[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 43 (Friday, March 3, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11457-11458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5163]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

7 CFR Part 457


Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Forage Production and Forage 
Seeding Crop Insurance Provisions; Correction

AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulation 
which was published Tuesday, January 25, 2000 (65 FR 3782-3785). The 
regulation pertains to the insurance of Forage Production and Forage 
Seeding.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 24, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Brayton, Insurance Management 
Specialist, 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 to better meet the needs of the 
insured.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulations contained errors which may 
prove misleading and are in need of clarification. This rule is 
necessary to correct the Forage Production Regulations as follows: (1) 
The definitions of fall planted and spring planted were deleted in the 
proposed and final rules due to recommendations that they were not 
necessary in the Forage Production Crop Provisions because the initial 
year the forage is planted it is insured under the Forage Seeding Crop 
Provisions. Although the above is true, it was later determined that 
the definitions were still necessary in the Forage Production Crop 
Provisions to clarify the year of establishment for both fall and 
spring planted forage because forage is not insurable under the Forage 
Production Crop Provisions until after the year of establishment; (2) 
The dates contained in the insurance period section are corrected to 
specify separate dates that insurance attaches for spring and fall 
planted acreage in specific states and counties. This allows forage 
acreage to be insured continuously with no lapse, or overlap, in 
coverage between the insurance period under the Forage Seeding and 
Forage Production Crop Provisions. It was also discovered that since 
the final rule only referred to the calendar year following the year of 
establishment, there could be confusion regarding the dates insurance 
attaches for calendar years subsequent to the calendar year following 
the date of establishment so these dates have also been included; and 
(3) The date insurance ends under the Forage Production Crop Insurance 
Provisions for Lassen, Modoc, Mono Shasta and Siskiyou counties, 
California was corrected to November 30 to provide continuous coverage.
    The proposed and final rules for the Forage Seeding Crop Provisions 
listed cancellation and termination dates for certain named states, but 
omitted the cancellation and termination dates for all other states. 
This corrected rule adds the cancellation and termination dates of 
March 15 for all other states.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on January 25, 2000, of the final 
regulation at 65 FR 3782-3785 is corrected as follows:

PART 457--[CORRECTED]


Sec. 457.117  [Corrected]

* * * * *
    On page 3783, in the third column in Sec. 457.117, in the crop 
provisions section 1, add definitions for ``fall planted'' and ``spring 
planted'' to read as follows:
    Fall planted. A forage crop seeded after June 30.
    Spring planted. A forage crop seeded before July 1.
* * * * *
    On page 3784, in the first column in Sec. 457.117, in the crop 
provisions sections 7(a) and (b)(6) are corrected to read as follows:
    (a) Insurance attaches on acreage with an adequate stand on the 
following dates:
    (1) For the calendar year following the year of seeding for:
    (i) Spring planted forage in Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta and 
Siskiyou Counties California, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, 
Oregon, Utah and Washington--April 15;
    (ii) Spring planted forage in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New 
Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Wyoming and 
all other states--May 22;
    (iii) Fall planted forage in Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta and 
Siskiyou Counties California, and all other states--October 16;
    (iv) Fall planted forage in all California counties except Lassen, 
Modoc, Mono, Shasta, and Siskiyou--December 1.
    (2) For the calendar year of seeding for spring planted acreage in 
all California counties except Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta and 
Siskiyou--December 1.
    (3) For calendar years subsequent to the calendar year following 
the year of seeding for:
    (i) Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta and Siskiyou California counties, 
and all other states--October 16;
    (ii) All California counties except Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta and 
Siskiyou--December 1.
    (b) * * *
    (6) The following dates of the crop year:
    (i) For Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta, and Siskiyou Counties 
California and all other states--October 15;
    (ii) For all California counties except Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta 
and Siskiyou--November 30.
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Sec. 457.151  [Corrected]

    On page 3785, the first column in Sec. 457.151, section 5 is 
corrected to read as follows:
    In accordance with section 2 of the Basic Provisions, the 
cancellation and termination dates are:

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         State and county              Cancellation/termination dates
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California, Nevada, New            July 31
 Hampshire, New York,
 Pennsylvania, and Vermont
All other states                   March 15
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    Signed in Washington D.C. on February 28, 2000.
Kenneth D. Ackerman,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. 00-5163 Filed 3-2-00; 8:45 am]
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