[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 114 (Friday, June 12, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 35812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12529]
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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
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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 114 / Friday, June 12, 2020 /
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
7 CFR Part 9
[Docket ID: FSA-2020-0004]
Notice of Funding Availability; Coronavirus Food Assistance
Program (CFAP) Additional Commodities Request for Information;
Correction
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability; request for comments;
correction.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects the supplementary information section
to the notice of funding availability and additional commodities
request for information published in the Federal Register on May 22,
2020, concerning CFAP. This document adds questions to request specific
information related to certain specialty crops. This is intended to add
clarity. USDA is still requesting comments on additional commodities
that are not already identified and on the paperwork reduction act for
CFAP activities. The questions added in this correction cover
additional commodities and the development of their payment rates as
envisioned in the cost analysis for the CFAP rule and are not expected
to impact the costs of CFAP.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive on additional
commodities by June 22, 2020.
We will consider comments that we receive on the Paperwork
Reduction Act by July 21, 2020.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments to provide information
about additional commodities and comment on the information collection
specified in this document. In your comment, specify [Docket ID: FSA-
2020-0004], and include the volume, date, and page number of this issue
of the Federal Register. You may submit comments by either of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID FSA-2020-0004. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Director, SND, FSA, US Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Stop 0522, Washington, DC 20250-0522.
Comments will be available for viewing online at http://www.regulations.gov. In addition, comments will be available for public
inspection at the above address during business hours from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William L. Beam, telephone (202) 720-
3175; email [email protected]. Persons with disabilities or who
require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA
Target Center at (202) 720-2600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
In the Federal Register of May 22, 2020, at 85 FR 31062-31065, the
Secretary is making the following correction, in the supplementary
section. On page 31063, in the third column, add ``Specialty Crops''
before the heading ``Nursery Products'' to read as follows:
Specialty Crops
In addition to the questions above applicable to specialty crops,
for producers of specialty crops that have been shipped from the farm
by April 15, 2020, but subsequently spoiled or are unpaid due to loss
of marketing channels, payments will be based on the volume of shipped,
spoiled crops or that are unpaid multiplied by a pre-specified payment
rate expected to represent 30 percent of the crop's sales value. For
producers with specialty crop shipments that have not left the farm or
mature crops that were unharvested between January 15, 2020 and April
15, 2020, and which have not been and will not be sold, payments will
be based on the volume of unharvested or unshipped crops multiplied by
a pre-specified payment rate expected to represent 5.875 percent of the
crop's value.
If you are providing information for a specialty crop meeting the
above conditions, please specify your response to the questions below:
(1) The quantity and price of the crop(s) you produced that left
your farm by April 15, 2020, and subsequently spoiled or are unpaid due
to no market, and for which you did not have Federal crop insurance or
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for the
loss.
(2) The quantity and price of crop(s) ready for sale that did not
leave the farm by April 15, 2020, and that will not be sold due to lack
of markets.
The questions in this correction, in addition to the questions in
the initial NOFA, cover additional commodities and the development of
their payment rates as envisioned in the cost analysis for the CFAP
rule and are not expected to impact the costs of CFAP.
Stephen L. Censky,
Vice Chairman, Commodity Credit Corporation, and Deputy Secretary, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
[FR Doc. 2020-12529 Filed 6-10-20; 4:15 pm]
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