§ 704.14 - Availability of cost-share payments.

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

(b) Cost-share payments may be made under the CRP only for the establishment or installation of an eligible conservation 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 conservation practices which have been previously established, and for which such owner or operator has received cost-share assistance from the Department.

(d) Cost-share payments may be authorized for the replacement or restoration of conservation practices for which cost-share assistance has been previously allowed under the CRP only if:

(1) Replacement or restoration of the practice is needed to achieve adequate erosion control; and

(2) The failure of the original practice was not due to the lack of proper maintenance by 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 conservation practice.