[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1416.204]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1416_2006 EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS--Table of 
 
                Subpart C_Livestock Indemnity Program II
 
Sec. 1416.204  Application process.

    (a) Applicants must submit to CCC a completed application in 
accordance with Sec. 1416.5, a copy of their grower contract if the 
applicant is a contract grower, and other supporting documents necessary 
for determining the eligibility of the applicant. Supporting documents 
must show: Evidence of loss; current physical location of livestock in 
inventory; and physical location of claimed livestock at the time of 
death.
    (b) Applicants must provide adequate proof that the death of the 
eligible livestock occurred in an eligible county as a direct result of 
an eligible hurricane during the disaster period. The quantity and kind 
of livestock that died as a direct result of the eligible hurricane may 
be documented by: Purchase records; veterinarian records; bank or other 
loan papers; rendering truck receipts; Federal Emergency Management 
Agency records; National Guard records; written contracts; production 
records, Internal Revenue Service records; property tax records; private 
insurance documents; and other similar verifiable documents, as 
determined by CCC.
    (c) Certifications of livestock deaths by third parties may be 
accepted only if both the following conditions are met:
    (1) The livestock owner or livestock contract grower, as applicable, 
certifies in writing:
    (i) That there is no other documentation of death available;
    (ii) The number of livestock, by category determined by the Deputy 
Administrator, were in inventory at the time the applicable hurricane 
occurred;
    (iii) Other details necessary for CCC to determine the certification 
acceptable; and
    (2) The third party provides their telephone number, address, and a 
written statement containing:
    (i) Specific details about their knowledge of the livestock deaths;
    (ii) Their affiliation with the livestock owner;
    (iii) The accuracy of the deaths claimed by the livestock owner; and
    (iv) Other details necessary for CCC to determine the certification 
acceptable.

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