7 CFR § 1469.20 - Application for contracts.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s1469.20"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 1469.20 - Application for contracts."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1469.20"
section_name: "Application for contracts."
chapter_name: "COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS"
part_number: "1469"
part_name: "CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 3830"
regulatory_source: "70 FR 15212, Mar. 25, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1469"
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# 1469.20 Application for contracts.

(a) Applications must include:

(1) A completed self-assessment workbook;

(2) Benchmark condition inventory and conservation stewardship plan in accordance with § 1469.7 for the eligible land uses on the entire operation or, if Tier I, for the portion being enrolled;

(3) Any other requirements specified in the sign-up notice;

(4) For Tier I, clear indication of which acres the applicant wishes to enroll in the CSP; and,

(5) A certification that the applicant will agree to meet the relevant contract requirements outlined in the sign-up notice.

(b) Producers who are members of a joint operation, trust, estate, association, partnership or similar organization must file a single application for the joint operation or organization.

(c) Producers can submit only one application per sign-up.

(d) Participants can only have one active contract at any one time.