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The landowner will be responsible for filling out the form. The form is then submitted to the local government. The local government has no discretionary prerogative at this point. The decision of eligibility has been made through planning and zoning and finalized through the certification process. The only issues before the local government at this point are correctness of the application, whether or not the land applied for is certified and whether the minimum acreage requirement is met. NOTIFICATION The local government is responsible for notifying the people or agencies within five days: following · County recorder, .e County auditor, · County assessor, · County soil and water conservation district, and the · Metropolitan Council The application is designed to assist with the notification responsibility. ELIGIBILIT~ Under the Act,'the land qualifies, not the owner. The only other requirement is to have the minimum acreage. Once the land is certi- fied eligible, any landowner who is a resident of the U.~., or any family farm corporation with the minimum number of acres, may apply. MINIMUM ACREAG~ The minimum acreage is ~0 acres, whereby this can be reduced: but there are certain exceptions 1. Noncontiguous parcels at least l0 acres in size and aggregating ~0 or more acres may he eligible if~they.are farmed together as a unit. This provision was included especially for peatland farms where small parcels are'common. The local government is presumed to retain final Judgment on this matter. 2. The minimum acreage requirement may be reduced to 35 acres if the land is a single quarter/quarter Section and the amount le~s than ~0 acres is due to a public road right-of-way or a perturbation in the rectangular survey system leaving a quarter/quarter of less than ~0 acres. 3. The minimum acreage can be reduced to 20 acres if it is adjacent to eligible land on not less than two sides and the following conditions are met: