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GAO-09-960R 1 (2009-08-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwxz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GA 0 T a m Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-318524 August 17, 2009 The Honorable Tom Harkin Chairman The Honorable Saxby Chambliss Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry United States Senate The Honorable Collin C. Peterson Chairman The Honorable Frank D. Lucas Ranking Minority Member Committee on Agriculture House of Representatives Subject: Department ofAgriculture, Commodity Credit Coiporation: Wetlands Reserve Program Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), entitled Wetlands Reserve Program (RIN: 0578-AA47). We received the rule on July 31, 2009. It was published in the Federal Register as an interim final rule with request for comment on January 15, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 2317. The interim final rule sets forth how the Wetlands Reserve Program will be implemented in response to changes made by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Act), and incorporates other changes to the regulation for clarification or program administration improvement. Those changes include raising the enrollment cap to 3,041,200 acres through 2012, limiting program eligibility to private lands and acreage owned by Indian tribes, determining the rate of compensation for easements of 30-year contracts enrolled in the program, requiring ownership of the land for 7 years under the easement enrollment option, expanding the ranking criteria, and adding a 30-year contract enrollment option on acreage owned by Indian tribes. The Congressional Review Act requires major rules to have a 60-day delay in their effective date following their publication in the Federal Register or receipt by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). However, notwithstanding the GAO-09-960R

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