7 CFR § 3419.3 - Limited waiver authority.

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title: "7 CFR § 3419.3 - Limited waiver authority."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "3419.3"
section_name: "Limited waiver authority."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "3419"
part_name: "MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CAPACITY FUNDS AT 1890 LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY, TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY, AND WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AT 1862 LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS IN INSULAR AREAS"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 3222d; 7 U.S.C. 343(e); 7 U.S.C. 361c; Pub. L. 107-171; Pub. L. 110-234; Pub. L. 113-79."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 21631, Apr. 21, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3419.3 Limited waiver authority.

(a) *1890 land-grant institutions:* The Secretary may waive the matching funds requirement in § 3419.2 above the 50% level for any fiscal year for an eligible institution of a State if the Secretary determines that the State will be unlikely to satisfy the matching requirement.

(b) *1862 land-grant institutions in insular areas:* The Secretary may waive up to 100% of the matching funds requirements in § 3419.2 for any fiscal year for an eligible institution in an insular area.

(c) The criteria to waive the applicable matching requirement for 1890 land-grant institutions and 1862 land-grant institutions in insular areas is demonstration of one or more of the following:

(1) Impacts from natural disaster, flood, fire, tornado, hurricane, or drought;

(2) State and/or institution facing a financial crisis; or

(3) Lack of matching funds after demonstration of good faith efforts to obtain funds.

(d) Approval or disapproval of the request for a waiver will be based on the application submitted, as defined under § 3419.4.

[Redesignated and revised at 83 FR 21849, May 11, 2018]