[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: 7CFR635.3]

[Page 498]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 635_EQUITABLE RELIEF FROM INELIGIBILITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 635.3  Reliance on incorrect actions or information.

    (a) The Chief, or designee, may grant relief by extending benefits 
or payments in accordance with Sec. 635.5 when any participant that has 
been determined to be not in compliance with the requirements of a 
covered NRCS program, and therefore ineligible for a loan, payment, or 
other benefit under the covered program, if the participant, acting in 
good faith, relied upon the action or advice of an NRCS employee or 
representative of the United States Department of Agriculture, to the 
detriment of the participant.
    (b) This section applies only to a participant who relied upon the 
action of, or information provided by, an NRCS employee, or 
representative of USDA, and the participant acted, or failed to act, as 
a result of that action or information. This part does not apply to 
cases where the participant had sufficient reason to know that the 
action or information upon which they relied was improper or erroneous 
or where the participant acted in reliance on their own misunderstanding 
or misinterpretation of program provisions, notices or information.