16 U.S.C. § 3839aa–5 — Environmental quality incentives program plan

(a) Plan of operations To be eligible to receive payments under the program^*, a producer must submit to the Secretary for approval a plan of operations that—
(1) specifies practices covered under the program;
(2) includes such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the program, including a description of the purposes to be met by the implementation of the plan;
(3) in the case of a confined livestock feeding operation, provides for development and progressive implementation of a comprehensive nutrient management plan, if applicable; and
(4) in the case of forest land, is consistent with the provisions of a forest management plan that is approved by the Secretary, which may include—
(A) a forest stewardship plan described in section 2103a of this title ;
(B) another practice^* plan approved by the State forester; or
(C) another plan determined appropriate by the Secretary.

(b) Avoidance of duplication The Secretary must—
(1) consider a plan developed in order to acquire a permit under a water or air quality regulatory program as the equivalent of a plan of operations under subsection (a), if the plan contains elements equivalent to those elements required by a plan of operations; and
(2) to the maximum extent practicable, eliminate duplication of planning activities under the program under this subpart and comparable conservation programs.