CFR > Title 7 - Agriculture > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture > CHAPTER XIV—COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (parts 1400 to 1499) > SUBCHAPTER B—LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS (parts 1410 to 1499) > PART 1450—BIOMASS CROP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (BCAP) > SUBPART B—Matching Payments (§1450.100 to §1450.106) > 1450.102—Eligible material owner.

1450.102—Eligible material owner.

(a) In order to be eligible for a payment under this subpart, a person or legal entity must:
(1) Be a producer of an eligible crop that is produced on contract acreage authorized by subpart C of this part; or
(2) Have the right to collect or harvest eligible material and such person may only receive payment if the risk of loss for the material transferred to that person occurred prior to the time the payment is made that will be used to determine the matching payment that is requested under this subpart; and
(3) Certify that the eligible material for which a payment may be issued according to § 1450.106 has been harvested according to a conservation plan, forest stewardship plan, or equivalent plan, and, if not crop residues, are byproducts of preventative treatments that are removed to reduce hazardous fuels, to reduce or contain disease or insect infestation, or to restore ecosystem health.
(b) A qualified biomass conversion facility that meets the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section may be considered an eligible material owner if it otherwise meets the definition in this part.