7 CFR § 785.11 - Reconsideration by the Administrator.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s785.11"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 785.11 - Reconsideration by the Administrator."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "785.11"
section_name: "Reconsideration by the Administrator."
chapter_name: "FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL PROGRAMS"
part_number: "785"
part_name: "CERTIFIED MEDIATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1989; and 7 U.S.C. 5101-5104."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 57315, Sept. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "785"
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# 785.11 Reconsideration by the Administrator.
(a) A State's Certified Mediation Program may request that the Administrator reconsider any determination that a State is not a qualifying State under § 785.3 and any penalty decision made under § 785.10. The decision of the Administrator upon reconsideration shall be the final administrative decision of FSA.
(b) Nothing in this part shall preclude action to suspend or debar a State's Certified Mediation Program or administering entity under 2 CFR parts 180 and 417 following a withdrawal of certification of the State's Certified Mediation Program.
[67 FR 57315, Sept. 10, 2002, as amended at 79 FR 75996, Dec. 19, 2014; 87 FR 13127, Mar. 9, 2022]