[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1436.9]

[Page 584-585]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1436_FARM STORAGE FACILITY LOAN PROGRAM REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1436.9  Loan amount and loan application approvals.

    (a) The cost on which the loan shall be based is the net cost of the 
eligible facility, accessories, and services to the applicant after 
discounts and rebates, not to exceed a maximum per-

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bushel cost established by the FSA State committee.
    (b) The net cost for storage facilities and handling equipment may 
include the following: all real estate lien related fees paid by the 
borrower, including attorney fees, except for filing fees, environmental 
and historic review fees including archaeological study fees, the 
facility purchase price, sales tax, shipping, delivery charges, site 
preparation costs, installation cost, material and labor for concrete 
pads and foundations, material and labor for electrical wiring, 
electrical motors, off-farm paid labor, on farm site preparation and 
construction equipment costs not to exceed commercial rates approved by 
the county committee, and new on-farm material approved by the county 
committee. The net cost shall not include secondhand material or any 
other item that is determined by the approving authority to be 
ineligible for loan.
    (c) The maximum principal amount of any farm storage facility loan 
shall be 85 percent of the net cost of the applicant's needed storage or 
handling equipment not to exceed $100,000 for each borrower signing the 
note and security agreement. Unless otherwise approved by CCC, borrowers 
shall be considered to be separate persons or borrowers for purposes of 
applying the preceding sentence only to the extent that they would 
normally be considered a separate person under the rules set out in 7 
CFR part 1400.
    (d) The aggregate outstanding balance of all facility loans for any 
one borrower signing the note and security agreement may not exceed 
$100,000.
    (e) When a storage structure has a larger capacity than the 
applicant's needed capacity, as determined by CCC, the net cost eligible 
for a loan shall be prorated. Only costs associated with the applicant's 
needed storage capacity will be considered eligible for loan under this 
part.
    (f) When a flat storage structure has space that is not used 
primarily for facility loan commodity storage, such as office space, the 
loan amount shall be adjusted for the ineligible space as determined by 
CCC.
    (g) The FSA county committee may approve applications, if loan funds 
are available, up to the maximum approval amount unless the FSA State 
committee establishes a lower limit for county committee approval 
authority.
    (h) Farm storage facility loan approvals will expire in 4 months 
after the date of approval unless extended in writing for an additional 
4 months by the FSA State Committee. Sugar storage facility loan 
approvals will expire in 8 months after the date of approval unless 
extended in writing for an additional 4 months by the FSA State 
Committee.
    (i) CCC may at any time refuse to make new loans.
    (j) For sugar-related facility loans, paragraphs (c) and (d) and (g) 
do not apply.
    (k) For sugar-related facility loans, the Agency approval officials 
may only approve loans, subject to available funds.

[66 FR 4612, Jan. 18, 2001, as amended at 67 FR 54939, Aug. 26, 2002]