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A contract between a water user’s organization and the Bureau of Reclamation by which the organization obligates itself to repay a share of the reimbursable construction and other costs (not all construction costs are reimbursed by water users) of a Bureau project in installments determined in accordance with reclamation law in exchange for delivery of water.
Industry:Agriculture
Natural resources, sometimes called flow resources, that replenish themselves within time limits that permit sustained use, in contrast to nonrenewable resources. Congress recognized the renewable nature of resources managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (including timber, livestock forage, recreation, water, and wildlife and fish) by requiring both agencies to follow the principles of multiple use and sustained yield.
Industry:Agriculture
The act of detecting objects when the sensor is not in direct contact; commonly refers to using aerial photographs to observe conditions on the Earth’s surface. In agriculture, this technology can be used to determine what plants are being grown and their condition.
Industry:Agriculture
process of correcting or remedying a problem, such as in removing a leading underground storage tank and attempting to remove the material which has been leaked into the soil. A party who has create a hazardous condition may be required to repudiate the situation.
Industry:Agriculture
P.L. 96-354 (September 19,1964) requires federal agencies to consider the special needs and concerns of small business entities whenever they engage in rulemaking subject to notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act or other laws. In most cases, when an agency publishes a proposed rule in the Federal Register, it must prepare and publish a regulatory flexibility analysis describing the impact on small businesses.
Industry:Agriculture
Los 192 millones acres administrados por el servicio forestal para uso múltiple; habían compuesta por 155 bosques nacionales (en 117 unidades) con 187 millones de hectáreas, 20 pastizales nacionales con 4 millones de hectáreas y 112 otras unidades (por ejemplo, las unidades de compra, proyectos de utilización de la tierra, investigación y áreas experimentales) con cerca de 500.000 hectáreas. Mientras que las tierras NFS se concentran en el oeste, las 25 millones hectáreas al este del meridiano 100 (las grandes llanuras) hacen el servicio forestal el mayor gestor de tierra en el Oriente.
Industry:Agriculture
Are "the waters of the United States, including the territorial seas." (33 U.S.C. §1362(7))
Industry:Agriculture
Un tipo de unidad designado por USDA y bajo el título II de la ley de inquilino granja Bankhead-Jones, sostuvo permanentemente por el USDA como parte del sistema forestal nacional.
Industry:Agriculture
A person who travels across state or country boundaries to do agricultural work of a seasonal or other temporary nature, and who is required to be absent overnight from his or her permanent place of residence. Exceptions are immediate family members of an agricultural employer or a farm labor contractor, and temporary foreign workers.
Industry:Agriculture
Una agencia dentro de la National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) en el Departamento de comercio. NMFS administra programas que apoyen la nacional e internacionales de conservación y gestión de los recursos marinos vivos. NMFS ofrece servicios y productos para apoyar operaciones de gestión de pesquerías nacionales e internacionales, desarrollo de la pesca, las actividades de asistencia, comercio e industria, aplicación, especies protegidas y operaciones de conservación de hábitat y los aspectos científicos y técnicos del programa de pesquerías marinas de la NOAA. NMFS realiza inspección voluntaria mariscos sobre una base de tarifa-por-servicio, principalmente como un programa de comercialización y calidad en lugar de un programa de seguridad alimentaria.
Industry:Agriculture
