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USDA Announces Streamlined Disaster Designation Process
7/13/2012 3:23:35 PM



CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
Autauga County, AL
Baldwin County, AL
Barbour County, AL
Bibb County, AL
Bullock County, AL
Butler County, AL
Calhoun County, AL
Chambers County, AL
Cherokee County, AL
Chilton County, AL
Clarke County, AL
Clay County, AL
Cleburne County, AL
Coffee County, AL
Conecuh County, AL
Coosa County, AL
Covington County, AL
Crenshaw County, AL
Dale County, AL
Dallas County, AL
Elmore County, AL
Escambia County, AL
Geneva County, AL
Hale County, AL
Henry County, AL
Houston County, AL
Jefferson County, AL
Lee County, AL
Lowndes County, AL
Macon County, AL
Marengo County, AL
Mobile County, AL
Monroe County, AL
Montgomery County, AL
Perry County, AL
Pike County, AL
Randolph County, AL
Russell County, AL
Saint Clair County, AL
Shelby County, AL
Talladega County, AL
Tallapoosa County, AL
Tuscaloosa County, AL
Washington County, AL
Wilcox County, AL
Ashley County, AR
Baxter County, AR
Benton County, AR
Boone County, AR
Bradley County, AR
Calhoun County, AR
Carroll County, AR
Chicot County, AR
Clark County, AR
Clay County, AR
Cleburne County, AR
Cleveland County, AR
Columbia County, AR
Conway County, AR
Craighead County, AR
Crawford County, AR
Crittenden County, AR
Cross County, AR
Dallas County, AR
Drew County, AR
Faulkner County, AR
Franklin County, AR
Fulton County, AR
Garland County, AR
Grant County, AR
Greene County, AR
Hempstead County, AR
Hot Spring County, AR
Howard County, AR
Independence County, AR
Izard County, AR
Jackson County, AR
Johnson County, AR
Lafayette County, AR
Lawrence County, AR
Little River County, AR
Logan County, AR
Lonoke County, AR
Madison County, AR
Marion County, AR
Miller County, AR
Mississippi County, AR
Monroe County, AR
Montgomery County, AR
Nevada County, AR
Newton County, AR
Ouachita County, AR
Perry County, AR
Pike County, AR
Poinsett County, AR
Polk County, AR
Pope County, AR
Prairie County, AR
Pulaski County, AR
Randolph County, AR
Saint Francis County, AR
Saline County, AR
Scott County, AR
Searcy County, AR
Sebastian County, AR
Sevier County, AR
Sharp County, AR
Stone County, AR
Union County, AR
Van Buren County, AR
Washington County, AR
White County, AR
Woodruff County, AR
Yell County, AR
Arizona
Alpine County, CA
Amador County, CA
Butte County, CA
Calaveras County, CA
Colusa County, CA
Del Norte County, CA
El Dorado County, CA
Fresno County, CA
Glenn County, CA
Humboldt County, CA
Imperial County, CA
Inyo County, CA
Kern County, CA
Kings County, CA
Lassen County, CA
Los Angeles County, CA
Madera County, CA
Mariposa County, CA
Mendocino County, CA
Merced County, CA
Modoc County, CA
Mono County, CA
Monterey County, CA
Nevada County, CA
Orange County, CA
Placer County, CA
Plumas County, CA
Riverside County, CA
San Benito County, CA
San Bernardino County, CA
San Diego County, CA
San Joaquin County, CA
San Luis Obispo County, CA
Santa Barbara County, CA
Shasta County, CA
Sierra County, CA
Siskiyou County, CA
Stanislaus County, CA
Sutter County, CA
Tehama County, CA
Trinity County, CA
Tulare County, CA
Tuolumne County, CA
Ventura County, CA
Yuba County, CA
Adams County, CO
Alamosa County, CO
Arapahoe County, CO
Archuleta County, CO
Baca County, CO
Bent County, CO
Boulder County, CO
Broomfield County, CO
Chaffee County, CO
Cheyenne County, CO
Clear Creek County, CO
Conejos County, CO
Costilla County, CO
Crowley County, CO
Custer County, CO
Delta County, CO
Denver County, CO
Dolores County, CO
Douglas County, CO
Eagle County, CO
El Paso County, CO
Elbert County, CO
Fremont County, CO
Garfield County, CO
Gilpin County, CO
Grand County, CO
Gunnison County, CO
Hinsdale County, CO
Huerfano County, CO
Jackson County, CO
Jefferson County, CO
Kiowa County, CO
Kit Carson County, CO
La Plata County, CO
Lake County, CO
Larimer County, CO
Las Animas County, CO
Lincoln County, CO
Logan County, CO
Mesa County, CO
Mineral County, CO
Moffat County, CO
Montezuma County, CO
Montrose County, CO
Morgan County, CO
Otero County, CO
Ouray County, CO
Park County, CO
Phillips County, CO
Pitkin County, CO
Prowers County, CO
Pueblo County, CO
Rio Blanco County, CO
Rio Grande County, CO
Routt County, CO
Saguache County, CO
San Juan County, CO
San Miguel County, CO
Summit County, CO
Teller County, CO
Washington County, CO
Weld County, CO
Yuma County, CO
Florida
Appling County, GA
Atkinson County, GA
Bacon County, GA
Baker County, GA
Baldwin County, GA
Banks County, GA
Barrow County, GA
Ben Hill County, GA
Berrien County, GA
Bibb County, GA
Bleckley County, GA
Brantley County, GA
Brooks County, GA
Bryan County, GA
Bulloch County, GA
Burke County, GA
Butts County, GA
Calhoun County, GA
Camden County, GA
Candler County, GA
Carroll County, GA
Charlton County, GA
Chatham County, GA
Chattahoochee County, GA
Cherokee County, GA
Clarke County, GA
Clay County, GA
Clayton County, GA
Clinch County, GA
Cobb County, GA
Coffee County, GA
Colquitt County, GA
Columbia County, GA
Cook County, GA
Coweta County, GA
Crawford County, GA
Crisp County, GA
Decatur County, GA
DeKalb County, GA
Dodge County, GA
Dooly County, GA
Dougherty County, GA
Douglas County, GA
Early County, GA
Echols County, GA
Effingham County, GA
Elbert County, GA
Emanuel County, GA
Evans County, GA
Fayette County, GA
Forsyth County, GA
Franklin County, GA
Fulton County, GA
Glascock County, GA
Glynn County, GA
Grady County, GA
Greene County, GA
Gwinnett County, GA
Habersham County, GA
Hall County, GA
Hancock County, GA
Haralson County, GA
Harris County, GA
Hart County, GA
Heard County, GA
Henry County, GA
Houston County, GA
Irwin County, GA
Jackson County, GA
Jasper County, GA
Jeff Davis County, GA
Jefferson County, GA
Jenkins County, GA
Johnson County, GA
Jones County, GA
Lamar County, GA
Lanier County, GA
Laurens County, GA
Lee County, GA
Liberty County, GA
Lincoln County, GA
Long County, GA
Lowndes County, GA
Macon County, GA
Madison County, GA
Marion County, GA
McDuffie County, GA
McIntosh County, GA
Meriwether County, GA
Miller County, GA
Mitchell County, GA
Monroe County, GA
Montgomery County, GA
Morgan County, GA
Muscogee County, GA
Newton County, GA
Oconee County, GA
Oglethorpe County, GA
Paulding County, GA
Peach County, GA
Pierce County, GA
Pike County, GA
Polk County, GA
Pulaski County, GA
Putnam County, GA
Quitman County, GA
Rabun County, GA
Randolph County, GA
Richmond County, GA
Rockdale County, GA
Schley County, GA
Screven County, GA
Seminole County, GA
Spalding County, GA
Stephens County, GA
Stewart County, GA
Sumter County, GA
Talbot County, GA
Taliaferro County, GA
Tattnall County, GA
Taylor County, GA
Telfair County, GA
Terrell County, GA
Thomas County, GA
Tift County, GA
Toombs County, GA
Treutlen County, GA
Troup County, GA
Turner County, GA
Twiggs County, GA
Upson County, GA
Walton County, GA
Ware County, GA
Warren County, GA
Washington County, GA
Wayne County, GA
Webster County, GA
Wheeler County, GA
Wilcox County, GA
Wilkes County, GA
Wilkinson County, GA
Worth County, GA
Hawaii County, HI
Honolulu County, HI
Maui County, HI
Bear Lake County, ID
Bonneville County, ID
Canyon County, ID
Caribou County, ID
Cassia County, ID
Oneida County, ID
Owyhee County, ID
Payette County, ID
Twin Falls County, ID
Washington County, ID
Alexander County, IL
Clark County, IL
Crawford County, IL
Gallatin County, IL
Hardin County, IL
Jackson County, IL
Lawrence County, IL
Massac County, IL
Pope County, IL
Pulaski County, IL
Randolph County, IL
Union County, IL
Wabash County, IL
White County, IL
Adams County, IN
Allen County, IN
Blackford County, IN
Carroll County, IN
Cass County, IN
Clay County, IN
Clinton County, IN
Crawford County, IN
Daviess County, IN
DeKalb County, IN
Delaware County, IN
Dubois County, IN
Elkhart County, IN
Fulton County, IN
Gibson County, IN
Grant County, IN
Greene County, IN
Harrison County, IN
Howard County, IN
Huntington County, IN
Jackson County, IN
Jasper County, IN
Jay County, IN
Knox County, IN
Kosciusko County, IN
LaGrange County, IN
LaPorte County, IN
Lawrence County, IN
Madison County, IN
Marshall County, IN
Martin County, IN
Miami County, IN
Monroe County, IN
Noble County, IN
Orange County, IN
Owen County, IN
Perry County, IN
Pike County, IN
Posey County, IN
Pulaski County, IN
Saint Joseph County, IN
Spencer County, IN
Starke County, IN
Steuben County, IN
Sullivan County, IN
Tippecanoe County, IN
Tipton County, IN
Vanderburgh County, IN
Vigo County, IN
Wabash County, IN
Warrick County, IN
Washington County, IN
Wells County, IN
White County, IN
Whitley County, IN
Allen County, KS
Anderson County, KS
Barber County, KS
Barton County, KS
Bourbon County, KS
Butler County, KS
Chase County, KS
Chautauqua County, KS
Cherokee County, KS
Cheyenne County, KS
Clark County, KS
Coffey County, KS
Comanche County, KS
Cowley County, KS
Crawford County, KS
Decatur County, KS
Dickinson County, KS
Edwards County, KS
Elk County, KS
Ellis County, KS
Ellsworth County, KS
Finney County, KS
Ford County, KS
Franklin County, KS
Gove County, KS
Graham County, KS
Grant County, KS
Gray County, KS
Greeley County, KS
Greenwood County, KS
Hamilton County, KS
Harper County, KS
Harvey County, KS
Haskell County, KS
Hodgeman County, KS
Kearny County, KS
Kingman County, KS
Kiowa County, KS
Labette County, KS
Lane County, KS
Linn County, KS
Logan County, KS
Lyon County, KS
Marion County, KS
McPherson County, KS
Meade County, KS
Miami County, KS
Montgomery County, KS
Morris County, KS
Morton County, KS
Neosho County, KS
Ness County, KS
Norton County, KS
Osage County, KS
Osborne County, KS
Pawnee County, KS
Phillips County, KS
Pratt County, KS
Rawlins County, KS
Reno County, KS
Rice County, KS
Rooks County, KS
Rush County, KS
Russell County, KS
Saline County, KS
Scott County, KS
Sedgwick County, KS
Seward County, KS
Sheridan County, KS
Sherman County, KS
Smith County, KS
Stafford County, KS
Stanton County, KS
Stevens County, KS
Sumner County, KS
Thomas County, KS
Trego County, KS
Wabaunsee County, KS
Wallace County, KS
Wichita County, KS
Wilson County, KS
Woodson County, KS
Ballard County, KY
Breckinridge County, KY
Butler County, KY
Caldwell County, KY
Calloway County, KY
Carlisle County, KY
Christian County, KY
Crittenden County, KY
Daviess County, KY
Edmonson County, KY
Fulton County, KY
Graves County, KY
Grayson County, KY
Hancock County, KY
Henderson County, KY
Hickman County, KY
Hopkins County, KY
Livingston County, KY
Logan County, KY
Lyon County, KY
Marshall County, KY
McCracken County, KY
McLean County, KY
Meade County, KY
Muhlenberg County, KY
Ohio County, KY
Simpson County, KY
Todd County, KY
Trigg County, KY
Union County, KY
Warren County, KY
Webster County, KY
Acadia Parish, LA
Allen Parish, LA
Ascension Parish, LA
Assumption Parish, LA
Avoyelles Parish, LA
Beauregard Parish, LA
Bienville Parish, LA
Bossier Parish, LA
Caddo Parish, LA
Calcasieu Parish, LA
Caldwell Parish, LA
Cameron Parish, LA
Catahoula Parish, LA
Claiborne Parish, LA
De Soto Parish, LA
East Baton Rouge Parish, LA
Evangeline Parish, LA
Franklin Parish, LA
Grant Parish, LA
Iberia Parish, LA
Iberville Parish, LA
Jackson Parish, LA
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
Jefferson Parish, LA
La Salle Parish, LA
Lafayette Parish, LA
Lafourche Parish, LA
Lincoln Parish, LA
Livingston Parish, LA
Morehouse Parish, LA
Natchitoches Parish, LA
Orleans Parish, LA
Ouachita Parish, LA
Plaquemines Parish, LA
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA
Rapides Parish, LA
Red River Parish, LA
Richland Parish, LA
Sabine Parish, LA
Saint Bernard Parish, LA
Saint Charles Parish, LA
Saint Helena Parish, LA
Saint James Parish, LA
Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA
Saint Landry Parish, LA
Saint Martin Parish, LA
Saint Mary Parish, LA
Saint Tammany Parish, LA
Tangipahoa Parish, LA
Terrebonne Parish, LA
Union Parish, LA
Vermilion Parish, LA
Vernon Parish, LA
Washington Parish, LA
Webster Parish, LA
Winn Parish, LA
Berrien County, MI
Branch County, MI
Cass County, MI
Hillsdale County, MI
Saint Joseph County, MI
Barry County, MO
Barton County, MO
Bates County, MO
Bollinger County, MO
Butler County, MO
Cape Girardeau County, MO
Carter County, MO
Cass County, MO
Christian County, MO
Douglas County, MO
Dunklin County, MO
Henry County, MO
Howell County, MO
Iron County, MO
Jasper County, MO
Madison County, MO
Mississippi County, MO
New Madrid County, MO
Oregon County, MO
Ozark County, MO
Pemiscot County, MO
Perry County, MO
Reynolds County, MO
Ripley County, MO
Saint Clair County, MO
Saint Francois County, MO
Sainte Genevieve County, MO
Scott County, MO
Shannon County, MO
Stoddard County, MO
Stone County, MO
Taney County, MO
Vernon County, MO
Wayne County, MO
Amite County, MS
Hancock County, MS
Harrison County, MS
Pearl River County, MS
Pike County, MS
Stone County, MS
Brunswick County, NC
Cleveland County, NC
Columbus County, NC
Henderson County, NC
Jackson County, NC
Macon County, NC
Polk County, NC
Robeson County, NC
Rutherford County, NC
Transylvania County, NC
Banner County, NE
Chase County, NE
Dawson County, NE
Dundy County, NE
Franklin County, NE
Frontier County, NE
Furnas County, NE
Gosper County, NE
Harlan County, NE
Hayes County, NE
Hitchcock County, NE
Kimball County, NE
Lincoln County, NE
Perkins County, NE
Phelps County, NE
Red Willow County, NE
New Mexico
Nevada
Defiance County, OH
Paulding County, OH
Van Wert County, OH
Williams County, OH
Adair County, OK
Alfalfa County, OK
Atoka County, OK
Beaver County, OK
Beckham County, OK
Blaine County, OK
Bryan County, OK
Caddo County, OK
Canadian County, OK
Carter County, OK
Choctaw County, OK
Cimarron County, OK
Cleveland County, OK
Coal County, OK
Comanche County, OK
Cotton County, OK
Craig County, OK
Creek County, OK
Custer County, OK
Delaware County, OK
Dewey County, OK
Ellis County, OK
Garfield County, OK
Garvin County, OK
Grady County, OK
Grant County, OK
Greer County, OK
Harmon County, OK
Harper County, OK
Haskell County, OK
Hughes County, OK
Jackson County, OK
Jefferson County, OK
Johnston County, OK
Kay County, OK
Kingfisher County, OK
Kiowa County, OK
Latimer County, OK
Le Flore County, OK
Lincoln County, OK
Logan County, OK
Love County, OK
Major County, OK
Marshall County, OK
Mayes County, OK
McClain County, OK
McCurtain County, OK
McIntosh County, OK
Murray County, OK
Noble County, OK
Nowata County, OK
Okfuskee County, OK
Oklahoma County, OK
Okmulgee County, OK
Osage County, OK
Ottawa County, OK
Pawnee County, OK
Payne County, OK
Pittsburg County, OK
Pontotoc County, OK
Pottawatomie County, OK
Pushmataha County, OK
Roger Mills County, OK
Rogers County, OK
Seminole County, OK
Sequoyah County, OK
Stephens County, OK
Texas County, OK
Tillman County, OK
Tulsa County, OK
Washington County, OK
Washita County, OK
Woods County, OK
Woodward County, OK
Baker County, OR
Crook County, OR
Deschutes County, OR
Douglas County, OR
Grant County, OR
Harney County, OR
Jackson County, OR
Josephine County, OR
Klamath County, OR
Lake County, OR
Lane County, OR
Malheur County, OR
Abbeville County, SC
Aiken County, SC
Allendale County, SC
Anderson County, SC
Bamberg County, SC
Barnwell County, SC
Beaufort County, SC
Berkeley County, SC
Calhoun County, SC
Charleston County, SC
Cherokee County, SC
Chester County, SC
Chesterfield County, SC
Clarendon County, SC
Colleton County, SC
Darlington County, SC
Dillon County, SC
Dorchester County, SC
Edgefield County, SC
Fairfield County, SC
Florence County, SC
Georgetown County, SC
Greenville County, SC
Greenwood County, SC
Hampton County, SC
Horry County, SC
Jasper County, SC
Kershaw County, SC
Lancaster County, SC
Laurens County, SC
Lee County, SC
Lexington County, SC
Marion County, SC
McCormick County, SC
Newberry County, SC
Oconee County, SC
Orangeburg County, SC
Pickens County, SC
Richland County, SC
Saluda County, SC
Spartanburg County, SC
Sumter County, SC
Union County, SC
Williamsburg County, SC
York County, SC
Benton County, TN
Carroll County, TN
Cheatham County, TN
Crockett County, TN
Decatur County, TN
Dickson County, TN
Dyer County, TN
Gibson County, TN
Haywood County, TN
Henderson County, TN
Henry County, TN
Hickman County, TN
Houston County, TN
Humphreys County, TN
Lake County, TN
Lauderdale County, TN
Madison County, TN
Montgomery County, TN
Obion County, TN
Perry County, TN
Robertson County, TN
Stewart County, TN
Tipton County, TN
Weakley County, TN
Texas
Utah
Albany County, WY
Carbon County, WY
Converse County, WY
Fremont County, WY
Goshen County, WY
Laramie County, WY
Lincoln County, WY
Natrona County, WY
Platte County, WY
Sublette County, WY
Sweetwater County, WY
Teton County, WY
Uinta County, WY

Start Date: 7/12/2012 -  
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack July 11 announced a package of program improvements that will deliver faster and more flexible assistance to farmers and ranchers devastated by natural disasters. Vilsack announced three significant improvements to decades-old USDA programs and processes related to Secretarial disaster designations: a final rule that simplifies the process for Secretarial disaster designations and will result in a 40 percent reduction in processing time for most counties affected by disasters; a reduced interest rate for emergency loans that effectively lowers the current rate from 3.75 percent to 2.25 percent; and a payment reduction on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands qualified for emergency haying and grazing in 2012, from 25 to 10 percent. ... The final rule for Secretarial disaster designations is amended as follows: 1) Nearly automatically qualifies a disaster county once it is categorized by the U.S. Drought Monitor as a severe drought for eight consecutive weeks during the growing season. Effective July 12, 1,016 primary counties in 26 states will be designated as natural disaster areas, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency loans from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. 2) Streamlines the USDA Secretarial designation process, which is expected to provide better service to farmers and ranchers by reducing by approximately 40 percent the amount of time required for designating a disaster area. 3) Removes the requirement that a request for a disaster designation be initiated by a state governor or Indian tribal council, increasing the likelihood that counties will be covered. Indian tribal councils and governors may still submit a request for a designation, but it will not be required in order to initiate a disaster declaration. ... http://www.usda.gov/documents/disaster-fast-track-2012.pdf http://www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/fast_trk_primary_contig_cos.pdf USDA FSA press release, July 12, 2011
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