96-13589. Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Sugar Beet Crop Insurance Provisions  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 1996)]
    [Proposed Rules]
    [Pages 27315-27321]
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    [FR Doc No: 96-13589]
    
    
    
          
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    Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 106 / Friday, May 31, 1996 / Proposed 
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
    
    7 CFR Part 457
    
    RIN 0563-AB55
    
    
    Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Sugar Beet Crop Insurance 
    Provisions
    
    AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
    
    ACTION: Proposed rule.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes 
    specific crop provisions for the insurance of sugar beets. The 
    provisions will be used in conjunction with the Common Crop Insurance 
    Policy Basic Provisions which contains standard terms and conditions 
    common to most crops. The intended effect of this action is to provide 
    policy changes to better meet the needs of the insured and include the 
    current sugar beet endorsement with the Common Crop Insurance Policy 
    for ease of use and consistency of policy terms.
    
    DATES: Written comments, data, and opinions on this proposed rule will 
    be accepted until close of business July 30, 1996 and will be 
    considered when the rule is to be made final. The comment period for 
    information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
    continues through July 29, 1996.
    
    ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to 
    the Chief, Product Development Branch, Federal Crop Insurance 
    Corporation, United States Department of Agriculture, 9435 Holmes Road, 
    Kansas City, MO 64131. Written comments will be available for public 
    inspection and copying in room 0324, South Building, USDA, 14th and 
    Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C., 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., EDT 
    Monday through Friday.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arden Routh, Program Analyst, Research 
    and Development Division, Product Development Branch, FCIC, at 9435 
    Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO 64131, telephone (816) 926-6397.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Executive Order 12866 and Departmental Regulation 1512-1
    
        This action has been reviewed under United States Department of 
    Agriculture (USDA) procedures established by Executive Order 12866 and 
    Departmental Regulation 1512-1. This action constitutes a review as to 
    the need, currency, clarity, and effectiveness of these regulations 
    under those procedures. The sunset review date established for these 
    regulations is February 1, 2000.
        This rule has been determined to be exempt for the purposes of 
    Executive Order 12866 and therefore has not been reviewed by the Office 
    of Management and Budget (OMB).
    
    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
    
        The information collection requirements contained in these 
    regulations were previously approved by OMB pursuant to the Paperwork 
    Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) under OMB control number 
    0563-0003 through September 30, 1998.
        The amendments sent forth in this proposed rule do not contain 
    additional information collections that require clearance by the OMB 
    under the provisions of 44 U.S.C. chapter 35.
        The title of this information collection is ``Catastrophic Risk 
    Protection Plan and Related Requirements including, Common Crop 
    Insurance Regulations; Sugar Beet Crop Insurance Provisions.'' The 
    information to be collected includes: a crop insurance acreage report, 
    an insurance application and a continuous contract. Information 
    collected from the acreage report and application is electronically 
    submitted to FCIC by the reinsured companies. Potential respondents to 
    this information collection are producers of sugar beets that are 
    eligible for Federal crop insurance.
        The information requested is necessary for the insurance company 
    and FCIC to provide insurance, provide reinsurance, determine 
    eligibility, determine and collect premiums or other monetary amounts, 
    and pay benefits.
        All information is reported annually. The reporting burden for this 
    collection of information is estimated to average 16.9 minutes per 
    response for each of the 3.6 responses from approximately 1,755,015 
    respondents. The total annual burden on the public for this information 
    collection is 2,676,932 hours.
        The comment period for information collections under the Paperwork 
    Reduction Act of 1995 continues through July 29, 1996 for the 
    following: (a) whether the proposed collection of information is 
    necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
    including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the 
    accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
    collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
    and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
    minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
    including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
    forms of information gathering technology.
        Comments should be submitted to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
    Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
    Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503 and to Bonnie Hart, Advisory and 
    Corporate Operations Staff, Regulatory Review Group, Farm Service 
    Agency, P.O. Box 2415, Ag Box 0570, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
    Washington, D.C. 20013-2415. Telephone (202) 690-2857. Copies of the 
    information collection may be obtained from Bonnie Hart at the above 
    address.
    
    Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
    
        Title II of the Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Pub. L. 
    104-4, establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the 
    effects of their regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal 
    governments and the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, FCIC 
    generally must prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit 
    analysis, for proposed and final rules with Federal mandates that may 
    result in expenditures to State, local, or tribal governments, in the 
    aggregate, or to the private sector, of $100 million or more in any 1 
    year. When such a statement is needed for a rule, section 205 of the 
    UMRA generally requires FCIC to identify and consider a reasonable 
    number of regulatory alternatives and adopt the least costly, more 
    cost-effective or least burdensome alternative that achieves the 
    objectives of the rule.
    
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        This rule contains no Federal mandates (under the regulatory 
    provisions of title II of the UMRA) for State, local, and tribal 
    governments or the private sector. Thus, this rule is not subject to 
    the requirements of sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA.
    
    Executive Order 12612
    
        It has been determined under section 6(a) of Executive Order 12612, 
    Federalism, that this rule does not have sufficient federalism 
    implication to warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment. The 
    provisions contained in this rule will not have a substantial direct 
    effect on States or their political subdivisions, or on the 
    distribution of power and responsibilities among various levels of 
    government.
    
    Regulatory Flexibility Act
    
        This regulation will not have a significant impact on a substantial 
    number of small entities. The amount of work required of the insurance 
    companies delivering these policies and the procedures therein will not 
    increase significantly from the amount of work currently required to 
    deliver previous policies to which this regulation applies. This rule 
    does not have any greater or lesser impact on the producer. Therefore, 
    this action is determined to be exempt from the provisions of the 
    Regulatory Flexibility Act ( 5 U.S.C. Sec. 605), and no Regulatory 
    Flexibility Analysis was prepared.
    
    Federal Assistance Program
    
        This program is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
    Assistance under No. 10.450.
    
    Executive Order 12372
    
        This program is not subject to the provisions of Executive Order 
    12372, which require intergovernmental consultation with State and 
    local officials. See the Notice related to 7 CFR part 3015, subpart V, 
    published at 48 FR 29115, June 24, 1983.
    
    Executive Order 12778
    
        The Office of the General Counsel has determined that these 
    regulations meet the applicable standards provided in sections 2(a) and 
    2(b)(2) of Executive Order 12778. The provisions of this rule will not 
    have retroactive effect prior to the effective date. The provisions of 
    this rule will preempt State and local laws to the extent such State 
    and local laws are inconsistent herewith. The administrative appeal 
    provisions in 7 CFR parts 11 and 780 must be exhausted before action 
    for judicial review may be brought.
    
    Environmental Evaluation
    
        This action is not expected to have a significant impact on the 
    quality of the human environment, health, and safety. Therefore, 
    neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact 
    Statement is needed.
    
    National Performance Review
    
        This regulatory action is being taken as part of the National 
    Performance Review Initiative to eliminate unnecessary or duplicative 
    regulations and improve those that remain in force.
    
    Background
    
        FCIC proposes to add to the Common Crop Insurance Regulations (7 
    CFR part 457), a new section, 7 CFR Sec. 457.109, Sugar Beet Crop 
    Insurance Provisions. The provisions will be effective for the 1998 and 
    succeeding crop years. The proposed Sugar Beet Crop Insurance 
    Provisions will replace the provisions found at 7 CFR part 430 (Sugar 
    Beet Crop Insurance Regulations). Upon publication of 7 CFR 
    Sec. 457.109 as a final rule, the provisions for insuring sugar beets 
    contained herein will supersede the current provisions contained in 7 
    CFR part 430. By separate rule, FCIC will revise part 430 to restrict 
    its effect through the 1997 crop year and later remove that part.
        This rule makes minor editorial and format changes to improve the 
    Sugar Beet Crop Insurance Regulations' compatibility with the Common 
    Crop Insurance Policy. In addition, FCIC is proposing substantive 
    changes in the provisions for insuring sugar beets as follows:
        1. Amend the definition of ``county,'' to that contained in the 
    Basic Provisions of (Sec. 457.8). The current definition includes land 
    identified by an FSA farm serial number for the county that is 
    physically located in another county where as the new definition does 
    not. This change is made require such land to be insured using the 
    actuarial materials for the county where the land is located.
        2. Section 1--Add definitions for the terms Days, FSA, Final 
    planting date, Good farming practices, Initially planted, Interplanted, 
    Irrigated practice, Late planted, Late planting period, Local market 
    price, Planted acreage, Practical to replant, Prevented planting, 
    Processor, Production guarantee (per acre), Replanting, Standardized 
    ton, Sugar beet processor contract, Thinning, Timely planted, Ton, and, 
    Written agreement, for clarification purposes.
        3. Section 2--Unit division provisions are expanded to include 
    insured's reporting responsibilities to qualify for optional units and 
    the breakdown of units by irrigated and non-irrigated acreage. The 
    definition of ``unit'' under section 1(tt) of the Basic Provisions 
    (part 457.8) provides for the division of units in accordance with 
    applicable crop provisions. The current Sugar Beet Crop Insurance 
    Regulations, however, do not provide guidelines for determining 
    optional units. Section 2 will provide guidelines for optional unit 
    division of sugar beet basic units that are consistent with other 
    annual crop provisions. Optional units may be divided on the basis of 
    section, section equivalent, or Farm Service Agency (FSA) Farm Serial 
    Number, or on acreage including both irrigated and non-irrigated 
    practices, or both. Consistent with the definition of ``unit'' in the 
    Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), section 12 of the Sugar Beet Crop 
    Provisions will provide that in settling a claim, loss will be 
    determined on a unit basis and all optional units for which acceptable 
    production records were not provided will be combined.
        4. Section 3(a)--Provision added to clarify that only 1 price 
    election is available for all sugar beets insured in the county.
        5. Section 4--The contract change date is moved 30 days earlier in 
    most counties to maintain at least a 3 month period between this date 
    and earliest cancellation date (see item 6 below).
        6. Section 5--The cancellation and termination dates have been 
    changed from April 15 to March 15 in all states except California and 
    Arizona. The cancellation and termination dates for the state of 
    Arizona and Imperial County, California remain unchanged at August 31. 
    The cancellation and termination dates have been changed from March 31 
    to February 28 for Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou, counties 
    California. The cancellation date has been changed from March 31 to 
    July 15 for all remaining California counties. The termination date for 
    these California counties has been changed to November 30 immediately 
    following the last final planting date for the crop year. The changes 
    (except California counties with a July 15 cancellation date) are 
    intended to minimize program vulnerabilities that may exist under 
    current program dates by reducing the chances that insureds may be able 
    to anticipate below normal yields. The change to July 15 in the 
    California counties specified above is made to allow FCIC to return to 
    the use of a single final planting date in counties where sugar beets 
    are planted year round. Constant changes in these counties made 
    establishment of multiple final planting dates extremely difficult to 
    administer.
    
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        7. Section 6(b)--Specify insurance eligibility requirements for 
    sugar beet producers who are also the processing company. These 
    provisions are needed to ensure that the same terms contained in a 
    traditional sugar beet processor contract are in place.
        8. Section 7(a)(2)--Stipulate that acreage is uninsurable in any 
    crop year following the discovery of rhizomania on the unit unless we 
    agree in writing to insure such acreage. Rhizomania remains in the soil 
    for several years and normally creates an unacceptable insurance risk.
        9. Section 7(a)(3)--Stipulate that acreage is uninsurable if it 
    does not meet rotation requirements shown in the Special Provisions. 
    This change identifies the location of these requirements.
        10. Section 7(b)--Clarify that any acreage damaged prior to the 
    final planting date must be replanted unless replanting is not 
    practical. This provision applies to all counties with an established 
    final planting date (see item 11 for information regarding counties 
    that do not have a final planting date).
        11. Section 7(c)--Stipulate that any acreage damaged within 30 days 
    of the initial planting must be replanted unless replanting is not 
    practical. This provision applies to all counties that do not have an 
    established final planting date.
        12. Section 8(b)--Change the end of insurance period to the last 
    day of the 12th month after the crop initially was planted in all 
    California counties except Imperial, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and 
    Siskiyou. This change is made to accommodate planting that occurs 
    virtually all year in these counties.
        13. Section 8(c)--Change the calendar date for the end of the 
    insurance period to October 31 for Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou 
    Counties, California and Klamath County, Oregon.
        14. Section 8(e)--The end of insurance period for New Mexico has 
    been changed from November 15 to December 31. This change is being 
    proposed because the sugar beet program in New Mexico at this time 
    consists of 1 county that has similar planting and harvesting dates as 
    the adjacent sugar beet counties in Texas. The end of the insurance 
    period in these Texas counties is December 31.
        15. Section 9--Provisions are added to clarify that insufficient or 
    improper application of pest or disease control measures is not an 
    insured cause of loss.
        16. Section 10(b)--The maximum amount of the replanting payment has 
    changed from one ton multiplied by the price election multiplied by the 
    share to the lesser of 10 percent (10%) of the final stage production 
    guarantee or one ton, multiplied by the price election multiplied by 
    the share. The 10 percent (10%) factor has been added to prevent 
    insureds who elect a lower coverage level from receiving a replant 
    payment that exceeds the original liability.
        17. Section 10(c)--Reduce the liability for a unit by the amount of 
    any replanting payment when sugar beets are replanted using a practice 
    that was originally uninsurable. The current sugar beet provisions are 
    silent regarding this issue. For example, if the Actuarial Table 
    requires a specific row width and the crop is replanted to a lesser row 
    width, the dollar amount of coverage would be reduced by the amount of 
    any replant payment. This addition is consistent with the manner in 
    which other crops are treated.
        18. Section 11(b)--Stipulate that a copy of the sugar beet 
    processor contract or corporate resolution must be provided in the 
    event of a loss.
        19. Section 13--Grant protection for acreage planted within 25 days 
    after the final planting date, and for acreage that cannot be planted 
    due to any insurable cause of loss. If the insured is prevented from 
    planting by the final planting date, or intends to plant within the 
    late planting period and is prevented from doing so, insurance 
    protection is provided at a specified percent of the production 
    guarantee for timely planted acreage. Reductions are made to recognize 
    increasingly lower yield potential as planting is delayed. Late and 
    prevented planting coverages are not available in any California 
    counties except Imperial, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou. Year 
    round planting in these counties precludes the use of current prevented 
    planting provisions.
        20. Section 14--Add provisions for providing insurance coverage by 
    written agreement. FCIC has a long-standing policy of permitting 
    modification of insurance contracts by written agreement. This 
    provision is not documented in the current Sugar Beet Crop Insurance 
    Regulations. Section 14 will discuss application for, and duration of, 
    written agreements.
    
    List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 457
    
        Crop insurance, sugar beet.
    
    Proposed Rule
    
        Pursuant to the authority contained in the Federal Crop Insurance 
    Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. Sec. 1501 et seq.), the Federal Crop 
    Insurance Corporation hereby proposes to amend the Common Crop 
    Insurance Regulations, (7 CFR part 457), effective for the 1998 and 
    succeeding crop years, to read as follows:
    
    PART 457--[AMENDED]
    
        1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 457 continues to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1506(1), and 1506(p).
    
        2. 7 CFR part 457 is amended by adding a new Sec. 457.109 to read 
    as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 457.109  Sugar beet crop insurance provisions.
    
        The Sugar Beet Crop Insurance Provisions for the 1998 and 
    succeeding crop years are as follows:
    
    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
    
    Sugar Beet Crop Provisions
    
        If a conflict exists among the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), 
    these crop provisions, and the Special Provisions, the Special 
    Provisions will control these crop provisions and the Basic 
    Provisions; and these crop provisions will control the Basic 
    Provisions.
    
    1. Definitions
    
        Crop year--In Imperial, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou, 
    counties California and all other states, the period within which 
    the sugar beets are normally grown, which is designated by the 
    calendar year in which the sugar beets are normally harvested. In 
    all California counties, except Imperial, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and 
    Siskiyou counties, the period from planting until the applicable 
    date for the end of the insurance period and is designated by:
        (a) The calendar year in which planted if planted on or before 
    July 15; or
        (b) The following calendar year if planted after July 15.
        Days--Calendar days.
        FSA--Farm Service Agency of the United States Department of 
    Agriculture or any successor agency.
        Final planting date--The date contained in the Special 
    Provisions for the insured crop by which the crop must initially be 
    planted in order to be insured for the full production guarantee.
        Good farming practices--The cultural practices generally in use 
    in the county for the crop to make normal progress toward maturity 
    and produce at least the yield used to determine the production 
    guarantee and are those generally recognized by the Cooperative 
    Extension Service as compatible with agronomic and weather 
    conditions in the county.
        Harvest--Topping, lifting and removing sugar beets from the 
    field.
        Initially planted--The first occurrence that land is considered 
    as planted acreage for the crop year.
        Interplanted--Acreage on which two or more crops are planted in 
    a manner that does not permit separate agronomic maintenance or 
    harvest of the insured crop.
        Irrigated practice--A method of producing a crop by which water 
    is artificially applied during the growing season by appropriate 
    systems and at the proper times, with the intention of providing the 
    quantity of water
    
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    needed to produce at least the yield used to establish the irrigated 
    production guarantee on the irrigated acreage planted to the insured 
    crop.
        Late planted--Acreage planted to the insured crop during the 
    late planting period.
        Late planting period--The period that begins the day after the 
    final planting date for the insured crop and ends twenty-five (25) 
    days after the final planting date.
        Local market price--The price per pound for raw sugar offered by 
    buyers in the area in which you normally market the sugar beets.
        Planted acreage--Land in which seed has been placed by a machine 
    appropriate for the insured crop and planting method, at the correct 
    depth, into a seedbed that has been properly prepared for the 
    planting method and production practice. Sugar beets must initially 
    be planted in rows to be considered planted. Acreage planted in any 
    other manner will not be insurable unless otherwise provided by the 
    Special Provisions or by written agreement.
        Practical to replant--In lieu of the definition of ``Practical 
    to replant'' contained in section 1 of the Basic Provisions 
    (Sec. 457.8), practical to replant is defined as our determination, 
    after loss or damage to the insured crop, based on factors, 
    including but not limited to moisture availability, condition of the 
    field, and time to crop maturity, that replanting to the insured 
    crop will allow the crop to attain maturity prior to the calendar 
    date for the end of the insurance period. It will not be considered 
    practical to replant after the end of the late planting period in 
    counties where a late planting period is applicable, or 30 days 
    after initial planting for all counties where a late planting period 
    is not applicable, unless replanting is generally occurring in the 
    area.
        Prevented planting--Inability to plant the insured crop with 
    proper equipment by the final planting date designated in the 
    Special Provisions for the insured crop in the county or the end of 
    the late planting period. You must have been unable to plant the 
    insured crop due to an insured cause of loss that has prevented the 
    majority of producers in the surrounding area from planting the same 
    crop.
        Processor--A corporation that possesses all licenses and permits 
    for marketing sugar required by the state in which it is domiciled 
    or operates, and that possesses facilities, or has contractual 
    access to such facilities, with enough equipment to accept and 
    process the sugar beets within a reasonable amount of time after 
    harvest.
        Production guarantee (per acre):
        (a) First stage production guarantee--The final stage production 
    guarantee multiplied by 60 percent.
        (b) Final stage production guarantee--The number of tons 
    determined by multiplying the approved yield per acre by the 
    coverage level percentage you elect.
        Replanting--Performing the cultural practices necessary to 
    replace the sugar beet seed and then replacing the sugar beet seed 
    in the insured acreage with the expectation of growing a successful 
    crop.
        Standardized ton--A ton of sugar beets expressed on a basis of a 
    stated percentage of raw sugar content.
        Sugar beet processor contract--A written contract between the 
    grower and the processor, containing at a minimum:
        (1) The grower's commitment to plant and grow sugar beets, and 
    to deliver the sugar beet production to the processor;
        (2) The processor's commitment to purchase the production stated 
    in the contract; and
        (3) A price or formula for a price based on third party data, 
    that will be paid to the grower for the production stated in the 
    contract.
        Thinning--The process of removing, either by machine or hand, a 
    portion of the sugar beet plants to attain a desired plant 
    population.
        Timely planted--Planted on or before the final planting date 
    designated in the Special Provisions for the insured crop in the 
    county.
        Ton--Two thousand (2,000) pounds avoirdupois.
        Written agreement--A written document that alters designated 
    terms of a policy in accordance with section 14.
    
    2. Unit Division
    
        Unless limited by the Special Provisions, a unit as defined in 
    section 1 (Definitions) of the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), 
    (``basic unit'') may be divided into optional units if, for each 
    optional unit you meet all the conditions of this section or if a 
    written agreement to such division exists. Basic units may not be 
    divided into optional units on any basis including, but not limited 
    to, production practice, type, variety, and planting period other 
    than as described in this section. If you do not comply fully with 
    these provisions, we will combine all optional units that are not in 
    compliance with these provisions into the basic unit from which they 
    were formed. We will combine the optional units at any time we 
    discover that you have failed to comply with these provisions. If 
    failure to comply with these provisions is determined to be 
    inadvertent, and the optional units are combined, that portion of 
    the premium paid for the purpose of electing optional units will be 
    refunded to you pro rata for the units combined. All optional units 
    must be identified on the acreage report for each crop year.
        (a) The following requirements must be met for each optional 
    unit:
        (1) You must have records, which can be independently verified, 
    of planted acreage and production for each optional unit for at 
    least the last crop year used to determine your production 
    guarantee;
        (2) You must plant the crop in a manner that results in a clear 
    and discernable break in the planting pattern at the boundaries of 
    each optional unit; and
        (3) You must have records of marketed production or measurement 
    of stored production from each optional unit maintained in such a 
    manner that permits us to verify the production from each optional 
    unit, or the production from each unit must be kept separate until 
    loss adjustment is completed by us.
        (b) Each optional unit must meet one or more of the following 
    criteria, as applicable:
        (1) Optional Units by Section, Section Equivalent, or FSA Farm 
    Serial Number: Optional units may be established if each optional 
    unit is located in a separate legally identified Section. In the 
    absence of Sections, we may consider parcels of land legally 
    identified by other methods of measure including, but not limited to 
    Spanish grants, railroad surveys, leagues, labors, or Virginia 
    Military Lands, as the equivalent of Sections for unit purposes. In 
    areas that have not been surveyed using the systems identified 
    above, or another system approved by us, or in areas where such 
    systems exist but boundaries are not readily discernable, each 
    optional unit must be located in a separate farm identified by a 
    single FSA Farm Serial Number.
        (2) Optional Units on Acreage Including Both Irrigated and Non-
    Irrigated Practices: In addition to, or instead of, establishing 
    optional units by Section, section equivalent, or FSA Farm Serial 
    Number, optional units may be based on irrigated acreage or non-
    irrigated acreage if both are located in the same Section, section 
    equivalent, or FSA Farm Serial Number. To qualify as separate 
    irrigated and non-irrigated optional units, the non-irrigated 
    acreage may not continue into the irrigated acreage in the same rows 
    or planting pattern. The irrigated acreage may not extend beyond the 
    point at which the irrigation system can deliver the quantity of 
    water needed to produce the yield on which the guarantee is based. 
    However, the corners of a field in which a center-pivot irrigation 
    system is used will be considered as irrigated acreage if separate 
    acceptable records of production from the corners are not provided. 
    If the corners of a field in which a center-pivot irrigation system 
    is used do not qualify as a separate non-irrigated optional unit, 
    they will be a part of the unit containing the irrigated acreage. 
    However, non-irrigated acreage that is not a part of a field in 
    which a center-pivot irrigation system is used may qualify as a 
    separate optional unit provided that all requirements of this 
    section are met.
    
    3. Insurance Guarantees, Coverage Levels, and Prices for Determining 
    Indemnities
    
        (a) In addition to the requirements of section 3 (Insurance 
    Guarantees, Coverage Levels, and Prices for Determining Indemnities) 
    of the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), you may select only one price 
    election for all the sugar beets in the county insured under this 
    policy.
        (b) The production guarantees are progressive by stages, and 
    increase at specified intervals to the final stage. The stages are:
        (1) First stage, with a guarantee of 60 percent (60%), extends 
    from planting until:
        (i) July 1 in Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou counties of 
    California and all other states; and
        (ii) The earlier of thinning or 90 days after planting in all 
    California counties except Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou.
        (2) Final stage, with a guarantee equal to 100 percent (100%) of 
    the production guarantee, applies to all insured sugar beets that 
    complete the first stage.
        (c) The production guarantee will be expressed in standardized 
    tons.
        (d) Any acreage of sugar beets damaged in the first stage to the 
    extent that growers in the area would not normally further care for 
    the sugar beets will be deemed to have been
    
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    destroyed, even though you may continue to care for it. The 
    production guarantee for such acreage will not exceed the first 
    stage production guarantee.
    
    4. Contract Changes
    
        The contract change date is April 30 preceding the cancellation 
    date for counties with a July 15 or August 31 cancellation date and 
    November 30 preceding the cancellation date for all other counties 
    (see the provisions of section 4 (Contract Changes) of the Basic 
    Provisions (Sec. 457.8)).
    
    5. Cancellation and Termination Dates
    
        In accordance with section 2 (Life of Policy, Cancellation, and 
    Termination) of the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), the cancellation 
    and termination dates are:
    
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          State and county          Cancellation date     Termination date  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Arizona; and Imperial         August 31...........  August 31.          
     County, California.                                                    
    All California counties,      July 15.............  November 30.        
     except Imperial, Lassen,                                               
     Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou.                                            
    All Other States, and         February 28.........  February 28.        
     Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and                                              
     Siskiyou Counties,                                                     
     California.                                                            
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    6. Insured Crop
    
        (a) In accordance with section 8 (Insured Crop) of the Basic 
    Provisions (Sec. 457.8), the crop insured will be all the sugar 
    beets in the county for which a premium rate is provided by the 
    actuarial table:
        (1) In which you have a share;
        (2) That are planted for harvest as sugar beets;
        (3) That are grown under a sugar beet processor contract 
    executed with a processor before the acreage reporting date; and
        (4) That are not (unless allowed by the Special Provisions or by 
    written agreement):
        (i) Interplanted with another crop;
        (ii) Planted into an established grass or legume; or
        (iii) Planted prior to submitting a properly completed 
    application.
        (b) Sugar beet growers who are also the processor may be able to 
    establish an insurable interest if they meet the following 
    requirements:
        (1) The processor must be a corporation and have a valid 
    insurable interest in the crop;
        (2) The Board of Directors of the processor must have approved a 
    corporate resolution that sets forth essentially the same terms that 
    a traditional sugar beet processor contract would contain. Such 
    corporate resolution will be considered a sugar beet processing 
    contract under the terms of the sugar beet crop insurance policy;
        (3) Sales records of sugar beet production for the previous year 
    must be supplied to us to confirm the processor has produced and 
    sold sugar in the past; and
        (4) Our inspection of the processing facilities determines that 
    they conform to the definition of processor contained in section 1 
    of these crop provisions.
    
    7. Insurable Acreage
    
        In addition to the provisions of section 9 (Insurable Acreage) 
    of the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8):
        (a) We will not insure any acreage planted to sugar beets:
        (1) The preceding crop year;
        (2) In any crop year following the discovery of rhizomania on 
    the acreage unless a written agreement allows otherwise; or
        (3) That does not meet the rotation requirements shown in the 
    Special Provisions;
        (b) Any acreage of the insured crop damaged before the final 
    planting date, to the extent that growers in the area would normally 
    not further care for the crop, must be replanted unless we agree 
    that replanting is not practical. This paragraph does not apply to 
    California counties except Imperial, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and 
    Siskiyou; and
        (c) Any acreage of the insured crop in California counties other 
    than Imperial, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou that is damaged 
    within 30 days of initial planting to the extent growers in the area 
    would normally not further care for the crop, must be replanted 
    unless we agree replanting is not practical.
    
    8. Insurance Period
    
        In accordance with the provisions of section 11 (Insurance 
    Period) of the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), the calendar date for 
    the end of the insurance period is:
        (a) July 15 in Arizona and in Imperial County, California;
        (b) The last day of the 12th month after the insured crop was 
    initially planted in all California counties except Imperial, 
    Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou;
        (c) October 31 in Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou Counties, 
    California, and in Klamath County, Oregon;
        (d) November 25 in Ohio;
        (e) December 31 in New Mexico and Texas; and
        (f) November 15 in all other states.
    
    9. Causes of Loss
    
        In accordance with the provisions of section 12 (Causes of Loss) 
    of the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), insurance is provided only 
    against the following causes of loss that occur within the insurance 
    period:
        (a) Adverse weather conditions;
        (b) Fire;
        (c) Insects, but not damage due to insufficient or improper 
    application of pest control measures;
        (d) Plant disease, but not damage due to insufficient or 
    improper application of disease control measures;
        (e) Wildlife;
        (f) Earthquake;
        (g) Volcanic eruption; or
        (h) Failure of the irrigation water supply, if caused by an 
    insured peril that occurs during the insurance period.
    
    10. Replanting Payments
    
        (a) In accordance with section 13 (Replanting Payment) of the 
    Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), a replanting payment is allowed if 
    the crop is damaged by an insurable cause of loss to the extent that 
    the remaining stand will not produce at least 90 percent (90%) of 
    the final stage production guarantee for the acreage and it is 
    practical to replant.
        (b) The maximum amount of the replanting payment per acre will 
    be the lesser of 10 percent (10%) of the production guarantee or 1 
    ton, multiplied by your price election, multiplied by your insured 
    share.
        (c) When sugar beets are replanted using a practice that is 
    uninsurable as an original planting, our liability on the unit will 
    be reduced by the amount of the replanting payment. The premium 
    amount will not be reduced.
    
    11. Duties In The Event of Damage or Loss
    
        In accordance with the requirements of section 14 (Duties in the 
    Event of Damage or Loss) of the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8):
        (a) Representative samples of the unharvested crop must be at 
    least 10 feet wide and extend the entire length of each field in the 
    unit. The samples must not be harvested or destroyed until the 
    earlier of our inspection or 15 days after harvest of the balance of 
    the unit is completed; and
        (b) You must provide a copy of your sugar beet processor 
    contract, or corporate resolution if you are the processor.
    
    12. Settlement of Claim
    
        (a) We will determine your loss on a unit basis. In the event 
    you are unable to provide production records:
        (1) For any optional unit, we will combine all optional units 
    for which acceptable production records were not provided; or
        (2) For any basic unit, we will allocate any commingled 
    production to such units in proportion to our liability on the 
    harvested acreage for each unit.
        (b) In the event of loss or damage covered by this policy, we 
    will settle your claim on any unit by:
        (1) Multiplying the insured acreage by the production guarantee;
        (2) Subtracting from this the total production to count;
        (3) Multiplying the remainder by your price election; and
        (4) Multiplying this result by your share.
        (c) The total production to count (in standardized tons) from 
    all insurable acreage on the unit will include:
        (1) All appraised production as follows:
        (i) Not less than the production guarantee for acreage:
        (A) That is abandoned;
        (B) Put to another use without our consent;
    
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        (C) Damaged solely by uninsured causes; or
        (D) For which you fail to provide production records that are 
    acceptable to us;
        (ii) Production lost due to uninsured causes;
        (iii) Unharvested production (unharvested production will not be 
    adjusted for quality);
        (iv) Only appraised production in excess of the difference 
    between the first and final stage production guarantee for acreage 
    that does not qualify for the final stage guarantee will be counted, 
    provided that all production from acreage subject to section 
    12(c)(1)(i) and (ii) will be counted; and
        (v) Potential production on insured acreage that you intend to 
    put to another use or abandon, if you and we agree on the appraised 
    amount of production. Upon such agreement, the insurance period for 
    that acreage will end if you put the acreage to another use or 
    abandon the crop. If agreement on the appraised amount of production 
    is not reached:
        (A) If you do not elect to continue to care for the crop, we may 
    give you consent to put the acreage to another use if you agree to 
    leave intact, and provide sufficient care for, representative 
    samples of the crop in locations acceptable to us, (The amount of 
    production to count for such acreage will be based on the harvested 
    production or appraisals from the samples at the time harvest should 
    have occurred. If you do not leave the required samples intact, or 
    you fail to provide sufficient care for the samples, our appraisal 
    made prior to giving you consent to put the acreage to another use 
    will be used to determine the amount of production to count); or
        (B) If you elect to continue to care for the crop, the amount of 
    production to count for the acreage will be the harvested 
    production, or our reappraisal if additional damage occurs and the 
    crop is not harvested; and
        (2) All harvested production from the insurable acreage.
        (d) Production that meets the minimum acceptable standards 
    contained in the sugar beet processor contract or corporate 
    resolution will be converted to standardized tons by:
        (1) Dividing the average percentage of sugar in such sugar beets 
    by the sugar content percentage shown in the Special Provisions; and
        (2) Multiplying the result (rounded to three places) by the 
    number of tons of such sugar beets.
        The average percentage of sugar will be determined by the 
    processor from tests performed on each load at the time of delivery. 
    If individual tests of sugar content are not made at the time of 
    delivery, the average percent of sugar shall equal the sugar content 
    percent shown in the Special Provisions.
        (e) Production that does not meet the minimum acceptable 
    standards contained in the sugar beet processor contract or 
    corporate resolution will be converted to standardized tons by:
        (1) Dividing the gross dollar value of all of the damaged sugar 
    beets on the unit (including the value of cooperative stock, 
    patronage refunds, etc.) by the local market price per pound on the 
    earlier of the date such production is sold or the date of final 
    inspection for the unit;
        (2) Dividing that result by 2,000; and
        (3) Dividing that result by the county average sugar percentage 
    factor contained in the Special Provisions for this purpose.
        For example, assume that the total dollar value of the damaged 
    sugar beets is $6,000.00; the local market price is $0.10; and the 
    county average sugar percentage factor is 0.15. The amount of 
    production to count would be calculated as follows: 
    (($6,000.00$0.10)2,000)0.15 = 200 tons.
    
    13. Late and Prevented Planting.
    
        (a) In lieu of provisions contained in the Basic Provisions 
    (Sec. 457.8) regarding acreage initially planted after the final 
    planting date and the applicability of a Late Planting Agreement 
    Option, insurance will be provided for acreage planted to the 
    insured crop during the late planting period (see section 13(c)), 
    and acreage you were prevented from planting (see section 13(d)). 
    These coverages provide reduced production guarantees and are 
    applicable in all counties except California counties with a July 15 
    cancellation date. The premium amount for late planted acreage and 
    eligible prevented planting acreage will be the same as that for 
    timely planted acreage. If the amount of premium you are required to 
    pay (gross premium less our subsidy) for late planted acreage or 
    prevented planting acreage exceeds the liability on such acreage: 
    coverage for those acres will not be provided; no premium will be 
    due; and no indemnity will be paid for such acreage.
        (b) You must provide written notice to us not later than the 
    acreage reporting date if you were prevented from planting.
        (c) Late Planting
        (1) For sugar beet acreage planted during the late planting 
    period, the production guarantee for each acre will be reduced for 
    each day planted after the final planting date by:
        (i) One percent (1%) for the 1st through the 10th day; and
        (ii) Two percent (2%) for the 11th through the 25th day.
        (2) In addition to the requirements of section 6 (Report of 
    Acreage) of the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), you must report the 
    dates the acreage is planted within the late planting period.
        (3) If planting of sugar beets continues after the final 
    planting date, or you are prevented from planting during the late 
    planting period, the acreage reporting date will be the later of:
        (i) The acreage reporting date contained in the Special 
    Provisions for the insured crop; or
        (ii) Five (5) days after the end of the late planting period.
        (d) Prevented Planting (Including Planting After the Late 
    Planting Period)
        (1) If you were prevented from timely planting sugar beets, you 
    may elect:
        (i) To plant sugar beets during the late planting period. The 
    production guarantee for such acreage will be determined in 
    accordance with section 13(c)(1);
        (ii) Not to plant this acreage to any crop except a cover crop 
    not for harvest. You may also elect to plant the insured crop after 
    the late planting period. In either case, the production guarantee 
    for such acreage will be 35 percent (35%) of the production 
    guarantee for timely planted acres. For example, if your production 
    guarantee for timely planted acreage is 20.0 tons per acre, your 
    prevented planting production guarantee would be 7.0 tons per acre 
    (20.0 tons multiplied by 0.35). If you elect to plant the insured 
    crop after the late planting period, production to count for such 
    acreage will be determined in accordance with section 12; or
        (iii) Not to plant the intended crop but plant a substitute crop 
    for harvest, in which case:
        (A) No prevented planting production guarantee will be provided 
    for such acreage if the substitute crop is planted on or before the 
    10th day following the final planting date for the insured crop; or
        (B) A production guarantee equal to 17.5 percent (17.5%) of the 
    production guarantee for timely planted acres will be provided for 
    such acreage, if the substitute crop is planted after the 10th day 
    following the final planting date for the insured crop. If you 
    elected the Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement or excluded 
    this coverage, and plant a substitute crop, no prevented planting 
    coverage will be provided. For example, if your production guarantee 
    for timely planted acreage is 20.0 tons per acre, your prevented 
    planting production guarantee would be 3.5 tons per acre (20.0 ton 
    multiplied by 0.175). You may elect to exclude prevented planting 
    coverage when a substitute crop is planted for harvest and receive a 
    reduction in the applicable premium rate. If you wish to exclude 
    this coverage, you must so indicate, on or before the sales closing 
    date, on your application or on a form approved by us. Your election 
    to exclude this coverage will remain in effect from year to year 
    unless you notify us in writing on our form by the applicable sales 
    closing date for the crop year for which you wish to include this 
    coverage. All acreage of the crop insured under this policy will be 
    subject to this exclusion.
        (2) Production guarantees for timely, late, and prevented 
    planting acreage within a unit will be combined to determine the 
    production guarantee for the unit. For example, assume you insure 1 
    unit in which you have a 100 percent (100%) share. The unit consists 
    of 150 acres, of which 50 acres were planted timely, 50 acres were 
    planted 7 days after the final planting date (late planted), and 50 
    acres were not planted but are eligible for a prevented planting 
    production guarantee. The production guarantee for the unit will be 
    computed as follows:
        (i) For the timely planted acreage, multiply the per acre 
    production guarantee for timely planted acreage by the 50 acres 
    planted timely;
        (ii) For the late planted acreage, multiply the per acre 
    production guarantee for timely planted acreage by 93 percent (93%) 
    and multiply the result by the 50 acres planted late; and
        (iii) For prevented planting acreage, multiply the per acre 
    production guarantee for timely planted acreage by:
        (A) Thirty-five percent (35%) and multiply the result by the 50 
    acres you were prevented from planting, if the acreage is eligible 
    for
    
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    prevented planting coverage, and if the acreage is left idle for the 
    crop year, or if a cover crop is planted not for harvest. Prevented 
    planting compensation hereunder will not be denied because the cover 
    crop is hayed or grazed; or
        (B) Seventeen and five tenths percent (17.5%) and multiply the 
    result by the 50 acres you were prevented from planting, if the 
    acreage is eligible for prevented planting coverage, and if you 
    elect to plant a substitute crop for harvest after the 10th day 
    following the final planting date for the insured crop. (This 
    subparagraph (B) is not applicable, and prevented planting coverage 
    is not available hereunder, if you elected the Catastrophic Risk 
    Protection Endorsement or you elected to exclude prevented planting 
    coverage when a substitute crop is planted (see section 
    13(d)(1)(iii)).)
        Your premium will be based on the result of multiplying the per 
    acre production guarantee for timely planted acreage by the 150 
    acres in the unit.
        (3) Proof may be required that you had the inputs available to 
    plant and produce the intended crop with the expectation of at least 
    producing the production guarantee.
        (4) In addition to the provisions of section 11 (Insurance 
    Period) of the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), the insurance period 
    for prevented planting coverage begins:
        (i) On the sales closing date contained in the Special 
    Provisions for the insured crop in the county for the crop year the 
    application for insurance is accepted; or
        (ii) For any subsequent crop year, on the sales closing date for 
    the insured crop in the county for the previous crop year, provided 
    continuous coverage has been in effect since that date. For example: 
    If you make application and purchase insurance for sugar beets for 
    the 1998 crop year, prevented planting coverage will begin on the 
    1998 sales closing date for sugar beets in the county. If the sugar 
    beet coverage remains in effect for the 1999 crop year (is not 
    terminated or canceled during or after the 1998 crop year, except 
    the policy may have been canceled to transfer the policy to a 
    different insurance provider, if there is no lapse in coverage), 
    prevented planting coverage for the 1999 crop year began on the 1998 
    sales closing date.
        (5) The acreage to which prevented planting coverage applies 
    will not exceed the total eligible acreage on all FSA Farm Serial 
    Numbers in which you have a share, adjusted for any reconstitution 
    that may have occurred on or before the sales closing date. Eligible 
    acreage for each FSA Farm Serial Number is determined as follows:
        (i) If you participate in any program administered by the United 
    States Department of Agriculture that limits the number of acres 
    that may be planted for the crop year, the acreage eligible for 
    prevented planting coverage will not exceed the total acreage 
    permitted to be planted to the insured crop.
        (ii) If you do not participate in any program administered by 
    the United States Department of Agriculture that limits the number 
    of acres that may be planted, and unless we agree in writing on or 
    before the sales closing date, eligible acreage will not exceed the 
    greater of:
        (A) The FSA base acreage for the insured crop, including acres 
    that could be flexed from another crop, if applicable;
        (B) The number of acres planted to sugar beets on the FSA Farm 
    Serial Number during the previous crop year; or
        (C) One-hundred percent (100%) of the simple average of the 
    number of acres planted to sugar beets during the crop years that 
    you certified to determine your yield.
        (iii) Acreage intended to be planted under an irrigated practice 
    will be limited to the number of acres for which you had adequate 
    irrigation facilities prior to the insured cause of loss which 
    prevented you from planting.
        (iv) A prevented planting production guarantee will not be 
    provided for any acreage:
        (A) That does not constitute at least 20 acres or 20 percent 
    (20%) of the acreage in the unit, whichever is less (Acreage that is 
    less than 20 acres or 20 percent (20%) of the acreage in the unit 
    will be presumed to have been intended to be planted to the insured 
    crop planted in the unit, unless you can show that you had the 
    inputs available before the final planting date to plant and produce 
    another insured crop on the acreage);
        (B) For which the actuarial table does not designate a premium 
    rate unless a written agreement designates such premium rate;
        (C) Used for conservation purposes or intended to be left 
    unplanted under any program administered by the United States 
    Department of Agriculture;
        (D) On which another crop is prevented from being planted, if 
    you have already received a prevented planting indemnity, guarantee 
    or amount of insurance for the same acreage in the same crop year, 
    unless you provide adequate records of acreage and production 
    showing that the acreage has a history of double-cropping in each of 
    the last 4 years;
        (E) On which the insured crop is prevented from being planted, 
    if any other crop is planted and fails, or is planted and harvested, 
    hayed or grazed on the same acreage in the same crop year, (other 
    than a cover crop as specified in paragraph (d)(2)(iii)(A) of this 
    section, or a substitute crop allowed in paragraph (d)(2)(iii)(B) of 
    this section), unless you provide adequate records of acreage and 
    production showing that the acreage has a history of double-cropping 
    in each of the last 4 years;
        (F) When coverage is provided under the Catastrophic Risk 
    Protection Endorsement if you plant another crop for harvest on any 
    acreage you were prevented from planting in the same crop year, even 
    if you have a history of double-cropping. If you have a Catastrophic 
    Risk Protection Endorsement and receive a prevented planting 
    indemnity, guarantee, or amount of insurance for a crop and are 
    prevented from planting another crop on the same acreage, you may 
    only receive the prevented planting indemnity, guarantee, or amount 
    of insurance for the crop on which the prevented planting indemnity, 
    guarantee, or amount of insurance is received; or
        (G) For which planting history or conservation plans indicate 
    that the acreage would have remained fallow for crop rotation 
    purposes.
        (v) For the purpose of determining eligible acreage for 
    prevented planting coverage, acreage for all units will be combined 
    and be reduced by the number of sugar beet acres timely planted and 
    late planted. For example, assume you have 100 acres eligible for 
    prevented planting coverage in which you have a 100 percent (100%) 
    share. The acreage is located in a single FSA Farm Serial Number 
    which you insure as two separate optional units consisting of 50 
    acres each. If you planted 60 acres of sugar beets on one optional 
    unit and 40 acres of sugar beets on the second optional unit, your 
    prevented planting eligible acreage would be reduced to zero (i.e., 
    100 acres eligible for prevented planting coverage minus 100 acres 
    planted equals zero).
        (6) In accordance with the provisions of section 6 (Report of 
    Acreage) of the Basic Provisions (Sec. 457.8), you must report by 
    unit any insurable acreage that you were prevented from planting. 
    This report must be submitted on or before the acreage reporting 
    date. For the purpose of determining acreage eligible for a 
    prevented planting production guarantee, the total amount of 
    prevented planting and planted acres cannot exceed the maximum 
    number of acres eligible for prevented planting coverage. Any 
    acreage you report in excess of the number of acres eligible for 
    prevented planting coverage, or that exceeds the number of eligible 
    acres physically located in a unit, will be deleted from your 
    acreage report.
    
    14. Written Agreements
    
        Designated terms of this policy may be altered by written 
    agreement. The following conditions will apply:
        (a) You must apply in writing for each written agreement no 
    later than the sales closing date, except as provided in section 
    14(e).
        (b) The application for written agreement must contain all terms 
    of the contract between you and us that will be in effect if the 
    written agreement is not approved.
        (c) If approved, the written agreement will include all variable 
    terms of the contract, including, but not limited to, crop type or 
    variety, the guarantee, premium rate, and price election.
        (d) Each written agreement will only be valid for 1 year. If the 
    written agreement is not specifically renewed the following year, 
    insurance coverage for subsequent crop years will be in accordance 
    with the printed policy.
        (e) An application for written agreement submitted after the 
    sales closing date may be approved if, after a physical inspection 
    of the acreage, it is determined that no loss has occurred and the 
    crop is insurable in accordance with the policy and written 
    agreement provisions.
    
        Signed in Washington, D.C., on May 23, 1996.
    Kenneth D. Ackerman,
    Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
    [FR Doc. 96-13589 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3410-FA-P
    
    

Document Information

Published:
05/31/1996
Department:
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Entry Type:
Proposed Rule
Action:
Proposed rule.
Document Number:
96-13589
Dates:
Written comments, data, and opinions on this proposed rule will be accepted until close of business July 30, 1996 and will be considered when the rule is to be made final. The comment period for information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 continues through July 29, 1996.
Pages:
27315-27321 (7 pages)
RINs:
0563-AB55
PDF File:
96-13589.pdf
CFR: (1)
7 CFR 457.109