[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 7CFR783.2]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 783--1997 TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 783.2  Administration.

    (a) This part shall be administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) 
under the general direction and supervision of the Deputy Administrator 
for Farm Programs, FSA. The program shall be carried out in the field by 
FSA State and county committees (State and county committees).
    (b) State and county committees, and representatives and employees 
thereof, do not have the authority to modify or waive any of the 
provisions of the regulations in this part, as amended or supplemented.
    (c) The State committee shall take any action required by this part 
which has not been taken by the county committee. The State committee 
shall also:
    (1) Correct, or require a county committee to correct, any action 
taken by such county committee which is not in accordance with this 
part; or
    (2) Require a county committee to withhold taking any action which 
is not in accordance with this part.

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    (d) The State committee shall allow the county committee to approve 
applications only for those owners of eligible trees and eligible vines 
who actually owned the eligible trees or eligible vines at time of the 
eligible disaster and at the time of application.
    (e) No delegation herein to a State or county committee shall 
preclude the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs, FSA, or a designee, 
from determining any question arising under the program or from 
reversing or modifying any determination made by a State or county 
committee.