[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR631.10]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 631--GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B--Contracts
 
Sec. 631.10  Contracts.


    (a) To participate in the program, an applicant must enter into a 
contract agreeing to implement a conservation plan. All persons who 
control or share control of the operating unit for the proposed contract 
period must sign the contract or one person with power-of-attorney may 
sign the contract for all persons. The applicant must provide the 
contracting officer with satisfactory evidence of control of the 
operating unit for the life of the proposed contract.
    (b) Contracts may be entered into not later than September 30, 1991. 
The contract shall be for a period needed to establish the conservation 
treatment scheduled in the conservation plan and must extend at least 3 
years but not more than 10 years.
    (c) Contracts may be transferred or modified by mutual consent. The 
transferee assumes full responsibility for the contract including 
operation and maintenance of all land treatment installed under the 
contract. Also included are payments made under the contract to the 
participant or preceding participants before and after the transfer.
    (d) Contracts may be terminated by mutual consent or by NRCS for 
cause.