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 determine rates for each of the 5 years before the disaster year by grouping and container 



size. Once a standard unit is determined, expected production is calculated as the average of 



the actual units sold for the previous 3 years. Actual production in standard units is 



compared to this amount to determine if the 40 percent loss threshold has been met. 



We are handling nursery crop losses in 1993, 1994, and 1995-when such losses are due to 

 the occurrence of Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki or Typhoon Omar-somewhat differently 

 from the procedures just described. In general, nursery crop losses are determined by 

 calculating one loss for crop years 1993 through 1995. To do this, our county ASC 

 committees determine what was on hand before the disaster and what was remaining after the 

 disaster. The difference between those two inventories is what was destroyed by the disaster, 

 that is, the loss. The loss exceeding 40 percent of the pre-disaster inventory is considered an 

 eligible loss. We use the crop-loss payment rate we established for 1992 losses in each 

 applicable "grouping" to calculate a gross payment. Payment limitations are applied for each 

 year separately by determining the production loss that would have been sold in each year, 

 1993 through 1995. The county ASC committee makes this determination based on 

 considerations such as types of plants and a nursery's history of sales. Finally, we will 

 adjust the claimed payments by the national factor, as set forth by Public Law 103-50. 



Production losses associated with trees damaged, stunted, or killed by Hurricanes Andrew 

 and Iniki and Typhoon Omar are treated under the same rules we apply to losses for crops in 

 general. Under Public Law 101-624, Producers production losses are determined based on 



