[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: 7CFR729.213]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 729--PEANUTS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Poundage Quotas, Notices of Quotas, Transfers, and Release 
                           and Reapportionment
 
Sec. 729.213  Erroneous notice of effective farm poundage quota.

    If the official notice of effective quota issued for a farm 
erroneously stated a quota larger than the correct effective quota, the 
quota shown on the erroneous notice shall serve as the

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basis for marketing penalty computations for the farm for the current 
marketing year only if the county committee determines and the State 
Executive Director concurs that:
    (a) Extent of error. The error was not so substantial as to place 
the operator on notice that such notice of quota was incorrect; and
    (b) Response to notice. The operator, relying upon such notice and 
acting in good faith:
    (1) Has made plans, or is engaged in activities, to produce the 
quota in the amount set forth on the erroneous notice (for example, land 
preparation; purchase of seed, fertilizer, and other production 
materials; or reducing the acreage of other crops); or
    (2) Has planted the acreage of peanuts needed to produce the 
erroneous farm poundage quota.

[61 FR 37000, July 16, 1996]