Fund Allocation. The Chief of NRCS allocates funds to each NRCS State office based on an allocation formula that considers the State’s overall loss of farm and ranch land in the State, the loss of prime, unique, and important farmland soils in the State, the level of interest in farm and ranch land protection in the state, and the performance of its cooperating entities. Data on the level of interest in farm and ranch land protection is incorporated into the State FRPP plan. Each NRCS State Conservationist who requests FRPP funds will prepare a State FRPP plan and update the plan annually. Data from the State FRPP Plan is provided to the NRCS national office annually. See section 519.40 for further details on the State FRPP plan. 519.2 Public Access to Data A. Release of Personal Information (1) Information about FRPP applicants is generally not released to the public because individual privacy rights must be protected. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act, section 2004 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, and section 1619 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Act) require the Government to withhold certain information. Refer to 120-GM, Part 408, Subpart C, “Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act,” for NRCS policy regarding FOIA and the Privacy Act. The following information about FRPP applicants may not be released:
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