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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 VII - Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture |
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SubChapter D - Special Programs |
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Part 760 - Indemnity Payment Programs |
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Subpart O - 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program |
§ 760.1501 - Administration.
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§ 760.1501 Administration.
(a) The 2017 WHIP is Programs under this subpart are administered under the general supervision of the Administrator, Farm Service Agency (FSA), and the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs, FSA. The 2017 WHIP is Programs under this subpart are carried out by FSA State and county committees with instructions issued by the Deputy Administrator.
(b) FSA State and county committees, and representatives and their employees, do not have authority to modify or waive any of the provisions of the regulations in this subpart or instructions issued by the Deputy Administrator.
(c) The FSA State committee will take any action required by the regulations in this subpart that the FSA county committee has not taken. The FSA State committee will also:
(1) Correct, or require an FSA county committee to correct, any action taken by the FSA county committee that is not in accordance with the regulations in this subpart; or
(2) Require an FSA county committee to withhold taking any action that is not in accordance with this subpart.
(d) No delegation to an FSA State or county committee precludes the FSA Administrator, the Deputy Administrator, or a designee, from determining any question arising under 2017 WHIP this subpart or from reversing or modifying any determination made by an FSA State or county committee.
(e) The Deputy Administrator has the authority to permit State and county committees to waive or modify a non-statutory deadline specified in this part.
(f) Items of general applicability to program participants, including, but not limited to, application periods, application deadlines, internal operating guidelines issued to FSA State and county offices, prices, yields, and payment factors established for 2017 WHIPunder this subpart, are not subject to appeal in accordance with part 780 of this chapter.
[83 FR 33801, July 18, 2018, as amended 84 FR 48528, Sept. 13, 2019]