Who is eligible to apply...
For a person to be considered eligible'' under this program, such person must own, control, or grow eligible tobacco on a farm with an established eligible tobacco'' marketing quota or allotment for the 2001 crop year. Eligible tobacco means each of the following kinds of tobacco: fire-cured tobacco, comprising of types 22 and 23; dark air-cured tobacco, comprising of types 35 and 36; and Virginia sun-cured tobacco, comprising of type 37.
Credentials/Documentation
Funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) be made available to eligible tobacco producers whose farms had established marketing quotas or allotments for the 2001 crop year. Data furnished by the applicants will be used to determine eligibility for program benefits. Furnishing the data is voluntary; however, without it program benefits will not be provided.
Note:This is a brief description of the credentials or documentation required prior to, or along with, an application for assistance.
About this section:
This section indicates who can apply to the Federal government for assistance and the criteria the potential applicant must satisfy.
For example, individuals may be eligible for research grants, and the criteria to be satisfied may be that they have a professional or scientific degree,
3 years of research experience, and be a citizen of the United States. Universities, medical schools, hospitals, or State and local governments may also be eligible.
Where State governments are eligible, the type of State agency will be indicated (State welfare agency or State agency on aging) and the criteria that they
must satisfy.
Certain federal programs (e.g., the Pell Grant program which provides grants to students) involve intermediate levels of application processing, i.e., applications
are transmitted through colleges or universities that are neither the direct applicant nor the ultimate beneficiary. For these programs,
the criteria that the intermediaries must satisfy are also indicated, along with intermediaries who are not eligible.