[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 52194-52198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26201]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 189 / Wednesday, September 30, 1998 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
7 CFR Part 457
RIN 0563-AB69
Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Basic Provisions
AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes to
amend the Common Crop Insurance Policy; Basic Provisions, to clarify
certain provisions, add definitions and provisions to allow enterprise
and whole farm units, allow the use of a written agreement to insure
acreage that has not been planted and harvested in one of the three
previous crop years, and amend the prevented planting provision that
requires that at least one contiguous block of prevented planting
acreage must constitute at least 20 acres or 20 percent of the
insurable crop acreage in the unit before a prevented planting payment
may be made. The intended effect of this action is to create a policy
that best meets the needs of the insured.
DATES: Written comments and opinions on this proposed rule will be
accepted until close of business October 13, 1998, and will be
considered when the rule is to be made final.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
the Director, Product Development Division, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, United States Department of Agriculture, 9435 Holmes Road,
Kansas City, MO 64131. A copy of each response will be available for
public inspection and copying from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., CDT, Monday
through Friday, except holidays, at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and a copy of
the Cost-Benefit Analysis to the Common Crop Insurance Regulations;
Basic Provisions, contact Louise Narber, Insurance Management
Specialist, Research and Development, Product Development Division,
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, at the Kansas City, MO, address
listed above, telephone (816) 926-7730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Order 12866
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has determined this rule
to be significant and, therefore, it has been reviewed by OMB.
Cost-Benefit Analysis
A Cost-Benefit Analysis has been completed and is available to
interested persons at the Kansas City address listed above. In summary,
the analysis finds that of the provisions in the proposed rule, that
elimination of the contiguous acreage requirement for the purpose of
determining eligible acreage prevented planting acres will have the
most impact. Removal of this requirement is expected to have the
greatest impact in certain regions of the Northern Plains, but the
effect on overall crop insurance payments is expected to be small. It
is estimated that additional indemnities resulting from this change
will average $500,000.00 per year. Higher premium rates should cover
the additional indemnities. Additional costs to the Government will be
about $250,000.00 for premium subsidies, $110,000.00 in administrative
subsidies, and $38,000.00 in underwriting losses. Other provisions of
the rule serve to clarify provisions or allow changes that may cause
slight changes in expected indemnities and premiums. Other than removal
of the contiguous land requirement indicated above, little impact is
foreseen.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
The provisions contained in this rule contain information
collections that require clearance by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
This rule proposes to amend the information collection requirements
previously approved by OMB under OMB control number 0563-0053 through
October 31, 2000. This rule provides a prevented planting payment if at
least 20 acres or 20 percent of the acreage in the unit is prevented
from being timely planted, regardless of whether or not the acreage is
contiguous, if all other criteria are met. Information will need to be
collected with respect to the number of acres prevented from being
planted in order to calculate a prevented planting payment. All of the
forms cleared under OMB control number 0563-0053 represent the minimum
information necessary to determine eligibility and losses qualifying
for a payment due to prevented planting or loss of production.
Due to the necessity of implementing the rule beginning with the
1999 crop year, the Agency has requested emergency clearance of the
information collections associated with this rule from OMB by September
11, 1998. A Federal Register notice soliciting public comment in
conjunction with a regular information collection approval package was
published in the Federal Register on September 25, 1998.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA),
establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal governments and
the private sector. This rule contains no Federal mandates (under the
regulatory provisions of title II of UMRA) for State, local, and tribal
governments or the private sector. Therefore, this rule is not subject
to the requirements of sections 202 and 205 of 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
implications 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 the various levels of government.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. New provisions included in this
rule will not impact small entities to a greater extent than large
entities. The amount of work required of the insurance companies
delivering and servicing these policies will not increase
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from the amount of work currently required. Therefore, this action is
determined to be exempt from the provisions of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 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 requires 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 12988
This rule has been reviewed in accordance with Executive Order
12988 on civil justice reform. The provisions of this rule will not
have a retroactive effect. 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 published
at 7 CFR part 11 must be exhausted before any action against FCIC for
judicial review may be brought.
Environmental Evaluation
This action is not expected to have a significant economic impact
on the quality of the human environment, health, and safety. Therefore,
neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact
Statement is needed.
Background
FCIC proposes to amend the Common Crop Insurance Policy; Basic
Provisions (Basic Provisions) (7 CFR part 457) effective for the 1999
and succeeding crop years for all crops with contract change dates
after the effective date of the final rule, and for the 2000 or 2001
and succeeding crop years for all crops with contract change dates
prior to the effective date of the final rule. The principal changes to
the Basic Provisions are as follows:
1. Section 1--Add definitions for ``enterprise unit'' and ``whole
farm unit.'' This unit arrangement is not currently available. The
provisions are being amended to provide for them whenever the Special
Provisions allow the use of such unit structure.
In the definition of ``prevented planting,'' clarify that once the
producer has been prevented from planting the insured crop by the final
planting date, the producer is eligible for prevented planting
coverage. The producer is not required to plant during the late
planting period to be eligible for prevented planting coverage. Also
specify that the insured must have been prevented from planting the
insured crop due to an insured cause of loss that is general in the
area and that prevents other producers from planting acreage with
similar characteristics. Current provisions require that most (more
than 50 percent) producers be prevented from planting on acreage with
similar characteristics. This change allows prevented planting to be
made on an individual case basis once it is verified that an insured
peril prevented planting.
2. Section 2(e)--Clarify that if any amount due, including premium,
is not paid by the termination date, the insurance provider will take
such action as authorized under 7 CFR part 400, subpart U, including
determining the producer to be ineligible for crop insurance under the
Act.
3. Section 3(c)(4)--Add provisions requiring that if enterprise or
whole farm units are selected, the insured must report the acreage and
production for each basic unit that comprises the enterprise or whole
farm unit for the previous crop year. If the producer fails to provide
the required information, the enterprise or whole farm units will be
divided into their respective basic units and all premiums and
indemnities will be based on the basic units.
4. Sections 6(a) (1) and (2)--Clarify that only if the producer
insures multiple crops with the same insurance company can the producer
submit an acreage report on or before the latest applicable acreage
reporting date for all crops with an acreage reporting date within the
specific time frame.
5. Section 6(e)--Clarify that any determination under the
subsection will be subject to the provisions contained in section 6(g).
6. Section 9(a)(1)(i)(D)--Clarify that acreage not planted and
harvested within one of the three previous crop years will be insurable
if the reason the acreage was not planted was because a perennial tree,
vine, or bush crop was grown on the acreage. The current regulations do
not limit the perennial crop to a tree, vine, or bush crop. This
clarification will prevent acreage that has been in perennial grasses
from being insurable the first year it is brought back into crop
production, unless the perennial grasses were used in a normal rotation
practice as allowed by section 9(a)(1)(i)(B).
7. Section 9(a)(1)(iii)--Allow a written agreement to provide
insurance coverage for acreage that has not been planted and harvested
within one of the three previous crop years.
8. Section 15--Add a new subsection that requires a crop to be
destroyed or the acreage put to another use before any indemnity can be
paid. This change will prevent overpayments that may occur when actual
harvested production is higher than appraised production.
9. Section 16--Reformat the section to move the provision currently
contained in section 16(b)(3) to a new section 16(d).
10. Section 17(a)--Add a new paragraph that specifies that
prevented planting coverage is not available if the producer planted
the insured crop during or after the late planting period.
11. Section 17(d)--Clarify that if a late planting period is
applicable, that period will also be considered when determining if
drought or failure of the irrigation water supply is an insurable cause
of loss for the purposes of prevented planting.
12. Section 17(e)(1)--In the chart headings, clarify that eligible
acres are determined based on the 4 most recent crop years when the
producer has planted any crop in the county for which prevented
planting insurance was available or received a prevented planting
guarantee within those 4 years.
13. Section 17(f)(1)--Delete the provision that requires at least
one contiguous block of acreage, consisting of at least 20 acres or 20
percent of the insurable crop acreage in the unit, to be prevented from
being planted in order to qualify for a prevented planting payment. The
requirement that the prevented planting acreage must be contiguous was
intended to reduce the instances in which prevented planting payments
were made for potholes and other small portions of fields that are wet
in most years, although planting occasionally may be possible. FCIC has
received numerous complaints that a large number of acres could be
prevented from being planted within a unit, but because the minimum
contiguous acreage requirement is not met, no prevented planting
payment can be made. For example, if a producer has a 100-acre unit,
consisting of ten 10-acre fields that are not contiguous, even if all
100 acres in the unit were prevented from being planted, a prevented
planting payment could not be made because the minimum contiguous
acreage requirement was not met. Removing the minimum contiguous
acreage requirement, while still retaining the 20 acres or 20 percent
of the insurable acreage requirement, will achieve the intended goal of
not paying prevented planting claims when only a
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small number of acres are prevented from being planted.
Clarify that for a producer to claim that acreage that was
prevented from being planted would have been planted to a different
crop than the crop that was planted in the field, in addition to the
requirement that the prevented planting acreage must constitute at
least 20 acres or 20 percent of the insurable acreage in the field, the
producer must have produced both crops in the same field in any one of
the 4 most recent crop years. A 4 year period is consistent with the
period used to determine eligible prevented planting acreage.
14. Section 17(f)(5)--Add provisions to specify that if one of the
crops being double-cropped is not insurable, other verifiable records
of it being planted may be used since records of uninsured crops would
not be included in the insured's actual production history (APH)
database.
15. Section 17(f)(11)--Add provisions to specify that prevented
planting acreage insured under an irrigated practice will be limited to
the number of acres allowed for that crop practice in sections 17 (e)
and (f).
16. Section 17(f)(12)--Allow prevented planting coverage for a crop
type that was not planted in at least one of the 4 most recent years,
if the producer received a prevented planting insurance guarantee for
that type in at least one of the 4 most recent years. This change will
enable a producer who insured and received a prevented planting
insurance guarantee based on a specific type, although the producer did
not plant that type within one of the 4 most recent years because he or
she was prevented from doing so, to qualify for prevented planting
coverage for that type for a subsequent crop year.
17. Section 17(g)--Add a new section 17(g) that specifies that when
a producer insures acreage of a crop under a limited or additional
coverage policy and separately insures acreage of that crop, which has
been designated as ``high risk'' under a catastrophic risk protection
coverage policy, the maximum acreage eligible for a prevented planting
payment will be limited for each policy as specified in sections 17 (e)
and (f).
18. Section 17(h)--Add a new section 17(h) to allow prevented
planting coverage for a crop that a producer was prevented from
planting, when that crop does not have eligible prevented planting
acres established, by basing the coverage on a crop that has eligible
prevented planting acreage established under the terms of the policy.
The production guarantee or amount of insurance, premium and prevented
planting payment would be calculated using the qualifying crop data.
This provides prevented planting coverage on the basis of insurance
history (i.e., what the insured has demonstrated in the past) rather
than on intent to plant a specific crop.
19. Section 24(e) For reinsured policies--Add language specifying
that amounts the insured owes to the insurance provider may be
collected through administrative offset from payments the insured
receives from United States government agencies in accordance with 31
U.S.C. chapter 37.
20. Section 34--Add a new section 34(a) that allows a producer to
elect an enterprise unit or a whole farm unit if provided for in the
Special Provisions and the producer elects such unit structure on or
before the earliest sales closing date for the insured crops.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 457
Crop insurance, Common crop insurance policy.
Proposed Rule
Accordingly, as set forth in the preamble, the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation proposes to amend 7 CFR part 457 as follows:
PART 457--COMMON CROP INSURANCE REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 457 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1506(1), 1506(p).
Sec. 457.2 [Amended]
2. Amend Sec. 457.2(e) to remove the words ``paragraph 21'' and
replace with the words ``paragraph 24''.
Sec. 457.8 [Amended]
3. Amend Sec. 457.8 as follows:
a. Amend section 1 of the Basic Provisions by adding definitions
for ``enterprise unit'' and ``whole farm unit'' and revising the
definition of ``prevented planting'' to read as follows:
1. Definitions
* * * * *
Enterprise unit. All insurable acreage of the insured crop in
the county in which you have a share on the date coverage begins for
the crop year. An enterprise unit must consist of at least two basic
units and at least 50 insurable acres.
* * * * *
Prevented planting. Failure 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, if you
elect to plant the insured crop during the late planting period,
failure to plant the insured crop within the late planting period.
You must have been prevented from planting the insured crop due to
an insured cause of loss that is general in the surrounding area and
that prevents other producers from planting acreage with similar
characteristics.
* * * * *
Whole farm unit. All insurable acreage of the insurable crops in
the county in which you have a share on the date coverage begins for
each crop for the crop year. A whole farm unit must consist of at
least two crops and at least 50 insurable acres.
* * * * *
b. Revise section 2(e) of the Basic Provisions to read as follows:
2. Life of Policy, Cancellation, and Termination
* * * * *
(e) If any amount due, including premium, is not paid on or
before the termination date for the crop on which the amount is due,
you may be determined to be ineligible to participate in any crop
insurance program authorized under the Act in accordance with 7 CFR
part 400, subpart U.
* * * * *
c. Amend section 3 of the Basic Provisions by adding a new
paragraph (c)(4) to read as follows:
3. Insurance Guarantees, Coverage Levels, and Prices for Determining
Indemnities
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(4) If you elect to obtain an enterprise or whole farm unit, you
must report the acreage and production for each basic unit that
comprises the enterprise or whole farm unit for the previous crop
year. If you do not provide the information required herein, the
enterprise or whole farm unit will be divided into its respective
basic units and all premiums and indemnities will be based on the
basic unit structure.
* * * * *
d. Revise sections 6(a)(1) and (2) and 6(e) of the Basic Provisions
to read as follows:
6. Report of Acreage
(a) * * *
(1) If you insure multiple crops with us that have final
planting dates on or after August 15 but before December 31, you
must submit an acreage report for all such crops on or before the
latest applicable acreage reporting date for such crops; and
(2) If you insure multiple crops with us that have final
planting dates on or after December 31 but before August 15, you
must submit an acreage report for all such crops on or before the
latest applicable acreage reporting date for such crops.
* * * * *
(e) We may elect to determine all premiums and indemnities based
on the information you submit on the acreage report or upon the
factual circumstances we determine to have existed, subject to the
provisions contained in section 6(g).
* * * * *
e. Revise sections 9(a)(1)(i)(D) and 9(a)(1)(iii) of the Basic
Provisions to read as follows:
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9. Insurable Acreage
(a) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) * * *
(D) Because a perennial tree, vine, or bush crop was grown on
the acreage;
* * * * *
(iii) The Crop Provisions or a written agreement specifically
allow insurance for such acreage;
* * * * *
f. Amend section 15 of the Basic Provisions to add a new paragraph
(d) to read as follows:
15. Production Included in Determining Indemnities
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(d) If you elect to put the acreage to another use or abandon
the crop and obtain an indemnity for a unit based on appraised
production, the crop on the acreage must be destroyed or you must
put the acreage to another use before any indemnity will be paid.
* * * * *
g. Amend section 16(b)(2) of the Basic Provisions to add the word
``and'' immediately following the semicolon.
h. Remove section 16(b)(3) of the Basic Provisions and redesignate
section 16(b)(4) as section 16(b)(3).
i. Add a new section 16(d) of the Basic Provisions to read as
follows:
16. Late Planting
* * * * *
(d) Any acreage on which an insured cause of loss materially
prevents completion of planting, as specified in the definition of
``planted acreage'' (e.g., seed is broadcast on the soil surface but
cannot be incorporated) will be considered as acreage planted after
the final planting date and the production guarantee will be
calculated in accordance with section 16(b)(1).
j. Revise section 17(a) of the Basic Provisions to delete the word
``and'' at the end of section 17(a)(1)(ii), add ``; and'' at the end of
section 17(a)(2), and add a new section 17(a)(3) to read as follows:
17. Prevented Planting
(a) * * *
(3) You did not plant the insured crop during or after the late
planting period.
* * * * *
k. Revise sections 17(d) introductory text of the Basic Provisions
to read as follows:
17. Prevented Planting
* * * * *
(d) Drought or failure of the irrigation water supply will be
considered to be an insurable cause of loss for the purposes of
prevented planting only if either, on the final planting date, or
within the late planting period if a late planting period is
applicable:
* * * * *
l. Revise the middle column heading in the table in section
17(e)(1) of the Basic Provisions to read as follows:
``Eligible acres if, in any of the 4 most recent crop years, you
have planted any crop in the county for which prevented planting
insurance was available or have received a prevented planting
insurance guarantee''
* * * * *
m. Revise the last column heading in the table in section 17(e)(1)
of the Basic Provisions to read as follows:
``Eligible acres if, in any of the 4 most recent crop years, you
have not planted any crop in the county for which prevented planting
insurance was available or have not received a prevented planting
insurance guarantee''
* * * * *
n. Revise sections 17(f)(1), (f)(11), and (f)(12) of the Basic
Provisions to read as follows:
17. Prevented Planting
* * * * *
(f) * * *
(1) That does not constitute at least 20 acres or 20 percent of
the insurable crop acreage in the unit, whichever is less. Any
prevented planting acreage within a field that contains planted
acreage will be presumed to have been planted to the same crop that
is planted in the field unless the acreage that was prevented from
being planted constitutes at least 20 acres or 20 percent of the
total insurable acreage in the field and you produced both crops in
the same field in the same crop year within any of the 4 most recent
crop years;
* * * * *
(11) Based on an irrigated practice production guarantee or
amount of insurance unless adequate irrigation facilities were in
place to carry out an irrigated practice on the acreage prior to the
insured cause of loss that prevented you from planting. Acreage with
an irrigated practice production guarantee will be limited to the
number of acres allowed for that practice under sections 17(e) and
(f); or
(12) Based on a crop type that you did not plant or did not
receive a prevented planting insurance guarantee in at least one of
the four most recent years. Types for which separate price
elections, amounts of insurance, or production guarantees are
available must be included in your APH database in at least one of
the most recent four years, or crops that do not require yield
certification (crops for which the insurance guarantee is not based
on APH) must be reported on your acreage report in at least one of
the four most recent crop years except as allowed in section
17(e)(1)(i)(B). We will limit prevented planting payments based on a
specific crop type to the number of acres allowed for that crop type
as specified in sections 17(e) and (f).
* * * * *
o. Revise section 17(f)(5) of the Basic Provisions to add the
following text to the end of the paragraph between the word ``acreage''
and the semicolon: ``(If one of the crops being double-cropped is not
insurable, other verifiable records of it being planted may be used)''
p. Redesignate section 17(g) of the Basic Provisions as 17(i) and
add new sections 17(g) and (h) to read as follows:
17. Prevented Planting
* * * * *
(g) If you purchased a limited or additional coverage policy for
a crop, and you executed a High Risk Land Exclusion Option that
separately insures acreage which has been designated as ``high
risk'' land by FCIC under a Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement
for that crop, the maximum number of acres eligible for a prevented
planting payment will be limited for each policy as specified in
sections 17(e) and (f).
(h) If you are prevented from planting a crop for which you do
not have an adequate base of eligible prevented planting acreage, as
determined in accordance with section 17(e)(1), your prevented
planting production guarantee or amount of insurance, premium, and
prevented planting payment will be based on the most recent crops
planted on the acreage, not to exceed the base eligible prevented
planting acreage for those crops as established in section 17(e)(1).
For example: You intended to plant 120 acres of soybeans and you
have never planted more than 20 acres of soybeans in the previous 4
crop years:
(1) However, the previous crop year, you planted 60 acres of
corn and 60 acres of processing tomatoes. Your prevented planting
guarantee premium, and prevented planting payment will be based on
20 acres of soybeans, 50 acres of corn (60/120 x 120-20) and 50
acres of processing tomatoes (60/120 x 120-20), even though you
may not have a processing contract for the current crop year.
(2) You were only able to plant 30 acres of soybeans. The
previous crop year you planted 90 acres of corn and 30 acres of
oats. Your prevented planting guarantee, premium, and prevented
planting payment will be based on 67.5 acres of corn (90/120 x
120-30) and 22.5 acres of oats (30/120 x 120-30).
(3) The previous crop year you were prevented from planting the
acreage or did not attempt to plant a crop. However, just prior to
the crop year in which no crop was planted on the acreage, you
planted 120 acres of grain sorghum, your prevented planting
guarantee, premium, and prevented planting payment will be based on
20 acres of soybeans and 100 acres of grain sorghum.
(4) The previous crop year you planted 120 acres of potatoes and
the rotation requirements precluded you from planting potatoes this
year. The crop year preceding your planting of potatoes, you planted
120 acres of corn. Your prevented planting guarantee, premium, and
prevented planting payment will be based on 20 acres of soybeans and
100 acres of corn.
q. Amend newly designated section 17(i)(2) of the Basic Provisions
by changing the section reference therein from ``17(g)(1)'' to
``17(i)(1).''
r. Amend newly designated section 17(i)(3) of the Basic Provisions
by changing the section reference therein from ``17(g)(2)'' to
``17(i)(2).''
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s. Revise section 24(e) to read as follows:
* * * * *
For reinsured policies
24. Amounts Due Us
* * * * *
(e) Amounts owed to us by you may be collected through
administrative offset from payments you receive from United States
government agencies in accordance with 31 U.S.C. chapter 37.
* * * * *
t. Amend section 34 of the Basic Provisions by redesignating
sections 34(a) through 34(d) as sections 34(b) through 34(e)
respectively, and adding a new section 34(a) to read as follows:
* * * * *
34. Unit Division
(a) You may elect an enterprise unit or a whole farm unit if the
Special Provisions allow such unit structure, subject to the
following:
(1) You must make such election on or before the earliest sales
closing date for the insured crops and report such unit structure to
us in writing. Your unit selection will remain in effect from year
to year unless you notify us in writing by the applicable sales
closing date for the crop year for which you wish to cancel this
election;
(2) For enterprise units, you must report the acreage for each
basic unit that comprises the enterprise unit on your acreage
report;
(3) For a whole farm unit, you must report the acreage for each
basic unit for each crop produced in the county that comprises the
whole farm unit on your acreage report;
(4) Although you may insure all of your crops under one policy
as a whole farm unit, you will be required to pay separate
applicable administrative fees for each crop (Since enterprise units
are by separate crop, you will have to pay all applicable
administrative fees for each crop); and
(5) These units may not be further divided except as specified
herein or in section 3(c)(4).
* * * * *
Signed in Washington, D.C., on September 25, 1998.
John Zirschky,
Acting Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
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