---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1450.202"
title: "7"
number: "1450.202"
heading: "Project area selection criteria."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1450.202"
---

# §1450.202. Project area selection criteria.

- (a) In selecting project areas, CCC will consider:
  - (1) The dry tons of the eligible crops proposed to be produced in the proposed project area and the probability that such crops will be used for BCAP purposes;
  - (2) The dry tons of renewable biomass projected to be available from sources other than the eligible crops grown on contract acres;
  - (3) The anticipated economic impact in the proposed project area;
  - (4) The opportunity for producers and local investors to participate in the ownership of the biomass conversion facility in the proposed project area;
  - (5) The participation rate by beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers;
  - (6) The impact on soil, water, and related resources;
  - (7) The variety in biomass production approaches within a project area, including agronomic conditions, harvest and postharvest practices, and monoculture and polyculture crop mixes;
  - (8) The range of eligible crops among project areas;
  - (9) Status as an existing project area that has received funding under this subpart and the continuation of funding such project areas to advance the maturity of such project areas; and
  - (10) **Any other necessary additional information, as determined by CCC.**
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 66234, Oct. 27, 2010, as amended at 80 FR 10574, Feb. 27, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8111.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 66234, Oct. 27, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 66234, Oct. 27, 2010, as amended at 80 FR 10574, Feb. 27, 2015]