USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has published an advance notice of proposed rule-making on a new approach to indemnity valuation and a new indemnity framework.
The agency says the approach aims to standardize and provide greater consistency to the livestock indemnification process.
APHIS will make two structural changes to the indemnity regulations:
1) use an annual indemnity value table to standardize the process and resolve discrepancies between disease programs and
2) standardize allowances for appraisal when an indemnity value cannot be calculated using the tables or when a producer elects to appeal the indemnity value based on extraordinary circumstances.
APHIS is seeking comments on value determination, compensation for cleaning and disposal and other related issues.
To submit a comment, search for docket number APHIS-2021-0010 at regulations.gov, or mail to Docket No. APHIS-2021-0010, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.
