[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR701.37]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 701--CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart--Forestry Incentives Program
 
Sec. 701.37  Levels and rates of cost-sharing.

    (a) The maximum cost-share for each practice shall be the percentage 
of the actual cost of performing the practice considered necessary to 
obtain the needed performance of the practice, but which will be such 
that the participant will make a significant contribution to the cost of 
performing the practice.
    (b) Levels of cost-sharing shall be approved by the State ASC 
committee and shall not be in excess of 65 percent of actual costs 
incurred by the landowners.
    (c) For the purpose of establishing rates of cost-sharing, the 
average cost of performing a practice may be the average cost for a 
State, a county or a part of a county, as determined by the State 
committee.
    (d) The rates of cost-sharing for practices included in the county 
program may be lower than the rates approved for general use in the 
State.

[45 FR 49522, July 25, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 20109, May 11, 1982]

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