§ 3824. — Fairness of compliance.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3824]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 58--ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER III--WETLAND CONSERVATION
Sec. 3824. Fairness of compliance
If the actions of an unrelated person or public entity, outside the
control of, and without the prior approval of, the landowner or tenant
result in a change in the characteristics of cropland that would cause
the land to be determined to be a wetland, the affected land shall not
be considered to be wetland for purposes of this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 99-198, title XII, Sec. 1224, as added Pub. L. 101-624, title
XIV, Sec. 1424, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3576.)
