---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 701.15"
title: "7"
number: "701.15"
heading: "Starting practices before cost-share request is submitted; non-entitlement to payment; payment subject to the availability of funds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/701.15"
---

# §701.15. Starting practices before cost-share request is submitted; non-entitlement to payment; payment subject to the availability of funds.

- (a) Subject to paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section, costs will not be shared for practices or components of practices that are started before a request for cost share under this part is submitted with the applicable county FSA office.
- (b) Costs may be shared for drought and non-drought practices or components of practices that are started before a request is submitted with the county FSA office, only if:
  - (1) Considered and approved on a case-by-case basis in accordance with instructions of the Deputy Administrator;
  - (2) The disaster that is the basis of a claim for cost-share assistance created a situation that required the producer to take immediate action to prevent further losses;
  - (3) The Deputy Administrator determines that the request for assistance was filed within a reasonable amount of time after the start of the enrollment period; and
  - (4) The practice was started no more than 60 days before the ECP or EFRP designation was approved for the applicable county office.
- (c) **Any action taken prior to approval of a claim is taken at the producer's own risk.**
- (d) An application for relief may be denied for any reason.
- (e) **All payments under this part are subject to the availability of funds.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 10302, Mar. 4, 2004, as amended at 75 FR 70088, Nov. 17, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2201-2206; Sec. 101, Pub. L. 109-148, 119 Stat. 2747; and Pub. L. 111-212, 124 Stat. 2302

### Source

Source: 69 FR 10302, Mar. 4, 2004, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 10302, Mar. 4, 2004, as amended at 75 FR 70088, Nov. 17, 2010]