§ 704.30 - Miscellaneous.

(a) In accordance with the regulations set forth at 7 CFR part 796:

(1) No payment shall be made to any participant who harvests or knowingly permits to be harvested for illegal use, marihuana or other such prohibited drug-producing plants on any part of the lands owned or controlled by such participant; and

(2) Any participant who is convicted under Federal or State law of planting, cultivating, growing, producing, harvesting, or storing a controlled substance in any crop year shall be ineligible for any payments under this part during the crop year and the four (4) succeeding crop years.

(b) In case of death, incompetency, or disappearance of any participant, any payment due shall be paid to the participant's successor in accordance with the provisions of 7 CFR part 707.

(c) Cropland acreage established and maintained in vegetative cover under CRP, including approved volunteer cover, shall retain its cropland classification for the period of time that the cover is maintained or as otherwise established by the Deputy Administrator.