Payment calculations.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Payment to an eligible orchardist or nursery tree grower for the cost of replanting or rehabilitating trees, bushes, or vines damaged or lost due to a natural disaster, in excess of 15 percent damage or mortality (adjusted for normal damage or mortality), will be calculated as follows: (1) For the cost of planting seedlings or cuttings, to replace lost trees, bushes, or vines, the lesser of: (i) 70 percent of the actual cost of the practice, or (ii) The amount calculated using rates established by the Deputy Administrator for the practice. (2) For the cost of pruning, removal, and other costs incurred for salvaging damaged trees, bushes, or vines, or in the case of mortality, to prepare the land to replant trees, bushes, or vines, the lesser of: (i) 50 percent of the actual cost of the practice, or (ii) The amount calculated using rates established by the Deputy Administrator for the practice. (b) An orchardist or nursery tree grower that did not plant the trees, bushes, or vines, but has a production history for commercial purposes on planted or existing trees and lost the trees, bushes, or vines as a result of a natural disaster, in excess of 15 percent (c) Eligible costs for payment calculation include costs for: (1) Seedlings or cuttings, for tree, bush, or vine replanting; (2) Site preparation and debris handling within normal horticultural practices for the type of stand being re-established, and necessary to ensure successful plant survival; (3) Pruning, removal, a

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 760.506