§ 1439.601 - General statement.

(a)(1) This subpart sets forth the terms and conditions of the EFGDP. This program may be authorized only for livestock owners in a State or county, by the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs (DAFP), Farm Service Agency (FSA), upon a determination that a sudden livestock feed emergency exists and a Presidential disaster declaration has been issued for such a State or county as a result of snow and freezing and related conditions. Under the program, CCC will provide to the livestock owner whose access to livestock and normal livestock feed supplies was adversely affected by natural disasters either or both of the following:

(i) Reimbursement for expenses relating to eligible livestock feed purchases and transportation assistance;

(ii) CCC-owned feed grains on a donation basis.

(2) Assistance may be given to other persons or entities (public and private), who certify that the eligible livestock were, or are, in danger of perishing without their immediate assistance. This program shall terminate at the conclusion of the 1996 livestock feed crop year.

(b) The EFGDP is authorized for the 1996 livestock feed crop year when both of the following apply:

(1) The FSA State committee determines and documents a livestock feed emergency on a county by county basis, when the danger of eligible livestock perishing as a result of snow and freezing and related conditions exists in the county, and

(2) The livestock owner, or other person or entities (public or private) certify that the eligible livestock were, or are, in danger of perishing without immediate assistance and that normal livestock feed supplies were, or are, inaccessible.