May 13, 2002 , 116 Stat. 256 ; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title II, § 2504 , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1062 ; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title II, § 2504, June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 1790;
Pub. L. 113–79, title II, § 2204 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 730 ; Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2301(d)(1)(G) , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4554 .)
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  • Pub. L. 99-198
  • Pub. L. 107-171
  • 116 Stat. 256
  • Pub. L. 110-234
  • 122 Stat. 1062
  • Pub. L. 110-246
  • 122 Stat. 1664
  • 128 Stat. 730
  • 132 Stat. 4554
  • Pub. L. 104-127
  • 110 Stat. 1000
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