[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR625.19]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 625_HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 625.19  Scheme and device.

    (a) If it is determined by NRCS that a person has employed a scheme 
or device to defeat the purposes of this part, any part of any program 
payment otherwise due or paid such person during the applicable period 
may be withheld or be required to be refunded with interest thereon, as 
determined appropriate by NRCS.
    (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 person who succeeds to the responsibilities under this part 
shall report in writing to NRCS 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.

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