Emergency Relief Program

 

ERP provides financial assistance to producers for losses to crops, trees, bushes, and vines due to wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze (including a polar vortex), smoke exposure, excessive moisture, qualifying drought, and related conditions occurring in calendar years 2020 and 2021.

Active 10.964 Farm Service Agency, Department of Agriculture D - Direct Payments With Unrestricted Use Fiscal Year 2022 FSA anticipates issuing approximately $9 billion in payments to eligible producers under ERP. Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, Division B, Part Title I,, Section Pub. L. 117-43 Not applicable. Not applicable. Applicants must submit an application form by the deadline announced by FSA. For producers included in Phase 1, FSA will pre-fill data on FSA-520, Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase 1 Application, and the producer must complete and return the form to their FSA service center. For Phase 2, producers will complete and submit FSA-521, Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase 2 Application. 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. 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. For ERP Phase 1, payments to eligible applicants will be made as applications are processed. For ERP Phase 2, producers will receive an initial payment equal to the lesser of their calculated payment or $2,000, and a final payment will be issued after the application period ends. If total calculated payments exceed the total funding available for ERP Phase 2, the ERP factor used to calculate payments may be adjusted and the final payment amounts will be prorated to stay within the amount of available funding. The deadline for ERP Phase 1 was December 16, 2022. For ERP Phase 2, applicants must submit an application form by June 2, 2023. 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, trees, bushes, and vines due to due to qualifying disaster events occurring in calendar years 2020 and 2021. Not applicable. Not applicable. 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 for ERP Phase 1 began in May 2022 and ended on December 16, 2022. For ERP Phase 2, the application period is January 23, 2023, through June 2, 2023. 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, Director, Safety Net Division
1400 Independence Avenue., 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$7,017,383,537.00; FY 23 est $650,000,000.00; FY 24 est $250,000,000.00; FY 21$0.00; - 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 ERP Phase 1 and Phase 2 combined. A producer can receive up to $900,000 for specialty and high value crops and $250,000 for all other crops per program year 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 Phase 1 will be administered as provided in the Notice of Funds Availability published in the Federal Register. ERP Phase 2 will be administered according to the regulations in 7 CFR part 760, subpart S. The procedural handbook is available from county FSA offices. Not applicable.