Except for the exclusions specified in paragraph (b) of this section, in order to qualify for matching payments, eligible material must meet the following requirements:

Eligible material must be collected or harvested by the eligible material owner:

Directly from:

National Forest System land, Bureau of Land Management land;

Non-Federal land; or

Land belonging to an Indian or Indian tribe that is held in trust by the United States or subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the United States;

Consistent with a conservation plan, forest stewardship plan, or plan that CCC determined to be an equivalent plan, that provides the following:

The purpose of the harvest of the eligible material;

The expected volume of the harvest;

The total number of acres to be harvested;

The name of the eligible material owner(s); and

Any additional information, as determined by CCC; and

Consistent with Executive Order 13112, “Invasive Species. ”

Woody eligible material produced on land other than contract acreage must be:

By-products of preventative treatments that were removed to reduce hazardous fuels or to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation; and

If harvested from Federal lands then done so in accordance with the requirements for old-growth maintenance, restoration, and management direction provided by 16 U.S.C. 6512 for Federal lands; and

Eligible material must be delivered to a qualified biomass conversion facility (as specified in § 1450.101 and other provisions of these regulations).

Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this section, payments under this subpart are not authorized for:

Any eligible material delivered before May 28, 2015;

Any eligible material for which payment from a biomass conversion facility was received before the application for payment under this subpart is received and approved by the FSA county office, as specified in § 1450.104;

Material that is whole grain from any crop that is eligible to receive payments under title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or an amendment made by that title, including, but not limited to, barley, corn, grain sorghum, oats, rice, or wheat; honey; mohair; certain oilseeds such as canola, crambe, flaxseed, mustard seed, rapeseed, safflower seed, soybeans, sesame seed, and sunflower seeds; peanuts; pulse; chickpeas, lentils, and dry peas; dairy products; sugar; and wool and cotton boll fiber;

Animal waste and by-products of animal waste including fats, oil, grease, and manure;

Food waste and yard waste;

Algae;

Woody eligible material that is not a by-product of a preventative treatment to reduce hazardous fuel or to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation;

Any woody eligible material collected or harvested outside contract acreage that would otherwise be used for higher-value products;

Any otherwise eligible material collected or harvested outside contract acreage that, after delivery to a biomass conversion facility, its campus, or its affiliated facilities, must be separated from an eligible material used for a higher-value market product in order to be used for heat, power, biobased products, research, or advanced biofuels; or

Bagasse.

For eligible woody material harvested or collected from public lands, a person having the right to harvest or collect eligible material pursuant to a contract or permit with the U.S. Forest Service or other appropriate Federal agency will not be eligible for additional haul costs unless the facility is a further distance than specified in the contract requirement or the material was not a mandatory removal item from Federal lands.