Special relief approval authority for State Executive Directors.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (1) The program matter with respect to which the relief is sought is a program matter in a covered program (2) The total amount of relief which will be provided to the participant (that is, to the individual or entity that applies for the relief) by that SED under this special authority for errors during that year is less than $20,000 (including in that calculation, any loan amount or other benefit of any kind payable for that year and any other year); (3) The total amount of such relief which has been previously provided to the participant using this special authority for errors, as calculated above, is not more than $5,000; (4) The total amount of loans, payments, and benefits of any kind for which relief is provided to similarly situated participants by an SED for errors for any year under the authority provided in this section, as calculated above, is not more than $1,000,000. (b) (c) (1) The administration of payment limitations under part 1400 of this chapter (§§ 1001 to 1001F of 7 U.S.C. 1308 (2) The administration of payment limitations under a conservation program administered by the Secretary; or (3) Highly erodible land and wetland conservation requirements under subtitles B or C of Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811 (d) Relief may not be provided by the SED under this section until a written opinion or written acknowledgment is obtained from OGC that grounds exist for determination that requirements for granting relief under § 718.303 o

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 718.307