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4 • Be formally determined eligible for listing in least 25 percent of the value when the National Register of Historic Places by accompanied by a landowner's donation of the State Historic Preservation Officer up to 25 percent of the appraised fair market (SHPO)or Tribal Historic Preservation value. Officer and the Keeper of the National Register in accordance with Section 106 of Defining a Pending Offer the NHPA); or A pending offer is a written bid,contract, • Be formally listed in the State or Tribal commitment,or option extended to a Register of Historic Places of the SHPO or landowner by an eligible entity to acquire a the Tribal Register of Historic Places. conservation easement or other interest in land to limit non-agricultural uses of the land Entity.An eligible entity must be a Federally before the legal title to these rights has been recognized Indian Tribe, State or local agency conveyed. Pending offers must be for the (including farmland protection boards or land primary purpose of protecting topsoil by resource councils established under State law), limiting conversion to non-agricultural uses. or a non-governmental organization that- Pending offers with signed appraisals by state • Is organized principally for the preservation certified appraisers shall receive higher funding priority by the NRCS State of land for recreation,open space,historical conservationist. preservation,and natural habitat; • Is operated exclusively for charitable, Applications Process religious,or educational purposes,with no The FPP application process consists of the part of its net earnings paid to any private following steps: shareholder or individual and no substantial part of its activities influencing legislation or 1.A landowner submits an application to an intervening in any political campaign for or eligible non-governmental organization or against a candidate for public office; and State,Tribal,or local government that has • Normally receives more than one-third of its an existing farmland protection progranL support in each tax year from an combination of gifts,grants,contributions, 2.When funds are available,NRCS publishes or membership fees,and normally receives rece' a Request for Proposals(RFP)in the Federal Register to solicit Ainding proposals from not more than one-third of its support in each tax year from the sum of gross eligible entities with existing farmland investment income. protection programs. In addition to demonstrating land and entity 3.Eligible entities submit proposals to work eligibility,entities wishing to receive FPP with NRCS to acquire conservation fiords must demonstrate: easements or other interests in land on productive farm and ranch land. • A commitment to longterm conservation of agricultural lands; 4.The NRCS State conservationist receives • The capability to acquire,manage, and proposals by the date specified in the RFP. enforce easements and other interest in land; 5.The NRCS State conservationist determines • Staff capacity that would be dedicated to entity and land eligibility. monitoring easement stewardship; and • The availability of funds for at least 50 6.The NRCS State conservationist may percent of the appraised fair market value of consult with the State Technical Committee the conservation easement; or Rinds for at to rank the parcels based on the State FPP FPP Program DesoripUon pop 2