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2005 Louisiana Sugarcane Hurricane Disaster Assistance Program
Document Number: E6-20696
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-12-06
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This notice implements section 3011 of the Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 (2006 Act) which authorizes the 2005 Louisiana Sugarcane Hurricane Disaster Assistance Program (2005 Program). The 2005 Program requires the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to provide compensation totaling $40 million to Louisiana sugarcane producers and processors who suffered economic losses from the cumulative effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in August and September of 2005. CCC will make $29 million in payments for 2005-crop (Fiscal Year 2006) losses to affected sugarcane processors, who shall share these payments with affected producers in a manner reflecting current contracts between the two parties. In addition, CCC will make payments of $10 million to compensate affected sugarcane producers for losses that are suffered only by producers, including losses due to saltwater flooding, wind damage, or increased planting, replanting, or harvesting costs. The funds for ``producer-only losses'' will be paid to processors, who will then disburse payments to affected producers without regard to contractual arrangements for dividing sugar revenue. CCC is reserving $1 million in the event of appeals and will disburse the residual, if any, to processors, who will then disburse payments to producers in a manner reflecting current contracts between the two parties. This notice provides eligibility criteria and application procedures that will be used to conduct this program.
Farmer-Stock Peanuts Available for Sale in Online Auction
Document Number: E6-19974
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-11-27
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is announcing that the inventoried farmer-stock peanuts will be available for sale as unrestricted use on November 29, 2006 on the Internet at www.theseam.com.
Definition of Indian Tribe for Payment Eligibility and Payment Limitation
Document Number: E6-19245
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-11-15
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule amends the regulations of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) governing payment limitation and payment eligibility and the limitation on the maximum allowable adjusted gross income (AGI) for program participants. Currently, 7 CFR part 1400, subpart G, exempts Indian tribes from all requirements of the AGI limitation for payment eligibility without providing a definition of Indian tribe. This rule defines ``Indian tribe'' consistent with the definition used by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and other rules utilized by CCC, FSA and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in their programs.
Bulk Grain Available for Sale Online
Document Number: 06-9212
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-11-15
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This notice announces that the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) will make available for sale a portion of its grain inventory beginning November 20, 2006, via the Internet at https:// www.GrainLink.com. This is the first time that CCC will use GrainLink to provide online marketing services to sell bulk grain, including wheat, rice, soybeans, barley, corn, grain sorghum, and oats that CCC owns via the Internet. This notice is to announce the sale and introduce this new process to the industry.
Domestic Sugar Program-Final 2005-Crop and Initial 2006-Crop Cane Sugar and Sugar Beet Marketing Allotments and Company Allocations
Document Number: E6-19077
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-11-13
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This notice sets forth the final 2005-crop and initial 2006- crop cane state allotments and company allocations to sugarcane and sugar beet processors. The 2005-crop year runs from October 1, 2005, through September 30, 2006 (fiscal year (FY) 2006). The 2006-crop (FY 2007) cane state allotments and company allocations are based on an 8.750 million short tons, raw value (STRV) overall allotment quantity (OAQ) of domestic sugar. These actions apply to all domestic sugar marketed for human consumption in the United States from October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2007. Although CCC already has announced all of the information in this notice, CCC is statutorily required to publish in the Federal Register determinations establishing, adjusting, or suspending sugar marketing allotments.
Reassignment of Sugar Allocation Shortfalls
Document Number: E6-19076
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-11-13
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) proposes to clarify Sugar Program regulations for the sugar marketing allotment program. This rule proposes to clarify eligibility requirements for processors to receive reassigned sugar marketing allocations deducted from other processors with insufficient supply to fill their allocations. The intent of this rule is to elaborate upon CCC's broad discretion to conduct allocation reassignments in the current regulations.
2005 Dairy Disaster Assistance Payment Program
Document Number: E6-18800
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-11-09
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This document corrects a change made by a final rule published October 31, 2006 amending the regulations for the 2005 Dairy Disaster Assistance Payment Program (DDAP-II). A correction is needed because the final rule of October 31 incorrectly numbered the sections of the new subpart E that was added to 7 CFR part 1430.
2005 Cottonseed Payment Program
Document Number: E6-18249
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-10-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This final rule implements a portion of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery of 2006 to provide assistance to producers and first-handlers of the 2005 crop of cottonseed in counties which were declared a natural disaster area by the President of the United States, and contiguous counties, due to Hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia, Rita, Wilma or a related condition in 2005.
2005 Dairy Disaster Assistance Payment Program
Document Number: E6-18247
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-10-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule sets forth the regulations for the 2005 Dairy Disaster Assistance Payment Program. This program will assist dairy producers by providing payments to those who suffered dairy production and milk spoilage losses due to hurricanes or a related condition in 2005.
Grains and Similarly Handled Commodities-Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments for the 2006 Through 2007 Crop Years; Cotton
Document Number: E6-16944
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-10-13
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This document corrects changes made by final rules published on June 6, 2006, and August 30, 2006, amending the regulations for the Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) Program of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). A correction is needed because the final rule of June 6 erroneously deleted provisions required by Cotton Marketing Cooperative Associations and an amendatory instruction in the August 30, 2006 rule, intended to correct that error, inadvertently amended the wrong sections of the regulations.
Finding of No Significant Impact
Document Number: E6-15855
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-09-27
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) with respect to the implementation of the Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP). EFCRP provides cost-share assistance for cleanup and replanting for those owners or operators of non-industrial forest land and school trust land that experienced a loss of 35 percent or more of merchantable timber directly related to hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year.
Removal of Obsolete Regulations
Document Number: 06-7678
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-09-15
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation, Farm Service Agency
This action removes regulations rendered obsolete by expiration of their statutory authority and the ending of their respective programs. There are no impacts on past or current program operations.
Sugar Program Definitions
Document Number: E6-14881
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-09-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is soliciting comments and views on whether to revise the regulations at 7 CFR part 1435 for the purpose of regulating the marketing of sugar derived from imported beet thick juice.
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program-Tropical Regions
Document Number: E6-14736
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-09-07
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule changes how the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) handles certain claims under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for ``tropical'' regions, including Hawaii, Puerto Rico and other specified areas. The changes will reduce the burden on the affected program participants and ease program administration in the affected areas.
Storage, Handling, and Ginning Requirements for Cotton Marketing Assistance Loan Collateral
Document Number: E6-14370
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-08-30
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule amends regulations governing the cotton Marketing Assistance Loan Program of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). The changes provide that bales of upland cotton pledged as collateral for CCC loans may be stored outside at warehouses approved by CCC subject to special storage, protection, receipting, and reporting requirements and loss of any applicable storage credits for the period stored outside. Second, the rule provides that producers or their agents may transfer cotton loan collateral to another approved location. Third, the rule provides limits on the amount of storage credits provided to producers when an upland cotton marketing assistance loan is repaid. Fourth, the rule requires ginned cotton to meet the definition of good condition and not be wet cotton in order to be eligible for a CCC loan. Fifth, this rule requires any unpaid warehouse compression charges to be billed to producers on loan cotton collateral that is delivered to CCC in satisfaction of the loan obligation. Sixth, this rule defines a minimum acceptable shipping standard for cotton warehouses. This rule also corrects and clarifies the Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) Program regulations of CCC regarding loss of beneficial interest in commodities delivered to certain facilities engaged in storing and handling commodities under those programs.
Warehouse Rates for Peanuts Pledged as Collateral for a Marketing Assistance Loan
Document Number: E6-13206
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-11
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This notice advises warehouse operators operating under a Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Peanut Storage Agreement of the storage and handling rates applicable to the 2006 crop of peanuts.
Storage Requirements for Grain Security for Marketing Assistance Loans
Document Number: E6-13002
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-08-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is reopening and extending the comment period for the subject proposed rule. The original comment period for the proposed rule closed August 2, 2006, and CCC is reopening and extending it for 60 days from the date of this notice. CCC also will consider any comments received from August 2, 2006, to the date of this notice. This action responds to requests from the public to provide more time to comment on the proposed rule.
Information Collection; Rate Quotation for Transportation Services
Document Number: E6-12958
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-08-09
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Commodity Credit Corporation is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension with revision of a currently approved information collection associated with Rate Quotation for Transportation Services. The CCC is collecting freight rate quotes from the participating Motor Carriers and Intermodal Marketing Companies who transport agricultural products for the Department of Agriculture and using the collected freight rate quotes to establish the lowest cost of movement to meet the transportation needs of CCC.
Quality Samples Program
Document Number: 06-6652
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-08-03
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This proposed rule would establish regulations applicable to the Quality Samples Program (QSP). The proposed regulations set forth details concerning program administration, including participant eligibility, application requirements, review and allocation process, reimbursement rules and procedures, and program controls.
Cooperative Marketing Associations
Document Number: E6-12068
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-07-28
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This final rule amends the regulations for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) governing Cooperative Marketing Associations (CMA's). This rule provides that a CMA is no longer required to distribute Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) proceeds directly to members of the CMA within 15 days of receipt of such proceeds from CCC, and makes additional policy clarifications on CMA distributions to members. The intent of this rule is to remove regulatory requirements that are outdated and unnecessary.
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
Document Number: E6-11959
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-07-27
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
On behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), hereafter referred to as the Agency, is amending the Interim Final Rule implementing the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) at 7 CFR part 1491 to clarify certain program policies and legal requirements. Specifically, the Agency is addressing policy and legal requirements in eight areas: Fair market value definition; program eligibility as to forest lands; the nature of the real property rights the United States is acquiring and how it will exercise those rights; compliance with Department of Justice (DOJ) Title Standards; exercising United States' rights; the implementation of Federal appraisal requirements required by the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970; impervious surface limitations on the easement area; and indemnification requirements. NRCS requests comments on this amendment. Cooperative agreements signed on or after the publication of this Interim Final Rule will be administered. This rule is being published as an Interim Final Rule, with request for comments under the authority of section 2702 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-17, which allows the promulgation of an Interim Final Rule effective upon publication. The Agency made a determination that publishing this Interim Final Rule is appropriate and necessary given the fact that this rule is making program changes to address and clarify existing Federal law and policy requirements.
Standards for Approval of Warehouses for Storage of CCC Commodities
Document Number: E6-11762
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-07-25
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This document corrects the final rule published on June 22, 2006, amending the regulations covering the storage of commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). A correction is needed because the amended rule contains an incorrect reference to a regulatory provision.
Policy for Certain Commodities Available for Sale
Document Number: E6-11236
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-07-18
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule amends regulations of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) relating to marketing procedures for commodities in CCC inventory to update agency provisions and provide for commodity sales through Internet-based marketing systems. This rule is intended to modernize and streamline CCC commodity marketing procedures.
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
Document Number: 06-6228
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-07-14
Agency: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Agencies and Commissions, Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury, Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), the OCC, the Board, and the FDIC (the ``agencies'') may not conduct or sponsor, and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), of which the agencies are members, has approved the agencies' publication for public comment of a proposal to extend, with revision the Foreign Branch Report of Condition (FFIEC 030), which is a currently approved information collection for each agency. At the end of the comment period, the comments and recommendations received will be analyzed to determine the extent to which the FFIEC should modify the report. The agencies will then submit the report to OMB for review and approval.
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Document Number: 06-6158
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-07-12
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to request an extension of a currently approved information collection in support of Export Enhancement Program (EEP) and Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP).
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
Document Number: 06-6028
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-07-07
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to request an extension and revision of currently approved information collections in support of the RegulationsFinancing Commercial Sales of Agricultural Commodities under Title I of Public Law 83-480; Request for Vessel Approval, Form CCC-105 and Request for Vessel Approval, Form CCC-105 (cotton); and Declaration of Sale, Form FAS-359.
Storage Requirements for Grain Security for Marketing Assistance Loans
Document Number: E6-10368
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-07-03
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule proposes changes to the regulations governing the Marketing Assistance Loan Programs of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) that are authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Act). CCC is proposing to no longer require a Federally- licensed warehouse operator, or in a State with a warehouse licensing programs, a State-licensed warehouse operator to execute a CCC storage agreement. Nothing in this proposed rule will affect the administration of the United States Warehouse Act by USDA.
Emergency Storage of Grain Collateral for Marketing Assistance Loans
Document Number: E6-10367
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-07-03
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation, Farm Service Agency
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) announces, for the 2006 crops of wheat, corn, and other feed grains, the acceptance of collateral for marketing assistance loans, warehouse receipts issued by a warehouse storing such commodity in outside storage, subject to the conditions outlined in this notice. This notice is intended to ensure adequate availability of storage space at harvest for producers seeking warehouse-stored marketing assistance loans for grain.
Warehouse Charges and Delivery Obligations for Peanuts Forfeited to the Commodity Credit Corporation Through the Marketing Assistance Loan Program
Document Number: E6-9836
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-06-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This notice advises warehouse operators operating under a Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Peanut Storage Agreement of provisions that may not be altered, even through changes made to the public tariff of the warehouse. When CCC transfers title to CCC-owned peanuts in store (i.e., to a third-party buyer), the storage and handling rates applicable to CCC must remain applicable to the transferee under the terms of the Peanut Storage Agreement. Also, warehouse operators must load out, or transfer instore, the total loan value of the peanuts represented on the warehouse receipt, calculated by using USDA's Price Table File for the applicable crop year. This value is not subject to a subsequent shrink factor. The delivery obligation created by issuing the warehouse receipt may not be altered for any reason or by any method, including public tariffs.
Standards for Approval of Warehouses for Storage of CCC Commodities
Document Number: E6-9834
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-06-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule revises the regulations covering the storage of commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). For the most part, these commodities are acquired under various mandatory marketing assistance and price support programs that benefit producers. This rule will consolidate the regulations for all commodities stored by CCC into one set of regulations. In addition, this rule will revise, in some instances, the substantive provisions that are in effect under the existing regulations.
Grains and Similarly Handled Commodities-Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments for the 2006 Through 2007 Crop Years; Cotton
Document Number: E6-9546
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-06-19
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This document corrects the final rule published on June 6, 2006, amending the regulations for the Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) Program of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). A correction is needed because an amendatory instruction inadvertently amended the wrong paragraphs.
Grains and Similarly Handled Commodities-Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments for the 2006 Through 2007 Crop Years; Cotton
Document Number: 06-5078
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-06-06
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule amends regulations governing the Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) Program of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). These amendments affect regulations governing: (1) Beneficial interest with respect to eligible commodities delivered to facilities other than licensed warehouses, such as feedlots, ethanol plants, wool pools, and other facilities determined by CCC to be the end user of the commodity; (2) the announcement of the adjusted world price (AWP) for rice; (3) CCC lien searches and the fees necessary to record and file liens on marketing assistance loans; (4) the liability of a producer who improperly disposes of pledged loan collateral for a CCC farm-stored loan; (5) producers' responsibilities for requesting loan deficiency payments; and (6) general eligibility requirements for cotton pledged as collateral for a marketing assistance loan.
Conservation Reserve Program-Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program
Document Number: E6-8527
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-06-02
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This final rule amends the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) regulations to implement provisions of Public Law 109-148 (2006 Act) that provide for enrollment in the CRP of private non-industrial forest land that experienced a loss of 35 percent or more of merchantable timber in the States suffering forestry damage directly related to hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia, Rita, Dennis, and Wilma.
Storage, Handling, and Ginning Requirements for Cotton Marketing Assistance Loan Collateral
Document Number: E6-8161
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-05-26
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule proposes amending regulations governing the cotton Marketing Assistance Loan Program of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) that is authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Act). The major proposed regulatory changes would impact the administration of the program by amending regulations governing: The outside storage of upland cotton pledged as collateral for CCC loans; the certification provided by approved ginners to produce bales that are compliant with CCC loan eligibility requirements; the reconcentration and transfer of upland cotton pledged as collateral for CCC loans; and the storage credit provided to producers when an upland cotton marketing assistance loan is repaid.
Domestic Sugar Program-2005-Crop Cane Sugar and Sugar Beet Marketing Allotments and Company Allocations
Document Number: 06-4875
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-05-26
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This notice sets forth the establishment and adjustments to the sugar overall allotment quantity (OAQ) for the 2005-crop year (FY 2006) which runs from October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006. Although CCC already announced all of the information in this notice, CCC is statutorily required to publish in the Federal Register determinations establishing or adjusting sugar marketing allotments. CCC set the 2005-crop OAQ to 8.600 million short tons raw value (STRV) on August 12, 2005. On August 19, 2005, CCC allocated the cane sector allotment to cane-producing States and cane processors and reassigned an expected cane supply shortfall of 120,000 STRV to imports. On September 29, 2005, CCC increased the OAQ to 8.825 million STRV and reassigned another 276,000 STRV of expected cane shortfall to imports. The next day, CCC announced the FY 2006 beet company allocations. On December 2, 2006, CCC reassigned another 450,000 STRV of an updated cane supply shortfall to imports. On February 2, 2006, CCC increased the OAQ to 9.350 million STRV and reassigned 500,000 STRV of the anticipated domestic supply deficit to imports. The revised FY 2006 cane state allotments and cane and beet sugar processor allocations were announced on March 22, 2006.
Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment for the Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program
Document Number: E6-6816
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-05-05
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This Notice announces the availability of the draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for the Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP) of the Commodity Credit Corporation. EFCRP will provide assistance for owners of forest land and timber related to losses from hurricanes during the 2005 calendar year. The draft PEA assesses the environmental impacts of this program and provides a means for the public to voice concerns about and ideas for improving the program. This Notice informs the public of the availability of the draft PEA and solicits public comment.
Termination of the Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate (Step 2) Program
Document Number: E6-5751
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-04-18
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This notice announces the termination of the Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate Program, commonly referred to as the Step 2 Program.
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
Document Number: 06-3670
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-04-18
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This document corrects the final rule published on March 17, 2006, amending the regulations for the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. A correction is needed to correct an amendatory instruction that inadvertently omitted several references.
Milk Income Loss Contract Program
Document Number: 06-3669
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-04-17
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule amends the regulations for the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program as authorized by the Agriculture Reconciliation Act of 2005 to extend the program from October 1, 2005, to September 30, 2007. This rule also decreases the percentage rate for the payment calculation and removes the transition rule required at the beginning of the program.
Percentages for Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program Advance Payments
Document Number: 06-3364
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-04-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This final rule implements the provisions of the Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2005 regarding percentages used to determine payment amounts for producers electing to receive advance payments through the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program. Reducing the direct payment advance percentages shifts payments between fiscal years, but will have no impact on total payments.
Procurement of Commodities for Foreign Donation
Document Number: E6-5089
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-04-07
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This proposed rule proposes additional changes related to a proposed rule published by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) on December 16, 2005, entitled ``Procurement of Commodities for Foreign Donation,'' to specifically recognize CCC's obligations under the cargo preference legislation of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 and to clarify the ``extenuating circumstances'' that may preclude awards on the basis of lowest-landed cost. CCC is also re-opening and extending the comment period on the proposed rule to accord interested persons an opportunity to comment thereon.
Transfer of Sugar Program Marketing Allocations
Document Number: 06-3099
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-03-31
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This rule amends the sugar program regulations of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). The provisions for transferring sugar marketing allocation when a mill closes and growers request to move their allocation are amended. A regulatory deadline, the 20th of each month, for the program's information reporting requirements is added. Also, each cane processor, cane refiner and beet processor will be required to provide an annual report prepared by a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) that verifies the company's data submitted to CCC.
Information Collection; Farm Storage Facility Loan Program
Document Number: E6-3960
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-20
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension with revision of a currently approved information collection in support of the Farm Storage Facility Loan Program.
Acreage Reports and Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
Document Number: 06-2548
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-03-17
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation, Farm Service Agency
The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) adopts as final, with change, an interim final rule amending the regulations for the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). Also, a clarification is made in the regulations regarding the submission of acreage reports, and obsolete program provisions are removed.
Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Farm Reconstitutions
Document Number: E6-3404
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-10
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This notice announces the intention of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request an extension and revision for an information collection currently approved and used in of farm reconstitutions.
Grassland Reserve Program
Document Number: 06-2091
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-03-06
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA or the Department) is publishing a final rule implementing the Grassland Reserve Program (GRP). The GRP assists landowners and others in restoring and conserving eligible grassland and certain other lands through rental agreements and easements. This rule sets forth how the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary), using the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), will implement GRP to meet the statutory objectives of the program.
Livestock Assistance Program; American Indian Livestock Feed Program; Correction
Document Number: 06-1927
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-03-03
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This document corrects the final regulations published on March 31, 2005, and May 25, 2005, that provided the regulations for the 2003-2004 Livestock Assistance Program (LAP), and American Indian Livestock Feed Program (AILFP). This correction clarifies that all eligible cattle must be intended for food use.
Cottonseed Payment Program; Correction
Document Number: 06-1645
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-02-22
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
This document corrects the final regulations published on January 26, 2006 to provide assistance to producers and first-handlers of the 2004 crop of cottonseed in counties declared a disaster by the President due to 2004 hurricanes and tropical storms. A correction is needed to change a reference from ``cotton'' to ``cottonseed.''
Regulations for the United States Warehouse Act; Cotton Loans
Document Number: 06-1284
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-02-13
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation, Farm Service Agency
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) are soliciting comments and views on whether to revise the regulations at 7 CFR parts 735 and 1427 for the purpose of addressing the storage of upland cotton and its impact on loan eligibility.
Procurement of Commodities for Foreign Donation; Public Meeting
Document Number: 06-1193
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-02-08
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Commodity Credit Corporation
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a public meeting to discuss the proposed rule, Procurement of Commodities for Foreign Donation, published in the Federal Register on December 16, 2005 (70 FR 74717).
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