7 CFR § 701.127 - Maximum ECP payments per person or legal entity.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s701.127"
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title: "7 CFR § 701.127 - Maximum ECP payments per person or legal entity."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "701.127"
section_name: "Maximum ECP payments per person or legal entity."
chapter_name: "FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM"
part_number: "701"
part_name: "EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM, EMERGENCY FOREST RESTORATION PROGRAM, AND CERTAIN RELATED PROGRAMS PREVIOUSLY ADMINISTERED UNDER THIS PART"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 2201-2206; Sec. 101, Pub. L. 109-148, 119 Stat. 2747; and Pub. L. 111-212, 124 Stat. 2302"
regulatory_source: "69 FR 10302, Mar. 4, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "701"
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# 701.127 Maximum ECP payments per person or legal entity.
(a) A person or legal entity, as defined in part 1400 of this title, is limited to a maximum ECP cost-share of $500,000 per person or legal entity, per natural disaster.
(b) The Secretary may waive the maximum limitations described in paragraph (a) of this section to the maximum extent allowed by law.
[75 FR 7088, Nov. 17, 2010, as amended at 84 FR 32841, July 10, 2019; 88 FR 1883, Jan. 11, 2023]