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<br />Funding and technical assistance for implementation will be assigned <br /> <br />according to these priorities. <br /> <br />There are three primary USDA authorities through which the onfarm <br /> <br />improvements might be implemented. These are: <br /> <br />1. The Soil Conservation Act of 1935 (PL 46 - 74th Congress) <br /> <br />Under this authority and working mainly through local soil conservation <br /> <br />districts, the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) helps individuals, groups, <br /> <br />municipal and county officials, and planning bodies to cope with problems of <br /> <br />erosion, water supply and disposal, improper land use, flooding and sedimen- <br /> <br />tation. Assistance rendered by SCS ranges from advice and consultation to <br /> <br />on-site technical assistance for preparing conservation plans; determining <br /> <br />where conservation practices are practical and necessary; designing, laying <br /> <br />out, and supervising installation of the practices; and checking and certi- <br /> <br />fying performance of the practices. Through the Agricultural Stabilization <br /> <br />and Conservation Service and the Agricultural Conservation Program, USDA <br /> <br />shares with the land users the cost of applying certain soil and water <br /> <br />conservation measures that emphasize conservation benefits of national <br /> <br />concern. <br /> <br />2. Federal Water Pollution Control Act (PL 92-500, as amended by Sec. 35 <br />of the Clean Water Act -- PL 95-217) <br /> <br />Under this authority the Rural Clean Water Program helps to control <br /> <br />agricultural nonpoint sources of pollution. The Rural Clean Water Program, <br /> <br />a voluntary program for applying best management practices on privately <br /> <br />owned rural land in eligible project areas, is designed to reduce agricul- <br /> <br />tural pollutants thus improving water quality in rural areas to meet water <br /> <br />quality standards or goals. The program provides financial and technical <br /> <br />assistance to private landowners and operators. Financial assistance is <br /> <br />I~ 001201 <br />