1450.1—Administration.
(a)
The regulations in this part are administered under the general supervision and direction of the Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), or a designee. In the field, the regulations in this part will be implemented by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) State and county committees (“State committees” and “county committees,” respectively).
(b)
State executive directors, county executive directors, and State and county committees do not have the authority to modify or waive any of the provisions in this part unless specifically authorized by the FSA Deputy Administrator for Farm Program (Deputy Administrator).
(c)
The State committee may take any action authorized or required by this part to be taken by the county committee, but which has not been taken by such committee, such as:
(1)
Correct or require a county committee to correct any action taken by such county committee that is not in accordance with this part; or
(2)
Require a county committee to withhold taking any action that is not in accordance with this part.
(d)
No delegation of authority to a State or county committee will preclude the Executive Vice President, CCC, or a designee, from determining any question arising under this part or from reversing or modifying any determination made by a State or county committee.
(e)
Data furnished by participants will be used to determine eligibility for program benefits. Furnishing the data is voluntary; however, the failure to provide data could result in program benefits being withheld or denied.