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construction, excavation, and property 

management in the area being removed 

from quarantine. 

In the portions of Middlesex and 

Union Counties, NJ, that we are 

deregulating in this interim rule, there 

are estimated to be several hundred 

entities that will be affected. These 

entities are mainly landscape 

companies; municipalities would also 

be affected. While the size of these 

entities is unknown, it is reasonable to 

assume that most are small entities 

based on Small Business Administration 

size standards. 

Any affected entities located within 

the area removed from quarantine stand 

to benefit from the interim rule, since 

they are no longer subject to the 

restrictions in the regulations. However, 

our experience with the ALB program in 

Illinois, New York, and New Jersey has 

shown that the number and value of 

regulated articles that are, upon 

inspection, determined to be infested, 

and therefore denied a certificate or a 

limited permit for movement, is small. 

Thus, any benefit for affected entities in 

the areas removed from quarantine is 

likely to be minimal, given that the costs 

associated with the restrictions that 

have been relieved were themselves 

minimal. 

Under these circumstances, the 

Administrator of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that this action will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Executive Order 12372 

This program/activity is listed in the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

under No. 10.025 and is subject to 

Executive Order 12372, which requires 

intergovernmental consultation with 

State and local officials. (See 7 CFR part 

3015, subpart V.) 

Executive Order 12988 

This rule has been reviewed under 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. This rule: (1) Preempts all State 

and local laws and regulations that are 

inconsistent with this rule; (2) has no 

retroactive effect; and (3) does not 

require administrative proceedings 

before parties may file suit in court 

challenging this rule. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rule contains no new 

information collection or recordkeeping 

requirements under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.). 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 301 

Agricultural commodities, Plant 

diseases and pests, Quarantine, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Transportation. 

Accordingly, we are amending 7 CFR 

part 301 as follows: 

PART 301—DOMESTIC QUARANTINE 

NOTICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 301 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Section 301.75–15 issued under Sec. 204, 

Title II, Public Law 106–113, 113 Stat. 

1501A–293; sections 301.75–15 and 301.75– 

16 issued under Sec. 203, Title II, Public Law 

106–224, 114 Stat. 400 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note). 

§ 301.51–3 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 301.51–3, paragraph (c) is 

amended by removing the heading 

‘‘New Jersey’’ and the entry for 

Middlesex and Union Counties. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of 

March 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06947 Filed 3–27–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

7 CFR Chapter XIV 

Continuation of Certain Benefit and 

Loan Programs, Acreage Reporting, 

Average Adjusted Gross Income, and 

Payment Limit 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of authorization. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Act of 2014 

(referred to as the 2014 Farm Bill) 

extends the authorization, with some 

changes, of many Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) programs and Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) programs 

administered by FSA. This document 

announces to producers the 

continuation of the following programs 

and notes specific changes as mandated 

by the 2014 Farm Bill: The 2014 crop 

Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL), 

Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP), 

Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance 

Program (NAP), Sugar Program, Milk 

Income Loss Contract Program (MILC), 

and Dairy Indemnity Payment Program 

(DIPP). The 2014 Farm Bill also 

continues, with modifications, the 

Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) eligibility 

provisions and payment limits that 

apply to many FSA and CCC programs. 

As specified in the 2014 Farm Bill, 

producers must submit annual acreage 

reports of all cropland on a farm to 

qualify for MAL and LDP benefits, and 

most commodity programs. All of the 

programs listed above will be continued 

under existing regulations, except as 

specified in this document. This 

document will be followed by 

amendments to the applicable 

regulations to implement changes 

required by the 2014 Farm Bill. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 28, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

McGlynn; telephone: (202) 720–7641. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) 

should contact the USDA Target Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview 

The 2014 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 113–79) 

authorizes the continuation of certain 

CCC and FSA programs, including, but 

not limited to, MAL, LDP, NAP, Sugar 

Program loans, MILC, and DIPP. 

As specified in this document, CCC 

will implement administration of 2014 

crop MAL, LDPs, and sugar loans as 

specified in the current regulations, 

subject to changes made by the 2014 

Farm Bill. Applicable 2014 crop loan 

rates, schedules of premiums and 

discounts, and other related rates will 

be announced later. 

The 2014 Farm Bill requires 

producers to submit annual acreage 

reports of all cropland on a farm to 

qualify for all programs in Title I, 

subtitles A and B, which includes MAL, 

LDP, and the new Agriculture Risk 

Coverage Program, Price Loss Coverage 

Program, and the Transition Assistance 

Program for Producers of Upland 

Cotton. Regulations will be published at 

a later date for these three new programs 

as required by the 2014 Farm Bill. 

NAP service fees will remain 

unchanged, although more producers 

will be eligible for fee waivers and more 

crops will be eligible with the 2014 

Farm Bill changes as specified in the 

NAP section below. 

MILC will continue through the 

earlier of September 1, 2014, or the date 

when the new Dairy Margin Protection 

program specified in section 1403 of the 

2014 Farm Bill is implemented. There 

are minor changes to MILC for the 

remaining months of FY 2014, as 

specified in this document. 

The 2014 Farm Bill contains no 

changes to DIPP, which will continue 

through September 30, 2018. 


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FSA must update regulations, 

software, forms, and handbooks to 

implement the 2014 Farm Bill. FSA is 

updating program Fact Sheets and will 

conduct extensive outreach to ensure 

that producers are aware of sign-up 

periods and application requirements. 

Details for the implementation of each 

program will be announced in separate 

press releases. The reauthorized 

programs will be implemented as soon 

as possible, so that producers can plan 

for the 2014 growing and harvest 

seasons. 

MAL, LDP 

The 2014 Farm Bill extended the 

MAL and LDP Programs for all 

previously authorized commodities for 

the 2014 through 2018 crops. These 

programs will continue as specified in 

the regulations in 7 CFR parts 1421, 

1425, 1427, and 1434, with the 

mandatory changes from the 2014 Farm 

Bill as described below. 

The MAL Program provides shortterm financing, which allows farmers to 

pay their bills soon after harvest and sell 

their crop at a time that is convenient 

for them, facilitating orderly marketing 

throughout the rest of the year. MAL 

repayment provisions specify, under 

certain circumstances, that producers 

may repay at less than the loan rate plus 

accrued interest and other charges. 

When the allowed repayment is less 

than the loan rate, the difference is 

referred to as marketing loan gain. 

LDPs are direct payments to 

producers on harvested commodities 

that provide income support when the 

market price falls below loan rates as 

specified in the 2014 Farm Bill. Current 

regulations for MAL and LDP apply 

through the 2013 crop year. 

With the pending harvest of 2014 crop 

loan commodities, this document 

announces that CCC will implement 

MAL and LDP provisions for 2014 crop 

wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, 

soybeans, rice, peanuts, cotton, 

sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, 

safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, 

crambe, sesame seed, graded and nongraded wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, 

lentils, large chickpeas, and small 

chickpeas based on current commodity 

loan regulations in: 

• 7 CFR Part 1421, ‘‘Grains and 

Similarly Handled Commodities— 

Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan 

Deficiency Payments for 2008 through 

2012;’’ 

• 7 CFR Part 1425, ‘‘Cooperative 

Marketing Associations;’’ 

• 7 CFR Part 1427, ‘‘Cotton;’’ and 

• 7 CFR Part 1434, ‘‘Nonrecourse 

Marketing Assistance Loan and LDP 

Regulations for Honey.’’ 

The loan rate for base quality upland 

cotton is the simple average of the 

adjusted prevailing world price for the 

2 immediately preceding marketing 

years, but not more than 52 cents per 

pound or less than 45 cents per pound. 

The 2014 loan rate, announced February 

18, 2014, at 52 cents per pound, is 

below the 72-cent simple average of the 

world price for the 2 immediately 

preceding marketing years. Therefore, 

the 2014 Farm Bill change, which is 

designed to make the loan rate more 

reflective of prevailing market prices, 

serves to limit the impact of elevated 

market prices on the loan rate, while 

allowing any price declines below 52 

cents to be reflected in lower future loan 

rates. 

The applicable regulations will be 

amended at a later date through 

rulemaking to reflect the changes 

required by the 2014 Farm Bill. In 

addition, CCC will announce by press 

release and other means the applicable 

2014 crop loan rates established by the 

2014 Farm Bill, the schedule of 

premiums and discounts, and other 

related information. 

NAP 

NAP provides limited ‘‘catastrophic’’ 

level coverage for crops for which crop 

insurance is not available through the 

Risk Management Agency (RMA), 

USDA. Qualifying losses for NAP must 

be due to drought, flood, or other 

natural disaster, as determined by the 

Secretary. The 2014 Farm Bill continues 

the provisions for NAP coverage at the 

catastrophic level. In addition, NAP has 

been expanded to include buy-up 

protection, similar to buy-up provisions 

offered under the federal crop insurance 

program. Service fees are currently 

waived for limited resource farmers. 

Beginning with the 2014 crops, the 2014 

Farm Bill extends the service fee waiver 

to beginning farmers and socially 

disadvantaged farmers. We will refund 

the administrative service fee for 

beginning farmers and socially 

disadvantaged farmers who have 

already paid the fee for 2014 coverage 

prior to enactment of the 2014 Farm 

Bill. Eligible NAP crops currently 

include commercial crops: Crops 

expressly grown for food (excluding 

livestock and their by-products); crops 

planted and grown for livestock 

consumption; crops grown for fiber 

(excluding trees grown for wood, paper, 

or pulp products); aquaculture species 

crops (including ornamental fish); 

floriculture; ornamental nursery; 

Christmas tree crops; turf grass sod; 

industrial crops; seed crops; and sea 

grass and sea oats. Beginning with 2015 

crops, the 2014 Farm Bill adds sweet 

sorghum, biomass sorghum, and 

industrial crops (including those grown 

expressly for the purpose of producing 

a feedstock for renewable biofuel, 

renewable electricity, or biobased 

products) as eligible crops. The NAP 

regulation, 7 CFR part 1437, will be 

amended at a later date through 

rulemaking to reflect the changes 

required by the 2014 Farm Bill. 

Sugar Program 

The Sugar Program provides loans to 

eligible sugar processors, using 

domestically grown sugar beets and 

sugarcane that is in the refined, raw, or 

in-processed state as collateral for the 

loan. These loans can be repaid at 

principal plus interest during the loan 

term or the sugar can be forfeited to 

CCC, at loan maturity, in satisfaction of 

loan debt. Processors may begin 

applying for 2014 crop sugar loans on 

October 1, 2014. Sugar loans will 

continue under the current regulations 

found in 7 CFR Part 1435, Sugar 

Program. 

The Sugar Program regulation, 7 CFR 

part 1435, will be amended at a later 

date through rulemaking to reflect the 

extension of the program through the 

2018 crop, as authorized by the 2014 

Farm Bill. The 2014 Farm Bill changes 

only the authorized dates for the Sugar 

Program; it does not change any other 

provisions of the Sugar Program. 

CCC will also announce by press 

release and other means the 2014 crop 

sugar loan rates, the schedule of 

premiums and discounts, and other 

related information. 

MILC 

The 2014 Farm Bill extends MILC 

with minor modifications through the 

earlier of September 1, 2014, or the date 

on which the new Dairy Margin 

Protection Program is implemented. The 

new Dairy Margin Protection Program 

will be implemented at a later date 

through regulations as required by the 

2014 Farm Bill. MILC compensates 

enrolled dairy producers when the 

Boston Class I milk price falls below 

$16.94 per hundredweight (cwt), as 

adjusted for the National Average Dairy 

Feed Ration Cost specified in the 2014 

Farm Bill. All MILC contracts are 

automatically extended to the earlier of 

September 1, 2014, or the date on which 

the Dairy Margin Protection program is 

implemented. Producers therefore do 

not need to re-enroll in MILC to receive 

FY 2014 benefits. The production start 

month previously selected by an 

operation is applicable for FY 2014, 

unless a producer requests a change. 

Producers may select any month in 

FY 2014 prior to the termination date 


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for MILC as specified in the 2014 Farm 

Bill to begin receiving payments. During 

the period (referred to as the ‘‘relief 

period’’) beginning April 14, 2014, 

through the close of business on May 

30, 2014, producers with existing MILC 

contracts may select a different 

production start month for FY 2014 by 

completing and submitting form CCC– 

580M ‘‘Milk Income Loss Contract 

Extension (MILC) Modification’’ to FSA. 

For producers with new dairy 

operations that began operation before 

April 14, 2014, FSA will accept 

applications (form CCC–580 ‘‘Milk 

Income Loss Contract (MILC)’’) during 

the relief period. Regular start month 

selection provisions specified in 7 CFR 

1430.205, ‘‘Selection of Starting 

Month,’’ will not apply during the relief 

period. After the relief period ends, 

beginning June 2, 2014, all production 

start month changes for new and 

existing MILC participants must be 

made according to regular start month 

selection provisions as specified in 7 

CFR 1430.205. 

September 2013 was the last eligible 

month for MILC payments under the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill, Pub. L. 110– 

246) as extended by the American 

Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 

112–240). The payment rate determined 

for October through December 2013 and 

January 2014, the first four months of 

FY 2014, is zero. Payments for 

subsequent months of FY 2014 will be 

determined as data becomes available. 

The payment rate for MILC is adjusted 

upward when the National Average 

Dairy Feed Ration Cost exceeds certain 

levels. Beginning February 1, 2014, and 

ending on the termination date for 

MILC, if the National Average Dairy 

Feed Ration Cost for a month is greater 

than $7.35 per hundredweight, the 

payment rate for that month will be 

increased by 45 percent of the 

percentage by which the National 

Average Dairy Feed Ration Cost exceeds 

$7.35 per hundredweight. 

DIPP 

The 2014 Farm Bill extended DIPP 

through September 30, 2018 with no 

changes. Through DIPP, FSA issues 

payments to dairy producers for losses 

incurred because they were required to 

remove their milk production from 

commercial markets due to the presence 

of certain chemical or toxic residues. 

Acreage Reporting 

As a condition of eligibility for all 

commodity program and marketing loan 

program benefits specified in Subtitle A 

and Subtitle B of Title I of the 2014 

Farm Bill, producers on farms must 

annually submit acreage reports of all 

cropland on the farm. The report of 

acreage must include the producer or 

producers’ shares and comply with the 

existing regulations specified in 7 CFR 

part 718. 

Payment Eligibility and Payment Limit 

Requirements 

The 2014 Farm Bill modifies the 

payment limit and adjusted gross 

income (AGI) eligibility provisions, 

which are currently specified in 7 CFR 

Part 1400. Beginning with the 2014 crop 

year, the total amount of payments 

received, directly and indirectly, by a 

person or legal entity (except joint 

ventures or general partnerships) for 

Price Loss Coverage, Agricultural Risk 

Coverage, marketing loan gains, and 

loan deficiency payments (other than for 

peanuts), is limited to no more than 

$125,000 annually. A person or legal 

entity that receives, directly or 

indirectly, payments for peanuts has a 

separate $125,000 payment limit for 

those payments. The NAP payment 

limit also increases to $125,000 per 

year. The combined payment limit for 

three of the four disaster programs 

(Livestock Indemnity Program, 

Livestock Forage Disaster Program, and 

Emergency Assistance for Livestock, 

Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish) is 

also increased to $125,000; a separate 

$125,000 limit applies to the Tree 

Assistance Program. 

The 2014 Farm Bill simplifies and 

modifies the average AGI eligibility 

provisions. Producers whose total (farm 

plus nonfarm) average AGI for the 3 tax 

years preceding the most recent 

complete tax year exceeds $900,000 are 

not eligible to receive benefits from 

most programs administered by FSA 

and the Natural Resources Conservation 

Service (NRCS). Previous average AGI 

provisions specified in the 2008 Farm 

Bill had different eligibility limits for 

certain programs based on average farm 

AGI and, for some programs, on average 

nonfarm AGI. 

The AGI and payment limit eligibility 

restrictions from the 2014 Farm Bill 

apply to the 2014 crop, fiscal, or 

program year for payment limits which 

encompass the 2010, 2011, and 2012 tax 

years for purposes of calculating the 

average AGI, and will be implemented 

immediately. The regulations in 7 CFR 

part 1400 will be amended at a later 

date through rulemaking to reflect the 

changes required by the 2014 Farm Bill. 

Environmental Review 

FSA has determined that, in 

accordance with the 7 CFR 799.9(d), 

Environmental Quality and Related 

Environmental Concerns—Compliance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act, implementing the regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), continuation of 

these programs as mandated by the 2014 

Farm Bill, will not significantly affect 

the quality of the human environment. 

Therefore, no environmental assessment 

or environmental impact statement will 

be prepared. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on March 25, 

2014. 

Juan M. Garcia, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation and Administrator, Farm Service 

Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06991 Filed 3–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0171; Directorate 

Identifier 2014–NM–038–AD; Amendment 

39–17812; AD 2014–06–08] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, 

Inc. Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We are adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Bombardier, Inc. Model DHC–8 

airplanes. This AD requires repetitive 

functional checks of the nose and main 

landing gear, and corrective actions if 

necessary. This AD also provides 

optional terminating action for the 

repetitive functional checks. This AD 

was prompted by a report that the 

emergency downlock indication system 

(EDIS) had given a false landing gear 

down-and-locked indication. We are 

issuing this AD to detect and correct a 

false down-and-locked landing gear 

indication, which, on landing, could 

result in possible collapse of the landing 

gear. 

DATES: This AD becomes effective April 

14, 2014. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of certain publications listed in this AD 

as of April 14, 2014. 

We must receive comments on this 

AD by May 12, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

using the procedures found in 14 CFR 


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