Nebraska State Farm Service Agency Announces Qualified Biomass Conversion Facility
The contact information for this facility is listed on FSA's BCAP webpage located at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/energy. Owners of eligible material in Dawes, Sheridan, and Sioux counties in Nebraska may contact their nearest FSA county office to begin applying for collection, harvest, storage and transportation (CHST) matching payments.
The CHST matching payments are paid at a rate of $1 for $1 per dry-ton equivalent received from a qualified biomass conversion facility, not to exceed $45 per dry-ton equivalent. An eligible material owner is able to receive payments for a period of two years. The purpose of the matching payments is to assist biomass producers with the CHST cost of delivering biomass to a qualified biomass conversion facility.
Eligible material owners or producers, who market eligible material to a qualified biomass conversion facility, must apply for the CHST matching payment program at their nearest FSA county office before the eligible material is delivered. Eligible material owners must provide an agreement with the qualified biomass conversion facility as part of an application for a CHST matching payment. After the product is delivered, a producer must provide FSA with documentation of product quantity, quality, and payment rate. County offices will validate payment requests with information provided under the terms of the Agreement with the qualified biomass conversion facilities.
For more information on the BCAP and on what material is eligible please visit http://www.fsa.usda.gov/energy or call your county office.
LINCOLN, NE - The Nebraska State Executive Director for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Dan Steinkruger announced that Chadron State College biomass conversion facility is now qualified under the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). Eligible material owners may be eligible for matching payments for delivery of eligible material to Chadron State College.
The contact information for this facility is listed on FSA's BCAP webpage located at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/energy. Owners of eligible material in Dawes, Sheridan, and Sioux counties in Nebraska may contact their nearest FSA county office to begin applying for collection, harvest, storage and transportation (CHST) matching payments.
The CHST matching payments are paid at a rate of $1 for $1 per dry-ton equivalent received from a qualified biomass conversion facility, not to exceed $45 per dry-ton equivalent. An eligible material owner is able to receive payments for a period of two years. The purpose of the matching payments is to assist biomass producers with the CHST cost of delivering biomass to a qualified biomass conversion facility.
Eligible material owners or producers, who market eligible material to a qualified biomass conversion facility, must apply for the CHST matching payment program at their nearest FSA county office before the eligible material is delivered. Eligible material owners must provide an agreement with the qualified biomass conversion facility as part of an application for a CHST matching payment. After the product is delivered, a producer must provide FSA with documentation of product quantity, quality, and payment rate. County offices will validate payment requests with information provided under the terms of the Agreement with the qualified biomass conversion facilities.
For more information on the BCAP and on what material is eligible please visit http://www.fsa.usda.gov/energy or call your county office.
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