United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2019_register executive 2019-09-13 article Part V Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7bf2671 D09002ee1c7bf27f3 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Federal Crop Insurance Corporation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Farm Service Agency originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Commodity Credit Corporation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This rule establishes provisions for providing agricultural disaster assistance as authorized by the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Disaster Relief Act). The Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) will provide payments to eligible producers who suffered eligible crop, tree, bush, and vine losses resulting from hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic activity, snowstorms, and wildfires that occurred in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years. The On-Farm Storage Loss Program will provide payments to eligible producers who suffered uncompensated losses of harvested commodities stored in farm structures as a result of hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic activity, snowstorms, and wildfires that occurred in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years. The Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program (WHIP) Milk Loss Program will provide payments to eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed without compensation from the commercial milk market due to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic activity, snowstorms, and wildfires that occurred in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years. This rule specifies the administrative provisions, eligibility requirements, application procedures, and payment calculations for WHIP+, On-Farm Storage Loss Program, and WHIP Milk Loss Program. As required by the Disaster Relief Act, this rule also expands eligibility for 2017 WHIP to include losses incurred from Tropical Storm Cindy, losses of peach and blueberry crops in calendar year 2017 due to extreme cold, and blueberry productivity losses in calendar year 2018 due to extreme cold and hurricane damage in calendar year 2017. This rule updates the regulations for the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) to provide assistance for eligible orchardists or nursery tree growers of pecan trees with a tree mortality rate that exceeds 7.5 percent (adjusted for normal mortality) and is less than 15 percent (adjusted for normal mortality) for losses incurred in calendar year 2018. Prevented planting supplemental disaster payments will provide support to producers who were prevented from planting eligible crops for the 2019 crop year due to excess precipitation, flood, storm surge, tornado, volcanic activity, tropical depressions, hurricanes, and cyclones in the 2019 calendar year. This rule specifies the administrative provisions, eligibility requirements, and payment calculations for prevented planting supplemental disaster payments. 84 FR 48518 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-09-13/2019-19932 2019-19932 fr13se19-23 RIN 0560-AI52 3410-05-P Docket ID FSA-2019-0012 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-09-13/2019-19932 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-09-13/html/2019-19932.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-09-13/pdf/2019-19932.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Agriculture Fruits Livestock Nursery Stock Seafood Crop Insurance Disaster Assistance Dairy Products Indemnity Payments Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 20 p. 48518 48537 84 FR 48518 Title 7 Part 1416 7 CFR Part 1416 Title 7 Part 460 7 CFR Part 460 Title 7 Part 760 7 CFR Part 760 RIN 0560-AI52 Agricultural Disaster Indemnity Programs; Federal Register Vol. 84, Issue RULE 2019-19932 V DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Farm Service Agency Commodity Credit Corporation 2019-09-13 Docket ID FSA-2019-0012 3410-05-P 2019-19932 Final rule.

This rule establishes provisions for providing agricultural disaster assistance as authorized by the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Disaster Relief Act). The Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) will provide payments to eligible producers who suffered eligible crop, tree, bush, and vine losses resulting from hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic activity, snowstorms, and wildfires that occurred in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years. The On-Farm Storage Loss Program will provide payments to eligible producers who suffered uncompensated losses of harvested commodities stored in farm structures as a result of hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic activity, snowstorms, and wildfires that occurred in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years. The Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program (WHIP) Milk Loss Program will provide payments to eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed without compensation from the commercial milk market due to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic activity, snowstorms, and wildfires that occurred in the 2018 and 2019 calendar years. This rule specifies the administrative provisions, eligibility requirements, application procedures, and payment calculations for WHIP+, On-Farm Storage Loss Program, and WHIP Milk Loss Program. As required by the Disaster Relief Act, this rule also expands eligibility for 2017 WHIP to include losses incurred from Tropical Storm Cindy, losses of peach and blueberry crops in calendar year 2017 due to extreme cold, and blueberry productivity losses in calendar year 2018 due to extreme cold and hurricane damage in calendar year 2017. This rule updates the regulations for the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) to provide assistance for eligible orchardists or nursery tree growers of pecan trees with a tree mortality rate that exceeds 7.5 percent (adjusted for normal mortality) and is less than 15 percent (adjusted for normal mortality) for losses incurred in calendar year 2018. Prevented planting supplemental disaster payments will provide support to producers who were prevented from planting eligible crops for the 2019 crop year due to excess precipitation, flood, storm surge, tornado, volcanic activity, tropical depressions, hurricanes, and cyclones in the 2019 calendar year. This rule specifies the administrative provisions, eligibility requirements, and payment calculations for prevented planting supplemental disaster payments.

Effective date: September 13, 2019. For WHIP+, 2017 WHIP, and TAP, Tona Huggins; telephone: (202) 720-7641; tona.huggins@usda.gov. For On-Farm Storage Loss, Shayla Watson-Porter; telephone: (202) 690-2350; or email: shayla.watson-porter@usda.gov. For WHIP Milk Loss, Douglas E. Kilgore: telephone: (202) 720-9011; or email: douglas.e.kilgore@usda.gov. For Crop Insurance, Francie Tolle; telephone: (816) 926-7829; or email: francie.tolle@usda.gov. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice). Administrative Practice and Procedure Agriculture Fruits Livestock Nursery Stock Seafood Crop Insurance Disaster Assistance Dairy Products Indemnity Payments Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Agricultural Disaster Indemnity Programs , douglas.e.kilgore@usda.gov francie.tolle@usda.gov shayla.watson-porter@usda.gov tona.huggins@usda.gov http://www.regulations.gov regulations.gov Vol. 84, no. 178 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2019-09-13 continuing daily deposited born digital 323 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-09-13 P0b002ee1a2bd6505 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr13se19 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-09-13 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-09-13/pdf/FR-2019-09-13.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-09-13/xml/FR-2019-09-13.xml fdlp 48229 48545 DGPO 2019-09-13 2024-05-30 FR-2019-09-13 machine generated eng FR FR-2019-09-13 84 178