§ 1427.51 - Administration.

(a) The first handler marketing certificate program shall be administered under the general supervision of the Executive Vice President, CCC (Administrator, FSA), or a designee, and shall be carried out in the field by FSA's Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) and Kansas City Management Office (KCMO).

(b) The KCCO and KCMO, and representatives and employees thereof, do not have the authority to modify or waive any of the provisions of the regulations of this subpart.

(c) No provision or delegation herein to KCCO or KCMO 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 KCCO or KCMO.

(d) The Executive Vice President, CCC, or a designee, may authorize KCCO or KCMO to waive or modify deadlines and other program requirements in cases where lateness or failure to meet such other requirements do not affect adversely the operation of the first handler marketing certificate program.

(e) A representative of CCC may execute first handler marketing certificate payment applications, Upland Cotton First Handler Agreements and related documents only under the terms and conditions determined and announced by CCC.

(f) Payment applications, Upland Cotton First Handler Agreements and related documents not executed in accordance with the terms and conditions determined and announced by CCC, including any purported execution prior to the date authorized by CCC, shall be null and void.