[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 55497]
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[FR Doc No: 98-27780]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

7 CFR Part 457


Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Basic Provisions; and Various 
Crop Insurance Provisions; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulation 
which was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, December 10, 
1997 (62 FR 65130-65177). The regulation revised the late and prevented 
planting provisions in the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic 
Provisions and added definitions common to most crops.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Hoy, Insurance Management 
Specialist, Research and Development, Product Development Division, 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, United States Department of 
Agriculture, 9435 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO 64131, telephone (816) 
926-7730.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final regulation that is the subject of this correction was 
intended to provide policy changes that meet the needs of the insured, 
are easier to administer, and delete repetitive provisions contained in 
various Crop Provisions.

Need For Correction

    As published, the regulations for cotton and extra long staple 
(ELS) cotton, in the final rule for the ``Common Crop Insurance 
Regulations; and Various Crop Insurance Provisions,'' contained errors 
which may prove misleading and need to be clarified. The introductory 
headings in the cotton crop insurance provisions and ELS cotton crop 
insurance provisions state that the provisions are for the 1998 crop 
year; however, the intended effect of the regulations was for the 1998 
and succeeding crop years. These provisions were intended to reflect 
that the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) would solicit 
comments for establishing the 1999 and subsequent crop years prevented 
planting coverage level percentage. A proposed rule has been drafted by 
FCIC for publication in the Federal Register that includes solicitation 
of comments on the prevented planting coverage level for cotton and ELS 
cotton.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 457

    Cotton, Crop Insurance, ELS cotton.
    Accordingly, 7 CFR part 457 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 457--COMMON CROP INSURANCE REGULATIONS

    1. The authority citation for part 457 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1506(l), 1506(p).

Sec. 457.104  [Corrected]

    2. In Sec. 457.104, the introductory text is corrected to read:
    The cotton crop insurance provisions for the 1998 and succeeding 
crop years are as follows:
* * * * *


Sec. 457.105  [Corrected]

    3. In Sec. 457.105, the introductory text is corrected to read:
    The extra long staple cotton crop insurance provisions for the 1998 
and succeeding crop years are as follows:
* * * * *

    Signed in Washington DC, on October 8, 1998.
Kenneth D. Ackerman,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. 98-27780 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am]
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