---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 763.16"
title: "7"
number: "763.16"
heading: "Environmental regulation compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/763.16"
---

# §763.16. Environmental regulation compliance.

- (a) **Environmental compliance requirements.** The environmental requirements contained in [part 799](/cfr/7/part799.md) of this chapter must be met prior to approval of guarantee request.
- (b) **Determination.** The Agency determination of whether an environmental problem exists will be based on:
  - (1) The information supplied with the application;
  - (2) Environmental resources available to the Agency including, but not limited to, documents, third parties, and government agencies;
  - (3) Other information supplied by the buyer or seller upon Agency request; and
  - (4) **A visit to the farm.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 75430, Dec. 2, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 51284, Aug. 3, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 501 and 7 U.S.C. 1989.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 75430, Dec. 2, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 75430, Dec. 2, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 51284, Aug. 3, 2016]