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farm-program · Commodity Credit Corporation · Rule · Published 2003-05-07 · Effective 2002-10-01 · 68 FR 24596

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Document number
03-11359
Federal Register citation
68 FR 24596
CFR reference
7 CFR 1424
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
farm-program
Sub-agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Publication date
2003-05-07
Effective date
2002-10-01

Abstract

This rule finalizes a proposed rule to amend the existing regulations of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Bioenergy Program (program) in order to implement section 9010 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (the 2002 Act). These changes include: modifying the definitions for biodiesel, eligible commodities, and ethanol; extending the program beyond Fiscal Year (FY) 2002; and allowing producers to enter into multi-year agreements for program payments. Additional changes, based on comments received on the proposed rule, include: modifying the conversion factor provisions, making biodiesel payments on a soybean basis, making biodiesel payments on all biodiesel production, basing program payments on market prices as of the 10th business day before the production quarter, and establishing a target notification period for changes to conversion factors. Under the rule, CCC will pay incentives to ethanol producers to increase their use of eligible agricultural commodities in an FY as compared to the corresponding period in the prior FY. For biodiesel, CCC will pay incentives to biodiesel producers for FY 2003 through FY 2005 on all biodiesel production from eligible agricultural commodities. For FY 2006, CCC will pay biodiesel producers incentives only on their increased biodiesel production.

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