Emergency Relief Program 2022

 

ERP 2022 provides financial assistance to producers for losses to crops and trees due to wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, tornadoes, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze (including a polar vortex), smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought, and related conditions occurring in calendar year 2022.

Active 10.979 Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture D - Direct Payments With Unrestricted Use Fiscal Year 2024 FSA anticipates issuing approximately $3 billion in payments to eligible producers under ERP 2022. Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023, Title I, Section Pub. L. 117-328 Not applicable. Not applicable. Applicants must submit an application form by the deadline announced by FSA. For producers included in Track 1, FSA will pre-fill data on FSA-523, Emergency Relief Program (ERP) 2022 Track 1 Application, and the producer must complete and return the form to their FSA service center. For Track 2, producers will complete and submit FSA-524, Emergency Relief Program (ERP) 2022 Track 2 Application, and FSA-525, Crop Insurance and/or NAP Coverage Agreement. Applicants must also submit the following forms if not already on file with FSA: AD-2047, Customer Data Worksheet; CCC-902, Farm Operating Plan for an individual or legal entity; CCC-901, Member Information for Legal Entities (if applicable); AD-1026 Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation (WC) Certification, for the producer and applicable affiliates; CCC-860, Socially Disadvantaged, Limited Resource, Beginning and Veteran Farmer or Rancher Certification, for historically underserved producers to qualify for an increased payment rate; and FSA-510, Request for an Exception to the $125,000 Payment Limitation for Certain Programs, for producers who qualify for an increased payment limitation. Applicants may be required provide additional documentation to substantiate the information reported on their application if requested by FSA. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. The assistance will be approved and awarded by FSA to eligible applicants. Payments to eligible applicants will be made as applications are processed. Applicants must submit an ERP 2022 application by the deadline announced by FSA. All additional forms for program eligibility must be submitted to the applicant's FSA county office no later than 60 days from the application deadline. From 1 to 15 days. From 15 to 30 days. From 15 to 30 days. Applicants may request reconsideration of a decision by the decision authority or appeal such decisions to a higher authority including the county and State FSA committees and the National Appeals Division. Appeal regulations in 7 CFR parts 11 and 780 apply. Not applicable. Not applicable. Assistance will be used by producers who suffered eligible losses to crops and trees due to qualifying disaster events occurring in calendar year 2022. Not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements. If requested by FSA, applicants must submit documentation to verify the information certified on their application. Applicants must retain documentation in support of the application for 3 years after the date of approval. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. The application period began on October 31, 2023; and the deadline to apply will be announced by FSA. There are no restrictions placed on the time permitted to spend the money awarded. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. Kathy Sayers
1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20250 USA
Kathy.Sayers@usda.gov
Phone: 202-720-6825 https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/emergency-relief/index 12-2701-0-1-351 (Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $0.00; FY 24 est $3,000,000,000.00; - Generally, producers are subject to a payment limitation of $125,000 for specialty and high value crops and $125,000 for all other crops per program year for Track 1 and Track 2 combined. A producer can receive up to $900,000 for specialty and high value crops and $250,000 for all other crops if at least 75 percent of their average adjusted gross income is derived from farming, ranching, or forestry operations for the applicable 3-year period. ERP 2022 will be administered as provided in the Notice of Funds Availability published in the Federal Register. The procedural handbook is available from county FSA offices.