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[CITE: 16USC3839aa-6]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
 CHAPTER 58--ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM
 
       SUBCHAPTER IV--AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION PROGRAM
 
            Part IV--Environmental Quality Incentives Program
 
Sec. 3839aa-6. Duties of Secretary

    To the extent appropriate, the Secretary shall assist a producer in 
achieving the conservation and environmental goals of an environmental 
quality incentives program plan by--
        (1) providing an eligibility assessment of the farming or 
    ranching operation of the producer as a basis for developing the 
    plan;
        (2) providing technical assistance in developing and 
    implementing the plan;
        (3) providing technical assistance, cost-share payments, or 
    incentive payments for developing and implementing 1 or more 
    structural practices or 1 or more land management practices, as 
    appropriate;
        (4) providing the producer with information, education, and 
    training to aid in implementation of the plan; and
        (5) encouraging the producer to obtain technical assistance, 
    cost-share payments, or grants from other Federal, State, local, or 
    private sources.

(Pub. L. 99-198, title XII, Sec. 1240F, as added Pub. L. 104-127, title 
III, Sec. 334, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1001.)
