§ 1470.203 - Definitions.

The definitions set forth in this section shall apply to the Apple Market Loss Assistance Payment Program III as follows:

Administrator means the Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

Apple operation means any person or group of persons who, as a single unit as determined by CCC, produces and markets apples in the United States.

Application means the Apple Market Loss Assistance Payment Application.

Application period means the period beginning September 30, 2002, and ending on November 8, 2002, for producers to apply for program benefits.

CCC means the Commodity Credit Corporation.

County committee means the FSA county committee.

County office means the local FSA office.

Department or USDA means the United States Department of Agriculture.

Deputy Administrator means the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs, Farm Service Agency, or a designee.

Eligible production means apples that were produced and harvested in the United States anytime during the 2000 crop year, up to a maximum of 5 million pounds per apple operation.

Farm Service Agency or FSA means the Farm Service Agency of the Department.

Payment pounds means the pounds of apples for which an operation is eligible to be paid under this subpart.

Person means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, estate, trust association, cooperative, or other business enterprise or other legal entity who is, or whose members are, a citizen of, or legal resident alien or aliens in the United States.

Secretary means the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture or any other officer or employee of the Department who has been delegated the authority to act in the Secretary's stead with respect to the program established in this subpart.

United States means the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Verifiable production records means evidence that is used to substantiate the amount of harvested production reported and that can be verified by CCC through an independent source.