[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR402.1]

[Page 70]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER IV--FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 402--CATASTROPHIC RISK PROTECTION ENDORSEMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 402.1  General statement.

    The Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended by the Federal Crop 
Insurance Reform Act of 1994, requires the Federal Crop Insurance 
Corporation to implement a catastrophic risk protection plan of 
insurance that provides a basic level of insurance coverage to protect 
producers in the event of a catastrophic crop loss due to loss of yield 
or prevented planting, if provided by the Corporation, provided the crop 
loss or prevented planting is due to an insured cause of loss specified 
in the crop insurance policy. This Catastrophic Risk Protection 
Endorsement is a continuous endorsement that is effective in conjunction 
with a crop insurance policy for the insured crop. Catastrophic risk 
protection coverage will be offered through approved insurance providers 
if there are a sufficient number available to service the area. If there 
are an insufficient number available, as determined by the Secretary, 
local offices of the Farm Service Agency will provide catastrophic risk 
protection coverage.