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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

7 CFR Part 760

Commodity Credit Corporation

7 CFR Parts 1400, 1412, and 1421

RIN 0560-AH84


Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program and Average Crop Revenue 
Election Program, Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance 
Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments Program, Supplemental Revenue 
Assistance Payments Program, and Payment Limitation and Payment 
Eligibility; Clarifying Amendments

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: CCC is amending the regulations for the Direct and Counter-
cyclical Payment Program (DCP) for the 2008 through 2012 crop years and 
Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program for the 2009 through 2012 
crop years. The amendments clarify various provisions in the 
regulations and extend benefits to additional producers. This rule 
extends the eligibility for farms of less than 10 base acres from farms 
wholly owned by socially disadvantaged or limited resource producers to 
farms that are at least half owned by such producers. It removes a 
provision terminating base acres on Federally-owned land, which will 
effectively extend DCP and ACRE Program eligibility to producers who 
lease or purchase such land. Clarifying amendments specify the extended 
2009 crop year enrollment and election period, simplify acreage and 
production reporting requirements, correct contract termination 
provisions, and add 2009 through 2012 loan rates. This rule also makes 
several clarifying amendments to the regulations for the Emergency 
Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program 
(ELAP) and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), the 
Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) and the 
Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP) 
Programs. It clarifies eligibility requirements for foreign persons for 
CCC and FSA programs.

DATES: Effective Date: April 13, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Candace Thompson, Acting Director, 
Production, Emergencies, and Compliance Division, Farm Service Agency 
(FSA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Stop 0517, 1400 
Independence Ave, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0517; phone: (202) 720-
7641; e-mail: [email protected]. Persons with disabilities 
who require alternative means for communication (braille, large print, 
audio tape, etc.) should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-
2600 (voice and TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This rule provides clarifying amendments to a number of regulations 
that were published to implement programs authorized by the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-246, the ``2008 Farm 
Bill''). The regulations that are amended with this rule specify 
provisions for the DCP, ACRE, ELAP, LFP, MAL, SURE, and LDP Programs.
    Sections 1101 through 1109 of the 2008 Farm Bill specify the 
requirements for DCP and ACRE Program. CCC published regulations to 
implement the DCP and ACRE Program in the Federal Register on December 
29, 2008 (73 FR 79284-79306). This rule amends the regulations for DCP 
for the 2008 through 2012 crop years and for the ACRE Program for the 
2009 through 2012 crop years. CCC is amending the regulations to 
provide additional clarity and to increase flexibility in the 
regulatory requirements where the 2008 Farm Bill permits and where CCC 
has determined it is in the best interests of the programs and 
participants. The amendments include extending the enrollment period 
for the 2009 crop year, simplifying acreage and production reporting 
requirements, removing a provision terminating base acres on Federally 
owned land, and setting less restrictive eligibility requirements for 
small farms owned by socially disadvantaged or limited resource 
producers. This rule also makes minor technical amendments and 
corrections, such as including loan rates that are specified in the 
2008 Farm Bill, but were inadvertently not included in the regulations. 
The basic structure and scope of DCP and the ACRE Program are not 
changing with this rule.

Definitions; DCP and ACRE Program

    This rule adds definitions to Sec.  1412.3 that are needed to 
implement and clarify the ACRE Program. These definitions are already 
used in the forms and contracts for the program, as well as the 
instruction sheets and calculators on FSA's Web site. It is appropriate 
to put these definitions in the regulations so that producers have 
complete information about how their benefit is calculated. The 
definitions clarify how prices, production, revenue, acreage and 
expected yields will be determined for the ACRE Program.
    This rule defines how the State ACRE guarantee is calculated for 
the purpose of determining ACRE Program benefits: It is 90 percent of 
the benchmark State yield per acre times the ACRE guarantee price. 
Although the term ``ACRE guarantee price'' is included in the contract 
appendix, prior to this amendment, it did not appear in the rule. 
Several other terms used in either the appendix to the contract or in 
the instructions for the ACRE calculator on the FSA Web site were not 
previously included in the rule. In order that the regulations may be 
more comprehensive, this rule adds the following definitions that are 
used in the forms, contracts, and online tools: ``Actual farm yield and 
benchmark farm yield,'' ``ACRE price,'' ``ACRE plug yield,'' ``average 
yield per planted acre,'' ``actual farm production,'' and ``actual farm 
revenue.''
    In other cases, a definition is needed to specify how a term used 
in other FSA or CCC programs is used differently for DCP and ACRE. For 
example, the definition of ``double cropping'' in this rule is slightly 
different from that used for other FSA programs. The definition in this 
rule clarifies what double crop production will be recognized for ACRE 
payment purposes. Other terms that

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may be used in other FSA or CCC programs differently than for DCP and 
ACRE, and are therefore added in this rule, include ``contract 
period,'' ``initial crop,'' ``planted and considered planted,'' and 
``replacement crop.''
    This rule removes a provision in Sec.  1412.45 that terminates base 
acres on Federally owned land and prohibits the establishment of base 
acres on such land. It was determined that the termination of base 
acres on Federal land created an unintended adverse effect on farmers 
and ranchers who lease Federal farmland. This rule amends the 
regulations accordingly to reflect that determination. Not allowing 
base acres in these instances would for example, negatively impact 
family farms that were seized by the Army Corps of Engineers through 
eminent domain and then leased back to the family after flood control 
structures were installed. As required by the 2008 Farm Bill, it 
remains the case that the government agencies are not, however, 
eligible for farm payments.
    This rule also amends provisions in Sec. Sec.  1412.41 and 1412.72 
concerning the enrollment period for the ACRE program. The changes 
reflect determinations made previously for the 2009 crop year that 
allowed additional time for the start-up of the program.
    In addition, Section 1101 of the 2008 Farm Bill specifically 
prohibits DCP and ACRE program payments to producers on farms that have 
10 or less total base acres of covered commodities or peanuts, 
beginning with the 2009 crop year, except for farms owned by socially 
disadvantaged or limited resource farmers. The current regulations 
specify in Sec.  1412.51 that a producer on a farm with 10 or less base 
acres will not be eligible to receive DCP or ACRE program payments 
unless the farm is wholly owned by a socially disadvantaged farmer or 
rancher or a limited resource farmer or rancher. In other FSA programs, 
a 50 percent threshold has been used and FSA will use that same 
threshold in Sec.  1412.51. The 2008 Farm Bill does not specify a 
threshold and the new standard should provide greater opportunities for 
socially disadvantaged or limited resource farmers to participate in 
DCP and ACRE.
    Section 1412.53 includes the 2008 loan rates for covered 
commodities and peanuts and target prices for 2008 through 2012. That 
section is amended in this rule to remove the loan rate for extra long 
staple cotton, to incorporate the loan rates for 2008 dry peas, 
lentils, and large and small chick peas, and to incorporate loan rates 
for covered commodities and peanuts for the 2009 through 2012 crop 
years. These are technical corrections; extra long staple cotton is not 
a covered commodity, and the loan rates for 2009 to 2012 are specified 
in the 2008 Farm Bill but were inadvertently not included in the 
regulations in the December 29, 2008, final rule.
    Section 1106 of the 2008 Farm Bill specifies that no penalty will 
be assessed against a producer unless it is determined that a producer 
knowingly and willingly falsified an acreage or production report. 
Accordingly, Sec.  1412.61 is amended to add a paragraph that specifies 
if a violation was not a knowing and willing falsification, payments 
may still be made, based on determined acreage and production.
    As a condition of payment eligibility, Sec.  1412.66 requires the 
operator of a farm to accurately report acreage. Section 1412.66 also 
provides that farms enrolled in the Planting Transferability Pilot 
Project as specified in Sec.  1412.48 and farms enrolled in the ACRE 
Program must submit an accurate report of production accompanied by 
documentation acceptable to CCC. Section 1412.66 is being amended to no 
longer require such extensive documentation in all cases, but only 
where CCC in its discretion requires such documentation of that kind. 
Producers will be able to certify production without accompanying 
documentation, unless CCC determines such documentation is necessary. 
This will lessen the burden on producers and only require additional 
documentation in cases where there is a particular need for 
documentation or where a spot check is being made. Producers are 
required by Sec.  1412.67 to submit a notice of loss for both prevented 
planting and low yield losses, unless the loss has already been 
reported for the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). 
Section 1412.67 is being amended to eliminate the notice of loss 
requirement for low yield losses and to require a notice of loss for 
prevented planting only if a notice of such a loss for NAP (also 
administered by FSA) has not already been filed. The regulations are 
also being amended to remove a requirement that crop acreage that will 
not be harvested must be left intact and appraised. The removal of this 
requirement will allow producers to provide zero production reports 
without an appraisal.
    The amendments to Sec. Sec.  1412.66 and 1412.67 will allow 
producers to certify production for both harvested and unharvested crop 
acreage without having to submit documentation, unless CCC, at its 
discretion, requests those records. Prior to this change, acceptable 
production records (verifiable or reliable) were always required with 
the certification. These amendments are intended to lessen the burden 
on producers and on CCC. CCC has insufficient resources to appraise 
each case of lost or zero production. Reporting and verifying loss 
information that has already been reported for crop insurance or NAP 
does not contribute to program effectiveness or efficiency.
    Section 1412.77, ``Transfer of Land and Succession-in-Interest,'' 
specifies the requirements for transfers of land and successions-in-
interest to ACRE Program contracts. This section is being amended to 
clarify that producers who obtain a share in a crop of covered 
commodities or peanuts through a transfer of land or a succession-in-
interest are not automatically eligible for ACRE payment. To be 
eligible for the ACRE Program, either as initial share interests or as 
successors-in-interest, producers must sign an ACRE Program contract 
during the contract period. This rule also amends Sec.  1412.73, 
``Sharing of ACRE Payments,'' to clarify that each producer on a farm 
must sign the ACRE Program contract for the farm to receive that 
producer's share of any potential payment. This rule does not change 
the requirement that once a farm has been enrolled in ACRE no one, even 
independent successors, can participate on that farm on a non-ACRE 
basis in DCP. Under ACRE, however, a portion of the direct DCP payments 
can be made as specified in the 2008 Farm Bill and in the regulations.
    DCP and ACRE Program contracts are annual contracts. However, Sec.  
1412.78 specifies incorrectly that in the event that a contract is 
terminated for a violation, the terminated acreage remains ineligible 
for DCP and ACRE Program participation from the time of termination 
through the 2012 crop year. That is not correct. The period of 
ineligibility for violations of DCP or ACRE Program provisions cannot 
exceed the contract period. Accordingly, Sec.  1412.78 is being 
corrected to specify that terminated acreage will be ineligible for DCP 
and ACRE Program participation from the time of termination until the 
end of the annual contract period in which the violation occurred. Once 
more, however, once a farm has a valid ACRE election the farm cannot 
participate on a non-ACRE basis in the DCP. Terminating an annual DCP 
or ACRE contract, for any reason, does not impact the ACRE election 
under Sec.  1412.72.

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Disaster Assistance, Market Assistance Loans, and Loan Deficiency 
Payments Programs Clarifying Amendments

    Sections 12033 and 15101 of the 2008 Farm Bill specify the 
requirements for LFP and ELAP. The final rules for LFP and ELAP as 
authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill were published in the Federal Register 
on September 11, 2009 (74 FR 46666-46683).
    This rule also amends the regulations in 7 CFR part 760, subpart D, 
for LFP to clarify that eligible covered livestock are livestock that 
would normally be grazing in that county during the grazing period, 
rather than grazing on the exact day a drought began.
    This rule makes clarifying amendments to the ELAP regulations in 7 
CFR part 760, subpart C, to specify that producers are eligible for 
payments based on fair market value of lost fish or honeybees. These 
amendments are needed to clarify that producers who decide not to 
replace fish or honeybees are eligible for payment based on the fair 
market value of those losses, and do not need to provide documentation 
as to actual replacement cost. This change is consistent with other 
types of livestock loss payments as specified in other regulations in 
part 760, which provide payment based on fair market value, rather than 
documented actual replacement cost, and provide payment regardless of 
whether or not the lost livestock is replaced.
    This rule also amends the ELAP regulations specifying acceptable 
documentation for the loss of honeybee colonies due to colony collapse 
disorder (CCD). The amendment allows documentation by an independent 
third party determined acceptable by FSA, or, for losses in 2008 and 
2009, self-certification by the producer. The previous requirement for 
certification by a registered entomologist, Cooperative Extension 
Specialist, or Land Grant University is removed, because the exact 
cause of CCD cannot be identified and such experts may be unwilling or 
unable to certify when honeybee colony losses were specifically due to 
CCD. Also, changes in the regulations reflect that a payment may be 
made even if the lost bees are not replaced.
    This rule also makes technical corrections to the regulations in 7 
CFR part 1421 for Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency 
Payments to correct language in several provisions to be consistent 
throughout the regulations. The MAL and LDP final rule as authorized by 
the 2008 Farm Bill were published in the Federal Register on April 7, 
2009 (74 FR 15644-15657). This rule removes a reference to 
``individual'' and replaces it with a reference to ``person,'' to be 
consistent with the rest of the part. Flaxseed was referenced in two 
different paragraphs about determination of eligible commodity; the 
incorrect reference in Sec.  1421.5 is removed with this rule. Other 
minor technical corrections include correcting typos and correcting a 
reference to authorized warehouses. Another technical change is an 
amendment to language in Sec.  1421.104(a)(1) to remove language about 
mandatory lien searches. Such searches are for the purpose of 
protecting CCC's interests only and need not be addressed in the 
regulations at all. Further, in the case of marketing loans for 
commodities stored in a commercial warehouse, CCC's interest is usually 
protected by possession of the warehouse receipt. As amended the rule 
specifies simply that CCC may conduct lien searches and perfect a lien 
under State Law as it deems warranted to protect its own interests.
    This rule also makes clarifying amendments and technical 
corrections to SURE. The final rule for SURE as authorized by the 2008 
Farm Bill was published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2009 
(74 FR 68480-68498) and implemented SURE in 7 CFR part 760, subpart G. 
Originally the implementation plans for SURE was to have a fully 
automated system; now the system will be manual. As a result, we have 
reconsidered the information available and how best to administer SURE. 
One of the key issues was weighting the counter-cyclical yield for 
comparison to the weighted adjusted APH yield and weighted adjusted NAP 
approved yield as applicable.
    In Sec.  760.638(c), we specify that the ``counter-cyclical yield 
for a crop on a farm will be weighted based on total planted and 
prevented planted acres in the county for the current crop year.'' In a 
fully automated system, we could have set it to automatically pull the 
information required for the calculation. However, in a manual system, 
it would be unnecessarily burdensome administratively. Therefore, to 
ease the administrative burden, we are revising the regulation to not 
specify how the counter-cyclical yield will be weighted and in the 
short run this may simply be based on the DCP base acres on the farms 
involved in the SURE farm. Under SURE, all of the producer's normal 
(from an FSA administrative standpoint) ``farms'' (each of which may 
have a separate schedule of yields) are treated as one SURE ``farm''--
therefore requiring weighting. The 2008 Farm Bill does not specify 
precisely how these calculations will be made. The rule change improves 
FSA's ability to make timely payments to farmers in SURE, which is 
designed to counterbalance current market trends.
    In the SURE final rule, a flowchart was published in the preamble 
showing the SURE calculations. We realize that in the rule portion we 
inadvertently left out a factor in the calculation. Therefore, we are 
correcting Sec.  760.638(d)(2) to specify that in the case of crops 
that were waived in for NAP or RMA coverage the weighted counter-
cyclical yield will be calculated as 65 percent of county expected 
yield or counter-cyclical yield.

Eligibility of Foreign Persons Clarifying Amendment

    This rule clarifies provisions that limit the eligibility of 
foreign persons for FSA and CCC program payments in 7 CFR part 1400. 
The regulations governing the eligibility of foreign persons for 
payments are being amended to conform with the specific statutory 
provisions providing for that limitation, as amended by the 2008 Farm 
Bill.

Notice and Comment

    These regulations are exempt from the notice and comment 
requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), as 
specified in section 1601(c) of the 2008 Farm Bill, which requires that 
the regulations be promulgated and administered without regard to the 
notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5 of the United 
States Code or the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
effective July 24, 1971, (36 FR 13804) relating to notices of proposed 
rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking.

Executive Order 12866

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated this rule 
as not significant under Executive Order 12866 and, therefore, OMB has 
not reviewed this final rule.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    This rule is not subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act since 
CCC and FSA are not required to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking 
for this rule.

Environmental Review

    The environmental impacts of this rule have been considered in a 
manner consistent with the provisions of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347), the regulations of the Council 
on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and FSA regulations 
for compliance with NEPA (7 CFR part

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799). FSA has determined that participation in acreage set-aside, 
acreage allotment, and other similar programs to those in 7 CFR 1412 
will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment (7 
CFR part 799.9(d)). Therefore no environmental assessment or 
environmental impact statement will be prepared.

Executive Order 12372

    This program is not subject to Executive Order 12372, which 
requires consultation with State and local officials. See the notice 
related to 7 CFR part 3015, subpart V, published in the Federal 
Register on June 24, 1983 (48 FR 29115).

Executive Order 12988

    This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988. This rule 
relaxes some previous requirements and contains no provisions that are 
retroactively more restrictive. It does not preempt State or local 
laws, regulations, or policies unless they present an irreconcilable 
conflict with this rule. 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.

Executive Order 13132

    The policies contained in this rule do not have any substantial 
direct effect on States, on the relationship between the Federal 
Government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Nor does this 
rule impose substantial direct compliance costs on State and local 
governments. Therefore, consultation with the States is not required.

Executive Order 13175

    The policies contained in this rule do not impose substantial 
unreimbursed direct compliance costs on Indian Tribal governments or 
have Tribal implications that preempt Tribal law.

Unfunded Mandates

    This rule contains no Federal mandates under the regulatory 
provisions of Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(UMRA) for State, local, and Tribal government or the private sector. 
In addition, CCC was not required to publish a notice of proposed 
rulemaking for this rule. Therefore, this rule is not subject to the 
requirements of sections 202 and 205 of UMRA.

Federal Assistance Programs

    The title and number of the Federal assistance program, as found in 
the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, to which this final rule 
applies are: Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program, 10.055. ELAP, LFP, 
and SURE, 10.090. Commodity Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments, 10.051.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The regulations in this rule are exempt from the requirements of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), as specified in 
section 1601(c)(2) of the 2008 Farm Bill, which provides that these 
regulations be promulgated and administered without regard to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act.

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.

List of Subjects

7 CFR Part 760

    Dairy products, Indemnity payments, Pesticide and pests, Reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements.

7 CFR Part 1400

    Agriculture, Loan programs--agriculture, Conservation, Price 
support programs.

7 CFR Part 1412

    Cotton, Feed grains, Oilseeds, Peanuts, Price support programs, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Rice, Soil conservation, 
Wheat.

7 CFR Part 1421

    Barley, Feed grains, Grains, Loan programs--agriculture, Oats, 
Oilseeds, Peanuts, Price support programs, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Soybeans, Surety bonds, Warehouses, Wheat.

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For the reasons discussed above, this rule amends 7 CFR parts 760, 
1400, 1412, and 1421 as follows:

PART 760--INDEMNITY PAYMENT PROGRAMS

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1. The authority citation for part 760 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 4501, 7 U.S.C. 1531, 16 U.S.C. 3801, note, 
and 19 U.S.C. 2497; Title III, Pub. L. 109-234, 120 Stat. 474; Title 
IX, Pub. L. 110-28, 121 Stat. 211, and Sec. 748, Pub. L. 111-80, 123 
Stat. 2131.

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2. Amend Sec.  760.203 as follows:
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a. In paragraph (h), third sentence, add the word ``acceptable'' before 
the word ``documentation'' and
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b. In paragraph (h), remove the last sentence and add two sentences in 
its place to read as set forth below.


Sec.  760.203  Eligible losses, adverse weather, and other loss 
conditions.

* * * * *
    (h)* * * Except for 2008 and 2009 honeybee losses, acceptable 
documentation must include an acceptable colony collapse disorder 
certification by an independent third party as determined by the Deputy 
Administrator, plus any other documentation requested by FSA. For 2008 
and 2009 honeybee losses such an independent certification is not 
required in all cases, but rather a self-certification by the honeybee 
producer as determined acceptable by the Deputy Administrator may be 
allowed in addition to whatever other documentation might be requested.
* * * * *
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3. Revise Sec.  760.206, paragraph (d), to read as follows:


Sec.  760.206  Notice of loss and application process.

* * * * *
    (d) For the loss of honeybee colonies due to colony collapse 
disorder, the participant must also provide acceptable documentation or 
certification that the loss of the honeybee colony was due to colony 
collapse disorder. Except for 2008 and 2009 honeybee colony losses, 
acceptable documentation must include an independent third party 
certification determined acceptable by the Deputy Administrator, plus 
such additional information and documentation as may be requested. For 
2008 and 2009 honeybee colony losses a self-certification may be 
accepted by FSA together with any additional information demanded by 
FSA as determined appropriate by the Deputy Administrator.
* * * * *

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4. Revise Sec.  760.210, paragraphs (b) and (c), to read as follows:


Sec.  760.210  Honeybee payment calculations.

* * * * *
    (b) An eligible honeybee producer may receive payments for honeybee 
colony losses due to an eligible adverse weather or eligible loss 
condition, as provided in Sec.  760.203(h), based on 60 percent of the 
average fair market value for the number of honeybee colonies that were 
damaged or destroyed due to an eligible adverse weather or eligible 
loss condition, as computed using nationwide prices unless some other

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price data is approved for use by the Deputy Administrator, for losses 
in excess of normal honeybee mortality, as determined by the Deputy 
Administrator.
    (c) An eligible honeybee producer may receive payments for honeybee 
hive losses due to an eligible adverse weather or eligible loss 
condition, as provided in Sec.  760.203(h), based on 60 percent of the 
average fair market value for the number of honeybee hives that were 
damaged or destroyed due to an eligible adverse weather or eligible 
loss condition, as computed using nationwide prices unless some other 
price data is approved for use by the Deputy Administrator.
* * * * *

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5. Revise Sec.  760.211, paragraph (b), to read as follows:


Sec.  760.211  Farm-raised fish payment calculations.

* * * * *
    (b) An eligible producer of farm-raised game or sport fish may 
receive payments for death losses of farm-raised fish due to an 
eligible adverse weather or eligible loss condition, as provided in 
Sec.  760.203(i), based on 60 percent of the average fair market value 
of the game fish or sport fish that died as a direct result of an 
eligible adverse weather or eligible loss condition, as computed using 
nationwide prices unless some other price data is approved for use by 
the Deputy Administrator.
* * * * *


Sec.  760.304  [Amended]

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6. Amend Sec.  760.304 as follows:
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a. In paragraph (a)(2), remove the words ``on the beginning date'' and 
add, in their place, the words ``in the county''.
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b. In paragraph (a)(2)(i), remove the words ``Of the qualifying drought 
during'' and add, in their place, the word ``During''.
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7. Revise Sec.  760.638, paragraphs (c) and (d)(2), to read as follows:


Sec.  760.638  Determination of SURE yield.

* * * * *
    (c) The counter-cyclical yield for a crop on a SURE farm will be 
weighted in such manner as FSA deems fit taking into account a desire 
for a consistent system and FSA's ability to make timely yield 
determinations.
    (d)* * *
    (2) The SURE yield will be the higher of the yield calculated using 
the method in paragraph (d)(1) of this section or 65 percent of the 
weighted counter-cyclical yield as determined in paragraph (c) of this 
section.
* * * * *

PART 1400--PAYMENT LIMITATION AND PAYMENT ELIGIBILITY FOR 2009 AND 
SUBSEQUENT CROP, PROGRAM, OR FISCAL YEARS

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8. The authority citation for part 1400 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1308, 1308-1, 1308-2, 1308-3, 1308-3a, 1308-
4, and 1308-5.

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9. Amend Sec.  1400.401 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:


Sec.  1400.401  Eligibility

    (a) Subject to the conditions set out in paragraphs (b) and (c) of 
this section, any person who is not a citizen of the United States or 
an alien lawfully admitted into the United States for permanent 
residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101-
1778) will be ineligible to receive any type of loans or payments made 
available under Title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008, the Agricultural Market Transition Act, the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714-714o), or subtitle D of Title 
XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831-3836), or under 
any contract entered into under Title XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3801-
3845), with respect to any commodity produced, or land set aside from 
production, on a farm that is owned or operated by such person, unless 
such person is an individual who is providing land, capital, and a 
substantial amount of personal labor in the production of crops on such 
farm. Likewise, and subject to the same conditions, such persons may be 
ineligible for payments under any other program which by its own 
regulations specifically provides for such an ineligibility and adopts 
these regulations.
* * * * *

PART 1412--DIRECT AND COUNTER-CYCLICAL PROGRAM AND AVERAGE CROP 
REVENUE ELECTION PROGRAM FOR THE 2008 AND SUBSEQUENT CROP YEARS

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10. The authority citation for part 1412 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7911-7918, 7951-7956, 8711-8719, 8751-8756, 
and 8781; and 15 U.S.C. 714b and 714c.

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11. Amend Sec.  1412.3 by adding definitions, in alphabetical order, 
for ``ACRE guarantee price,'' ``ACRE plug yield,'' ``ACRE price,'' 
Actual farm production,'' ``Actual farm revenue,'' ``Actual farm 
yield,'' ``Actual State yield,'' ``Actual State revenue,'' ``Actual 
yield per planted acre,'' ``Benchmark farm yield,'' ``Benchmark State 
yield,'' ``Contract period,'' ``Double-cropping,'' ``Farm ACRE 
guarantee,'' ``Initial crop,'' ``Limited resource farmer,'' ``Medium 
grain rice,'' ``Minimum and maximum guarantee,'' ``National loan 
rate,'' ``Per acre producer-paid crop insurance premium,'' ``Planted 
acres for a State,'' ``Planted and considered planted (P&CP),'' 
``Replacement crop,'' ``Reseeded or replanted crop,'' ``Socially 
disadvantaged farmer or rancher,'' and ``State ACRE guarantee,'' to 
read as follows:


Sec.  1412.3  Definitions.

* * * * *
    ACRE guarantee price means the simple average, as determined by 
CCC, of the national average market prices of the covered commodity or 
peanuts for the most recent two crop years preceding the relevant 
current crop year. For example, for the 2009 program the relevant crop 
year is the 2009 crop year. Therefore, for the 2009 program, the ACRE 
guarantee price for the covered commodity or peanuts is equal to the 
simple average of the national average market prices of the covered 
commodity or peanuts for the 2007 and 2008 crops.
    ACRE plug yield means the resulting yield determined by taking the 
applicable NASS county average yield for the covered commodity or 
peanuts, by practice if applicable, and multiplying it by 95 percent. 
The ACRE plug yield may be used by a farm in establishing an initial 
benchmark farm yield or reporting actual production in accordance with 
instructions issued by the Deputy Administrator. The ACRE plug yield is 
also used on a farm for a covered commodity or peanuts in a year where 
there are no acres of the covered commodity or peanuts planted. The 
ACRE plug yield may be found on the FSA Web site at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/dcp/ by clicking ``ACRE County Yields.'' ACRE plug 
yields are used in benchmark farm yields. If the National Agricultural 
Statistical Service (NASS) data is not available for a particular 
practice of a covered commodity or peanuts from which an ACRE plug 
yield can be established, the Deputy Administrator may establish an 
ACRE plug yield for the practice of the covered commodity or peanuts 
based a computation of multiplying 95 percent times the yield 
determined based on production data available from FSA farm records in 
the county, or in the event sufficient records do not exist, another 
data source determined appropriate by the Deputy Administrator.

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    ACRE price means the higher of the following, as determined by CCC, 
for the covered commodity or peanuts:
    (1) The national average price received by producers during the 12-
month marketing year (as defined in this part) for the relevant current 
crop of the covered commodity or peanuts (the relevant current crop for 
a program year is the corresponding crop for commodity for that year--
for example, the current crop for the 2009 program is the 2009 crop), 
or
    (2) 70 percent of the marketing assistance loan rate for the 
relevant current crop of the commodity under 7 U.S.C. 8731-8757.
    Actual farm production means all of a farm's harvested and 
appraised production, including grazed acres, of a covered commodity or 
peanuts. Appraisals must be performed by appraisers acceptable to FSA. 
Appraisals performed according to the Non-Insured Crop Disaster 
Assistance Program (NAP) or crop insurance guidelines are generally 
deemed acceptable to FSA for DCP and ACRE Program purposes.
    Actual farm revenue means the per acre amount computed by 
multiplying the actual farm yield, which is a per acre amount, of a 
covered commodity or peanuts times the ACRE price for the relevant 
current crop year. The relevant current crop year for these and other 
purposes is the crop year that corresponds to the calendar year in 
which the relevant program year ends. Therefore, for the 2009 contract 
or 2009 program, the relevant crop year would be the 2009 crop (that 
is, the crop considered to be the crop for the 2009 crop year).
    Actual farm yield means for the relevant current crop year, the per 
acre amount determined by dividing the actual farm production of a 
covered commodity or peanuts by the farm's total planted and considered 
planted acres of the covered commodity or peanuts.
    Actual State yield means the State's per acre amount for the 
relevant current crop year for a commodity determined by dividing the 
actual production in the State of the covered commodity or peanuts by 
the total planted acres of the covered commodity or peanuts in the 
State.
    Actual State revenue means the per acre amount for a covered 
commodity or peanuts determined for the relevant current crop year by 
multiplying the actual State yield by the covered commodity or peanuts 
times the ACRE price.
    Average yield per planted acre means the actual farm production of 
a covered commodity or peanuts for a year divided by the farm's planted 
acres.
* * * * *
    Benchmark farm yield means, except as otherwise provided, a per 
acre yield for a covered commodity or peanuts computed using the 
Olympic average of the average yield per planted acre for the farm for 
the commodity for the 5 most recent crop years. The term ``Olympic 
average'' means that the highest and lowest per acre yields for the 5 
years will be eliminated and the remaining annual entries will be 
averaged. CCC may make such adjustments as it deems necessary to create 
a fair yield for the farm so as to ensure the integrity of the ACRE 
Program. For purposes of determining a benchmark farm yield, yields on 
planted acres only will be considered except to the extent that the 
farm does not have a sufficient history to make a fair yield 
determination in which case a yield may be assigned by CCC.
    Benchmark State yield means for a covered commodity or peanuts a 
per acre yield computed using the Olympic average of the average yield 
per planted acre for the State for the commodity for the 5 most recent 
crop years. To the extent practicable, it will be calculated using data 
from NASS. The benchmark State yield is used in determining the State 
ACRE guarantee. CCC may make such adjustments in these yields as it 
deems necessary to provide for a fair yield and to ensure the integrity 
of the program.
* * * * *
    Contract period means the compliance period set out for the 
contract for the particular program year. The program year is 
designated in item 1 of the contract. Contracts for different program 
years will be referenced by their program year. Thus, for example, a 
reference to the ``2009 contract'' means the contract for the 2009 
program year and the relevant current crop for a program year is the 
corresponding crop for that commodity. Therefore, the relevant current 
crop for the 2009 program is, with respect to a particular commodity, 
the 2009 crop. References to the ``contract'' period refer to the 
compliance period for the particular program year. The compliance 
periods for the various program years are as follows:
    (1) For the 2009 contract (and therefore for the 2009 program), the 
period that begins on October 1, 2008 and ends on September 30, 2009;
    (2) For the 2010 contract, the period that begins on October 1, 
2009 and ends on September 30, 2010;
    (3) For the 2011 contract, the period that begins on October 1, 
2010 and ends on September 30, 2011;
    (4) For the 2012 contract, the period that begins on October 1, 
2011 and ends on September 30, 2012.
* * * * *
    Double-cropping means for covered commodities and peanuts, 
notwithstanding the meaning in Sec.  1412.47(e) for fruits and 
vegetables, the planting of a covered commodity or peanuts for harvest 
in a crop year, in cycle with another covered commodity or peanuts on 
the same acres for harvest in the same crop year in counties that have 
been determined to be areas where there is determined to be 
substantial, successful and long-term double cropping of the crop and 
where the producer has followed customary production techniques and 
planting deadlines as determined by CCC (that is, using techniques and 
deadlines used by the majority of farmers in the region to double crop 
the particular crops involved). In a county determined capable of 
supporting such double-cropping the covered commodities or peanuts, as 
determined by CCC, both an initial crop and a subsequent crop will be 
considered planted or prevented planted acres for the purpose of 
Subpart G of this part. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Sec.  
718.103, in those instances where the subsequently planted or approved 
prevented planted covered commodity or peanuts cannot be recognized as 
double-cropped acreage under this definition, the subsequently planted 
covered commodity or peanuts will not be considered planted or 
prevented planted for any purpose.
* * * * *
    Farm ACRE guarantee means, for a crop year of a covered commodity 
or peanuts, the per acre producer-paid crop insurance premium (if any) 
added to the result of multiplying the benchmark farm yield, which is a 
per acre amount, times the ACRE guarantee price. The farm ACRE 
guarantee is used in determining whether a farm is eligible for ACRE 
payments for a covered commodity or peanuts.
* * * * *
    Initial crop means acreage of a covered commodity or peanuts 
planted or approved as prevented planted for harvest as peanuts, grain, 
or lint. The initial crop includes reseeded or replanted crop acreage.
    Limited resource farmer means, as determined in accordance with 
Sec.  1412.51, a farmer or rancher who meets both of the following 
criteria:

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    (1) The person did not have, counting both direct and indirect 
interests, total gross farm sales for all farms in which that person 
has an interest of not more than the triggering level in both of the 
two calendar years that precede the calendar year in which the contract 
year begins. The triggering level is an indexed number that was 
originally set at $100,000. Beginning in October 2004, that number has 
been adjusted for inflation using the Prices Paid by the Farmer Index 
compiled by NASS. The triggering level for the DCP or ACRE contract 
will be the indexed number (see http://www.lrftool.sc.egov.usda.gov/tool.asp) as adjusted for the fiscal year that begins on the first day 
of the contract period.
    (2) The person's total household income is at or below the national 
poverty level for a family of 4 or less than 50 percent of county 
median household income in each of the two most recent calendar years 
ending before the end of the program year, as CCC determines using U.S. 
Commerce Department Data.
* * * * *
    Medium grain rice means medium and short grain rice.
    Minimum and maximum guarantee means, with respect to the State ACRE 
guarantee for each of the 2010 through 2012 crop years, the adjusted 
amounts that assure that the State ACRE guarantee for a program year 
for a covered commodity or peanuts will not decrease or increase more 
than 10 percent from the announced State ACRE guarantee for the 
preceding program year.
    National loan rate means the loan rate established as specified in 
Sec.  1421.9 of this chapter.
* * * * *
    Per acre producer-paid crop insurance premium means the insurance 
premiums paid by all producers of a farm for insurance on a covered 
commodity or peanuts, provided that at least some of the insured crop 
acreage is subject to a DCP contract and ACRE contract, divided by the 
total acres of the covered commodity or peanuts covered by the 
insurance; regardless of whether or not all of the acres insured are 
included on the farm's reported acreage for other programs, or are 
subject to a DCP contract and ACRE contract. Fees for catastrophic risk 
protection plan of insurance coverage or noninsured crop disaster 
assistance program coverage are not per acre producer-paid crop 
insurance premiums. Example: Producers A, B, and C have an interest in 
barley on a farm and the farm is enrolled in ACRE. Producers A and B 
paid crop insurance premiums totaling $800 on 100 insured barley acres. 
Regardless of how many acres of barley are planted, the per acre 
producer-paid crop insurance premium for barley is equal to $8.
    Planted acres for a State means for:
    (1) Corn, sorghum, barley, oats, and wheat, the sum of harvested 
acres in a State, as reported by NASS and the sum of failed acres in a 
State, as reported by producers to FSA.
    (2) All other crops, the sum of planted acres in a State, as 
reported by NASS.
    (3) Crops where NASS data is not available, the planted acres as 
determined by CCC using other sources.
    Planted and considered planted (P&CP) means, with respect to an 
acreage amount, the sum of the planted and prevented planted acres 
approved by the FSA county committee on the farm for a crop. For the 
purposes of this part, P&CP is limited to initially planted or 
prevented planted crop acreage, except for crops planted in an approved 
double-cropping sequence. Replacement crop acreage is not included as 
P&CP.
* * * * *
    Replacement crop means the planting or approved prevented planting 
of any crop for harvest following the failed planting or prevented 
planted acreage of a covered commodity or peanuts not in a recognized 
double-cropping sequence (as specified in this section). Replacement 
crops that are covered commodities or peanuts are not eligible for 
planted and considered planted credit under this part and cannot 
generate payments under this part.
    Reseeded or replanted crop means the second planting of a covered 
commodity or peanut crop on the same acreage after the first planting 
of that same crop has failed.
    Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher means a farmer or rancher 
who is a member of a socially disadvantaged group whose members have 
been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity 
as members of a group without regard to their individual qualities. 
Gender is not included as a covered group. Socially disadvantaged 
groups include the following and no others unless approved in writing 
by the Deputy Administrator:
    (1) American Indians or Alaskan Natives,
    (2) Asians or Asian-Americans,
    (3) Blacks or African-Americans,
    (4) Hispanics or Hispanic-Americans, and
    (5) Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders.
    State ACRE guarantee means the per acre amount for the crop which 
is 90 percent of the benchmark State yield times the ACRE guarantee 
price, subject to the minimum and maximum guarantee specified in these 
regulations.
* * * * *
0
12. Amend Sec.  1412.41 as follows:
0
a. Revise paragraph (a)(1) and (a)(2)(i) to read as set forth below,
0
b. Amend paragraph (a)(3) by removing the words ``on or before June 1'' 
and adding, in their place, the words ``by the date specified in 
paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section'', and
0
c. Amend paragraph (b), in the first sentence, by removing the words 
``on or before June 1 of the year of the contract'' and adding, in 
their place, the words ``by the enrollment date specified in paragraph 
(a)(2)(i) of this section''.


Sec.  1412.41  Direct and counter-cyclical program contract or ACRE 
program contract.

    (a) * * *
    (1) With respect to fiscal year 2008 payments, CCC will, through 
the date announced by CCC, entertain offers for DCP contracts by 
eligible producers of covered commodities and peanuts. With respect to 
fiscal year 2009 payments, CCC will entertain offers by eligible 
producers for an annual DCP or ACRE program contract through August 14, 
2009. With respect to fiscal years 2010 through 2012 payments, CCC will 
annually allow offers for a DCP or ACRE program contract by eligible 
producers on a farm having base acres with respect to a covered 
commodity or peanuts, through June 1 of each such fiscal year.
    (2)(i) Eligible producers must execute and submit a DCP or ACRE 
program contract and furnish supportive and necessary contractual 
documents to the county FSA office where the records for the program 
farm are administratively maintained not later than August 14, 2009, 
for 2009 fiscal year contracts and not later than June 1 of the 
applicable year for 2010 through 2012 fiscal year contracts.
* * * * *


Sec.  1412.45  [Amended]

0
13. Amend Sec.  1412.45 by removing paragraph (d).


Sec.  1412.51  [Amended]

0
14. Amend Sec.  1412.51 as follows:
0
a. In paragraph (c), in the second sentence, remove the words ``wholly-
owned'' and add, in their place, the words ``at least 50 percent 
owned'' and
0
b. In paragraph (c), in the third sentence, remove the words ``each 
individual or entity with an interest in the entity must be a socially 
disadvantaged or limited resource farmer or rancher '' and add, in 
their

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place, the words ``at least 50 percent of the ownership interest in the 
entity must be socially disadvantaged or limited resource farmers or 
ranchers''.

0
15. Amend Sec.  1412.53 as follows:
0
a. In paragraph (b)(1)(ii), remove the words ``2008 crop year'' and 
add, in their place, the words ``2008 and 2009 crop years,''
0
b. Remove paragraph (b)(1)(ii)(G) and redesignate paragraphs 
(b)(1)(ii)(H) through (b)(1)(ii)(K) as paragraphs (b)(1)(ii)(G) through 
(b)(1)(ii)(J),
0
c. Redesignate paragraph (b)(1)(ii)(L) as paragraph (b)(1)(ii)(O),
0
d. Add paragraphs (b)(1)(ii)(K) through (b)(1)(ii)(N) to read as set 
forth below,
0
e. Add paragraph (b)(1)(iii) to read as set forth below,


Sec.  1412.53  Counter-cyclical payment provisions.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (ii) * * *
    (K) Dry Peas--$5.40/cwt. (2009 crop only).
    (L) Lentils--$11.28/cwt. (2009 crop only).
    (M) Small Chickpeas--$7.43/cwt. (2009 crop only).
    (N) Large Chickpeas--$11.28/cwt. (2009 crop only).
* * * * *
    (iii) For the 2010 through 2012 crop years the following rates:
    (A) Wheat--$2.94/bu.
    (B) Corn--$1.95/bu.
    (C) Grain sorghum--$1.95/bu.
    (D) Barley--$1.95/bu.
    (E) Oats--$1.39/bu.
    (F) Upland cotton--$0.52/lb.
    (G) Long grain rice--$6.50/cwt.
    (H) Medium grain rice--$6.50/cwt.
    (I) Soybeans--$5.00/bu.
    (J) Other oilseeds--$10.09/cwt.
    (K) Dry Peas--$5.40/cwt.
    (L) Lentils--$11.28/cwt.
    (M) Small Chickpeas--$7.43/cwt.
    (N) Large Chickpeas--$11.28/cwt.
    (O) Peanuts--$355.00/ton.
* * * * *

0
16. Amend Sec.  1412.61 as follows:
0
a. In paragraph (a), in the first sentence, remove the words 
``paragraph (b)'' and add, in their place, the words ``paragraphs (b) 
and (c)'' and
0
b. Add paragraph (c) to read as set forth below.


Sec.  1412.61  Contract violations.

* * * * *
    (c) If there is a violation of Sec.  1412.66 due to an inaccurate 
report of either acreage or production and CCC determines that the 
violation was not a knowing and willing falsification or 
misrepresentation by producers on the contract under paragraph (a) of 
this section, payments may be made to the producers specified on the 
contract based on determined acreage and production.


Sec.  1412.66  [Amended]

0
17. Amend Sec.  1412.66 as follows:
0
a. In paragraph (b), first sentence, remove the word ``Producers'' at 
the beginning of the sentence and add, in its place, the words ``As a 
condition of eligibility for payments under this part, producers''
0
b. In paragraph (b), second sentence, remove the word ``The'' at the 
beginning of the sentence and add, in its place, the words ``At the 
discretion of CCC, the''.
0
18. Amend Sec.  1412.67 as follows:
0
a. Revise paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as set forth below,
0
b. In paragraph (c)(2), remove the words ``damage or loss'' and add, in 
their place, the words ``prevented planting,'' and
0
c. Remove paragraph (d).


Sec.  1412.67  Notices of loss.

    (a) If a notice of loss for prevented planting under a policy or 
plan of insurance or pursuant to part 1437 of this chapter has not 
already been filed, at least one producer having a share of a crop 
intended to be planted pursuant to Sec.  1412.48 or a having a share of 
a crop of a covered commodity or peanuts on a farm enrolled in the ACRE 
program must provide a notice of loss for prevented planting to CCC in 
the administrative FSA office for the farm, within 15 calendar days 
after the final planting date.
    (b) For a prevented planting notice filed in accordance with this 
section, the notice of loss must include:
    (1) Total acreage intended to be planted to the crop in the 
administrative county;
    (2) Total acreage planted by the producer to the crop in the 
administrative county;
    (3) Whether a purchase, delivery, or arrangement for purchase or 
delivery was made for seed, chemicals, fertilizer, etc.; and
    (4) When land preparation measures, for example, cultivation, were 
completed, and what has been done or will be done with the acreage, for 
example, abandoned, replanted, etc.
* * * * *


Sec.  1412.72  [Amended]

0
19. Amend Sec.  1412.72 as follows:
0
a. In paragraph (a), first sentence, remove the date ``June 1 of 2009'' 
and add, in its place, the date ``August 14, 2009,''
0
b. In paragraph (d) introductory text, remove the words ``June 1 of'' 
at the end,
0
c. In paragraph (d)(1), add the words ``August 14,'' at the beginning,
0
d. Redesignate paragraphs (d)(2) through (d)(4) as paragraphs (d)(2)(i) 
through (d)(2)(iii),
0
e. Add new introductory text to paragraph (d)(2) to read as set forth 
below, and
0
f. In paragraph (h), remove the words ``June 1'' both times they appear 
and add, in their place, the words ``August 14, 2009, for the 2009 
election period and June 1 in each of the 2010, 2011, and 2012 fiscal 
years.''


Sec.  1412.72  Availability and election of alternative approach.

* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (2) June 1 of:
* * * * *

0
20. Amend Sec.  1412.73 by adding paragraphs (c) and (d) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  1412.73  Sharing of ACRE payments.

* * * * *
    (c) Shares of ACRE payments will be determined based on shares 
recorded on the report of acreage filed in accordance with Sec.  
1412.66. Each eligible producer having a share of covered commodities 
or peanuts planted or considered planted on a farm enrolled under an 
ACRE program contract must do both of the following to be eligible for 
their share of an ACRE payment:
    (1) Unless otherwise already enrolled on the ACRE program contract 
with a share of base acres on the farm, sign the ACRE program contract 
during the contract period.
    (2) Have the producer's share recorded on report of acreage filed 
in accordance with part 718 of this title and Sec.  1412.66 of this 
part.
    (d) In a case where a producer has failed to sign an ACRE program 
contract for the producer's reported share of covered commodities or 
peanuts planted or considered planted on a farm enrolled in accordance 
with this subpart, that producer's share will not receive any 
consideration for payment and will not generate any payment to the 
producer or to any other producer on the farm.

0
21. Amend Sec.  1412.77 as follows:
0
a. In paragraph (a), second sentence, add the word ``program'' between 
the words ``ACRE'' and ``contract'', and
0
b. Add paragraph (f) to read as set forth below.


Sec.  1412.77  Transfer of land and succession-in-interest.

* * * * *
    (f) Producers who have reported a share interest on an acreage 
report of

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covered commodities and peanuts planted or prevented from being planted 
on a farm are not automatically considered successors. In accordance 
with Sec.  1412.73, such producers who have not already signed the ACRE 
program contract have until the end of the contract period to sign the 
ACRE program contract or that share will not receive payment 
consideration.


Sec.  1412.78  [Amended]

0
22. In Sec.  1412.78, paragraph (a)(2)(iii), remove the date ``2012'' 
and add, in its place, the words ``the end of the contract period''.

PART 1421--GRAINS AND SIMILARLY HANDLED COMMODITIES--MARKETING 
ASSISTANCE LOANS AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS FOR 2008 THROUGH 2012

0
23. The authority citation for part 1421 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7231-7237 and 7931-7936; 15 U.S.C. 714b and 
714c, and7 U.S.C. 8731-8736.


Sec.  1421.4  [Amended]

0
24. Amend Sec.  1421.4 as follows:
0
a. In paragraph (a)(1), first sentence, remove the words ``an 
individual'' and add, in their place, the words ``a person'' and
0
b. In paragraph (e)(1)(ii), remove the word ``corporate'' and add, in 
its place, the word ``cooperate''.


Sec.  1421.5  [Amended]

0
25. Amend Sec.  1421.5 as follows:
0
a. In paragraph (c)(4), first sentence, remove the word ``respect'' and 
add, in its place, the word ``regard'', and
0
b. In paragraph (c)(5), first sentence, remove the word ``flaxseed,''.

0
26, Amend 1421.104 as follows:
0
a. Revise paragraph (a)(1) to read as set forth below and
0
b. In paragraph (a)(2) remove the words ``paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section'' and add, in their place, the words ``this part''.


Sec.  1421.104  Marketing assistance loan making.

    (a)(1) CCC may conduct such lien searches, and may perfect its 
interest in loan commodities under State law, as it deems to be in its 
interest.
* * * * *


Sec.  1421.107  [Amended]

0
27. Amend Sec.  1421.107 as follows:
0
a. In paragraph (g)(1), remove the words ``under the U.S. Warehouse 
Act'', and add, in their place, the words ``by an authorized warehouse 
as specified in Sec.  1421.103(c)(1)'', and
0
b. In paragraph (g)(2), remove the reference to ``paragraph (f)(1) of 
this section'' and add, in its place, a reference to ``paragraph (g)(1) 
of this section.''

    Signed in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2010.
Carolyn B. Cooksie,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Executive Vice 
President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2010-8308 Filed 4-13-10; 8:45 am]
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