7 CFR § 635.5 - Forms of relief.

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title: "7 CFR § 635.5 - Forms of relief."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "635.5"
section_name: "Forms of relief."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 7996."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 62440, Oct. 16, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
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# 635.5 Forms of relief.

(a) The Chief may authorize a participant in a covered program to:

(1) Retain payments or other benefits received under the covered program;

(2) Continue to receive payments and other benefits under the covered program;

(3) Continue to participate, in whole or in part, under any contract executed under the covered program;

(4) Re-enroll all or part of the land covered by the program; and

(5) Receive such other equitable relief as determined to be appropriate.

(b) As a condition of receiving relief under this part, the participant may be required to remedy their failure to meet the program requirement or mitigate its effects.