---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 701.204"
title: "7"
number: "701.204"
heading: "Participant eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/701.204"
---

# §701.204. Participant eligibility.

- (a) To be eligible to participate in EFRP, a person or legal entity must be an owner of nonindustrial private forest land affected by a natural disaster, and must be liable for or have the expense that is the subject of the financial assistance. The owner must be a person or legal entity (including an Indian tribe) with full decision-making authority over the land, as determined by FSA, or with such waivers as may be needed from lenders or others as may be required, to undertake program commitments.
- (b) Federal agencies and States, including all agencies and political subdivisions of a State, are ineligible for EFRP.
- (c) An application may be denied for any reason.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 75 FR 70889, Nov. 17, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.