[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: 7CFR1467.18]

[Page 684]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1467_WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1467.18  Scheme and device.

    (a) If it is determined by the Department that a landowner has 
employed a scheme or device to defeat the purposes of this part, any 
part of any program payment otherwise due or paid such landowner during 
the applicable period may be withheld or be required to be refunded with 
interest thereon, as determined appropriate by the Department.
    (b) A scheme or device includes, but is not limited to, coercion, 
fraud, misrepresentation, depriving any other person of payments for 
cost-share practices or easements for the purpose of obtaining a payment 
to which a person would otherwise not be entitled.
    (c) A landowner who succeeds to the responsibilities under this part 
shall report in writing to the Department any interest of any kind in 
enrolled land that is held by a predecessor or any lender. A failure of 
full disclosure will be considered a scheme or device under this 
section.

[60 FR 28514, June 1, 1995. Redesignated and amended at 61 FR 42141, 
42143, Aug. 14, 1996]