[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR700.21]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 700--EXPERIMENTAL RURAL CLEAN WATER PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C--Participant's RCWP Contracts
 
Sec. 700.21  Eligible person (participant).

    (a) Any land owner or operator whose land or activities in a project 
area is contributing to the area's agricultural nonpoint source water 
quality problems and who has an approved water quality plan is eligible 
to enter into an RCWP contract. For the purpose of this section, an 
eligible person is an individual, partnership, corporation (except 
corporations whose stock is publicly traded), Indian tribe, irrigation 
district or other entity.
    (b) Federal, State or local governments, or subdivisions thereof 
(except irrigation districts), are not considered as an eligible person 
for RCWP contracts.
    (c) This program will be conducted in compliance with all 
requirements respecting nondiscrimination as contained in the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 and amendments thereto and the Regulations of the 
Secretary of Agriculture (7 CFR 15.1 through 15.12)

[45 FR 14009, Mar. 4, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 29454, June 2, 1981]