§ 590p-1. — Limitation on wetlands drainage assistance to aid wildlife preservation; termination of limitation; redetermination of need for assistance upon change of ownership of lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC590p-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 3B--SOIL CONSERVATION
Sec. 590p-1. Limitation on wetlands drainage assistance to aid
wildlife preservation; termination of limitation;
redetermination of need for assistance upon change of ownership
of lands
The Secretary of Agriculture shall not enter into an agreement in
the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota to provide
financial or technical assistance for wetland drainage on a farm under
authority of this chapter, if the Secretary of the Interior has made a
finding that wildlife preservation will be materially harmed on that
farm by such drainage and that preservation of such land in its
undrained status will materially contribute to wildlife preservation and
such finding, identifying specifically the farm and the land on that
farm with respect to which the finding was made, has been filed with the
Secretary of Agriculture within ninety days after the filing of the
application for drainage assistance: Provided, That the limitation
against furnishing such financial or technical assistance shall
terminate (1) at such time as the Secretary of the Interior notifies the
Secretary of Agriculture that such limitation should not be applicable,
(2) one year after the date on which the adverse finding of the
Secretary of the Interior was filed unless during that time an offer has
been made by the Secretary of the Interior or a State government agency
to lease or to purchase the wetland area from the owner thereof as a
waterfowl resource, or (3) five years after the date on which such
adverse finding was filed if such an offer to lease or to purchase such
wetland area has not been accepted by the owner thereof: Provided
further, That upon any change in the ownership of the land with respect
to which such adverse finding was filed, the eligibility of such land
for such financial or technical assistance shall be redetermined in
accordance with the provisions of this section.
(Apr. 27, 1935, ch. 85, Sec. 16A, as added Pub. L. 87-732, Oct. 2, 1962,
76 Stat. 696.)
