[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: 7CFR718.4]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 718--PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MULTIPLE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 718.4  Authority for farm entry and providing information.

    (a) The provisions of this section are applicable to any farm 
enrolled in a program authorized by chapter XIV of this title, all farms 
on which peanuts are planted for harvest (part 729 of this chapter), and 
all farms that have an effective tobacco allotment or quota (part 723 of 
this chapter).
    (b) To ascertain compliance by producers to the regulations 
specified in paragraph (a), a representative of FSA may enter any farm 
specified in such paragraph. An owner, operator or producer on a farm 
may refuse the FSA representative entry to the farm and request FSA to 
provide written authorization for the entry. If entry is not allowed 
within 30 days of such written notification:
    (1) All program benefits otherwise available with respect to such 
farm in accordance with such regulations shall be denied;
    (2) The person objecting to the entry shall pay all costs associated 
with cost of the inspection by FSA of the farm;
    (3) The entire crop production on the farm will be considered to be 
in excess of the quota established for the farm; and
    (4) With respect to tobacco produced on such farm, the farm operator 
must furnish proof of disposition of:
    (i) Burley and flue-cured tobacco which is in addition to the 
production shown on the marketing card issued with respect to such farm; 
and
    (ii) Other kinds of tobacco produced on the farm and no credit will 
be given for disposing of any excess tobacco other than properly 
identified by a marketing card unless such tobacco is disposed of in the 
presence of a representative of FSA in accordance with Sec. 718.109.
    (c) If an owner or operator of a farm refuses to furnish reports or 
data which are necessary to determine benefits in accordance with the 
regulations specified in paragraph (a) or FSA determines that the report 
or data was erroneously provided through the lack of good faith by the 
operator or owner, all benefits will be denied with respect to the farm 
which would otherwise be available in accordance with the program under 
which the report or data is requested.