7 CFR 12.2 - Definitions

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  • The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States”
    • United States
    • Army, Corps Of Engineers Department
    • Invalid date
    ...Manual (NFSAM), including the procedures for how to delineate wetlands and make wetland determinations in accordance with Subpart C of 7 CFR part 12. Due to the unique statutory provisions of the FSA, USDA wetland determinations may identify certain areas as exempt under the 1985 Act but re......
  • Epp v. Natural Res. Conservation Serv., 4:18CV3166
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 8th Circuit. United States District Court of Nebraska
    • November 22, 2019
    ...an agricultural commodity, and on December 23, 1985, did not support woody vegetation and met inundation or saturation criteria. See 7 C.F.R. § 12.2 (definition of FW). ] The Agency notified Previous Producer of the determination by letter dated May 14, 1990. Upon receiving a copy of the le......
  • Horn Farms, Inc. v. Veneman, Cause No. 3:02 CV-0831 AS.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 7th Circuit. United States District Court of Northern District of Indiana
    • May 20, 2004
    ...of a prior-converted cropland as of the date of a wetland determination by NRCS." The Regulations define prior-converted cropland in 7 C.F.R. § 12.2(8), which Prior-converted cropland is a converted wetland where the conversion occurred prior to December 23, 1985, an agricultural commodity ......
  • United States v. Acquest Transit LLC, 09CV55S
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 2nd Circuit. United States District Court of Western District of New York
    • June 4, 2020
    ...is defined as wetlands converted to farming prior to December 23, 1985, 33 C.F.R. § 328.3(a)(8) (2019) (effective to June 21, 2020); 7 C.F.R. §§ 12.2(a)(8) (definition), 12.5(b)(1)(i) (exemption for wetlands) (Docket No. 334, R&R at 89, 2018 WL 3861612, at *31). This was similar to the USDA......
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43 cases
  • Epp v. Natural Res. Conservation Serv., 4:18CV3166
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 8th Circuit. United States District Court of Nebraska
    • November 22, 2019
    ...an agricultural commodity, and on December 23, 1985, did not support woody vegetation and met inundation or saturation criteria. See 7 C.F.R. § 12.2 (definition of FW). ] The Agency notified Previous Producer of the determination by letter dated May 14, 1990. Upon receiving a copy of the le......
  • Horn Farms, Inc. v. Veneman, Cause No. 3:02 CV-0831 AS.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 7th Circuit. United States District Court of Northern District of Indiana
    • May 20, 2004
    ...of a prior-converted cropland as of the date of a wetland determination by NRCS." The Regulations define prior-converted cropland in 7 C.F.R. § 12.2(8), which Prior-converted cropland is a converted wetland where the conversion occurred prior to December 23, 1985, an agricultural commodity ......
  • United States v. Acquest Transit LLC, 09CV55S
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 2nd Circuit. United States District Court of Western District of New York
    • June 4, 2020
    ...is defined as wetlands converted to farming prior to December 23, 1985, 33 C.F.R. § 328.3(a)(8) (2019) (effective to June 21, 2020); 7 C.F.R. §§ 12.2(a)(8) (definition), 12.5(b)(1)(i) (exemption for wetlands) (Docket No. 334, R&R at 89, 2018 WL 3861612, at *31). This was similar to the USDA......
  • United States v. Acquest Transit LLC, 09-CV-00055S(F)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 2nd Circuit. United States District Court of Western District of New York
    • August 14, 2018
    ...commodity, did not support woody vegetation, and any inundation was for fewer than 15 consecutive days. 33 C.F.R. § 328.3(b)(2); 7 C.F.R. §§ 12.2 and 12.8; 40 C.F.R. § 230.3(s). The CWA, however, also provides for the loss of PCC status if "the wetlands characteristics returned after that d......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Statutory and Regulatory Citations
    • United States
    • Wetlands Deskbook Appendices
    • November 11, 2009
    ...for crop insurance issued by FCIC. § 400.46 Definitions. For the purpose of this regulation and in addition to the dei nitions included at 7 CFR 12.2, the following dei nitions are applicable: (a) Controlled substance means any prohibited drug-producing plants including, but not limited to,......
  • Rapanos v. United States: Searching for a Significant Nexus Using Proximate Causation and Foreseeability Principles
    • United States
    • Environmental Law Reporter Nbr. 40-12, December 2010
    • December 1, 2010
    ...5088 also excludes “prior converted cropland” and “waste treatment systems,” though it also provides a deinition for both terms. 162. 7 C.F.R. §12.2. 163. 40 C.F.R. §122.2. Opponents of S. 787 believe the legislation would expand federal CWA jurisdiction beyond interpretations that existed ......
  • Agricultural Wetlands Programs
    • United States
    • Wetlands Deskbook Part II. Other Wetland Laws and Programs
    • November 11, 2009
    ...adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; and • under normal circumstances does support a prevalence of such vegetation. 25 22. 7 C.F.R. §12.2. 23. his is the most common way to trigger a wetlands determination. he farmer applies for farm beneits on USDA Form AD-1026, which is entitled......

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