§ 760.2104 Qualifying disaster events.

(a) Qualifying disaster events for ELRP 2023 and 2024 FW include only the following: (1) A qualifying flood in a county identified by the Deputy Administrator that was severely impacted with flooding, and received more than 200 percent above normal monthly precipitation associated with storm events identified in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCIA) “U.S. Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters” (available at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions) for flooding and tropical cyclone events in calendar years 2023 and 2024. Additional counties are included that the Deputy Administrator has identified as having a catastrophic flooding event but did not necessarily meet the precipitation criteria for a qualifying flood—in these cases, counties are identified through public data sources that include but are not limited to disaster designations, supported by weather data indicating precipitation anomalies causing catastrophic flooding or flash flooding emergencies, and Federal, State, or local emergency management reports; (2) A qualifying wildfire in a county identified by the Deputy Administrator that was severely impacted and received a primary disaster declaration for wildfire in calendar year 2023 or 2024; and (3) A qualifying flood or qualifying wildfire in any other county that, on an individual basis, an eligible producer's livestock was physically located or normally would have been physically located absent the qualifying disaster event in calendar year 2023 or 2024. Acceptable supporting documentation to verify the occurrence of the qualifying disaster event reported on the FSA-970 meets the established criteria and occurred is required as established in § 760.2107(a) and (b) of this subpart. (b) The beginning date of the qualifying disaster event that the eligible livestock producer submits on the FSA-970 is the same date the producer is to report the livestock inventories, and this date determines which program year the qualifying disaster event is considered eligible for payment. (c) Losses due to wildfire occurring on rangeland managed by a Federal agency are not eligible.