[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: 7CFR1410.56]

[Page 385]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1410_CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1410.56  Division of payments and provisions about tenants and 

sharecroppers.

    (a) Payments received under this part shall be divided as specified 
in the applicable contract and CCC shall ensure that producers who would 
have an interest in acreage being offered receive treatment that is 
equitable, as determined by the Deputy Administrator. CCC may refuse to 
enter into a contract when there is a disagreement among persons seeking 
enrollment as to a person's eligibility to participate in the contract 
as a tenant and there is insufficient evidence to indicate whether the 
person seeking participation as a tenant does or does not have an 
interest in the acreage offered for enrollment in the CRP.
    (b) CCC may remove an operator or tenant from a CRP contract when:
    (1) The operator or tenant requests in writing to be removed from 
the CRP contract;
    (2) The operator or tenant files for bankruptcy and the trustee or 
debtor in possession fails to affirm the contract, to the extent 
permitted by applicable bankruptcy laws;
    (3) The operator or tenant dies during the contract period and the 
administrator of the estate fails to succeed to the contract within a 
period of time determined by the Deputy Administrator; or
    (4) A court of competent jurisdiction orders the removal from the 
CRP contract of the operator or tenant and such order is received by 
FSA, as determined by the Deputy Administrator.
    (c) In addition to paragraph (b) of this section, tenants shall 
maintain their tenancy throughout the contract period in order to remain 
on a contract. Tenants who fail to maintain tenancy on the acreage under 
contract, including failure to comply with applicable State law, may be 
removed from a contract by CCC. CCC shall assume the tenancy is being 
maintained unless notified otherwise by a party to contract.