7 CFR § 1470.23 - Conservation activity operation and maintenance.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1470.23"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 1470.23 - Conservation activity operation and maintenance."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1470.23"
section_name: "Conservation activity operation and maintenance."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS"
part_number: "1470"
part_name: "CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 3839aa-21-3839aa-25."
regulatory_source: "84 FR 60891, Nov. 12, 2019, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1470"
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# 1470.23 Conservation activity operation and maintenance.

Throughout the conservation stewardship contract period, the participant will maintain and manage existing conservation activities across the entire agricultural operation to at least the benchmark level of conservation performance identified at the time of enrollment for the conservation stewardship contract period. The participant will also maintain and manage additional activities installed and adopted under the conservation stewardship contract.