[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: 7CFR702.18]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 702--COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY (CRSC) CONTROL PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 702.18  Violations.

    (a)(1) If a participant violates the CRSC Contract or any related 
operations and maintenance agreement, the COC may, after considering the 
recommendations of the CD and SCS, terminate the CRSC Contract and 
operation and maintenance agreement.
    (2) If the CRSC Contract is terminated by the COC in accordance with 
this section, the participant shall forfeit all rights to further cost-
share payments under the CRSC Contract and shall refund all or part of 
the payments received as determined by the COC.
    (b) The following actions constitute a violation of the CRSC 
Contract or any related operation and maintenance agreement by a 
participant:
    (1) Destruction of a SRP on land which is the subject of a CRSC 
Contract, unless prior approval in writing is granted by FSA with SCS 
concurrence;
    (2) Failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the CRSC 
Contract and any related operation and maintenance agreements;
    (3) Filing of a false claim;
    (4) Undertaking any action during the CRSC Contract or any operation 
and maintenance agreement period that tends to defeat the purpose of the 
program, including the destruction of any existing conservation 
practices that were established under any other cost-share program 
unless the participant provides evidence that all of the

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participant's obligations under such other program have been met; or
    (5) Employment of any scheme or device to obtain cost-share 
assistance or additional cost-share assistance, or to deprive any other 
land user of cost-share assistance or the right to participate in the 
program.
    (c) The Deputy Administrator may terminate any CRSC Contract and any 
related operation and maintenance agreements by mutual agreement with 
the paticipant based upon recommendations from COC, STC, SCS, and CD, if 
the termination of the CRSC Contract and operation and maintenance 
agreement is determined to be in the best interest of the public.
    (d) If the participant fails to perform the terms and conditions of 
the CRSC contract and the Deputy Administrator determines, after 
considering the recommendations of the CD and SCS, that such failure 
does not warrant termination of the CRSC contract, the Deputy 
Administrator may require such participant to refund all or part of the 
payments received under the CRSC contract, or to accept such adjustments 
in the payment as are determined to be appropriate by the Deputy 
Administrator.

[52 FR 16741, May 5, 1987, as amended at 58 FR 11786, Mar. 1, 1993]