[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: 7CFR729.104]

[Page 186-187]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 729--PEANUTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 729.104  Administration.

    (a) The regulations in this part will be administered under the 
general supervision of the Administrator, FSA, and shall be carried out 
in the field by State and county FSA 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 of this part.
    (c) The State committee:

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    (1) Shall instruct a county committee to:
    (i) Correct any action taken by such committee which is not in 
accordance with the regulations of this part, or
    (ii) Withhold taking any action which such committee is known to be 
contemplating if such action is not in accordance with the regulations 
of this part.
    (iii) Take any action required in accordance with the regulations of 
this part if such county committee has knowingly failed to take such 
action.
    (2) May, after duly instructing a county committee in accordance 
with paragraph (c)(1) of this section, correct or modify any action 
required by these regulations that such committee has failed or refused 
to take.
    (d) The Deputy Administrator:
    (1) Shall instruct a State committee to:
    (i) Correct any action taken by such committee which is not in 
accordance with the regulations of this part, or
    (ii) Withhold taking any action which such committee is known to be 
contemplating if such action is not in accordance with this part.
    (iii) Take any action required in accordance with regulations of 
this part if such State committee has knowingly failed to take such 
action.
    (2) Shall after duly instructing the State committee in accordance 
with paragraph (d)(1) of this section, correct or modify any action 
required by these regulations that such committee has failed or refused 
to take.
    (3) May waive or modify deadlines and other program requirements in 
cases for which the Deputy Administrator determines that lateness, or 
failure to meet such other requirements, as applicable, does not affect 
adversely the operation of the peanut program. Such authority shall 
include, but not be limited to, the delegation of the authority to the 
State FSA committee to, acting in accordance with such instructions as 
the Deputy Administrator may issue, modify deadlines for the filing of 
transfer of peanut quotas.
    (e) Notwithstanding any provisions in the regulations of this part, 
the Administrator, FSA, or a designee, may determine any question 
arising under the regulations of this part or may reverse or modify any 
determination made by a State or county committee.

[56 FR 16211, Apr. 19, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 36999, July 16, 1996; 
62 FR 25438, May 9, 1997]