[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: 7CFR752.16]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 752--WATER BANK PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 752.16  Refunds or forfeitures for noncompliance.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, 
no payment shall be made to any person for any year with respect to any 
agreement for which it is determined that for such year:
    (1) There has been a failure to maintain the wetland character of 
the designated acreage and devote the adjacent land to the use specified 
in the agreement as provided in Sec. 752.7. (a);
    (2) There has been a failure to comply with the prohibition against 
draining, burning, filling, or otherwise using the designated acreage in 
a manner which would destroy the wetland character of the acreage as 
provided in Sec. 752.7 (b);
    (3) There has been a failure to comply with the prohibition against 
using the designated acreage as a dumping area for draining other 
wetlands as provided in Sec. 752.7 (c);
    (4) There has been a failure to comply with the prohibition against 
using the designated acreage as a source of irrigation water or as 
acreage for a set-aside, land diversion, acreage reduction or other 
program, or to meet the conserving base acreage requirement for

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any other program as provided in Sec. 752.7 (d);
    (5) There has been a failure to comply with the prohibition against 
harvesting a crop from or grazing the designated acreage as provided in 
Sec. 752.7(e);
    (6) There has been a failure to comply with the provisions relating 
to haying the designated acreage during periods of severe drought as 
provided in Sec. 752.7(f);
    (7) There has been a failure to comply with the provisions relating 
to the harvesting of timber products as provided in Sec. 752.7(g); or
    (8) There has been a failure to comply with the provisions relating 
to tenants and sharecroppers as provided in Sec. 752.12.
    (b) The regulations governing the making of payments when there has 
been a failure to comply fully with the provisions of the program, part 
791 of this chapter, are applicable to the WBP.
    (c) The agreement shall be terminated in any case in which the 
failure to comply with the provisions of this part requires a refund or 
forfeiture of the entire annual payment under the agreement for the year 
and it is determined that the failure to comply is of such a nature as 
to warrant termination of the agreement. If an agreement is terminated, 
the persons signing the agreement shall forfeit all rights to further 
payments under the agreement and shall refund all payments received 
under the agreement.