[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] [Page 31] 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] [[Page 32]]