§ 700.21 - Eligible person (participant).

(a) Any land owner or operator whose land or activities in a project area is contributing to the area's agricultural nonpoint source water quality problems and who has an approved water quality plan is eligible to enter into an RCWP contract. For the purpose of this section, an eligible person is an individual, partnership, corporation (except corporations whose stock is publicly traded), Indian tribe, irrigation district or other entity.

(b) Federal, State or local governments, or subdivisions thereof (except irrigation districts), are not considered as an eligible person for RCWP contracts.

(c) This program will be conducted in compliance with all requirements respecting nondiscrimination as contained in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and amendments thereto and the Regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture (7 CFR 15.1 through 15.12)