---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 785.10"
title: "7"
number: "785.10"
heading: "Penalty for non-compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/785.10"
---

# §785.10. Penalty for non-compliance.

- (a) The Administrator is authorized to withdraw the certification of a State's Certified Mediation Program, terminate or suspend the grant to the State's Certified Mediation Program, require a return of unspent grant funds, a reimbursement of grant funds on account of expenditures that are not allowed, and may impose any other penalties or sanctions authorized by law if the Administrator determines that:
  - (1) The State's Certified Mediation Program, at any time, does not meet the requirements in this part for certification;
  - (2) The State's Certified Mediation Program is not being operated in a manner consistent with the features of the program as certified by FSA, with the regulations in this part, or the grant agreement;
  - (3) Costs that are not allowed under [§ 785.4(b)](/cfr/7/785.4.md?p=b) are being paid out of grant funds;
  - (4) The mediation program fails to grant access to mediation records for purposes specified in [§ 785.8](/cfr/7/785.8.md); or
  - (5) Reports submitted by a State on its Certified Mediation Program as required by [§ 785.8](/cfr/7/785.8.md) are false, contain misrepresentations or material omissions, or are otherwise misleading.
- (b) In the event that FSA gives notice to the State of its intent to enforce any withdrawal of certification or other penalty for non-compliance, USDA agencies will cease to participate in any mediation conducted by the State's Certified Mediation Program immediately upon delivery of such notice to the State.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 57315, Sept. 10, 2002, as amended at 87 FR 13126, Mar. 9, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1989; and 7 U.S.C. 5101-5104.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 57315, Sept. 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 57315, Sept. 10, 2002, as amended at 87 FR 13126, Mar. 9, 2022]