[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Friday, October 8, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 60320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22740]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation

7 CFR Part 457

RIN 0563-AB80


Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Nursery Crop Insurance 
Provisions

AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is extending the 
comment period for the proposed rule to amend the Nursery Crop 
Insurance Provisions. The proposed rule was published in the Federal 
Register on August 9, 2004, (69 FR 48166) and the comment period was 
scheduled to end on October 8, 2004. The comment period will be 
extended 45 days and will now end on November 22, 2004.

DATES: Written comments and opinions on this proposed rule will be 
accepted until close of business November 22, 2004, and will be 
considered when the rule is to be made final.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to 
the Director, Product Development Division, Federal Crop Insurance 
Corporation, United States Department of Agriculture, 6501 Beacon 
Drive, Stop 0812, Kansas City, MO 64133. Comments titled Nursery Crop 
Insurance Provisions may be sent via the Internet to 
[email protected], or the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. A copy of each response will be available for public 
inspection and copying from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., CST, Monday through 
Friday, except holidays, at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Hoy, Risk Management 
Specialist, Research and Development, Product Development Division, 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, at the Kansas City, MO, address 
listed above, telephone (816) 926-7730.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 9, 2004, FCIC published in the 
Federal Register (69 FR 48166) a proposed rule to amend the Nursery 
Crop Insurance Provisions and Nursery Peak Inventory Endorsement to 
improve coverage of nursery plants. FCIC also proposed to add a 
Rehabilitation Endorsement for Field grown plants that will recover 
from an insured cause of loss. FCIC provided a 60-day comment period 
that is scheduled to end October 8, 2004. Due to the hurricanes and 
subsequent inclement weather in the southeast and eastern United 
States, FCIC is extending the comment period an additional 45 days to 
ensure the public has an adequate opportunity to review and comment on 
the proposed rule. The comment period for the proposed rule is extended 
to November 22, 2004.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2004.
Ross J. Davidson, Jr.,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. 04-22740 Filed 10-7-04; 8:45 am]
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