Federal Government Issues New BCAP Proposed Rules, Suspends Biomass Payments

PalletEnterprise.com
By DeAnna Stephens
Date Posted: 3/1/2010

After a number of delays, the Obama administration has issued proposed rules for the full implementation of the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), a biomass subsidy designed to spur the development of biofuel and alternative energy markets. Upon issuing new guidelines, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) immediately suspended payments under the temporary program developed last year. This means that local Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices will no longer accept new applications for matching payments under BCAP until the full program is adopted.

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