---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 625.9"
title: "7"
number: "625.9"
heading: "10-year restoration cost-share agreements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/625.9"
---

# §625.9. 10-year restoration cost-share agreements.

- (a) The restoration plan developed under [§ 625.13](/cfr/7/625.13.md) forms the basis for the 10-year cost-share agreement and its terms are incorporated therein.
- (b) **A 10-year cost-share agreement will—**
  - (1) Incorporate all portions of a restoration plan;
  - (2) Be for a period of 10 years;
  - (3) Include all provisions as required by law or statute;
  - (4) Specify the requirements for operation and maintenance of applied conservation practices;
  - (5) Include any participant reporting and recordkeeping requirements to determine compliance with the agreement and HFRP;
  - (6) Be signed by the participant;
  - (7) Identify the amount and extent of cost-share assistance that NRCS will provide for the adoption or implementation of the approved conservation treatment identified in the restoration plan; and
  - (8) **Include any other provision determined necessary or appropriate by the NRCS representative.**
- (c) Once the participant and NRCS have signed a 10-year cost-share agreement, the land will be considered enrolled in HFRP.
- (d) The State Conservationist may, by mutual agreement with the parties to the 10-year cost-share agreement, consent to the termination of the restoration agreement where:
  - (1) The parties to the 10-year cost-share agreement are unable to comply with the terms of the restoration agreement as the result of conditions beyond their control;
  - (2) Compliance with the terms of the 10-year cost-share agreement would work a severe hardship on the parties to the agreement; or
  - (3) Termination of the 10-year cost-share agreement would, as determined by the State Conservationist, be in the public interest.
- (e) If a 10-year cost-share agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of this section, the State Conservationist may allow the participants to retain any cost-share payments received under the 10-year cost-share agreement where forces beyond the participant's control prevented compliance with the agreement.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6571-6578.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 6546, Feb. 10, 2010, unless otherwise noted.