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Review the two ineligible producers’ honeybee applications totaling over $88,000 in gross payments, and take appropriate corrective actions.
Amend the ELAP handbook to clearly define “risk,” and identify the necessary documents to support a determination that the level of risk needed to be eligible for program funds is met.
Notify FSA State and county offices of handbook requirements for ensuring honeybee producers meet basic eligibility requirements before applying other criteria.
Require the State office to review the honeybee producer-reported inventories of the 18 honeybee producers with late-filed colony reports, and take appropriate corrective action on questioned costs totaling $1,102,008.
Require FSA county officials to use the ELAP Honeybees Checklist (FSA Form CCC-770 ELAP-2) for all ELAP honeybee applications as a compensating control when confronted with disaster scenarios, such as a hurricane, to ensure county offices process applications in accordance with the handbook.