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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION AND THE STATE OF IDAHO CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IDAHO EASTERN SNAKE PLAIN AQUIFER CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM This Memorandum of Agreement (Agreement) is entered into between the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), and the State of Idaho (Idaho) for the improvement of water quantity and quality, and the enhancement of wildlife habitat through establishment of vegetative cover to reduce irrigation water consumptive use and agricultural chemical and sediment runoff to the waters of the State. The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) is part of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) operated by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) for CCC. I. PURPOSE The purpose of this Agreement is to allow, where deemed desirable by USDA, CCC and Idaho, certain acreage in the targeted watersheds to be enrolled in the Idaho Eastern Snal(e Plain Aquifer (ESP A CREP) Project Area. See Appendix 1 for a map displaying the ESP A CREP project area. II. GENERAL PROVISIONS The goals of the ESP A CREP are to enroll up to 100,000 acres of eligible cropland to significantly reduce the amount of irrigation water consumptive use and improve water quality through the reduction of agricultural chemicals and sediment entering waters of the State from agricultural lands. The reduction of ground and surface water use and of non-point source contaminants, through establishment of permanent vegetative cover, will also enhance associated wildlife habitat, both terrestrial and aquatic and achieve, to the extent practicable when fully implemented, the following objectives: A. Cease the application of water on up to 100,000 acres of irrigated cropland and thereby reduce consumptive use of water by up to 200,000 acre-feet annually CREP AGREEMENT - 1 Rev. 05-08-2006