[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: 7CFR1435.316]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1435_SUGAR PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart D_Flexible Marketing Allotments For Sugar
 
Sec.  1435.316  Acreage reports for purposes of proportionate shares.

    (a) A report of planted and failed acreage shall be required on 
farms that produce sugarcane for sugar or seed. Such report shall also 
specify the total acreage intended for harvest for sugar and seed.
    (b) The reports required under paragraph (a) of this section shall 
be on forms prescribed by CCC and shall be filed annually with the 
county FSA committee by the applicable final reporting date CCC 
establishes. The farm operator or farm owner shall file such reports.
    (c) Acreage reports will be used to determine compliance with 
proportionate

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shares and acreage bases for future proportionate shares.
    (d) An acreage report may be accepted after the established date for 
reporting if physical evidence is still available for inspection that 
may be used to make a determination relative to:
    (1) Existence of the crop;
    (2) Use made of the crop;
    (3) Lack of crop; or
    (4) Disaster condition affecting the crop.
    (e) The farm operator shall pay the cost of a farm visit by an 
authorized FSA employee unless the county FSA committee has determined 
that failure to report in a timely manner was beyond the producer's 
control.
    (f) The farm operator may revise an acreage report. Revised reports 
shall be filed in accordance with CCC instructions and shall be accepted 
at any time if:
    (1) Evidence exists for inspection and determination of:
    (i) Existence of the crop;
    (ii) Use made of the crop;
    (iii) Lack of crop; or
    (iv) Disaster condition affecting the crops.
    (2) The farm has not already been inspected and the acreage already 
determined or harvesting of sugarcane already begun.
    (g) Provisions of part 718 of this chapter will apply for field 
inspections, tolerance, and variance. Assessments for false acreage 
reporting will be applied under Sec.  1435.318.