N.J. Admin. Code § 2:90-4.1 - Applicability

(a) through the New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA) Conservation Cost Share Program (CCSP), the State Soil Conservation Committee (SSCC) provides technical, educational, and, when available, financial assistance to eligible farmers to address soil, water, and related natural resources concerns, and to encourage environmental enhancements on their lands in an environmentally beneficial and cost-effective manner. The purposes of the program are achieved through the implementation of structural, vegetative, and land management practices on eligible land.

(b) This program will be integrated with and will complement the USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). These rules are closely aligned with EQIP rules, at 7 CFR Part 1466, and establish responsibilities and clarify requirements related to program administration by the State Soil Conservation Committee and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and the soil conservation districts. To the extent possible, these rules shall be interpreted to achieve maximum compatibility with EQIP. Responsibility and accountability for administration and expenditure of State funds appropriated to this program reside solely with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, and are allocated to the State Soil Conservation Committee. Full coordination, cooperation and consultation with the 15 soil conservation districts, and the NRCS is expected. Authority for final interpretation of these rules is retained by the SSCC, NJDA.

(c) To the extent that finds are made available in the future, NJDA hereby adopts and incorporates by reference 7 CFR Part 1466, as amended and supplemented.

1. A copy of 7 CFR Part 1466 may be obtained at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx02/7cfr146602.html.

2. A copy of this document is on file in the Director's Office, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, New Jersey Department of Agriculture, PO Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 2:90-4.1

Amended by R.2006 d.12, effective 2/6/2006.
See: 37 N.J.R. 2313(a), 38 N.J.R. 917(a).
In (a), added ", when available,"; in (b), deleted "jointly," "and the Farm Service Agency (FSA)" and "and FSA," decreased number of soil conservation districts from 15 to 16, substituted "CFR" for "C.F.R." and "and" for "," following "district," and made "district" plural; added (c).