PART 658 — FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY ACT [ 7 CFR 658 ]PART658 — FARMLAND PROTECTION POLICY ACT [ 7 CFR 658 ]Table of Contents§ 658.1 — Purpose.§ 658.2 — Definitions.[ Last FR update: 06/17/1994 ]§ 658.3 — Applicability and exemptions.[ Last FR update: 06/17/1994 ]§ 658.4 — Guidelines for use of criteria.[ Last FR update: 06/17/1994 ]§ 658.5 — Criteria.§ 658.6 — Technical assistance.§ 658.7 — USDA assistance with Federalagencies reviews of policies and procedures.[ Last FR update: 06/17/1994 ]Authority: 7U.S.C. 4201–4209.Source: 49FR 27724, July 5, 1984, unless otherwise noted.§ 658.1 Purpose.This part sets out the criteria developed by theSecretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, pursuantto section 1541(a) of the Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA or the Act) 7 U.S.C. 4202(a). As required bysection 1541(b) of the Act, 7U.S.C. 4202(b), Federal agencies are (a) to use thecriteria to identify and take into accoun...