7 CFR § 1400.8 - Equitable treatment.

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title: "7 CFR § 1400.8 - Equitable treatment."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1400.8"
section_name: "Equitable treatment."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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regulatory_source: "73 FR 79273, Dec. 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1400.8 Equitable treatment.

(a) Actions taken by a person or legal entity in good faith based on action or advice of an authorized representative of the Administrator may be accepted as meeting the requirements of this part to the extent the Administrator deems necessary to provide fair and equitable treatment to the person or legal entity.

(b) Actions taken by a person or legal entity in good faith based on action or advice of an authorized representative of the NRCS Chief may be accepted as meeting the requirements of this part to the extent the NRCS Chief deems necessary to provide fair and equitable treatment to the person or legal entity.

[73 FR 79273, Dec. 29, 2008, as amended at 85 FR 52038, Aug. 24, 2020]