Administration

(a) The MAL and LDP Programs will be administered under the general supervision and direction of the Executive Vice President, CCC, and will be carried out in the field by FSA state and county committees, respectively.

(b) State and county committees, and representatives and their employees, do not have authority to modify or waive any of the provisions of the regulations set forth in this subpart.

(c) The State committee will take any action required by the regulations of this subpart that the county committee has not taken. The State committee will also:

(1) Correct, or require a county committee to correct, any action by such committee that is not in accordance with this subpart; or

(2) Require a county committee to withhold taking any action that is not in accordance with the regulations of this subpart.

(d) No provision or delegation to an FSA State or county committee will preclude the Executive Vice President, CCC, or a designee, from determining any question arising under this subpart, or from reversing or modifying any determination made by an FSA State or county committee.

(e) [Reserved]

(f) A representative of CCC may execute MAL and LDP applications and related documents only under the terms and conditions determined and announced by CCC. Any document not executed under such terms and conditions, including any purported execution before the date authorized by CCC, shall be null and void.

[67 FR 64459, Oct. 18, 2002, as amended at 73 FR 65719, Nov. 5, 2008; 80 FR 132, 139, Jan. 2, 2015; 91 FR 42331, July 9, 2026]