[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR636.1]

[Page 456]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 636_WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 636.1  Applicability.




Sec.
636.1 Applicability.
636.2 Administration.
636.3 Definitions.
636.4 Program requirements.
636.5 Establishing priority for enrollment in WHIP.
636.6 Cost-share payments.
636.7 The Wildlife Habitat Development Plan (WHDP).
636.8 Cost-share agreements.
636.9 Modifications.
636.10 Transfer of interest in a cost-share agreement.
636.11 Termination of cost-share agreements.
636.12 Violations and remedies.
636.13 Misrepresentation and scheme or device.
636.14 Offsets and assignments.
636.15 Appeals.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3839bb-1.

    Source: 62 FR 49365, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The purpose of the WHIP is to help participants develop habitat 
for upland wildlife, wetland wildlife, threatened and endangered 
species, fish, and other types of wildlife.
    (b) The regulations in this part set forth the requirements for the 
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP).
    (c) The Chief, NRCS may implement WHIP in any of the 50 states, the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin 
Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands.