[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: 7CFR1424.13]

[Page 473]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1424_BIOENERGY PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1424.13  Misrepresentation and scheme or device.

    (a) A producer shall be ineligible to receive payments under this 
program if CCC determines the producer:
    (1) Adopted any scheme or device that tends to defeat the purpose of 
the program in this part;
    (2) Made any fraudulent representation; or
    (3) Misrepresented any fact affecting a program determination.
    (b) Any funds disbursed pursuant to this part to a producer engaged 
in a misrepresentation, scheme, or device, or to any other person as a 
result of the bioenergy producer's actions, shall be refunded with 
interest together with such other sums as may become due, plus damages 
as may be determined by CCC.
    (c) Any producer or person engaged in an act prohibited by this 
section and any producer or person receiving payment under this part 
shall be jointly and severally liable for any refund due under this part 
and for related charges.
    (d) The remedies provided in this part shall be in addition to other 
civil, criminal, or administrative remedies that may apply.
    (e) Late payment interest shall be assessed on all refunds in 
accordance with the provisions and rates prescribed in part 1403 of this 
chapter.