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are expected to be little affected by this 

rule. 

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 interim rule contains no 

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). 

■ 2. In § 301.50–3, paragraph (c) is 

amended as follows: 

■ a. By revising the entry for Iowa to 

read as set forth below. 

■ b. In the entry for New Jersey, by 

adding new counties in alphabetical 

order to read as set forth below. 

§ 301.50–3 Quarantined areas. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

* * * * * 

Iowa 

The entire State. 

* * * * * 

New Jersey 

* * * * * 

Morris County. The entire county. 

* * * * * 

Somerset County. The entire county. 

* * * * * 

Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

February 2007. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–2325 Filed 2–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

7 CFR Part 1416 

RIN 0560–AH62 

2006 Emergency Agricultural Disaster 

Assistance Programs 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule sets forth the 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

regulations for the 2006 Emergency 

Agricultural Disaster Assistance. The 

rule establishes seven disaster programs 

to provide funds to eligible producers in 

counties affected by the 2005 hurricanes 

Katrina, Ophelia, Rita, Wilma, or a 

related condition. To be eligible, 

counties must have been designated a 

major disaster or emergency area by the 

President or declared a natural disaster 

by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

Counties contiguous to such counties 

will also be eligible. 

DATES: This rule is effective February 9, 

2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Sharp, Director, Production, 

Emergencies, and Compliance Division; 

Farm Service Agency; United States 

Department of Agriculture, STOP 0517, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0517; telephone 

(202) 720–7641; e-mail 

Diane.Sharp@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This final rule implements the 

Emergency Agricultural Disaster 

Assistance Act of 2006, Public Law 109–

234, Title III (the Act). During calendar 

years (CY’s) 2005 and 2006 the 

production of agricultural commodities 

produced in certain counties in 

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas was 

hindered by widespread and significant 

destruction caused by hurricanes 

Katrina, Ophelia, Rita, Wilma. Counties 

in these States which the President or 

the Secretary of Agriculture has 

designated or declared disaster areas 

during CY 2005, or during 2006 for a 

request that was pending as of 

December 31, 2005, and all counties 

contiguous to these counties, are eligible 

for emergency disaster assistance under 

the Act. The Act provides that the 

Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) 

shall use funds of the Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) to assist producers of 

agricultural commodities through 

programs administered by the Farm 

Service Agency (FSA). All counties, 

owners, lessees, livestock, crops, losses, 

must meet all of the eligibility criteria 

provided in this rule including being 

the result of the listed hurricanes as 

provided. The programs are summarized 

as follows: 

• Livestock Compensation Program 

(LCP). LCP will provide payments to 

livestock owners and cash lessees (not 

both for same livestock) for certain feed 

losses. 

• Livestock Indemnity Program II (LIP 

II). LIP–II will provide benefits to 

livestock owners and contract growers 

(not both for same livestock) for certain 

livestock deaths. For previous LIP 

programs see 67 FR 7265, February 19, 

2002, and 69 FR 23721, April 30, 2004. 

• Citrus Disaster Program (Citrus). 

The 2005 Citrus Program will provide 

benefits to citrus producers who 

suffered citrus crop production losses 

and associated fruit-bearing tree 

damage, including related clean-up and 

rehabilitation costs. 

• Fruit and Vegetable Disaster 

Program (Fruit and Vegetable). The Fruit 

and Vegetable Program will provide 

benefits to producers who suffered fruit 

and vegetable crop production losses, 

including related clean-up costs. 

• Tropical Fruit Disaster Assistance 

Program (Tropical Fruit). The Tropical 

Fruit Program will provide benefits to 

producers of carambola, longan, lychee, 

and mangos who suffered tropical fruit 

production losses. 

• Nursery Disaster Assistance 

Program (Nursery). The Nursery 

Program will provide benefits to 

commercial ornamental nursery and 

fernery producers who suffered 

inventory losses and incurred clean-up 

costs. 

• Tree Assistance Program (TAP). The 

2005 Hurricane TAP will provide 


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benefits to producers who suffered tree, 

bush, or vine losses for site preparation, 

replacement, rehabilitation, and 

pruning. 

• The 2005 Catfish Grant Program is 

authorized under the LCP provision of 

the Act and will provide assistance in 

the form of grants to states having 

catfish producers who suffered catfish 

feed losses. 

Notice and Comment 

Section 3034 of the Act requires that 

the regulations necessary to implement 

title III of the Act shall be made without 

regard to the notice and comment 

provisions of Section 553 of title 5, 

United States Code or of the Statement 

of Policy of the Secretary effective July 

24, 1971 (36 FR 13804) relating to 

notices of proposed rulemaking and 

public participation in rulemaking, or 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. Thus, 

this rule is issued as final and is 

effective immediately. 

Executive Order 12866 

This rule has been determined to be 

economically significant under 

Executive Order 12866 and has been 

reviewed by the Office of Management 

and Budget. A Cost-Benefit Analysis 

(CBA) was completed and is available 

from the contact person listed above. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This rule is not subject to the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act since the 

Farm Service Agency is not required to 

publish a notice of proposed rulemaking 

for this rule. 

Environmental Review 

The environmental impacts of this 

rule have been considered in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the 

regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508), the FSA regulations for 

compliance with NEPA at 7 CFR part 

799, and Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act. The following 

programs were determined to have no 

potential impact upon the human and 

natural environment because they solely 

involve the transfer of funds to offset 

production- and disaster-related losses 

with no site-specific or grounddisturbing activities occurring as a 

requirement or an immediate result of 

program implementation: Livestock 

Compensation Program, Livestock 

Indemnity Program II, 2005 Hurricane 

Citrus Disaster Program, 2005 Hurricane 

Fruit and Vegetable Disaster Program, 

2005 Hurricane Tropical Fruit Disaster 

Program, 2005 Hurricane Nursery 

Disaster Assistance and 2005 Catfish 

Grant Program. Therefore, no 

environmental assessment was needed 

for these programs. 

FSA is currently completing a 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment (PEA) on the 2005 

Hurricanes Tree Assistance Program to 

examine the potential impacts of 

program implementation on the human 

and natural environments. No benefit 

shall be paid under the program until 

FSA has completed the PEA and issued 

a decision document. 

Executive Order 12372 

This program is not subject to the 

provisions of Executive Order 12372, 

which requires intergovernmental 

consultation with State and local 

officials. See the Notice related to 7 CFR 

part 3015, subpart V, published at 48 FR 

29115 (June 24, 1983). 

Executive Order 12612 

This rule does not have Federalism 

implications that warrant the 

preparation of a Federalism Assessment. 

This rule will not have a substantial 

direct effect on States or their political 

subdivisions or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government. 

Executive Order 12988 

This rule has been reviewed in 

accordance with Executive Order 12988. 

This interim rule is not retroactive and 

it does not preempt State law. Before 

any judicial action may be brought 

regarding the provisions of this rule the 

administrative appeal provisions of 7 

CFR parts 11 and 780 must be 

exhausted. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995 

This rule contains no Federal 

mandates under the regulatory 

provisions of Title II of the UMRA for 

State, local, and tribal government or 

the private sector. Therefore, this rule is 

not subject to the requirements of 

sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

Section 3034(b)(3) of the Act provides 

that the regulations necessary to 

implement title III of the Act shall be 

promulgated without regard to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 35. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 

This rule has been determined to be 

Major under the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996, (Pub. L. 104–121) (SBREFA). 

SBREFA normally requires that an 

agency delay the effective date of a 

major rule for 60 days from the date of 

publication to allow for Congressional 

review. Section 808 of SBREFA allows 

an agency to make a major regulation 

effective immediately if the agency finds 

there is good cause to do so. 

Accordingly, FSA finds that it would be 

contrary to the public interest to delay 

implementation of this rule because it 

would significantly delay assistance to 

the many people affected by the 

hurricane disasters addressed by this 

rule. This rule is thus effective 

immediately. 

Government Paperwork Elimination 

Act 

CCC is committed to compliance with 

the Government Paperwork Elimination 

Act (GPEA) and the Freedom to E-File 

Act, which require Government 

agencies in general and FSA in 

particular to provide the public the 

option of submitting information or 

transacting business electronically to 

the maximum extent possible. The 

regulation is available at http:// 

www.fsa.usda.gov under the heading 

‘Other Partners.’

E-Government Act Compliance 

CCC is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. For 

information pertinent to E–GOV 

compliance related to this rule, please 

contact the person named above under 

the information contact section. 

Summary of Economic Impacts 

Crops 

Florida and Louisiana sustained the 

most damage from the 2005 hurricane 

season. According to the Florida State 

Department of Agriculture, losses for 

citrus, vegetable, tropical fruit, and 

nursery damage by the 2005 hurricanes 

was estimated at $1.7 billion and the 

Louisiana State University Ag Center 

reports damage of $35.8 million. For 

example, Florida Citrus Mutual reports 

there were nearly 352,000 acres of citrus 

affected for Hurricane Wilma alone. 

There were 152,000 acres in Tier 1, 

95,000 acres in Tier 2, 79,000 acres in 

Tier 3 and 26,000 acres in Tier 4. Based 

on the tier payment system Florida 

citrus payments alone could be more 

than $350 million for producers without 

insurance or NAP coverage and $368 

million for producers with insurance or 

NAP coverage. However, most 

producers have received some form of 


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payment already and are not eligible to 

receive payment under this program due 

to the payment limitations provisions. 

As of November 14, 2006, the Federal 

Crop Insurance Cooperation (FCIC) has 

paid out $463.8 million, including 

nearly $60 million for citrus. Limited 

payment data from other payment 

sources prevents a definite calculation 

of payments paid to producers to date. 

Eligible producers’ payments are not 

expected to exceed $95 million. If 

payments exceed $95 million, payments 

to eligible producers will be reduced by 

a uniform national percentage 

determined by CCC. 

Livestock 

The estimated $50 million in 

expected claims for the 2006 LIP–II ($30 

million) and the 2006 LCP ($20 million) 

are expected to significantly affect 

individual farmers; however these 

programs are not expected to have 

noticeable effects on aggregate social 

welfare. In comparison, FSA paid $16.9 

billion to farmers and ranchers in fiscal 

2005, with the largest payments 

category being $8 billion paid under the 

Direct and Counter Cyclical Program. 

However, payments to individual 

claimants should provide needed 

monetary relief from significant 

financial losses suffered as a result of 

conditions related to the 2005 

Hurricanes. 

Trees 

Estimated TAP program payments 

range from $4.6 million to $8.6 million, 

with a most likely estimate of $5.5 

million. Throughout the range of 

estimates, Florida comprises 63 percent 

of the estimated damage to fruit and nut 

trees, vines and bushes, and thus would 

receive a similar level of total TAP 

assistance. 

List of Subjects for 7 CFR Part 1416 

Agriculture, Citrus fruits, Disaster 

assistance, Fish, Livestock, Nursery 

stock. 

■ For the reasons set forth above, 7 CFR 

part 1416 is added as follows: 

PART 1416—2006 EMERGENCY 

AGRICULTURAL DISASTER 

ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 

Subpart A—General Provisions for 2006 

Emergency Agricultural Disaster 

Assistance Programs 

Sec. 

1416.1 Applicability. 

1416.2 Eligible counties, hurricanes, and 

disaster periods. 

1416.3 Administration. 

1416.4 Definitions. 

1416.5 Application for payment. 

1416.6 Limitations on payments and other 

benefits. 

1416.7 Insurance requirements. 

1416.8 Appeals. 

1416.9 Offsets, assignments, and debt 

settlement. 

1416.10 Records and inspections thereof. 

1416.11 Refunds; joint and several liability. 

Subpart B—Livestock Compensation 

Program 

1416.100 Applicability. 

1416.101 Definitions. 

1416.102 Eligible livestock and producers. 

1416.103 Application process. 

1416.104 Payment calculation. 

1416.105 Availability of funds. 

Subpart C—Livestock Indemnity Program II 

1416.200 Applicability. 

1416.201 Definitions. 

1416.202 Eligible owners and contract 

growers. 

1416.203 Eligible livestock. 

1416.204 Application process. 

1416.205 Payment calculation. 

1416.206 Availability of funds. 

Subpart D—Citrus Disaster Program 

1416.300 Applicability. 

1416.301 Definitions. 

1416.302 Eligible crops and producers. 

1416.303 Application process. 

1416.304 Payment calculations. 

1416.305 Availability of funds. 

Subpart E—Fruit and Vegetable Disaster 

Program 

1416.400 Applicability. 

1416.401 Definitions. 

1416.402 Eligible fruit and vegetable 

producers. 

1416.403 Application process. 

1416.404 Payment calculations. 

1416.405 Availability of funds. 

Subpart F—Tropical Fruit Disaster Program 

1416.500 Applicability. 

1416.501 Definitions. 

1416.502 Eligibility requirements. 

1416.503 Application process. 

1416.504 Payment calculation. 

1416.505 Availability of funds. 

Subpart G—Nursery Disaster Program 

1416.600 Applicability. 

1416.601 Eligibility requirements. 

1416.602 Application process. 

1416.603 Payment calculations. 

1416.604 Availability of funds. 

Subpart H—2005 Hurricane Tree Assistance 

Program 

1416.700 Applicability. 

1416.701 Definitions. 

1416.702 Eligible producers and stands. 

1416.703 Application process. 

1416.704 Payment calculation. 

1416.705 Obligations of a participant. 

Subpart I—2005 Catfish Grant Program 

1416.800 General. 

Authority: Title III, Pub. L. 109–234, 120 

Stat. 474; 16 U.S.C. 3801, note. 

Subpart A—General Provisions for 

2006 Emergency Agricultural Disaster 

Assistance Programs 

§ 1416.1 Applicability. 

(a) This part establishes the terms and 

conditions under which the following 

programs will be administered under 

Title III of the Emergency Supplemental 

Appropriations Act for Defense, the 

Global War on Terror, and Hurricane 

Recovery, 2006 for producers affected 

by the 2005 hurricanes listed in 

§ 1416.2: 

(1) Livestock Compensation Program 

(LCP); 

(2) Livestock Indemnity Program II 

(LIP II); 

(3) Citrus Disaster Program (Citrus 

Disaster); 

(4) Fruit and Vegetable Disaster 

Program (Fruit and Vegetable Disaster); 

(5) Tropical Fruit Disaster Program 

(Tropical Fruit); 

(6) Nursery Disaster Program 

(Nursery); 

(7) 2005 Hurricane Tree Assistance 

Program (Hurricane TAP); 

(8) Catfish Grant Program (Catfish 

Grants). 

(b) The amount that may be expended 

for payments under subparts B through 

I of this part shall not exceed the 

amounts authorized in Title III of the 

Emergency Supplemental 

Appropriations Act for Defense, the 

Global War on Terror, and Hurricane 

Recovery, 2006. 

(c) To be eligible for payments under 

these programs, producers must comply 

with all applicable provisions under 

subparts B through I of this part. 

§ 1416.2 Eligible counties, hurricanes, and 

disaster periods. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this section, the Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) will provide 

assistance under the programs listed in 

§ 1416.1 to eligible producers who have 

suffered certain losses due to 2005 

hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia, Rita, or 

Wilma, or a related condition, in the 

counties provided in paragraph (d) of 

this section. CCC funds for the programs 

in subparts B through I of this part are 

made available under the Emergency 

Supplemental Appropriations Act for 

Defense, the Global War on Terror, and 

Hurricane Recovery, 2006. 

(b) The ‘‘Disaster Period’’ is the time 

period in which losses occurred that 

may be considered eligible for the 

programs under subparts B, C, H and I 

of this part. 

(c) The Emergency Supplemental 

Appropriations Act for Defense, the 

Global War on Terror, and Hurricane 

Recovery, 2006 provides that no 


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producer receives duplicative payments 

under the programs in subparts B 

through I of this part and any other 

Federal program for the same loss. 

Under the regulations at 7 CFR part 760, 

Subpart E, eligible livestock owners and 

contract growers were provided benefits 

for certain livestock deaths that 

occurred as a result of 2005 hurricanes 

Dennis, Katrina, Ophelia, Rita, or Wilma 

in many of the same counties as 

provided in paragraph (d) of this 

section. The benefits provided under 7 

CFR part 760, Subpart E, are 

significantly greater than the benefits to 

be provided under Subpart C of this 

part. Accordingly, to ensure the 

statutory requirement that no producer 

receives duplicative payments under the 

program in Subpart C of this section and 

any other Federal program for the same 

loss, eligible livestock under the 

program in Subpart C of this section 

shall be limited to catfish and crawfish 

in any county listed in paragraph (d) of 

this section that was an eligible county 

under 7 CFR 760.101. 

(d) Counties are eligible for 

emergency disaster assistance under this 

Act if they received a Presidential 

designation or Secretarial declaration or 

are counties contiguous to such 

counties. Accordingly, the following 

counties are eligible: 

State County 

Disaster period 

Katrina Ophelia Rita Wilma 

Alabama ................ Baldwin ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Bibb ...................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Blount ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Butler .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Chilton .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Choctaw ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Clarke ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Colbert .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Conecuh ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Covington ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Cullman ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Dallas .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Escambia .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Fayette .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Franklin ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Alabama ................ Geneva ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Greene .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Hale ...................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Jefferson ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Lamar ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Lauderdale ............ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Lawrence .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Limestone ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Lowndes ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Marengo ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Marion ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Marshall ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Mobile ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Monroe ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Morgan ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Perry ..................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Pickens ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ St. Clair ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Shelby ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Sumter .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Tuscaloosa ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Walker .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Washington ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Wilcox ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Alabama ................ Winston ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Arkansas ............... Ashley ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Arkansas ............... Chicot ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Arkansas ............... Columbia .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Arkansas ............... Crittenden ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Arkansas ............... Desha ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Arkansas ............... Lafayette ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Arkansas ............... Lee ........................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Arkansas ............... Miller ..................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Arkansas ............... Phillips .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Arkansas ............... St. Francis ............ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Arkansas ............... Union .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Florida ................... Bay ....................... 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Brevard ................. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Broward ................ 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Calhoun ................ 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Charlotte ............... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Collier ................... 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... De Soto ................ ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 


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State County 

Disaster period 

Katrina Ophelia Rita Wilma 

Florida ................... Escambia .............. 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Franklin ................. 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Glades .................. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Gulf ....................... 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Hardee .................. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Hendry .................. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Highlands .............. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Hillsborough .......... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Holmes ................. 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Indian River .......... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Jackson ................ 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Lee ........................ ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Liberty ................... 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Manatee ................ ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Martin .................... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Miami-Dade .......... 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Monroe ................. 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Okaloosa .............. 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Okeechobee ......... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Orange .................. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Osceola ................ ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Palm Beach .......... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Polk ....................... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... St. Lucie ............... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Santa Rosa ........... 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Sarasota ............... ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Volusia .................. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... 10/23/05–12/22/05 

Florida ................... Wakulla ................. 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Walton .................. 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Florida ................... Washington ........... 8/24/05–10/23/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... Acadia ................... 8/29/05–10/23/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Allen ...................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Ascension ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Assumption ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... Avoyelles .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Beauregard ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Bienville ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Bossier .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Caddo ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Calcasieu .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Caldwell ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Cameron ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Catahoula ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Claiborne .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Concordia ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... De Soto ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... East Baton Rouge 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... East Carroll ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... East Feliciana ....... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... Evangeline ............ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Franklin ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Grant ..................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Iberia ..................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Iberville ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... Jackson ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Jefferson ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Jefferson Davis ..... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Lafayette ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Lafourche .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... La Salle ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Lincoln .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Livingston ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Madison ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Morehouse ............ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Natchitoches ......... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Orleans ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... Ouachita ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Plaquemines ......... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Pointe Coupee ...... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... Rapides ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Red River ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Richland ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................


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Louisiana ............... St. Bernard ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... St. Charles ............ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... St. Helena ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... St. James ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... St. John the Baptist.8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... St. Landry ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... St. Martin .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... St. Mary ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... St. Tammany ........ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Tangipahoa ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... Tensas .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Terrebonne ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Union .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Vermilion ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Vernon .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... Washington ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... Webster ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... West Baton Rouge 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... West Carroll .......... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Louisiana ............... West Feliciana ...... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Louisiana ............... Winn ..................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Adams .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Alcorn ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Amite .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Attala .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Benton .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Bolivar ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Calhoun ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Carroll ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Chickasaw ............ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Choctaw ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Claiborne .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Clarke ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Clay ...................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Coahoma .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Copiah .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Covington ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. De Soto ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Forrest .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Franklin ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. George .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Greene .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Grenada ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Hancock ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Harrison ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Hinds .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Holmes ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Humphreys ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Issaquena ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Itawamba .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Jackson ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Jasper ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Jefferson ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Jefferson Davis ..... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Jones .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Kemper ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Lafayette ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Lamar ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Lauderdale ............ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Lawrence .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Leake .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Lee ........................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Leflore ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Lincoln .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Lowndes ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Madison ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Marion ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Marshall ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Monroe ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Montgomery .......... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................


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Mississippi ............. Neshoba ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Newton ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Noxubee ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Oktibbeha ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Panola .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Pearl River ............ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Perry ..................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Pike ....................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Pontotoc ............... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Mississippi ............. Prentiss ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Quitman ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Rankin .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Scott ..................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Sharkey ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Simpson ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Smith .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Stone .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Sunflower .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Tallahatchie .......... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Tate ...................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Tippah ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Tishomingo ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Tunica ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Union .................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Mississippi ............. Walthall ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Warren .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Washington ........... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Wayne .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Webster ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Wilkinson .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Winston ................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Yalobusha ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Mississippi ............. Yazoo ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

North Carolina ....... Beaufort ................ ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Bladen .................. ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Brunswick ............. ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Carteret ................. ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Columbus ............. ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Craven .................. ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Currituck ............... ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Dare ...................... ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Duplin ................... ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Hyde ..................... ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Jones .................... ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Lenoir .................... ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... New Hanover ........ ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Onslow .................. ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Pamlico ................. ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Pender .................. ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Pitt ........................ ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Sampson .............. ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Tyrell ..................... ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

North Carolina ....... Washington ........... ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

South Carolina ...... Horry ..................... ...................................... 9/11/05–11/10/05 ...................................... ......................................

Tennessee ............ Fayette .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Tennessee ............ Giles ..................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Tennessee ............ Hardeman ............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Tennessee ............ Hardin ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Tennessee ............ Lawrence .............. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Tennessee ............ McNairy ................ 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Tennessee ............ Shelby ................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Tennessee ............ Wayne .................. 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... ...................................... ......................................

Texas .................... Anderson .............. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Angelina ................ ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Austin .................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Brazoria ................ ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Cass ..................... 8/29/05–10/28/05 ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Chambers ............. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Cherokee .............. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Fort Bend .............. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Galveston ............. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Gregg .................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................


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Texas .................... Grimes .................. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Hardin ................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Harris .................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Harrison ................ ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Henderson ............ ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Houston ................ ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Jasper ................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Jefferson ............... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Leon ...................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Liberty ................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Madison ................ ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Marion ................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Matagorda ............ ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Montgomery .......... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Morris .................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Nacogdoches ........ ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Newton ................. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Orange .................. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Panola .................. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Polk ....................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Rusk ..................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Sabine .................. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... San Augustine ...... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... San Jacinto ........... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Shelby ................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Smith .................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Trinity .................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Tyler ...................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Upshur .................. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Walker .................. ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Waller ................... ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

Texas .................... Wharton ................ ...................................... ...................................... 9/23/05–11/22/05 ......................................

§ 1416.3 Administration. 

(a) These programs are administered 

under the general supervision of the 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency 

(FSA), or Executive Vice President of 

CCC. 

(b) CCC representatives do not have 

authority to modify or waive any of the 

provisions of the regulations of subparts 

B through I of this part. 

(c) The State FSA committee shall 

take any action required by the 

regulations of subparts B through H of 

this part that the county FSA committee 

has not taken. The State committee shall 

also: 

(1) Correct, or require a county 

committee to correct, any action taken 

by such county committee that is not in 

accordance with the regulations of 

subparts B through H of this part; or 

(2) Require a county committee to 

withhold taking any action that is not in 

accordance with subparts B through H 

of this part. 

(d) No provision or delegation to a 

State or county FSA committee shall 

preclude the Executive Vice President, 

CCC, FSA Deputy Administrator for 

Farm Programs (Deputy Administrator), 

or a designee of such, from determining 

any question arising under the program 

or from reversing or modifying any 

determination made by a State or county 

FSA committee. 

§ 1416.4 Definitions. 

The following definitions apply to the 

programs in subparts B through H of 

this part. The definitions in parts 718 

and 1400 of this chapter shall also 

apply, except where they conflict with 

the definitions in this section. 

Application period means the date 

established by the Deputy Administrator 

for producers to apply for program 

benefits. 

Bush means a thick densely branched 

woody shrub grown in the ground for 

the production of an annual crop for 

commercial market for human 

consumption. 

Commercial use means used in the 

operation of a business activity engaged 

in as a means of livelihood for profit by 

the eligible producer. 

Crop insurance means an insurance 

policy reinsured by the Federal Crop 

Insurance Corporation under the 

Federal Crop Insurance Act, as 

amended. 

Farming operation means a business 

enterprise engaged in producing 

agricultural products. 

Owner means one who had legal 

ownership of the trees, bushes, vines, or 

livestock for which benefits are being 

requested under subparts B through H, 

on the day such plant or livestock 

perished or suffered losses due to an 

eligible hurricane. 

Tier means the geographic bands of 

damage generally correlating to the 

severity of damage caused by the 

maximum sustained winds of the 

applicable hurricanes. 

Tree means a tree (including a 

Christmas tree, ornamental tree, nursery 

tree, and potted tree). 

Vine means a perennial plant grown 

under normal conditions from which an 

annual fruit crop is produced for 

commercial market for human 

consumption, such as grape, kiwi, or 

passion fruit that has a flexible stem 

supported by climbing, twining, or 

creeping along a surface. 

§ 1416.5 Application for payment. 

(a) A producer who applies for any 

program under subparts B through H of 

this part shall submit an application and 

required supporting documentation to 

the county FSA office serving the 

county where the eligible loss occurred; 

or in the case of LCP, where the eligible 

livestock were physically located on the 

applicable date. 

(b) The application must be filed 

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announced by the Deputy 

Administrator. 

(c) Payments may be made for eligible 

losses suffered by an eligible producer 

who is now deceased or is a dissolved 

entity if a representative who currently 

has authority to enter into a contract for 

the producer signs the application for 

payment. Proof of authority to sign for 

the deceased producer or dissolved 

entity must be provided. If a producer 

is now a dissolved general partnership 

or joint venture, all members of the 

general partnership or joint venture at 

the time of dissolution or their duly 

authorized representatives must sign the 

application for payment. 

(d) Data furnished by the applicant 

will be used to determine eligibility for 

program benefits. Furnishing the data is 

voluntary; however, without all 

required data program benefits will not 

be approved or provided. 

(e) A minor child shall be eligible to 

apply for program benefits so long as all 

eligibility requirements are met and one 

of the following conditions exists: 

(1) The right of majority has been 

conferred upon the minor by court 

proceedings or statute; 

(2) A guardian has been appointed to 

manage the minor’s property, and the 

applicable program documents are 

executed by the guardian; or 

(3) A bond is furnished under which 

a surety guarantees any loss incurred for 

which the minor would be liable had 

the minor been an adult. 

§ 1416.6 Limitations on payments and 

other benefits. 

(a) A producer may receive no more 

than $80,000 under LCP, subpart B of 

this part. 

(b) A producer may receive no more 

than $80,000 under LIP–II, subpart C of 

this part. 

(c) A single producer may receive no 

more than $80,000 total combined 

payments from subpart D of this part, 

the Citrus Disaster Program, subpart E of 

this part, the Fruit and Vegetable 

Program, subpart F of this part, the 

Tropical Fruit Program, and subpart G 

of this part, the Nursery Program. 

(d) Limits per person for payments 

made under subpart I of this part for 

Catfish Grants will be $80,000 per 

producer. This limit shall be enforced 

by the State administering the grant 

program. 

(e) An individual or entity whose 

adjusted gross income is in excess of 

$2.5 million, as determined under part 

1400 of this title, shall not be eligible to 

receive benefits under this part, except 

for TAP and Catfish Grants. 

(f) As a condition to receive benefits 

under this part, a producer must have 

been in compliance with the provisions 

of parts 12 and 718 of this title for the 

2005 crop year and must not otherwise 

be barred from receiving benefits under 

any law. 

(g) An individual or entity determined 

to be a foreign person under part 1400 

of this title shall not be eligible to 

receive benefits under this part. 

(h) In addition to limitations provided 

in each subpart of this part, producers 

cannot receive duplicate benefits under 

this part and any other Federal 

programs for the same loss, including 

but not limited to the following: 

(1) Crop insurance indemnity 

payments under 7 CFR Part 400; 

(2) The Noninsured Crop Disaster 

Assistance Program, part 1437 of this 

chapter; 

(3) Part 701 of this title, the 

Emergency Conservation Program; 

(4) The Hurricane Indemnity Program, 

subpart C of part 760 of this title. 

(i) An applicant’s actual loss or actual 

costs incurred because of losses due to 

an eligible hurricane must equal or 

exceed the benefit requested under this 

part. 

§ 1416.7 Insurance requirements. 

For the Citrus, Fruit and Vegetable, 

Tropical Fruit and Nursery Disaster 

Programs: 

(a) Payment rates for producers who 

did not have crop insurance or coverage 

under the Noninsured Crop Disaster 

Assistance Program (NAP) will be 5 

percent less than the rates received by 

producers who did have crop insurance 

or NAP coverage. 

(b) Eligible producers who elected to 

not purchase crop insurance on an 

insurable crop, or to sign up for NAP 

that was available on an uninsurable 

crop for which benefits are received 

under these programs, must purchase 

such coverage for the next available 

coverage period in the form of: 

(1) Crop insurance that is, at a 

minimum, at least at the catastrophic 

level on that crop, although producers 

required to purchase a citrus policy may 

purchase a fruit or tree policy; or 

(2) NAP coverage. 

(c) If a producer who is required to 

purchase crop insurance or NAP for the 

applicable year fails to do so, the 

producer must refund any disaster 

payment made under these programs. 

Required refunds will be serviced as a 

claim under part 1403 of this chapter. 

§ 1416.8 Appeals. 

The appeal regulations set forth at 

parts 11 and 780 of this title apply to 

determinations made pursuant to 

subparts B through H of this part. 

§ 1416.9 Offsets, assignments, and debt 

settlement. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b) of this section, any payment or 

portion thereof to any producer shall be 

made without regard to questions of title 

under State law and without regard to 

any claim or lien against the 

commodity, or proceeds thereof, in 

favor of the owner or any other creditor 

except agencies of the U.S. Government. 

The regulations governing offsets and 

withholdings found at parts 792 and 

1403 of this title apply to payments 

made under subparts B through H of 

this part. 

(b) Any producer entitled to any 

payment may assign any payments in 

accordance with regulations governing 

the assignment of payments found at 

part 1404 of this chapter. 

§ 1416.10 Records and inspections 

thereof. 

Producers receiving payments under 

the programs in subparts B through H or 

any other person who furnishes 

information for the purposes of enabling 

such producer to receive a payment 

under subparts B through H of this part 

shall maintain any books, records, and 

accounts supporting any information so 

furnished for 3 years following the end 

of the year during which the application 

for payment was filed. Producers 

receiving payments or any other person 

who furnishes such information to CCC 

shall permit authorized representatives 

of USDA and the General Accounting 

Office during regular business hours to 

inspect, examine, and to allow such 

persons to make copies of such books or 

records, and to enter upon, inspect and 

verify all applicable livestock and 

acreage in which the applicant has an 

interest for the purpose of confirming 

the accuracy of the information 

provided by the applicant. 

§ 1416.11 Refunds; joint and several 

liability. 

In the event there is a failure to 

comply with any term, requirement, or 

condition for payment or assistance 

arising under subparts B through H of 

this part, and if any refund of a payment 

to CCC shall otherwise become due in 

connection with this part, all payments 

made in regard to such matter shall be 

refunded to CCC together with interest 

and late-payment charges as provided 

for in part 792 of this title. 

Subpart B—Livestock Compensation 

Program 

§ 1416.100 Applicability. 

This subpart sets forth the terms and 

conditions applicable to the Livestock 

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§ 1416.101 Definitions. 

The following definitions apply to 

this subpart. 

Adult beef bulls means male bovine 

animals that were at least 2 years old 

and used for breeding purposes on the 

beginning date of the applicable disaster 

period. 

Adult beef cows means female bovine 

animals that had delivered one or more 

offspring before the beginning date of 

the disaster period. A first-time bred 

beef heifer shall also be considered an 

adult beef cow if it was pregnant on the 

beginning date of the disaster period. 

Adult buffalo and beefalo bulls means 

male animals of those breeds that were 

at least 2 years old and used for 

breeding purposes on the beginning date 

of the disaster period. 

Adult buffalo and beefalo cows means 

female animals of those breeds that had 

delivered one or more offspring before 

the beginning date of the applicable 

disaster period. A first-time bred buffalo 

or beefalo heifer shall also be 

considered to be an adult buffalo or 

beefalo cow if it was pregnant on the 

beginning date of the disaster period. 

Adult dairy bulls means male bovine 

animals of a breed used for producing 

milk for human consumption that were 

at least 2 years old and used for 

breeding dairy cows on the beginning 

date of the disaster period. 

Adult dairy cows means female 

bovine animals used for the purpose of 

providing milk for human consumption 

that had delivered one or more offspring 

before the beginning date of the disaster 

period. A first-time bred dairy heifer 

shall also be considered an adult dairy 

cow if it was pregnant on the beginning 

date of the disaster period. 

Agricultural operation means a 

farming operation. 

Application means the ‘‘2005 

Hurricanes Livestock Compensation 

Program Application’’ form. 

Disaster period means the applicable 

disaster period as set forth in § 1416.2. 

Equine animal means a domesticated 

horse, mule or donkey. 

Goat means a domesticated, ruminant 

mammal of the genus Capra, including 

Angora goats. 

Non-adult beef cattle means male, 

female or neutered male bovine animals 

that weighed 500 pounds or more on the 

beginning date of the disaster period, 

but do not meet the definition of adult 

beef cows or bulls. 

Non-adult buffalo/beefalo means 

male, female or neutered male animals 

of those breeds that weighed 500 

pounds or more on the beginning date 

of the disaster period, but do not meet 

the definition of an adult buffalo or 

beefalo cow or bull. 

Non-adult dairy cattle means male, 

female or neutered male bovine 

livestock, of a breed used for the 

purpose of providing milk for human 

consumption, that weighed 500 pounds 

or more on the beginning date of the 

disaster period, but do not meet the 

definition adult dairy cows or bulls. 

Poultry means domesticated chickens, 

turkeys, ducks and geese. Poultry will 

be further delineated by sex, age and 

purpose of production, as determined 

by CCC. 

Sheep means domesticated, ruminant 

mammals of the genus Ovis. 

Swine means domesticated 

omnivorous pigs, hogs, and boars. 

Swine will be further delineated by sex 

and weight as determined by CCC. 

§ 1416.102 Eligible livestock and 

producers. 

(a) To be considered eligible, livestock 

must meet all the following conditions: 

(1) Be adult or non-adult dairy cattle, 

beef cattle, buffalo, beefalo, equine, 

poultry, elk, reindeer, sheep, goats, 

swine or deer; 

(2) Been physically located in an 

eligible county on the beginning date of 

the disaster period; 

(3) Been maintained for commercial 

use as part of a farming operation on the 

beginning date of the disaster period; 

and 

(4) Not have been produced and 

maintained for reasons other than 

commercial use as part of a farming 

operation. Such excluded uses include, 

but are not limited to wild free roaming 

animals or animals used for recreational 

purposes, such as pleasure, hunting, 

pets, or for show. 

(b) To be considered an eligible 

livestock producer, a producer must 

have: 

(1) Owned or cash-leased, but not 

both for the same livestock, eligible 

livestock on the beginning date of the 

disaster period; and 

(2) Suffered a loss of feed: 

(i) From produced or purchased 

forage or feedstuffs which was: 

(A) Damaged or destroyed by an 

eligible hurricane; and 

(B) Physically located in an eligible 

county; and 

(C) Intended for use as feed for only 

the livestock found eligible under 

paragraph (a) of this section. 

(ii) The value of such loss, as 

determined by CCC, equals or exceeds 

the amount calculated according to 

§ 1416.104(a). 

§ 1416.103 Application process. 

(a) Applicants must submit to CCC: 

(1) A completed application in 

accordance with § 1416.5; 

(2) Adequate proof, as determined by 

CCC, that the feed lost: 

(i) Was for the claimed eligible 

livestock; 

(ii) Occurred as a direct result of the 

eligible hurricane during the disaster 

period; and 

(iii) Had a value, as determined by 

CCC, equal to or greater than the amount 

calculated in accordance with 

§ 1416.104(a); and 

(iv) Any other supporting 

documentation as determined by CCC to 

be necessary to make a determination of 

eligibility of the applicant. Supporting 

documents include, but are not limited 

to: verifiable purchase records; 

veterinarian records; bank or other loan 

papers; rendering truck receipts; Federal 

Emergency Management Agency 

records; National Guard records; written 

contracts; production records; Internal 

Revenue Service records; property tax 

records; private insurance documents; 

sales records, and similar documents. 

(b) [Reserved] 

§ 1416.104 Payment calculation. 

(a) LCP payments are calculated by 

multiplying the national payment rate 

for each livestock category, as provided 

in paragraph (c) of this section, by the 

number of eligible livestock in each 

category. The national payment rate 

represents the cost of the amount of 

corn needed to maintain the specific 

livestock for 30 days, as determined by 

CCC. Adjustments shall be applied in 

accordance with paragraph (b) of this 

section and § 1416.105; 

(b) The LCP payment calculated in 

accordance with paragraph (a) of this 

section shall be reduced by the amount 

the applicant received for the specific 

livestock under the Feed Indemnity 

Program in accordance with subpart D 

of part 760 of this title. 

(c) The eligible livestock categories 

are: 

(1) Adult beef cows or bulls; 

(2) Non-adult beef cattle; 

(3) Adult buffalo or beefalo cows or 

bulls; 

(4) Non-adult buffalo or beefalo; 

(5) Adult dairy cows or bulls; 

(6) Non-adult dairy cattle; 

(7) Goats; 

(8) Sheep; 

(9) Equine; 

(10) Reindeer; 

(11) Elk; 

(12) Poultry; and 

(13) Deer. 

§ 1416.105 Availability of funds. 

(a) In the event that the total amount 

of eligible claims submitted under this 

subpart and subpart I of this part 

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be reduced by a uniform national 

percentage, as determined by CCC, 

(b) Such payment reduction shall be 

applied after the imposition of perperson payment limitations as provided 

in § 1416.6. 

Subpart C—Livestock Indemnity 

Program II 

§ 1416.200 Applicability. 

(a) This subpart sets forth the terms 

and conditions applicable to the 

Livestock Indemnity Program II (LIP–II). 

(b) Eligible livestock owners and 

contract growers will be compensated in 

accordance with § 1416.205 for eligible 

livestock deaths that occurred in eligible 

counties as a direct result of an eligible 

hurricane during the disaster period. 

§ 1416.201 Definitions. 

The following definitions are 

applicable for all purposes of 

administering LIP–II. 

Adult beef bull means a male bovine 

animal that was at least 2 years old and 

used for breeding purposes before it 

died. 

Adult beef cow means a female bovine 

animal that had delivered one or more 

offspring before dying. A first-time bred 

beef heifer shall also be considered an 

adult beef cow if it was pregnant at the 

time it died. 

Adult buffalo and beefalo bull means 

a male animal of those breeds that were 

at least 2 years old and used for 

breeding purposes before it died. 

Adult buffalo and beefalo cow means 

a female animal of those breeds that had 

delivered one or more offspring before 

dying. A first-time bred buffalo or 

beefalo heifer shall also be considered 

an adult buffalo or beefalo cow if it was 

pregnant at the time it died. 

Adult dairy bull means a male bovine 

animal of a breed used for producing 

milk for human consumption that was 

at least 2 years old and used for 

breeding dairy cows before it died. 

Adult dairy cow means a female 

bovine animal used for the purpose of 

providing milk for human consumption 

that had delivered one or more offspring 

before dying. A first-time bred dairy 

heifer shall also be considered an adult 

dairy cow if it was pregnant at the time 

it died. 

Agricultural operation means a 

farming operation. 

Application means the ‘‘2005 

Hurricanes Livestock Indemnity 

Program II Application’’ form. 

Buck means a male goat. 

Catfish means catfish grown as food 

for human consumption by a 

commercial operator on private property 

in water in a controlled environment. 

Contract means, with respect to 

contracts for the handling of livestock, 

a written agreement between a livestock 

owner and another individual or entity 

setting the specific terms, conditions 

and obligations of the parties involved 

regarding the production of livestock or 

livestock products. 

Controlled environment means an 

environment in which everything that 

can practicably be controlled with 

structures, facilities, growing media 

(including but not limited to water and 

nutrients) by the producer, is in fact 

controlled by the producer. 

Crawfish means crawfish grown as 

food for human consumption by a 

commercial operator on private property 

in water in a controlled environment. 

Disaster period means the applicable 

disaster period as set forth in § 1416.2. 

Doe means a female goat. 

Equine animal means a domesticated 

horse, mule or donkey. 

Ewe means a female sheep. 

Goat means a domesticated, ruminant 

mammal of the genus Capra, including 

Angora goats. Goats will be further 

delineated by sex (bucks and does) and 

age (kids). 

Kid means a goat less than 1 year old. 

Lamb means a sheep less than 1 year 

old. 

Non-adult beef cattle means male, 

female or neutered male bovines that do 

not meet the definition of adult beef 

cows or bulls. Non-adult beef cattle is 

further delineated by weight categories 

of less than 400 pounds, and 400 

pounds or more at the time they died. 

Non-adult buffalo or beefalo means a 

male, female or neutered male animal of 

those breeds that do not meet the 

definition of adult buffalo/beefalo cow 

or bull. Non-adult buffalo or beefalo is 

further delineated by weight categories 

of less than 400 pounds, and 400 

pounds or more at the time of death. 

Non-adult dairy cattle means male, 

female, or neutered male bovine 

livestock, of a breed used for the 

purpose of providing milk for human 

consumption, that do not meet the 

definition of adult dairy cows or bulls. 

Non-adult dairy cattle is further 

delineated by weight categories of less 

than 400 pounds, and 400 pounds or 

more at the time they died. 

Poultry means domesticated chickens, 

turkeys, ducks and geese. Poultry will 

be further delineated by sex, age and 

purpose of production, as determined 

by CCC. 

Ram means a male sheep. 

Sheep means domesticated, ruminant 

mammals of the genus Ovis. Sheep will 

be further delineated by sex (rams and 

ewes) and age (lambs). 

Swine means domesticated 

omnivorous pigs, hogs, and boars. 

Swine will be further delineated by sex 

and weight as determined by CCC. 

§ 1416.202 Eligible owners and contract 

growers. 

(a) To be considered eligible, a 

livestock owner must have had legal 

ownership of the eligible livestock, as 

provided in § 1416.203(a), on the day 

the livestock died. 

(b) To be considered eligible, a 

contract grower on the day the livestock 

died must have had: 

(1) A written agreement with the 

owner of eligible livestock setting the 

specific terms, conditions and 

obligations of the parties involved 

regarding the production of livestock; 

and 

(2) Control of the eligible livestock, as 

provided in § 1416.203(b), on the day 

the livestock died. 

§ 1416.203 Eligible livestock. 

(a) To be considered eligible livestock 

for eligible livestock owners, livestock: 

(1) In any county provided in 

§ 1416.2(d) that was an eligible county 

in accordance with 7 CFR 760.101, must 

meet all the following: 

(i) Be catfish or crawfish as defined in 

§ 1416.201; 

(ii) Died in an eligible county as a 

direct result of an applicable hurricane 

during the disaster period; 

(iii) Been maintained for commercial 

use as part of a farming operation on the 

day they died; and 

(iv) Before dying, not have been 

produced or maintained for reasons 

other than commercial use as part of a 

farming operation, including but not 

limited to wild free roaming animals or 

animals used for recreational purposes, 

such as pleasure, hunting, pets, or for 

show. 

(2) In any county provided in 

§ 1416.2(d) that was not an eligible 

county according to 7 CFR 760.101, 

must meet all the following: 

(i) Be adult or non-adult dairy cattle, 

beef cattle, buffalo, beefalo, catfish, 

crawfish, equine, sheep goats, swine, 

poultry or deer; 

(ii) Died in an eligible county as a 

direct result of an applicable hurricane 

during the disaster period; 

(iii) Been maintained for commercial 

use as part of a farming operation on the 

day they died; and 

(iv) Before dying, not have been 

produced or maintained for reasons 

other than commercial use as part of a 

farming operation, including but not 

limited to wild free roaming animals or 

animals used for recreational purposes, 

such as pleasure, hunting, pets, or for 

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(b) To be considered eligible livestock 

for eligible contract growers, livestock 

must meet all the following: 

(1) Be poultry as defined in 

§ 1416.201; 

(2) Died in an eligible county 

provided in § 1416.2(d) that was not an 

eligible county as provided in 7 CFR 

760.101; 

(3) Died as a direct result of an 

eligible hurricane during the applicable 

disaster period as set forth in § 1416.2; 

(4) Been maintained for commercial 

use as part of a farming operation on the 

day they died; and 

(5) Before dying, not have been 

produced or maintained for reasons 

other than commercial use as part of a 

farming operation, including but not 

limited to wild free roaming animals or 

animals used for recreational purposes, 

such as pleasure, hunting, pets, or for 

show. 

(c) No producer may receive 

duplicative payments under this subpart 

and any other Federal program for the 

same loss. Except catfish and crawfish, 

livestock that died in any county set 

forth in § 1416.2(d) that was an eligible 

county under § 760.101 of this title are 

not eligible livestock under this subpart. 

§ 1416.204 Application process. 

(a) Applicants must submit to CCC a 

completed application in accordance 

with § 1416.5, a copy of their grower 

contract if the applicant is a contract 

grower, and other supporting 

documents necessary for determining 

the eligibility of the applicant. 

Supporting documents must show: 

Evidence of loss; current physical 

location of livestock in inventory; and 

physical location of claimed livestock at 

the time of death. 

(b) Applicants must provide adequate 

proof that the death of the eligible 

livestock occurred in an eligible county 

as a direct result of an eligible hurricane 

during the disaster period. The quantity 

and kind of livestock that died as a 

direct result of the eligible hurricane 

may be documented by: Purchase 

records; veterinarian records; bank or 

other loan papers; rendering truck 

receipts; Federal Emergency 

Management Agency records; National 

Guard records; written contracts; 

production records, Internal Revenue 

Service records; property tax records; 

private insurance documents; and other 

similar verifiable documents, as 

determined by CCC. 

(c) Certifications of livestock deaths 

by third parties may be accepted only if 

both the following conditions are met: 

(1) The livestock owner or livestock 

contract grower, as applicable, certifies 

in writing: 

(i) That there is no other 

documentation of death available; 

(ii) The number of livestock, by 

category determined by the Deputy 

Administrator, were in inventory at the 

time the applicable hurricane occurred; 

(iii) Other details necessary for CCC to 

determine the certification acceptable; 

and 

(2) The third party provides their 

telephone number, address, and a 

written statement containing: 

(i) Specific details about their 

knowledge of the livestock deaths; 

(ii) Their affiliation with the livestock 

owner; 

(iii) The accuracy of the deaths 

claimed by the livestock owner; and 

(iv) Other details necessary for CCC to 

determine the certification acceptable. 

§ 1416.205 Payment calculation. 

(a) Under this subpart, separate 

payment rates are established for 

eligible livestock owners and eligible 

livestock contract growers in accordance 

with paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 

section. LIP–II payments are calculated 

by multiplying the national payment 

rate for each livestock category, as 

determined in paragraphs (b) and (c) of 

this section, by the number of eligible 

livestock in each category, as provided 

in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of this 

section. Adjustments shall be applied in 

accordance with paragraphs (d) and (e) 

of this section and § 1416.206. 

(b) The LIP–II national payment rate 

for eligible livestock owners is based on 

30 percent of the average fair market 

value of the livestock. 

(c) The LIP–II national payment rate 

for eligible livestock contract growers is 

based on 30 percent of the average 

income loss sustained by the contract 

grower with respect to the dead 

livestock. 

(d) The payment calculated for 

eligible livestock owners shall be 

reduced by the amount the applicant 

received for the specific livestock under: 

(1) Subpart E of Part 760 of this title, 

the Livestock Indemnity Program; 

(2) Subpart G of Part 760 of this title, 

the Aquaculture Program; and 

(3) Part 1437 of this chapter, the 

Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance 

Program. 

(e) The payment calculated for 

eligible livestock contract growers shall 

be reduced by the amount the applicant 

received for the specific livestock: 

(1) Under the Livestock Indemnity 

Program under Subpart E of Part 760 of 

this title; and 

(2) From the party who contracted 

with the producer to grow the livestock 

for the loss of income from the dead 

livestock. 

(f) The categories of eligible livestock 

in any county provided in § 1416.2(d) 

that was not an eligible county 

according to 7 CFR 760.101 for eligible 

livestock contract growers are as 

follows: 

(1) Chickens, layers, roasters; 

(2) Chickens, broilers, pullets; 

(3) Chickens, chicks; 

(4) Turkeys, toms, fryers, roasters; 

(5) Turkeys, poults; 

(6) Ducks; 

(7) Ducks, ducklings; 

(8) Geese, goose; and 

(9) Geese, gosling. 

(g) The categories of eligible livestock 

in any county provided in § 1416.2(d) 

that was not an eligible county 

according to 7 CFR 760.101 for eligible 

livestock owners are as follows: 

(1) Adult beef cows; 

(2) Adult beef bulls; 

(3) Non-adult beef cattle; 

(4) Adult buffalo or beefalo cows; 

(5) Adult buffalo or beefalo bulls; 

(6) Non-adult buffalo/beefalo; 

(7) Adult dairy cows; 

(8) Adult dairy bulls; 

(9) Non-adult dairy cattle; 

(10) Swine, sows, boars, barrows, gilts 

over 150 pounds; 

(11) Swine, sows, boars, barrows, gilts 

50 to 150 pounds; 

(12) Swine, feeder pigs under 50 

pounds; 

(13) Goats, bucks; 

(14) Goats, does; 

(15) Goats, kids; 

(16) Sheep, rams; 

(17) Sheep, ewes; 

(18) Sheep, lambs; 

(19) Deer; 

(20) Chickens, layers, roasters; 

(21) Chickens, broilers, pullets; 

(22) Chickens, chicks; 

(23) Turkeys, toms, fryers, roasters; 

(24) Turkeys, poults; 

(25) Ducks; 

(26) Ducks, ducklings; 

(27) Geese, goose; 

(28) Geese, gosling; 

(29) Catfish; 

(30) Crawfish; and 

(31) Equine. 

(h) The categories of eligible livestock 

in any county provided in § 1416.2(d) 

that was an eligible county according to 

7 CFR 760.101 for eligible livestock 

owners are as follows: 

(1) Catfish; and 

(2) Crawfish. 

§ 1416.206 Availability of funds. 

(a) In the event that the total amount 

of eligible claims submitted by eligible 

livestock owners under this subpart 

exceeds $30 million, each payment to 

eligible livestock owner shall be 

reduced by a uniform national 

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(b) Such payment reduction shall be 

applied after the imposition of the 

applicable per-person payment 

limitations in § 1416.6. 

Subpart D—Citrus Disaster Program 

§ 1416.300 Applicability. 

This subpart sets forth the terms and 

conditions applicable to the Citrus 

Disaster Program. 

§ 1416.301 Definitions. 

Citrus means eligible citrus types that 

are those listed within the Risk 

Management Agency (RMA) Florida 

Citrus Fruit Crop Provisions. 

Grove means contiguous acreage of 

the same citrus crop. 

§ 1416.302 Eligible crops and producers. 

(a) A producer must be an owner, 

operator, landlord, tenant, or 

sharecropper who shares in the risk of 

producing the citrus crop and is entitled 

to share in the crop available for 

marketing from the farm or would have 

shared had the crop been produced. 

Producers that did not market citrus in 

both 2004 and 2005 are not eligible, 

except producers with groves that will 

be of fruit-bearing age for 2006, but were 

too immature to producer marketable 

fruit in 2004 or 2005. 

(b)(1) Citrus producers will be 

reimbursed on a per-acre basis for each 

eligible grove. Payment will be based on 

the severity of destruction as 

determined by the paths of the storms 

and damage estimates by CCC 

considering levels of loss correlating to 

the severity of damage caused by 

maximum sustained winds of the 

hurricane. The levels of damage that 

will determine payment rates are as 

follows: 

Tier I—75 percent or greater crop loss 

and associated tree damage. 

Tier II—50 to 74 percent crop loss and 

associated tree damage/loss. 

Tier III—35 to 49 percent crop loss and 

associated tree damage/loss. 

Tier IV —15 percent and greater 

associated tree damage only. 

(2) Citrus producers who suffered 

citrus crop production losses and 

associated fruit-bearing tree damage, 

including related cleanup and 

rehabilitation costs, must provide to 

CCC a certified statement on a CCCapproved form of the level of 

destruction, the number of acres in the 

disaster-affected grove, and the 

geographic location of the losses. 

(c) If the actual level of loss is greater 

than the level of loss associated with the 

tier based on the location of the grove, 

the applicant may submit 

documentation to CCC to request the 

grove be placed in the next lowernumbered tier which represents a 

greater level of loss and a higher 

payment rate. Regardless of the level of 

loss incurred, the grove can only be 

placed in the next lower-numbered tier. 

(d) If the actual level of loss is less 

than the tier associated with the 

location band for the grove, the 

producer shall certify to the lower loss 

level, which must be 15 percent or 

more, on the application and a lower 

payment rate will be used by CCC based 

upon the tier rate associated with the 

lower loss level. 

§ 1416.303 Application process. 

(a) Producers wishing to receive 

benefits must submit a completed 

application and report of acreage 

identifying the geographic location and 

number of acres in the disaster-affected 

area to their local FSA Service Center at 

the time an application for payment is 

being filed according to § 1416.5. 

(b) Applicants must certify and 

provide adequate proof that the losses 

and expenses incurred to eligible citrus 

crops were a direct result of the 

hurricane, in accordance with § 1416.2. 

§ 1416.304 Payment calculations. 

(a) Payments will be calculated by 

multiplying the number of net acres in 

each tier times the applicable payment 

rate, as determined by CCC, times the 

producer’s share of the loss. The 

number of net acres is determined by 

subtracting drainage ditches, canals, and 

other such land uses from the citrus 

acres planted in the grove. The 

following table provides the applicable 

payment rates for producers with crop 

insurance or NAP coverage and those 

without coverage: 

Producers with 

insurance or NAP 

coverage 

Producers without 

insurance or NAP 

coverage 

Tier I ................................................................................................................................................. $1,500 $1,425 

Tier II ................................................................................................................................................ 1,000 950 

Tier III ............................................................................................................................................... 600 570 

Tier IV .............................................................................................................................................. 100 95 

(b) The percentages of the payment for 

citrus crops that are subject to the 

payment limitation and AGI provisions 

are: 

Tier I—55 percent 

Tier II —60 percent 

Tier III—64 percent 

Tier IV—0 percent 

(c) The percentages of the payment for 

citrus crops that are not subject to the 

payment limitation and AGI provisions 

are: 

Tier I—45 percent 

Tier II—40 percent 

Tier III—36 percent 

Tier IV—100 percent 

§ 1416.305 Availability of funds. 

(a) In the event that the total amount 

of eligible claims submitted by eligible 

citrus producers under this subpart and 

subparts E, F, and G of this part exceeds 

$95 million, each payment to an eligible 

citrus producer shall be reduced by a 

uniform national percentage, as 

determined by CCC. 

(b) Such payment reduction shall be 

applied after imposition of applicable 

per person payment limitation as 

provided in § 1416.6. 

Subpart E—Fruit and Vegetable 

Disaster Program 

§ 1416.400 Applicability. 

This subpart sets forth the terms and 

conditions applicable to the Fruit and 

Vegetable Disaster Program. 

§ 1416.401 Definitions. 

Other than plasticulture means 

conventional row-cropped fruits and 

vegetables, and those crops that are 

double cropped on a previous crop’s or 

season’s plastic. 

Plasticulture means production 

practices where the soil has been 

bedded, fumigated, fertilized, an 

irrigation system installed, and covered 

with plastic mulch. 

Specialty crop means any 

commercially grown fruit or vegetable 

eligible for crop insurance or NAP 

coverage. 

§ 1416.402 Eligible fruit and vegetable 

producers. 

(a) Producers of fruits and vegetables 

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than plasticulture’’ production practices 

are eligible for assistance. Producer 

must be an owner, operator, landlord, 

tenant, or sharecropper who shares in 

the risk of producing the crop and is 

entitled to share in the crop available for 

marketing from the farm or would have 

shared had the crop been produced. 

Payments will be made on a per-acre 

basis, and are based on tiers and the 

severity of destruction as specified for 

citrus crops and the type of production 

practice. 

(b) Producers must have at least a 35 

percent loss in production, or a 15 

percent or more associated crop damage. 

Producers must also document that the 

necessary materials and procedures 

were followed to produce vegetables 

using plasticulture or other than 

plasticulture. 

(c)(1) Fruit and vegetable producers 

will be reimbursed on a per-acre basis 

for eligible acreage. Payment will be 

based on the severity of destruction as 

determined by the paths of the storms 

and damage estimates developed by 

CCC. Estimates take into account levels 

of loss generally correlating to the 

severity of damage caused by maximum 

sustained winds of the applicable 

hurricanes. The levels of damage that 

will determine payment rates are as 

follows: 

Tier I—75 percent or greater crop and/ 

or yield loss 

Tier II—50 to 74 percent crop and/or 

yield loss 

Tier III—35 to 49 percent crop and/or 

yield loss 

Tier IV—15 percent or more crop and/ 

or field damage 

(2) Fruit and vegetable producers who 

suffered crop production losses and 

associated crop damage, including 

related cleanup, must provide to CCC a 

certified statement on a CCC approved 

form of the level of destruction, the 

number of the disaster affected acres, 

and the geographic location of the 

losses. 

(d) If the actual level of loss is greater 

than the tier associated with the 

location of the acreage, the applicant 

may submit documentation to CCC to 

request the acreage be placed in the next 

lower-numbered tier which represents a 

greater level of loss and a higher 

payment rate. 

(e) If the actual level of loss is less 

than the tier associated with the 

location of the acreage, the producer 

shall certify to the lower loss level on 

the application and a lower payment 

rate will be used by CCC based upon the 

tier rate associated with the lower loss 

level. 

§ 1416.403 Application process. 

(a) Producers wishing to receive 

benefits must submit a completed 

application and report of acreage 

identifying the geographic location and 

number of acres in the disaster-affected 

area to their local FSA Service Center at 

the time an application for payment is 

being filed according to § 1416.5. 

(b) Applicants must certify and 

provide adequate proof that the losses 

and expenses incurred to eligible fruit 

and vegetable crops were a direct result 

of the applicable disaster, as set forth in 

§ 1416.2. 

§ 1416.404 Payment calculations. 

(a) Payments will be calculated by 

multiplying the number of net acres in 

each tier times the applicable payment 

rate, as determined by CCC, times the 

producer’s share of the loss. The 

number of net acres is determined by 

subtracting drainage ditches, canals, and 

other such land uses from the planted 

fruit and vegetable acres. The following 

table provides the applicable payment 

rates for producers with crop insurance 

or NAP coverage and those without 

coverage: 

Producers with 

insurance or NAP 

coverage 

Producers without 

insurance or NAP 

coverage 

Plasticulture Other than 

plasticulture Plasticulture Other than plasticulture 

Tier I ................................................................................................. $3,750 $1,125 $3,560 $1,070 

Tier II ................................................................................................ 2,500 750 2,375 710 

Tier III ............................................................................................... 1,500 450 1,425 425 

Tier IV .............................................................................................. 250 75 235 70 

(b) The percentage of the payment for 

fruit and vegetable crops that are subject 

to the payment limitation and AGI 

provisions are: 

Tier I—94.6667 percent 

Tier II—94 percent 

Tier III—93.3333 percent 

Tier IV—0 percent 

(c) The percentage of the payment for 

fruit and vegetable crops that are not 

subject to the payment limitation and 

AGI provisions are: 

Tier I—5.3333 percent 

Tier II—6 percent 

Tier III—6.6667 percent 

Tier IV—0 percent 

(d) In addition to the prohibition in 

§ 1416.6(g) a producer may not receive 

duplicate benefits under this subpart 

and subpart H of this part, the 2005 

Hurricanes Tree Assistance Program. 

§ 1416.405 Availability of funds. 

(a) In the event that the total amount 

of eligible claims submitted by eligible 

fruit and vegetable producers under this 

subpart and subparts D, F, and G 

exceeds $95 million, each payment to 

an eligible fruit and vegetable producer 

shall be reduced by a uniform national 

percentage, as determined by CCC. 

(b) Such payment reduction shall be 

applied after imposition of applicable 

per person payment limitation as 

provided in § 1416.6. 

Subpart F—Tropical Fruit Disaster 

Program 

§ 1416.500 Applicability. 

This subpart sets forth the terms and 

conditions applicable to the Tropical 

Fruit Disaster Program. 

§ 1416.501 Definitions. 

Tropical Fruit means carambola, 

longan, lychee, and mangos for disaster 

program purposes. 

§ 1416.502 Eligibility requirements. 

(a) Eligible Tropical Fruit producers 

must have incurred 50 percent or greater 

loss in commercial production. 

(b) Only those acres of the four 

eligible fruits located in Tier I or II as 

designated under § 1416.2 shall be 

considered for payment under this 

subpart. 

§ 1416.503 Application process. 

(a) Producers wishing to receive 

benefits must submit a completed 

application and report of acreage 

identifying the geographic location and 

number of acres in the disaster-affected 

area to their local FSA Service Center at 

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being filed as provided in § 1416.5. 

Applications will not be accepted after 

such date as announced by FSA. 

Applications for assistance are available 

at local FSA Service Centers. 

(b) Applicants must certify and 

provide adequate proof that the losses 

and expenses incurred to eligible 

tropical fruit crops were a direct result 

of the applicable disaster, as set forth in 

§ 1416.2. 

§ 1416.504 Payment calculation. 

(a) Payments are calculated by 

multiplying the number of affected acres 

by the payment rate times the 

producer’s share of the crop. The 

payment rate for insured or NAP 

covered tropical fruit is a flat rate of 

$5000 per acre. The rate for uninsured 

or acreage without NAP coverage is 

$4750 per acre. The total payment is 

subject to the limitations in § 1416.6. 

(b) In addition to the prohibition in 

§ 1416.6(g), producers cannot receive 

duplicate benefits under this subpart 

and subpart H of this part, Hurricane 

TAP, for the same loss. 

§ 1416.505 Availability of funds. 

(a) In the event that the total amount 

of eligible claims submitted by eligible 

tropical fruit producers under this 

subpart and subparts D, E, and G 

exceeds $95 million, each payment to 

an eligible tropical fruit producer shall 

be reduced by a uniform national 

percentage, as determined by CCC. 

(b) Such payment reduction shall be 

applied after imposition of applicable 

per person payment limitation as 

provided in § 1416.6. 

Subpart G—Nursery Disaster Program 

§ 1416.600 Applicability. 

This subpart sets forth the terms and 

conditions applicable to the Nursery 

Disaster Program. 

§ 1416.601 Eligibility requirements. 

(a) Commercial ornamental nursery 

and fernery producers are eligible for 

assistance for inventory losses for each 

nursery or fernery operation and cleanup costs. For a nursery to be considered 

a commercial nursery, it must be 

certified by the appropriate state agency. 

Eligible producers include producers of 

the following types of nursery stock and 

such stock as announced by CCC: 

(1) Deciduous shrubs, broadleaf 

evergreens, coniferous evergreens, shade 

and flowering trees. 

(2) Stock for use as propagation in a 

commercial ornamental nursery 

operation. 

(3) Fruit or nut seedlings grown for 

sale as seed stock for commercial 

orchard operations growing fruit or 

nuts. 

(b) Eligible nursery inventory does not 

include: 

(1) Edible varieties. 

(2) Plants produced for reforestation 

purposes or for the purpose of 

producing a crop for which RMA does 

not provide insurance, or for which CCC 

does not provide assistance under NAP. 

(c) Losses will be determined on an 

individual-nursery basis. Production 

loss from one nursery will not be offset 

by production from another nursery 

operated by the same applicant. 

§ 1416.602 Application process. 

(a) Producers wishing to receive 

benefits must submit a completed 

application and report of acreage 

identifying the geographic location, 

number of acres in the disaster-affected 

area, the inventory value before the 

hurricane, and the inventory value after 

the hurricane to their local FSA Service 

Center at the time an application for 

payment is being filed as provided in 

§ 1416.5. The value of the inventory is 

the producer’s wholesale price list, less 

the maximum customer discount they 

provide, not to exceed the prices in 

RMA’s ‘‘Eligible Plant List and Price 

Schedule.’’

(b) Applicants must certify and 

provide adequate proof that the losses 

and expenses incurred to eligible 

nursery crops were a direct result of the 

applicable hurricane during the disaster 

period. 

§ 1416.603 Payment calculations. 

(a) Payments are calculated by 

multiplying the difference between the 

beginning and ending inventory value 

times 25 percent times the producer’s 

share of the loss. The payment for 

production loss is subject to the 

payment limitation and AGI provisions. 

(b) Producers are also eligible for a 

payment of $250 per acre for debris 

removal and associated costs from 

hurricane damage if they can document 

that these costs were equal to or greater 

than $250 per acre. None of the payment 

for cleanup is subject to the payment 

limitation and AGI provisions. 

(c) In addition to the prohibition of 

§ 1416.6(g), producers cannot receive 

duplicate benefits under this subpart 

and subpart H of this part, the Hurricane 

TAP, for the same loss. 

§ 1416.604 Availability of funds. 

(a) In the event that the total amount 

of eligible claims submitted by eligible 

nursery producers under this subpart 

and subparts D, E, and F exceeds $95 

million, each payment to an eligible 

nursery producer shall be reduced by a 

uniform national percentage, as 

determined by CCC. 

(b) Such payment reduction shall be 

applied after imposition of applicable 

per person payment limitation as 

provided in § 1416.6. 

Subpart H—2005 Hurricane Tree 

Assistance Program 

§ 1416.700 Applicability. 

This subpart sets forth the terms and 

conditions applicable to the 2005 

Hurricane Tree Assistance Program 

(TAP) for losses in eligible counties as 

defined according to § 1416.2. 

§ 1416.701 Definitions. 

Application means the ‘‘2005 

Hurricane Tree Assistance Program’’

Application form. 

Fruit tree means a woody perennial 

plant having a single main trunk, 

commonly exceeding 10 feet in height 

and usually devoid of branches below, 

but bearing a head of branches and 

foliage or crown of leaves at the summit 

that is grown for the production of an 

annual crop, including nuts, for 

commercial market for human 

consumption. 

Stand means a contiguous acreage of 

the same crop of trees (including 

Christmas trees, ornamental trees, 

nursery trees, and potted trees), bushes 

(including shrubs), or vines. 

§ 1416.702 Eligible producers and stands. 

(a) An eligible producer means an 

individual, or legal entity, including an 

Indian tribe as defined under the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act; an Indian organization 

or entity chartered under the Indian 

Reorganization Act; a tribal organization 

as defined under the Indian Self 

Determination Education and 

Assistance Act; or, an economic 

enterprise as defined under the Indian 

Financing Act of 1974, which owns a 

tree, bushes, or vine. 

(b) An eligible stand must: 

(1) Be physically located in an eligible 

county; 

(2) Have been impacted during an 

eligible disaster as set forth in § 1416.2; 

and 

(3) Be grown for commercial use. 

§ 1416.703 Application process. 

(a) A complete application for 2005 

Hurricane TAP benefits and related 

supporting documentation must be 

submitted to the county office prior to 

the deadline announced by the Deputy 

Administrator. 

(b) A complete application includes 

all of the following: 

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(2) Report of acreage identifying the 

geographic location and number of acres 

in the disaster-affected stand of claimed 

trees, bushes, and vines according to 

part 718 of this title; 

(3) A written estimate of the number 

of acres of trees, bushes or vines lost or 

damaged which is prepared by the 

owner or someone who is a qualified 

expert, as determined by the county 

committee; 

(4) Sufficient evidence of the loss to 

allow the county committee to calculate 

whether an eligible loss occurred. 

(c) Before requests will be approved, 

the county committee: 

(1) Must verify actual qualifying 

losses and the number of acres involved 

by on-site visual inspection of the land 

and trees, bushes or vines. 

(2) May request additional 

information and may consider all 

relevant information in making their 

determination, including their members’

own knowledge about the applicant’s 

normal operations. 

§ 1416.704 Payment calculation. 

(a) An approved eligible producer 

shall be reimbursed in an amount not to 

exceed 75 percent of the eligible costs 

for the qualifying practice. The payment 

shall be the lesser of the 75% of actual 

costs for the practice or the amount 

calculated using rates established by the 

Deputy Administrator. The costs 

permitted shall only be approved for: 

(1) Seedlings or cuttings, for trees, 

bushes or vine replanting; 

(2) Site preparation and debris 

handling within normal cultural 

practices for the type of individual 

stand being re-established and necessary 

to ensure successful plant survival; 

(3) Chemicals and nutrients necessary 

for successful establishment; 

(4) Labor to plant seedlings or cuttings 

as determined reasonable by the county 

committee; 

(5) Replacement, rehabilitation, and 

pruning; and 

(6) Labor used to transplant existing 

seedlings established through natural 

regeneration into a productive tree 

stand. 

(b) Costs for fencing, irrigation, 

irrigation equipment, protection of 

seedlings from wildlife, general 

improvements, re-establishing 

structures, windscreens and other costs 

as determined by the Deputy 

Administrator are not eligible for 

reimbursement benefits. 

(c) When lost stands are replanted, the 

types planted may be different than 

those originally planted if the new types 

have the same general end use, as the 

county committee determines and 

approves. Payments will be based on the 

lesser of rates established to plant the 

types actually lost or the cost to 

establish the eligible alternative type 

used. If the species of plantings, 

seedlings or cuttings differs significantly 

from the species lost then, except as the 

county committee determines, the costs 

may not be reimbursed. 

(d) Eligible producers may elect not to 

replant or rehabilitate the entire eligible 

stand. If so, the county committee shall 

calculate payment based on the number 

of qualifying trees, bushes or vines 

actually replanted or rehabilitated. 

(e) In addition to the prohibition in 

§ 1416.6(g), and the payment limitation 

in § 783.6(f) of this title, producers 

cannot receive duplicate benefits under 

this subpart and subpart D of this part, 

the Hurricane Citrus Disaster Program, 

for the same loss. 

§ 1416.705 Obligations of a participant. 

(a) Eligible producers must execute all 

required documents and complete the 

2005 Hurricane TAP funded practice 

within 12 months of application 

approval. 

(b) If a person was erroneously 

determined to be eligible or becomes 

ineligible for all or part of a 2005 

Hurricane TAP benefit, the person and 

successor shall refund any payment 

paid under this part together with 

interest from the date of disbursement at 

a rate in accordance with part 1403 of 

this chapter. 

(c) Participants must allow 

representatives of FSA to visit the site 

for the purpose of certifying compliance 

with 2005 Hurricanes TAP 

requirements. 

Subpart I—2005 Catfish Grant Program 

§ 1416.800 General. 

(a) CCC will administer a limited 

program to provide assistance to catfish 

producers in eligible counties. Under 

the Catfish Grant Program, CCC will 

provide grants to the State governments 

of States where eligible counties are 

located. The amount of each grant will 

be based on the total value of the catfish 

feed loss suffered in every eligible 

county in the subject state as 

determined by CCC. Available grant 

funds under this subpart and funds 

under subpart B of this part will be 

uniformly prorated to ensure that 

available funding is not exceeded. 

Catfish producers in eligible counties 

who suffered at least a 30-day catfish 

feed loss may be eligible for these funds. 

Among other conditions of these grants, 

assistance provided by a State under 

such a grant to an applicant shall not 

exceed $80,000, except for general 

partnerships and joint ventures, in 

which case assistance shall not exceed 

$80,000 times the number of members 

that constitute the general partnership 

or joint venture. 

(b) No producer may receive duplicate 

payments under this subpart and any 

other Federal programs for the same 

loss. 

Signed in Washington, DC, February 2, 

2007. 

Thomas B. Hofeller, 

Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity 

Credit Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 07–590 Filed 2–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

7 CFR Part 1496 

RIN 0560–AH39 

Procurement of Commodities for 

Foreign Donation 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule adopts new 

procedures to be used by the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) in 

the evaluation of bids in connection 

with the procurement of commodities 

for foreign donation. CCC is amending 

the existing regulations to provide for 

the simultaneous review of commodity 

and ocean freight offers when evaluating 

lowest-landed cost options in 

connection with the procurement of 

commodities for foreign donation. This 

rule will enhance bidding opportunities 

for potential vendors while allowing 

CCC to more efficiently acquire 

commodities. 

DATES: Effective Date: February 12, 

2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard J. Chavez, United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

Farm Service Agency (FSA), Commodity 

Procurement Policy & Analysis Division 

(CPPAD), Room 5741–S, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250; Telephone: 

(202) 690–0194; Facsimile: (202) 690–

2221; E Mail: 

Richard.Chavez@USDA.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

CCC procures agricultural 

commodities for donation overseas 

under various food aid authorities. 

These authorities include Title II of the 

Agricultural Trade Development and 


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