[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: 7CFR755.20]

[Page 393]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 755--REGIONAL PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart--Appalachian Land Stabilization and Conservation Program
 
Sec. 755.20  Rural community development projects.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subpart, the county 
committee, in accordance with instructions issued by the Deputy 
Administrator, may enter into a contract with a State, county, city, 
town, or subdivision thereof, or a group acting for such a body, which 
owns, operates, or occupies land in the Appalachian Region. The 
contracts approved under this section shall be for projects which 
promote rural community development and conservation of the soil and 
water resources of the region.
    (b) Cost-sharing approved under this section shall not exceed 80 per 
centum of the cost of carrying out the approved land uses and 
conservation treatment on 50 acres of land occupied by such owner, 
operator, or occupier.

[35 FR 8442, May 29, 1970]