§ 1410.118 - Cost-share payments.

(a) Cost-share payments shall be made available upon a determination by CCC that an eligible practice, or an identifiable unit thereof, has been established in compliance with the appropriate standards and specifications.

(b) Except as otherwise provided for in this subpart, cost-share payments may be made under the CRP only for the establishment or installation of an eligible practice.

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, cost-share payments shall not be made to the same owner or operator on the same acreage for any eligible practices which have been previously established, and for which such owner or operator has received cost-share assistance from the Department or other Federal agency.

(d) Except as provided for under § 1410.107, cost-share payments may be authorized for the replacement or restoration of practices for which cost-share assistance has been previously allowed under the CRP, but only if:

(1) Replacement or restoration of the practice is needed to achieve adequate erosion control, enhanced water quality, or increased protection of public wellheads; and

(2) The failure of the original practice was due to reasons beyond the control of the participant.

(e) The cost-share payment made to a participant shall not exceed the participant's actual contribution to the cost of establishing the practice and the amount of the cost-share may not be an amount which, when added to assistance from other sources, exceeds the cost of the practices.

(f) In the case of land devoted to hardwood trees, windbreaks, shelterbelts, or wildlife corridors under a contract subject to this subpart or in the case of land converted to such use under § 1410.107, CCC shall pay up to 50 percent of appropriate costs, as determined by CCC, to the participant for maintaining such plantings, including the cost of replanting if such plantings are lost for reasons beyond the control of the participant, during not less than the 2-year nor more than the 4-year period commencing on the date of such plantings.

(g) CCC shall not make cost-share payments with respect to a CRP contract if any other Federal cost-share assistance has been, or is being, made with respect to the establishment of the required practice on land subject to such contract.