[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: 7CFR755.7]

[Page 390-391]
 
                          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. 755.7  Cost-share payments.

    (a) Subject to the conditions and limitations in this subpart, cost-
sharing may be authorized for practices needed during the period of the 
contract to conserve and develop soil, water, woodland, wildlife, and 
recreation resources. Payment of the cost-shares shall be made only upon 
application submitted on a form prescribed by the Administrator. 
Practices required to be established under the contract which are 
started after a request for a contract is filed shall be considered as 
started during the contract period.
    (b) Cost-share rates shall not exceed 80 per centum of the average 
cost of carrying out the land treatment measures or such lower rate as 
the county committee determines will accomplish the objectives of the 
program. As a further limitation, cost-sharing may not be authorized in 
excess of a total amount computed by multiplying the number of acres 
designated under contract times $50, unless a representative of the 
State committee approves an amount in excess of this limitation on the 
basis that the income potential and benefits derived from expenditures 
of the additional money warrant the higher limit.
    (c) Cost-sharing shall not be approved for more than 50 acres per 
farm.
    (d) The total acreage with respect to which any landowner, operator, 
or occupier receives cost-sharing payments shall not exceed 50 acres 
under all contracts in which he has an interest.
    (e) Cost-sharing for the practices or components thereof contained 
in the approved State program is conditioned upon the establishment, 
maintenance, and performance of the practices in accordance with all 
applicable specifications and program provisions. The county committee 
shall specify on the practice approval the date by which the practice 
must be completed. Subject to the availability of funds, cost-sharing 
may be authorized for the restoration or replacement of any needed 
conservation measure if during the contract period the original 
conservation use is destroyed or rendered unsuitable through no fault of 
the contract signers.
    (f) In addition to the provisions contained in this subpart, cost-
sharing payments shall also be subject to the following regulations of 
the Agricultural Conservation Program (7 CFR 701.1-701.93, as amended):

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Section 701.24 Failure to meet minimum requirements,
Section 701.25 Conservation materials and services,
Section 701.26 Practices carried out with aid for ineligible persons,
Section 701.27 Division of Federal cost-share,
Section 701.33 Compliance with regulatory measures,
Section 701.36 Depriving others of Federal cost-sharing,
Section 701.38 Misuse of purchase orders,
Section 701.39 Federal cost-shares not subject to claims, and
Section 701.40 Assignments.

The Agricultural Conservation Program regulations referred to above 
shall mean the Agricultural Conservation Program regulations applicable 
to the year in which the contract is approved.
    (g) Cost-share payments shall not be made under the program with 
respect to land owned by the Federal Government, a State, or a political 
subdivision thereof.

[30 FR 8669, July 9, 1965, as amended by Amdt. 1, 30 FR 9758, Aug. 5, 
1965; Amdt. 4, 33 FR 16141, Nov. 5, 1968]