Section 25-4-004 - Technical Requirements004.01 All buffer strips shall conform to the requirements for filter strips or riparian forest buffers as set forth in Section IV Natural Resources Conservation Service, Field Office Technical Guide Conservation Practice Standards, Filter Strip, Code 393, or Riparian Forest Buffer, Code 391, which by this reference are hereby adopted as part of these regulations. Such standards shall establish the criteria for appropriate location of the buffer strip, width of the buffer strip, species of grass, forbs, trees and shrubs, seeding rates, plant spacing, other establishment criteria, and the operation and maintenance of buffer strips, which by this reference are made a part of these regulations.004.02 Land eligible for enrollment as a buffer strip shall include all cropland adjacent to perennial streams, seasonal streams, wetlands, or permanent bodies of water. All soil types and classifications shall be appropriate for protection by buffer strips.004.03 Existing filter strips and riparian forest buffers meeting the technical requirements of 004.01 are eligible for enrollment as a buffer strip except that acres for which a buffer strip, CRP or CREP contract was canceled prior to its expiration, must wait 2 years (24 months) before becoming eligible for the program.004.04 To remain eligible, land adjacent to the buffer strip must remain cropland.004.05 The minimum size per application for a buffer strip is one (1) acre and the maximum width of any buffer strip shall be one hundred (100) feet unless NRCS guidelines set forth in section 004.01 above are greater.25 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 4, § 004