[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 54784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21610]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agriculture Marketing Service

[TM-02-07]


Notice of Organic Certification Cost Share Program

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Services, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This Notice invites eligible States to submit a Standard Form 
424, Application for Federal Assistance, and to enter into a 
Cooperative Agreement with the Agricultural Marketing Service for the 
Allocation of Organic Certification Cost-Share Funds. The Agricultural 
Marketing Service (AMS) has allocated $1.0 million for this organic 
certification cost-share program in Fiscal Year 2002. Funds will be 
available under this program to 15 designated States to assist organic 
crop and livestock producers certified to the National Organic Program. 
Eligible States interested in obtaining cost-share funds for their 
organic producers will have to submit an Application for Federal 
Assistance, and will have to enter into a cooperative agreement with 
AMS for the allocation of such funds.

DATES: Completed applications for federal assistance along with signed 
cooperative agreements must be received by October 10, 2002 in order to 
participate in this program.

ADDRESSES: Applications for federal assistance and cooperative 
agreements shall be requested from and submitted to: Robert Pooler, 
Marketing Specialist, National Organic Program, USDA/AMS/TMP/NOP, Room 
4008-South, Ag Stop 0268, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20250-0264; Telephone: (202) 720-3252; Fax: (202) 205-7808; E-mail: 
[email protected]. Additional information may be found through the 
National Organic Program's homepage at http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Pooler, Marketing Specialist, 
National Organic Program, USDA/AMS/TM/NOP, Room 4008-South, Ag Stop 
0268, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0264; 
Telephone: (202) 720-3252; Fax: (202) 205-7808; E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Organic Certification Cost-Share 
Program is part of the Agricultural Management Assistance Program 
authorized under Section 1524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (FCIA), 
as amended, (7 U.S.C. 1501-1524). Under the applicable FCIA provisions, 
the Department is authorized to provide cost share assistance to 
producers in the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming. 
These 15 States have historically low participation rates in Federal 
crop insurance programs. This organic certification cost share program 
provides financial assistance to organic producers certified to the 
National Organic Program authorized under the Organic Foods Production 
Act of 1990, as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).
    To participate in the program, eligible States must complete a 
Standard Form 424, Application for Federal Assistance, and enter into a 
written cooperative agreement with AMS. The program will provide cost-
share assistance, through participating States, to organic crop and 
livestock producers who have been certified by a USDA accredited 
certifying agent from November 1, 2002 until September 30, 2003. The 
Department has determined that payments will be limited to 75 percent 
of an individual producer's certification costs up to a maximum of 
$500.00.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1501-1524

    Dated: August 19, 2002.
A.J. Yates,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 02-21610 Filed 8-23-02; 8:45 am]
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