Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register July 29, 2026. Document 2026-15284. Updated Nov. 7, 2026.
- What it does
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is amending its regulations to ensure that wetland determinations issued after November 28, 1990, have been and will be certified as sufficient to serve as the basis for determining ineligibility for certain USDA program benefits under the Wetland Conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended. Certification requires notifying the affected person at the time of the determination and informing them of their appeal rights. This interim rule addresses inconsistencies in how wetland determinations certified and issued between November 28, 1990, and July 3, 1996, have been treated. It also responds to a February 22, 2024, Federal court ruling that determined that Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) did not fully meet procedural requirements in its 2020 final rule concerning certification of pre-1996 determinations. This interim rule aligns USDA's regulations with the governing statute, legislative history, and congressional intent.
The Agriculture Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Agriculture Department has published 6 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 4 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0578-AA73 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
This rule is effective July 29, 2026. Comments concerning this rule must be received by September 28, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-15284 |
|---|---|
| Action | Interim rule with request for comments. |
| Agencies | Agriculture Department |
| Published | July 29, 2026 |
| Effective date | July 29, 2026 |
| Comments close | Sept. 28, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 0578-AA73 |
| Docket | NRCS-2026-0067 |
Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register