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