| U.S. General Accounting Office |
| Survey on Food Security Act Conservation Compliance (GAO-03-492SP) |
| Q34. Of the wetland violations referred to or received by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in your county, about what portion are granted a good faith exemption by the FSA county committee? |
| All or almost all (percent) | More than half (percent) | About half (percent) | Less than half (percent) | None or almost none (percent) | Number of respondents | |
| Alabama | 60.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 5 |
| Arkansas | 62.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8 |
| California | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 3 |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 40.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 10 |
| Georgia | 62.5 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 8 |
| Iowa | 42.1 | 15.8 | 5.3 | 10.5 | 26.3 | 19 |
| Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Illinois | 33.3 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 18.2 | 39.4 | 33 |
| Indiana | 38.9 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 38.9 | 18 |
| Kansas | 83.3 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
| Kentucky | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Louisiana | 41.7 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 33.3 | 12 |
| Maryland | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 4 |
| Michigan | 47.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 41.2 | 17 |
| Minnesota | 70.8 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 48 |
| Missouri | 63.6 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 13.6 | 22 |
| Mississippi | 33.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 6 |
| Montana | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 4 |
| North Carolina | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.3 | 7 |
| North Dakota | 90.9 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 22 |
| Nebraska | 48.5 | 12.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 33.3 | 33 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
| Ohio | 22.2 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 9 |
| Oklahoma | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Oregon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 11.1 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 22.2 | 55.6 | 9 |
| South Carolina | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 3 |
| South Dakota | 72.0 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 25 |
| Tennessee | 57.1 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 7 |
| Texas | 75.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Utah | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Virginia | 60.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 5 |
| Washington | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 41.4 | 6.9 | 20.7 | 6.9 | 24.1 | 29 |
| West Virginia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2 |
| States with fewer than 15 respondents | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 6 |
| All States | 53.1 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 26.9 | 401 |