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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3609 (A) ADMINISTRATION. — The program shall be admmistered by the Secretary. (B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— In administering the program, the Secretary, in consultation with the local conservation districts, and any State or local authorities deemed appropriate by the Secretary, shall provide technical assistance to producers in developing and implementing plans, evaluating the effectiveness of plans, and assessing the costs and benefits of farming operations and practices. The plans may draw on handbooks and technical guides and may also include other practices appropriate to the particular circumstances of the producer and the purposes of the program. (C) FLEXIBILITY.— In administering the program, the Secretary shall provide sufficient flexibility for a producer to adjust or modify the producer's plan consistent with this section, except that such adjustments or modifications must be approved by the Secretary. (D) MINIMIZATION OF ADVERSE EFFECT.— (i) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary shall implement this section in such a manner as to minimize any adverse economic effect on the agribusinesses and other agriculturally related economic interests within any county. State, or region that may result from a decrease of harvested acres due to the operation of this section. In carrying out this section, the Secretary may restrict the total amount of crop acreage that may be removed from production, taking into consideration the total amount of crop acreage that has, or will be, removed from production under other price support, production adjustment, or conservation program activities. (ii) MAXIMIZE CONSERVATION GOALS. —The Secretary shall, to the greatest extent practicable, permit producers on a farm that desire to participate in the progrsun authorized under this section to enroll acreage adequate to maximize conservation goals on such farm and ensure economic effectiveness of the program in each individual application. (E) DISPLACEMENT. — The Secretary shall not approve any plan that will result in the involuntary displacement of farm tenants or lessees by landowners through the removal of substantial portions of the farm from production of a commodity. In the case of any tenant or lessee who has rented or leased the farm (with or without a written option for annual renewed or periodic renewals) for a period of two or more of the immediately preceding years, the Secretary shall consider the refusal by a landlord, without reasonable cause other than simply for the purpose of enrollment in the program, to renew such rental or lease as an involuntary displacement in the absence of a written consent to such nonrenew£d by the tenant or lessee. (2) CERTIFICATION. — The Secretary shall certify compliance by producers with the terms and conditions of the plans. (3) TERMINATION.—The Secretary may terminate a contract entered into with a producer under this program if—

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