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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 7 - Agriculture |
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Subtitle B - Regulations of the Department of Agriculture |
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Chapter XIV - Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture |
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SubChapter B - Loans, Purchases, and Other Operations |
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Part 1470 - Conservation Stewardship Program |
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Subpart C - General Administration |
§ 1470.36 - Misrepresentation and scheme or device.
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§ 1470.36 Misrepresentation and scheme or device.
(a) If NRCS determines that an applicant intentionally misrepresented any fact affecting a CSP determination, the application will be determined ineligible immediately.
(b) A participant who is determined to have erroneously represented any fact affecting a program determination made in accordance with this part will not be entitled to contract payments and must refund to NRCS all payments, plus interest determined in accordance with 7 CFR part 1403.
(c) A participant will refund to NRCS all payments, plus interest determined in accordance with 7 CFR part 1403, received by such participant with respect to all CSP contracts if they are determined to have : -
(1) Adopted any scheme or device that tends to defeat the purpose of the program;
(2) Made any fraudulent representation;
(3) Adopted any scheme or device for the purpose of depriving any tenant or sharecropper of the payments to which such person would otherwise be entitled under the program; or
(4) Misrepresented any fact affecting a program determination.
(d) Participants determined to have committed actions identified in paragraph (c) of this section will have their interest in all CSP contracts terminated.