OMB No. 0581-0178

State of Colorado MO Docket A-4 (Exp. 3/31/2024) Destroy previous editions.

Area II Colorado Potato Administrative Committee

Application for

 Hardship Exemption

Name _______________________________________________________ Telephone _____________________

Address ____________________________________________________________________________________

Location(s) of potatoes for hardship exemption: _____________________________________________________

Total estimated quantity of potatoes (excluding culls) produced by applicant during the current season:

Hundredweight Variety Grade Size

Estimated percentage of the applicant’s potato crop (excluding culls) which cannot be shipped because applicant’s 

potatoes cannot meet minimum grade, size or quality regulations due to acts beyond his/her control or reasonable 

expectation adversely affecting his/her potatoes: 

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Please explain justification for a hardship exemption: 

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Quantity of potatoes already sold or shipped during the current season: 

Hundredweight Variety Grade Size

The undersigned certifies to the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee, USDA, and the Colorado 

Commissioner of Agriculture that the information provided in this application is true and correct. False certification, 

knowing it to be false, is a violation of title 18, section 1001, of the United States Code, among other statures, which 

provide for a fine, imprisonment, or both.

Signature ________________________________________________________ Date __________

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 San Luis Valley

 Office – Area II

 (719) 852-4684 FAX

lweyers@coloradopotato.org 

P.O. Box 348

1305 Park Avenue

Monte Vista CO 81144

(719) 852-3322