[Federal Register: March 3, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 43)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
7 CFR Part 457
Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Forage Production and Forage
Seeding Crop Insurance Provisions; Correction
AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulation
which was published Tuesday, January 25, 2000 (65 FR 3782-3785). The
regulation pertains to the insurance of Forage Production and Forage
Seeding.
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 24, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Brayton, Insurance Management
Specialist, Product Development Division, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, United States Department of Agriculture, 9435 Holmes Road,
Kansas City, MO 64131, telephone (816) 926-7730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The final regulation that is the subject of this correction was
intended to provide policy changes to better meet the needs of the
insured.
Need for Correction
As published, the final regulations contained errors which may
prove misleading and are in need of clarification. This rule is
necessary to correct the Forage Production Regulations as follows: (1)
The definitions of fall planted and spring planted were deleted in the
proposed and final rules due to recommendations that they were not
necessary in the Forage Production Crop Provisions because the initial
year the forage is planted it is insured under the Forage Seeding Crop
Provisions. Although the above is true, it was later determined that
the definitions were still necessary in the Forage Production Crop
Provisions to clarify the year of establishment for both fall and
spring planted forage because forage is not insurable under the Forage
Production Crop Provisions until after the year of establishment; (2)
The dates contained in the insurance period section are corrected to
specify separate dates that insurance attaches for spring and fall
planted acreage in specific states and counties. This allows forage
acreage to be insured continuously with no lapse, or overlap, in
coverage between the insurance period under the Forage Seeding and
Forage Production Crop Provisions. It was also discovered that since
the final rule only referred to the calendar year following the year of
establishment, there could be confusion regarding the dates insurance
attaches for calendar years subsequent to the calendar year following
the date of establishment so these dates have also been included; and
(3) The date insurance ends under the Forage Production Crop Insurance
Provisions for Lassen, Modoc, Mono Shasta and Siskiyou counties,
California was corrected to November 30 to provide continuous coverage.
The proposed and final rules for the Forage Seeding Crop Provisions
listed cancellation and termination dates for certain named states, but
omitted the cancellation and termination dates for all other states.
This corrected rule adds the cancellation and termination dates of
March 15 for all other states.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, the publication on January 25, 2000, of the final
regulation at 65 FR 3782-3785 is corrected as follows:
PART 457--[CORRECTED]
Sec. 457.117 [Corrected]
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On page 3783, in the third column in Sec. 457.117, in the crop
provisions section 1, add definitions for ``fall planted'' and ``spring
planted'' to read as follows:
Fall planted. A forage crop seeded after June 30.
Spring planted. A forage crop seeded before July 1.
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On page 3784, in the first column in Sec. 457.117, in the crop
provisions sections 7(a) and (b)(6) are corrected to read as follows:
(a) Insurance attaches on acreage with an adequate stand on the
following dates:
(1) For the calendar year following the year of seeding for:
(i) Spring planted forage in Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta and
Siskiyou Counties California, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada,
Oregon, Utah and Washington--April 15;
(ii) Spring planted forage in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New
Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Wyoming and
all other states--May 22;
(iii) Fall planted forage in Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta and
Siskiyou Counties California, and all other states--October 16;
(iv) Fall planted forage in all California counties except Lassen,
Modoc, Mono, Shasta, and Siskiyou--December 1.
(2) For the calendar year of seeding for spring planted acreage in
all California counties except Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta and
Siskiyou--December 1.
(3) For calendar years subsequent to the calendar year following
the year of seeding for:
(i) Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta and Siskiyou California counties,
and all other states--October 16;
(ii) All California counties except Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta and
Siskiyou--December 1.
(b) * * *
(6) The following dates of the crop year:
(i) For Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta, and Siskiyou Counties
California and all other states--October 15;
(ii) For all California counties except Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Shasta
and Siskiyou--November 30.
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Sec. 457.151 [Corrected]
On page 3785, the first column in Sec. 457.151, section 5 is
corrected to read as follows:
In accordance with section 2 of the Basic Provisions, the
cancellation and termination dates are:
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State and county Cancellation/termination dates
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California, Nevada, New July 31
Hampshire, New York,
Pennsylvania, and Vermont
All other states March 15
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Signed in Washington D.C. on February 28, 2000.
Kenneth D. Ackerman,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. 00-5163 Filed 3-2-00; 8:45 am]
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