[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1410.42]

[Page 382-383]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1410_CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1410.42  Annual rental payments.

    (a) Subject to the availability of funds, annual rental payments 
shall be made in such amount and in accordance with such time schedule 
as may be agreed upon and specified in the CRP contract.
    (b) Annual rental payments, except for land accepted that was 
formerly enrolled under the WBP, include a payment based on a weighted 
average soil rental rate or marginal pastureland rental rate, as 
appropriate, and an incentive payment as a portion of the annual payment 
of certain practices, as determined by the Deputy Administrator. 
Payments for land accepted that was formerly enrolled under the WBP are 
limited to annual rental payments received under the WBP.

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    (c) The annual rental payment shall be divided among the 
participants on a single contract as agreed to in such contract.
    (d) The maximum amount of rental payments that a person may receive 
under the CRP for any fiscal year shall not exceed $50,000. The 
regulations set forth at part 1400 of this chapter shall be applicable 
in making eligibility and ``person'' determinations as they apply to 
payment limitations under this part.
    (e) In the case of a contract succession, annual rental payments 
shall be divided between the predecessor and the successor participants 
as agreed to among the participants and approved by CCC. If there is no 
agreement among the participants, annual rental payments shall be 
divided in such manner deemed appropriate by the Deputy Administrator 
and such distribution may be prorated based on the actual days of 
ownership of the property by each party.
    (f) CCC shall, when appropriate, prepare a schedule for each county 
that shows the maximum soil rental rate CCC may pay which may be 
supplemented to reflect special contract requirements. As determined by 
the Deputy Administrator, such schedule will be calculated based on the 
relative productivity of soils within the county using NRCS data and 
local FSA average cash rental estimates. The schedule will be available 
in the local FSA office and, as determined by the Deputy Administrator, 
shall indicate, when appropriate, that:
    (1) Offers of contracts by producers who request rental payments 
greater than the schedule for their soil(s) will be rejected;
    (2) Offers of contracts submitted under continuous signup authorized 
at Sec.  1410.30 may be accepted without further evaluation when the 
requested rental rate is less than or equal to the calculated weighted 
soil rental rate, based on the three predominant soils listed; and
    (3) Otherwise qualifying offers shall be ranked competitively based 
on factors established under Sec.  1410.31 of this part in order to 
provide the most cost-effective environmental benefits, as determined by 
the Deputy Administrator.
    (g) Additional financial incentives may be provided to producers who 
offer contracts expected to provide especially high environmental 
benefits, as determined by the Deputy Administrator.