7 CFR § 635.3 - Reliance on incorrect actions or information.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s635.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 635.3 - Reliance on incorrect actions or information."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "635.3"
section_name: "Reliance on incorrect actions or information."
chapter_name: "NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "LONG TERM CONTRACTING"
part_number: "635"
part_name: "EQUITABLE RELIEF FROM INELIGIBILITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 7996."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 62440, Oct. 16, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "635"
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# 635.3 Reliance on incorrect actions or information.
The Chief may grant equitable relief to any participant that NRCS determines is not in compliance with the requirements, terms and conditions of a covered program, and therefore ineligible for a payment, or other benefit, if the participant—
(a) Acting in good faith, relied on action and advice from an NRCS employee or representative of USDA to their detriment;
(b) Did not know or have sufficient reason to know that the action or advice upon which they relied would be detrimental; and
(c) Did not act in reliance on their own misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the program provisions, notices, or information.