WIND EROSION ESTIMATION PILOT PROJECT.

SEC. 317. [16 U.S.C. 3811 note] WIND EROSION ESTIMATION PILOT PROJECT. (a) In General.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a pilot project to review, and modify as appropriate, the use of wind erosion factors under the highly erodible conservation requirements of subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.). (b) Selection of Counties and Producers.—The pilot project shall be conducted for producers in those counties that— (1) have approximately 100 percent of their cropland determined to be highly erodible under title XII of the Act; (2) have a reasonable likelihood that the use of wind erosion factors under title XII of the Act have resulted in an inequitable application of the highly erodible land requirements of title XII of the Act; and (3) if the use of the land classification system under section 1201(a)(9)(A) of the Act (as redesignated by section 301(a)(1)) may result in a more accurate delineation of the cropland. (c) Errors in Delineation.—If the Secretary determines that a significant error has occurred in delineating cropland under the pilot project, the Secretary shall, at the request of the owners or operators of the cropland, conduct a new delineation of the cropland using the most accurate available delineation process, as determined by the Secretary. * * * * * * *