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(2) For program year 2018, the 

enrollment period will end on 

September 30, 2018. 

(i) Eligible producers must execute 

and submit an ARC or PLC program 

contract not later than September 30, 

2018, for fiscal year 2018 contracts. 

(ii) Except as stated in this section, 

enrollment is not allowed after 

September 30 of the fiscal year in which 

the ARC or PLC payments are requested. 

FSA will not process offers of 

enrollment for a contract period after 

the contract period has ended. This is 

not a compliance provision but a rule of 

general applicability and will apply to 

every offer to contract in each contract 

year. 

* * * * * 

(f) Any 2018 contract for a farm that 

includes generic base acres, whether or 

not that contract was approved on 

behalf of CCC, is invalid and 

withdrawn. Eligible producers on farms 

that had generic base acres must enroll 

in accordance with paragraph (a) of this 

section after allocation has been 

completed. Any contract executed 

before allocation in § 1412.25 will not 

be recognized by CCC for any purpose. 

§ § 1412.44 and 1412.45 [Removed and 

Reserved] 

■ 14. Remove and reserve §§ 1412.44 

and 1412.45. 

§ 1412.46 [Amended] 

■ 15. In § 1412.46 (f), remove the last 

sentence. 

Subpart E—Financial Considerations 

Including Sharing Payments 

§ 1412.51 [Amended] 

■ 16. Amend § 1412.51 as follows: 

■ a. Remove paragraph (b); 

■ b. Redesignate paragraphs (c) through 

(e) as (b) through (d), and; 

■ c. In newly redesignated paragraph 

(d), remove the words ‘‘including any 

generic base acres’’. 

§ 1412.52 [Amended] 

■ 17. In § 1412.52(a), remove the words 

‘‘each of the 2014 through’’ and add the 

word ‘‘the’’ in their place. 

■ 18. Amend § 1412.53 as follows: 

■ a. In paragraph (a) introductory text, 

remove ‘‘each of the 2014 through’’ and 

add ‘‘the’’ in their place; 

■ b. In paragraph (b) introductory text, 

remove ‘‘each of the 2014 through’’ and 

add ‘‘the’’ in their place; and 

■ c. Revise paragraph (e). 

The revision reads as follows: 

§ 1412.53 ARC payment provisions. 

* * * * * 

(e) FSA has determined the irrigated 

and non-irrigated counties and crops for 

the 2018 program year. 

* * * * * 

§ 1412.54 [Amended] 

■ 19. Amend § 1412.54 as follows; 

■ a. In paragraph (a), remove the words 

‘‘apply for CTAP as specified in subpart 

H of this part and annually’’; 

■ b. In paragraph (b), remove the words 

‘‘applies for CTAP or elects and’’; 

■ c. In paragraph (c), remove the words 

‘‘CTAP payment or’’; 

■ d. In paragraph (d)(4), remove the 

words ‘‘ARC, PLC, or CTAP’’ and add 

the words ‘‘ARC or PLC’’ in their place 

both times they appear; 

■ e. In paragraph (f) introductory text, 

remove the first sentence; 

■ f. In paragraph (f)(2), remove the 

words ‘‘of this part’’; and 

■ f. In paragraph (h), remove the words 

‘‘a CTAP application or’’ and add the 

word ‘‘an’’ in their place, and remove 

the words and punctuation ‘‘CTAP 

application, or’’ in both places. 

§ 1412.55 [Amended] 

■ 20. In § 1412.55(a)(1), remove the 

words and punctuations ‘‘ARC, PLC, or 

CTAP’’, and add ‘‘ARC or PLC’’ in their 

place. 

Subpart F—Violations and Compliance 

Provisions 

§ 1412.61 [Amended] 

■ 21. In § 1412.61, remove ‘‘or CTAP 

application, as applicable’’ and remove 

‘‘or CTAP application’’. 

§ 1412.63 [Amended] 

■ 22. In § 1412.63, remove the words 

‘‘or CTAP application’’. 

§ 1412.64 [Amended] 

■ 23. Amend § 1412.64 as follows: 

■ a. In paragraph (a), remove ‘‘ARC, 

PLC, and CTAP’’ and add ‘‘ARC or PLC’’ 

in its place, and remove the words ‘‘or 

application’’; 

■ b. In paragraph (b) introductory text, 

remove ‘‘ARC, PLC, or CTAP’’ and add 

‘‘ARC or PLC’’ in its place; and 

■ c. In paragraph (b)(3), remove the 

words and punctuation ‘‘, CTAP 

application,’’. 

§ 1412.66 [Amended] 

■ 24. In § 1412.66(a), remove ‘‘ARC, 

PLC, and CTAP’’ and add ‘‘ARC or PLC’’ 

in their place. 

§ 1412.69 [Amended] 

■ 25. In § 1412.69, remove ‘‘CTAP 

participants and enrolled’’ and add 

‘‘Enrolled’’ in its place. 

Subpart G—ARC and PLC Election 

■ 26. Amend § 1412.71 as follows: 

■ a. Remove paragraph (c); 

■ b. Redesignate paragraph (d) as 

paragraph (c); 

■ c. In newly redesignated paragraph 

(c), remove the first sentence, remove 

‘‘The’’ and add ‘‘In general, a’’ in its 

place; and 

■ d. Add new paragraph (d). 

The addition reads as follows: 

§ 1412.71 Election of ARC or PLC. 

* * * * * 

(d) Beginning with the 2018 crop year, 

a valid election for seed cotton is 

required for all current producers on a 

farm where seed cotton is added as a 

covered commodity, as specified in 

§ 1412.25, unless the farm contains a 

valid ARC–IC election. A valid ARC–IC 

election on a farm is for all covered 

commodities and will include the added 

covered commodity of seed cotton. This 

election is for seed cotton only. All 

other covered commodities on a farm 

with seed cotton base acres have an 

election on file and will be bound by 

that prior election. The election by all 

current producers is to obtain: 

(1) PLC for seed cotton base acres, or 

(2) ARC–CO for seed cotton base 

acres. 

* * * * * 

■ 27. In § 1412.74, add paragraph (c) to 

read as follows: 

§ 1412.74 Failure to make election. 

* * * * * 

(c) If a valid election is not made for 

seed cotton base acres on a farm, the 

producers of seed cotton base acres on 

the farm are deemed to have elected 

PLC for acres allocated on the farm to 

seed cotton for the 2018 crop year. 

Steven Peterson, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

Robert Stephenson, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

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12 CFR Part 226 

Truth in Lending (Regulation Z) 

CFR Correction 

■ In Title 12 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, Parts 220 to 229, revised as 

of January 1, 2018, on page 414, in 

§ 226.43, paragraph (1) after paragraph 

(b)(2) and before paragraph (b)(3) is 

removed. 

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