[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: 7CFR1430.202]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1430_DAIRY PRODUCTS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B_Milk Income Loss Contract Program
 
Sec. 1430.202  Definitions.

    The definitions in this section shall be applicable for all purposes 
of administering the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program 
established by this subpart.
    CCC means the Commodity Credit Corporation of the Department.
    Class I Milk means milk, including milk components, classified as 
Class I milk under a Federal milk marketing order.
    Contract application means a Milk Income Loss Contract as executed 
on a form prescribed by CCC.
    Contract application period means the date established by the Deputy 
Administrator for producers to apply for program benefits.
    County committee means the FSA county committee.
    County office means the FSA office responsible for administering FSA 
programs to farms located in a specific area in a state.
    Dairy operation means any person or group of persons who as a single 
unit as determined by CCC, produce and market milk commercially produced 
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cows and whose production facilities are located in the United States.
    Department or USDA means the United States Department of 
Agriculture.
    Deputy Administrator means the Deputy Administrator for Farm 
Programs (DAFP), FSA or a designee.
    Eligible production means milk that was produced by cows in the 
United States and marketed commercially during the period of December 1, 
2001, through September 30, 2007, up to a maximum of 2.4 million pounds 
per dairy operation per fiscal year.
    Farm Service Agency or FSA means the Farm Service Agency of the 
Department.
    Federal Milk Marketing Order means an order issued under section 8c 
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c), reenacted with 
amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.
    Fiscal Year means the year beginning October 1 (except December 1 
for fiscal year 2002) and ending the following September 30 and such 
that, for example, fiscal year 2003 will run from October 1, 2002 
through September 30, 2003.
    Hundredweight or cwt. means 100 pounds.
    Marketed commercially means sold to the market to which the dairy 
operation normally delivers whole milk and receives a monetary amount.
    MILC means the Milk Income Loss Contract program or the form upon 
which CCC and the producer agree to the terms of the payment to be made 
under the MILC program.
    Milk handler means the marketing agency to or through which the 
producer commercially markets whole milk.
    Milk marketing means a marketing of milk for which there is a 
verifiable sales or delivery record of milk marketed for commercial use.
    Participating State means each of the 50 States in the United States 
of America, including the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, or any other State, territory, or possession of the United 
States.
    Payment pounds means the pounds of milk production for which an 
operation is eligible to be paid under this subpart.
    Producer 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 in the United States, and who directly or 
indirectly, as determined by the Secretary, shares in the risk of 
producing milk, and makes contributions (including land, labor, 
management, equipment, or capital) to the dairy farming operation of the 
individual or entity that are at least commensurate with the share of 
the individual or entity of the proceeds of this operation.
    Transition period means the period from December 1, 2001, until the 
time the dairy operation enters into MILC contract with CCC, provided 
that CCC may set such a deadline for the signing of the transition 
contract as it deems appropriate in order to accomplish the purposes of 
the contract.
    United States means the 50 States of the United States of America, 
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any 
other State, territory, or possession of the United States.
    Verifiable production records means evidence that is used to 
substantiate the amount of production marketed and that can be verified 
by CCC through an independent source.

[67 FR 64476, Oct. 18, 2002, as amended at 71 FR 19622, Apr. 17, 2006]