Long Term Standing Agreements for Storage, Transportation, and Lease
They are long standing agreements (contracts) with warehouses & transportation companies to store and transport grain and processed commodities, commodity processing fees, and bartering values.
Established in 1862, the Department of Agriculture serves all Americans through anti-hunger efforts, stewardship of nearly 200 million acres of national forest and rangelands, and through product safety and conservation efforts. The USDA opens markets for American farmers and ranchers and provides food for needy people around the world.
Program Accomplishments
Not Applicable.
Uses and Use Restrictions
The payments provide for the storage, transportation, and leasing for foreign agricultural commodities during the designated CCC price support period of activity along with associated processing fees and bartering values.
The payments provide for the storage, transportation, and leasing for foreign agricultural commodities during the designated CCC price support period of activity along with associated processing fees and bartering values.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Approved and certified, crop storage facilities, transportation companies, processing operations and State and local governments.
Payments may go to private entities as well as public entities.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Foreign entities and producers whose crops are eligible for price supports through CCC.
Credentials/Documentation
No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is not applicable.
Environmental impact information is not required for this program.
This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application Procedures
This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Upon request of Foreign Agriculture Service, proposals are submitted to local county Farm Service Agency Office or U.S. Department of Agriculture Service Centers.
Award Procedures
Foreign Agriculture Service considers the proposals received and evaluates the qualifications of the proposal.
Deadlines
Not Applicable.
Authorization
E-Government Act of 2002, P.L. 107-347.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Not Applicable.
Appeals
Not Applicable.
Renewals
Extensions may be authorized.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Determined by FAS Headquarters. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Determined by FAS Headquarters.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Not Applicable.
Audits
This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-133. Recipients under this program are subject to Audit by the Office of the Regional Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Records
Any individual or entity receiving payment under this program shall maintain and retain financial books, records, supporting documents, and all other records pertinent to the award for at least three years, following the end of the calendar year in which payment was received.
Financial Information
Account Identification
12-2900-0-1-352.
Obigations
(Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 10 Not Available(Exp: New Program); FY 11 $114,543,144; FY 12 $114,543,144
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
No Data Available.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
This program is announced through new media and in letters to agricultural storage, transportation, processors and lessors in the county.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
None.
Headquarters Office
Commodity and Marketing Programs 1400 Independence Avenue, SW
, Washington, District of Columbia 20250 Phone: (202) 720-4761
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Applicants meeting eligibility requirements may receive assistance payments subject to the national payment factor. Applications are non-completitive.
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