7 CFR § 1455.1 - Purpose and administration.

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title: "7 CFR § 1455.1 - Purpose and administration."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1455.1"
section_name: "Purpose and administration."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS"
part_number: "1455"
part_name: "VOLUNTARY PUBLIC ACCESS AND HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 714b and 714c; 16 U.S.C. 3839."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 39140, July 8, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1455.1 Purpose and administration.

(a) The purpose of this part is to specify requirements and definitions for the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP).

(b) VPA-HIP provides, within funding limits, grants to State and tribal governments to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make that land available for access by the public for wildlife-dependent recreation, including hunting and fishing under programs administered by State and tribal governments. VPA-HIP is not an entitlement program and no grant will be made unless the application is acceptable to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). CCC may reject a application for any reason deemed sufficient by CCC.

(c) The regulations in this part are administered under the general supervision and direction of the Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

[75 FR 39140, July 8, 2010, as amended at 79 FR 44641, Aug. 1, 2014]