conservation · Farm Service Agency · Rule · Published 2010-05-07 · Effective 2010-05-07 · 75 FR 25103
Document
Document number
2010-10800
Federal Register citation
75 FR 25103
CFR reference
7 CFR 760
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
conservation
Sub-agency
Farm Service Agency
Publication date
2010-05-07
Effective date
2010-05-07
Abstract
This rule implements specific requirements for the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill). TAP provides disaster assistance to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers to replant or rehabilitate trees, bushes, and vines that were lost due to natural disaster. Orchardists and nursery tree growers who commercially raise trees, bushes, and vines for which there were mortality losses in excess of 15 percent, after adjustment for normal mortality, are eligible for TAP payments. Eligible losses must have occurred between January 1, 2008, and September 30, 2011. This rule specifies how the TAP payments are calculated and when producers may apply for benefits. This rule also removes regulations for prior tree disaster assistance programs.