[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: 7CFR701.13]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 701--CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart--Agricultural Conservation Program
 
Sec. 701.13  Levels and rates of cost-sharing.

    (a) The maximum level of cost-sharing for each practice shall be the 
percentage of the average cost of performing the practice considered 
necessary to obtain the needed performance of the practice, but at a 
level such that the participant will make a significant contribution to 
the cost of performing the practice.
    (b) Levels of cost-sharing under annual agreements for each practice 
shall not be in excess of 75 percent of the average cost of carrying out 
the practice as determined by the county committee. However, where the 
Deputy Administrator, State and County Operations, determines a higher 
level of cost-sharing is necessary to provide adequate incentive for 
producer to carry out a conservation practice, the Deputy Administrator, 
State and County Operations, may specifically authorize a higher level. 
(See Sec. 701.19 for special provision for low-income farmers.)
    (c) Levels of cost-sharing under long term agreements shall not be 
in excess of 75 percent nor less than 50 percent of the average cost for 
each practice as determined by the county committee.
    (d) For the purpose of establishing rates of cost-sharing, the 
average cost of performing a practice may be the average cost for a 
county or a part of a county, as determined by the county committee.

[45 FR 49522, July 25, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 939, Jan. 8, 1982]