7 CFR § 1450.4 - Violations.

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title: "7 CFR § 1450.4 - Violations."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1450.4"
section_name: "Violations."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS"
part_number: "1450"
part_name: "BIOMASS CROP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (BCAP)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 8111."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 66234, Oct. 27, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1450.4 Violations.

(a)(1) If a participant fails to carry out the terms and conditions of a BCAP contract, CCC may terminate the BCAP contract.

(2) If the BCAP contract is terminated by CCC in accordance with this paragraph:

(i) The participant will forfeit all rights to further payments under the contract and must refund all payments previously received, plus interest; and

(ii) The participant must pay liquidated damages to CCC in an amount as specified in the contract.

(b) CCC may reduce a demand for a refund under this section to the extent CCC determines that such relief would be appropriate and would not deter the accomplishment of the purposes of BCAP.