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The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) provides financial assistance to owners and operators of agricultural and non-industrial private forest land who wish to establish, produce, and deliver biomass feedstocks. BCAP provides two categories of assistance:
- Matching payments may be available for the delivery of eligible material to qualified biomass conversion facilities by eligible material owners. Qualified biomass conversion facilities produce heat, power, biobased products, or advanced biofuels from biomass feedstocks.
- Establishment and annual payments may be available to certain producers who enter into contracts with the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to produce eligible biomass crops on contract acres within BCAP project areas.
Unless noted all items will be in PDF file format.
Forms, Worksheets, and Instructions
- Biomass Crop Assistance Program Application and Agreement for Approval as a Qualified Biomass Crop Conversion Facility (DOC, December 14, 2010 121 KB)
- Biomass Conversion Facility Overview, Form BCAP-1 (PDF, Jan 3, 2011, 563 KB)
- Biomass Conversion Facility Overview, Instructions BCAP-1 (PDF, Feb 22, 2011, 68 KB)
- BCAP project area proposal submission, Form BCAP-20 (PDF, Dec 15, 2010, 431 KB)
- BCAP project area proposal submission, Instructions BCAP-20 (PDF, Dec 15, 2010, 42 KB)
- BCAP project area proposal estimates, Form BCAP-21 (PDF, Dec 15, 2010, 223 KB)
- BCAP project area proposal estimates, Instructions BCAP-21 (PDF, Dec 15, 2010, 34 KB)
- BCAP project area environmental screening worksheet, Form BCAP-22 (PDF, Dec 15, 2010, 305 KB)
- BCAP project area environmental screening worksheet, Instructions BCAP-22 (PDF, Dec 15, 2010, 39 KB)
- Certification regarding debarment, suspension, and other responsibility matters - primary covered transactions, form AD-1047 (DOC, Dec 15, 2010, 41 KB)
The following materials provide background information and formal rules and regulations for BCAP:
- Summary Report of BCAP CHST payments (PDF, 16 KB, October 20, 2010)
- Report of BCAP CHST payments by biomass type (PDF, October 20, 2010, 16 KB)
- BCAP Preamble Clarification (PDF, September 15, 2011, 97 KB)
- Biomass Crop Assistance Program - Final Rule (PDF, Oct 27, 2010, 273.23 KB)
- Sec 1619 (PDF, Dec 15, 2010, 17 KB)
- Sample Purchase List (PDF, Dec 15, 2010, 10 KB)
If you have questions, comments or require additional information, please use AskFSA, an interactive link between you and your Farm Service Agency available 24/7.
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