| 40. | In your county, how did each of the following changes in the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (farm bill) strengthen or weaken monitoring of wetland conservation compliance? |
| (CHECK ONE FOR EACH CHANGE.) |
| Significantly strengthened | Strengthened | Neither strengthened nor weakened | Weakened | Significantly weakened | Don't know | No response | ||
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| 40a | Instituted good faith exemption allowing graduated reductions in program benefits for wetland conservation violations | |||||||
| 40b | Instituted minimal effects exemption | |||||||
| 40c | Instituted mitigation exemption for restoring a prior converted wetland | |||||||
| 40d | Instituted requirement for agreement between NRCS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on mitigation plans and technical determinations | |||||||
| 40e | Instituted new trigger mechanism for swampbuster violations | |||||||
| 40f | Required additional farm program benefits be subject to denial for violations of wetland conservation | |||||||
| 40g | Revised definition of a wetland to include three conditions that must be present | |||||||
| 40h | Other (please specify in text box below) | |||||||
| If you responded "Other" above, please specify below. |
| 41. | In your county, how did each of the following changes in the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (farm bill) strengthen or weaken monitoring of wetland conservation compliance? |
| (CHECK ONE FOR EACH CHANGE.) |
| Significantly strengthened | Strengthened | Neither strengthened nor weakened | Weakened | Significantly weakened | Don't know | No response | ||
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| 41a | Instituted more options for mitigation including enhancement or creation of wetlands | |||||||
| 41b | Eliminated graduated reductions in program benefits for compliance violations | |||||||
| 41c | Eliminated the requirement for agreement between NRCS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on mitigation plans and technical determinations | |||||||
| 41d | Revised good faith exemption by removing the 1-in-10 year rule and allowed for compliance grace period | |||||||
| 41e | Other (please specify in text box below) | |||||||
| If you responded "Other" above, please specify below. |
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