{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1466.55","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1466.55","heading":"Misrepresentation and scheme or device.","body":"(a) A person, joint operation, legal entity, or Indian Tribe that is determined to have erroneously represented any fact affecting a program determination made in accordance with this part will not be entitled to contract payments and must refund to NRCS all payments, plus interest, determined in accordance with 7 CFR part 1403.\n(b) A producer who is determined to have knowingly—\n(1) Adopted any scheme or device that tends to defeat the purpose of the program;\n(2) Made any fraudulent representation;\n(3) Adopted any scheme or device for the purpose of depriving any tenant or sharecropper of the payments to which such person would otherwise be entitled under the program; or\n(4) Misrepresented any fact affecting a program determination, will refund to NRCS all payments, plus interest, determined in accordance with 7 CFR part 1403, received by such producer with respect to all contracts. The producer's interest in all contracts will be terminated.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XIV—COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER B—LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS","PART 1466—ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM","Subpart E—General Administration"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"fbc972d85d1b0918b961b739d53261227cb8769d779d7a88b1303ba2a228aac2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1466.54","next":"us/7-cfr-1466.56"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}