7 CFR § 701.204 - Participant eligibility.

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title: "7 CFR § 701.204 - Participant eligibility."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "701.204"
section_name: "Participant eligibility."
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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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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."
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# 701.204 Participant eligibility.

(a) To be eligible to participate in EFRP, a person or legal entity must be an owner of nonindustrial private forest land affected by a natural disaster, and must be liable for or have the expense that is the subject of the financial assistance. The owner must be a person or legal entity (including an Indian tribe) with full decision-making authority over the land, as determined by FSA, or with such waivers as may be needed from lenders or others as may be required, to undertake program commitments.

(b) Federal agencies and States, including all agencies and political subdivisions of a State, are ineligible for EFRP.

(c) An application may be denied for any reason.