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§3824 Fairness of compliance

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 58— - ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - WETLAND CONSERVATION › § 3824

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Unrelated people or public agencies, acting without the owner’s or tenant’s control or approval, cannot make cropland be treated as wetland under this law.

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Title 16, §3824

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If the actions of an unrelated person or public entity, outside the control of, and without the prior approval of, the landowner or tenant result in a change in the characteristics of cropland that would cause the land to be determined to be a wetland, the affected land shall not be considered to be wetland for purposes of this subchapter.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 3824

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73