Federal Register - November 30, 2021
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Rules and Regulations
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 227
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains regulatory documents having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 7 CFR Parts 400, 407, and 457
Docket ID FCIC210008
RIN 0563AC76
General Administrative Regulations, Administrative Remedies for NonCompliance; Area Risk Protection Insurance Regulations; Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions;
Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Sunflower Seed Crop Insurance Provisions; Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Coarse Grains Crop Insurance Provisions; and Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Dry Bean Crop Insurance Provisions Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA.
ACTION: Final rule with request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation FCIC is amending its regulations to revise organic terminology to be consistent with USDAs National Organic Program, provide cover crop relief for prevented planting situations, add flexibility to the prevented planting provisions, provide an option for rice producers to delay measurement of farm-stored production, allow enterprise units by type for sunflowers, add earlage and snaplage as an acceptable method of harvest for corn, clarify that in a loss situation when a producer changes their planned method of harvest they must notify insurance providers before harvest begins, and clarify enterprise and optional unit insurance choices for contract seed bean producers. The changes to the policy made in this rule are applicable for the 2022 and succeeding crop years for crops with a contract change date on or after November 30, 2021. For all other crops,
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the changes to the policy made in this rule are applicable for the 2023 and succeeding crop years.
DATES:
Effective date: This final rule is effective November 30, 2021.
Comment date: We will consider comments that we receive by the close of business January 31, 2022. FCIC may consider the comments received and may conduct additional rulemaking based on the comments.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this rule. You may submit comments by either of the following methods, although FCIC prefers that you submit comments electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID FCIC210008. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Director, Product Administration and Standards Division, Risk Management Agency RMA, US
Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 641336205.
In your comment, specify docket ID
FCIC210008.
Comments will be available for viewing online at www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Francie Tolle; telephone 816 926
7829; or email francie.tolle@usda.gov.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA Target Center at 202 7202600 voice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background The FCIC serves Americas agricultural producers through effective, market-based risk management tools to strengthen the economic stability of agricultural producers and rural communities. FCIC is committed to increasing the availability and effectiveness of Federal crop insurance as a risk management tool. Approved Insurance Providers AIPs sell and service Federal crop insurance policies in every state through a public-private partnership. FCIC reinsures the AIPs who share the risks associated with catastrophic losses due to major weather events. FCICs vision is to secure the future of agriculture by providing world class risk management tools to rural America.
Federal crop insurance policies typically consist of the Basic Provisions,
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the Crop Provisions, the Special Provisions, the Commodity Exchange Price Provisions, if applicable, other applicable endorsements or options, the actuarial documents for the insured agricultural commodity, the Catastrophic Risk Protection Endorsement, if applicable, and the applicable regulations published in 7
CFR chapter IV.
FCIC amends the Subpart R 7 CFR
part 400, ARPI Basic Provisions 7 CFR
part 407, CCIP Basic Provisions 7 CFR
457.8, Sunflower Seed Crop Provisions 7 CFR 457.108, Coarse Grains Crop Provisions 7 CFR 457.113; and Dry Bean Crop Provisions 7 CFR 457.150.
The changes to the policy made in this rule are applicable for the 2022 and succeeding crop years for crops with a contract change date on or after November 30, 2021. For all other crops, the changes to the policy made in this rule are applicable for the 2023 and succeeding crop years.
Comments Related to 85 FR 38749
38760 Published June 29, 2020
The first final rule with request for comment was published in the Federal Register on June 29, 2020, 85 FR
3874938760 amending the ARPI
Regulations; CCIP Basic Provisions; and the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Coarse Grains Crop Insurance Provisions Coarse Grains Crop Provisions. Comments were received from five commenters. Three comments were from individuals, whose comments were unrelated to the rule. One comment was from an insurance company. The last comment was from a trade association. FCIC
addressed editorial comments in the final rule with request for comment published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2020, 85 FR 76420
76428. FCIC addressed the noneditorial public comments related to the ARPI Basic Provisions and CCIP Basic Provisions in a final rule with request for comment published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2021, 86 FR
3460634611. The comments received regarding the June 29, 2020, final rule with request for comment regarding the Coarse Grains Crop Provisions and FCICs responses are as follows:
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