D24-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, February 16,1980
HARRISBURG - Citizens
will have an opportunity to
comment on the future of the
Nation’s soil and water
conservation programs
during a 60-day public
review penod, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
has announced.
Carl L. Kaufman, State
Executive Director of the
Agriculture Stabilization
and Conservation Service
said the proposals for a
national soil and water
conservation program were
developed by a coordinating
committee made up of
members from nine USDA
agencies, plus the Office of
Management and Budget,
and the Council on En
vironmental Quality.
The process included
consideration of public input
from 9,000 public meetings
held nationwide m 1978.
The Soil and Water
Resources Conservation Act
was enacted in 1977. The Act
called for the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture to ap
praise the condition of the
nation’s renewable natural
resources, and to propose
alternative conservation
programs to guide the
nation’s future conservation
activities.
Basic information about
the RCA process and
proposals may be seen in
four draft documents
available for public review
in the county ASCS Offices.
The first document, Draft
Appraisal Part I, describes
the status and condition of
U.S. natural resources and
provides information on:
quantity and quality;
resource legislation and
regulations; and major uses
of nonfederal land.
The Draft Appraisal Part
n, identifies and analyzes
national resource con
servation problems for:
reducing erosion and
preserving prime far
mlands; improving water
quality; conservation water;
improving fish and wildlife
habitat, including the
preservation of wetlands;
reducing upstream flood
damages; conserving
energy; and solving related
resource problems.
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It also projects demands
on soil and water resources
to the year 2030 and suggests
levels of management that
could be used to preserve
these resources. Further, it
summarizes trends in rural
land ownership and
describes the contribution of
state and local programs to
soil and water conservation.
The third document,
Program Report and En
vironmental Impact
Statement, presents the
goals for resource con
servation over the next 50
years, and details activities
needed to meet those goals.
Seven alternative soil and
water conservation
programs to carry out these
activities are also discussed.
They are:
Redirection of Present
Programs - USDA would
continue existing programs,
but the allocation of funds
and personnel would be
redirected to better solve
certain national resource
problems. Cooperation
would continue to be mostly
voluntary.
Cross Compliance -
Producers would be required
to apply effective con
servation measures to
qualify for benefits under
other USDA programs,
including commodity price
supports, low interest loans,
cost shanng, and crop in
surance.
Regional Resource
Project Approach - This
strategy would direct USDA
programs toward the more
urgent and chronic regional
resource problems. Federal
participation would be
available only for programs
that contribute to meeting
national conservation ob
jectives.
State Leadership - States
would assume leadership for
planning and carrying out
conservation programs.
State and local governments
would develop conservation
programs for USDA ap
proval, provide technical
assistance to producers, and
fund those activities that
benefit mostly state and
local people. USDA would
fund activities that have
national benefits but are
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beyond the interest or
financial resources of the
producer or state and local
governments.
Regulatory Emphasis -
This strategy would em
phasize the use of backup
regulatory authorities at the
local, state, and national
level to carry out an ef
fective national soil and
water conservation
program. This approach
would be coupled with a
strong cost share and
technical assistance
program and low interest
loans that would offer in
centives for resource
management.
Conservation Per
formance Bonus - This
strategy provides incentives
to producers who voluntarily
apply and maintain con
servation measures that
meet USDA standards. It
offers incentives to obtain
benefits under federal
programs but has no
required cross compliance.
Priority would be given to
resource areas where
present conditions pose the
greatest threat to future food
and fiber production.
Natural Resource Con
tracts - USDA would offer to
purchase erosion reduction,
irrigation water reductions,
and other outputs of con
servation farm producers.
The public would, in effect,
buy specific benefits from
those who run, operate, or
control private natural
resources.
A fourth RCA document or
Summary is a condensed
version of the information in
Draft Appraisal Parts I and
II and in the Program
Report and Environmental
Impact Statement
document.
During the public review
period, regional, state, and
local meetings will be held to
inform the public on the
contents of the documents.
The public is urged to
provide comments on all
parts of the RCA process.
Citizens are invited to send
written comments to the
RCA Response Analysis
Center, P.O. Box 888,
Athens, Georgia 30603.
The RCA process is an
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effort to look ahead to the
future, to project resource
demand over the next 50
years, and, based on this
information, to select a
strategy or combination of
strategies that will be ac
ceptable to producers and
will also meet national ob
jectives.
“Many questions need to
be answered, such as how
much are we willing to in
vest in conservation to in
sure a continued supply of
food, fiber, clear water, and
wildlife,” said Kaufman.
“At what level of govern
ment should a national
conservation program be
developed and carried out?
Who will pay for these
conservation efforts?”
Kaufman added citizen
input will play an important
role in deciding what
strategies will be used to
develop the national con
servation program, to be
transmitted by the President
to Congress in 1980, and
again in 1985.
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