[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: 7CFR780.1]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 780--APPEAL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 780.1  Definitions.

    For purposes of this part:
    1994 Act means the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of 
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-354).
    Agency means FSA and its county and State committees and their 
personnel, CCC, NRCS, FCIC, and any other agency or office of the 
Department which the Secretary may designate, or any successor agency.
    Appeal means a written request by a participant asking the next 
level reviewing authority to review a decision.
    CCC means the Commodity Credit Corporation, a wholly owned 
Government corporation within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
    County committee means an FSA county or area committee established 
in accordance with section 8(b) of the

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Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)).
    FCIC means the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, a wholly owned 
Government corporation within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
    Final decision means the program decision rendered by the county or 
State committee or the FCIC Regional Service Office upon written request 
of the participant. A decision that is otherwise final shall remain 
final unless the decision is timely appealed to the State committee or 
NAD. A decision of FSA or FCIC made by personnel subordinate to the 
county committee is considered ``final'' for the purpose of appeal to 
NAD only after that decision has been appealed to the county committee 
under the provisions of this part.
    FSA means the Farm Service Agency.
    NAD means the National Appeals Division, established pursuant to the 
1994 Act.
    NAD regulations means the National Appeals Division (NAD) rules of 
procedure published by the Secretary at 7 CFR part 11 implementing title 
II, subtitle H of the 1994 Act.
    NRCS means the Natural Resource Conservation Service of the United 
States Department of Agriculture, formerly the Soil Conservation 
Service.
    Reconsideration is a subsequent consideration of a prior decision by 
the same reviewing authority.
    Regional Service Office means the regional offices established by 
FSA and FCIC for the purpose of making determinations for private 
insurance companies reinsured by FCIC under the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act and for FSA for insurance contracts delivered through county FSA 
offices (including underwriting decisions), the applicability of 
provisions under chapter IV of 7 CFR, and decisions as to insurability 
and rating of acreage.
    Reviewing authority means a person or committee assigned the 
responsibility of making a decision on the appeal filed by the 
participant in accordance with this part.
    State committee means an FSA State committee established in 
accordance with section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) including, where appropriate, the 
Director of the Caribbean Area FSA office for Puerto Rico and the Virgin 
Islands.
    Technical determination of NRCS means a decision by NRCS concerning 
the status and condition of the natural resources based on science and 
on the best professional judgment of natural resource professionals 
within NRCS.