7 CFR § 623.5 - Ineligible land.

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title: "7 CFR § 623.5 - Ineligible land."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "623.5"
section_name: "Ineligible land."
chapter_name: "NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "WATER RESOURCES"
part_number: "623"
part_name: "EMERGENCY WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 3837-3837f; Pub. L. 103-75, Chapter 1, 107 Stat. 739, 742."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 62497, Nov. 29, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
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# 623.5 Ineligible land.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, the following land is not eligible for enrollment in the EWRP:

(a) Land that contains either timber stands or trees established in connection with a CRP contract;

(b) Lands owned or acquired by an agency of the Federal Government;

(c) Land already subject to a deed restriction prohibiting the production of agricultural commodities or the alternation of existing wetland hydrologic conditions;

(d) Land located between the pre-flood mainstem levees and the river; or

(e) Land that was restored to wetland conditions, as required under Part 12 of this title, to mitigate the conversion of wetland to cropland use.