[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1439.2]

[Page 635-636]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1439_EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 1439.2  Administration.

    (a) This part shall be administered by CCC through, and as delegated 
to the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs under the general 
direction and supervision of the Executive Vice President, CCC. The 
program shall be carried out in the field by State and county committees 
of the Farm Service Agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
    (b) State and county committees, and representatives and employees 
thereof, do not have the authority to modify or waive any of the 
provisions of the regulations in this part, as amended or supplemented.
    (c) The State committee shall take any action required by this part 
that

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has not been taken by the county committee. The State committee shall 
also:
    (1) Correct, or require a county committee to correct, any action 
taken by such county committee that is not in accordance with this part; 
or
    (2) Require a county committee to withhold taking any action that is 
not in accordance with this part.
    (d) No delegation in this section to a State or county committee 
shall preclude the Executive Vice President, CCC, or a designee, from 
determining any question arising under the program or from reversing or 
modifying any determination made by a State or county committee. The 
Deputy Administrator may waive or modify deadlines or other program 
requirements of this part to the extent that such a waiver or 
modification is otherwise permitted by law and is determined to be 
appropriate, serves the goals of the program, and does not adversely 
affect the operation of the program.