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U.S. Department of Agriculture
<br />Natural Resources Conservation Service
<br />NRCS-CPA-41A
<br />12/2016
<br />USDA prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age,
<br />disability, and where applicable, sex (including gender identity and expression), marital status, familial status, parental
<br />status, religion, sexual orientation, political beliefs, genetic information, reprisal, or because all or part of an
<br />individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
<br />To file a complaint of discrimination, complete, sign and mail a program discrimination complaint form, available at any
<br />USDA office location or online at www.ascr,usda:r. ov or write to:
<br />USDA
<br />Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
<br />1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
<br />Washington, DC 20250-9410
<br />Or call toll free at (866) 632-9992 (voice) to obtain additional information, the appropriate office or to request documents.
<br />Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay
<br />service at (800) 877-8339 or (800) 845-6136 (in Spanish). USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer and lender.
<br />Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (e.g., Braille, large
<br />print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
<br />PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
<br />The following statements are made in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (U.S.C. 522a). Furnishing
<br />this information is voluntary; however, failure to furnish correct, complete information will result in the
<br />withholding or withdrawal of such technical or financial assistance. The information may be furnished to
<br />other USDA agencies, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Justice, or otherState or Federal
<br />law enforcement agencies, or in response to orders of a court, magistrate, or administrative tribunal.
<br />This information collection is exempted from the Paperwork Reduction Act under 16 U.S.C. 3801 note and
<br />16 U.S.C. 3846.
<br />i Parcel means a farm or ranch submitted for consideration for funding under ACEP-ALE.
<br />ii Landowner means a person, legal entity, or Indian Tribe having legal ownership of land and those who
<br />may be buying eligible land under a purchase agreement. The term Landowner may include all forms of
<br />collective ownership including joint tenants, tenants-in-common, and includes heirs, successors, assigns,
<br />and anyone claiming under them. State governments, local governments, and nongovernmental
<br />organizations that qualify as eligible entities are not eligible as landowners.
<br />iii The Secretary may not use ACEP funds for the purposes of acquiring an easement on lands owned by an
<br />agency of the United States, other than land held in trust for IndianTribes; and lands owned in fee title by a
<br />State, including an agency or a subdivision of a State, or a unit of local government, Such lands are
<br />ineligible for ACEP.
<br />iv Pending offer means a written bid, contract, or option extended to a Landowner by an eligible entity to
<br />acquire a conservation easement before the legal We to these rights has been conveyed for the purpose of:
<br />(1)The agricultural use and future viability, and related conservation values, of eligible land by limiting non-
<br />agricultural uses of that land; or
<br />(2) Grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring and conserving eligible land.
<br />v Agricultural land easement means an easement or other interest in eligible land that is conveyed for
<br />the purpose of protecting natural resources and the agricultural nature of the land, and of promoting
<br />agricultural viability for future generations, and perrnits the Landowner the right to continue agricultural
<br />production and related uses subject to an agricultural land easement plan, as approved by the Secretary of
<br />Agriculture.
<br />A Purchase price means the fair market value of the agricultural land easement as determined by an
<br />NRCS approved methodology, minus the Landowner donation.
<br />vii Landowners shall not donate any part of Federal share or non -Federal cash contribution back to the
<br />entity as a condition of purchase or closing.
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