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Title 7: Agriculture
Subtitle B: Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued)
CHAPTER XIV: COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SUBCHAPTER B: LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS
PART 1470: APPLE MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE PAYMENT PROGRAM
Subpart B: Apple Market Loss Assistance Payment Program II
1470.103 - Definitions.
The definitions set forth in this section shall be applicable for all purposes of administering the Apple Market Loss Assistance Payment Program II established by this subpart.
Administrator means the FSA Administrator.
Apple operation means any person or group of persons who, as a single unit as determined by CCC, produces and market apples in the United States.
Application means Form CCC-891, the Apple Market Loss Assistance Payment Application.
Application period means the date established by the Deputy Administrator for producers to apply for program benefits.
CCC means the Commodity Credit Corporation.
County committee means the FSA county committee.
County office means the local FSA office.
Department or USDA means the United States Department of Agriculture.
Deputy Administrator means the Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs (DAFP), Farm Service Agency (FSA) or a designee.
Farm Service Agency or FSA means the Farm Service Agency of the Department.
Eligible production means apples that were produced and harvested in the United States anytime during the 2000 crop year, up to a maximum of 5,000,000 pounds per apple operation.
Payment pounds means the pounds of apples for which an operation is eligible to be paid under this subpart.
Person means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, estate, trust association, cooperative, or other business enterprise or other legal entity who is, or whose members are, a citizen of, or legal resident alien or aliens in the United States.
Secretary means the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture or any other officer or employee of the Department who has been delegated the authority to act in the Secretary's stead with respect to the program established in this part.
United States means the 50 States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Verifiable production records means evidence that is used to substantiate the amount of production reported and that can be verified by CCC through an independent source.
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