16 USC § 3824 - Fairness of compliance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s3824"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 3824 - Fairness of compliance"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "3824"
section_name: "Fairness of compliance"
chapter_number: 58
chapter_name: "ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "WETLAND CONSERVATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1224, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1424, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3576.)"
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# § 3824. Fairness of compliance

If the actions of an unrelated person or public entity, outside the control of, and without the prior approval of, the landowner or tenant result in a change in the characteristics of cropland that would cause the land to be determined to be a wetland, the affected land shall not be considered to be wetland for purposes of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1224, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1424, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3576.)