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Chapter 14:Hazard Analysis—Droughts <br /> (pigs) entering producers' fields and orchards destroying crops and damaging irrigation <br /> systems. <br /> Commission on Water Resource Management issued a press release asking residents and <br /> businesses to conserve water and asked people to be aware of increased risk of wildfire due <br /> to these drought conditions. Governor Lingle also sent a memo to all State departments <br /> asking for water conservation inside and outdoors of State facilities. CWRM's role is to <br /> coordinate any drought assistance efforts in the State and to assist counties to prepare and <br /> respond to drought. <br /> USDA Farm Service Agency reported that on July 14, 2010, the USDA Secretary designated <br /> the four counties in Hawaii as disaster areas due to drought. The disaster designation triggers <br /> several FSA assistance and loan programs. FSA regular loan program interest rate is lower <br /> than the emergency loan interest rate. There are several disaster assistance programs that <br /> producers can apply for. These include Supplemental Disaster Assistance Payment Program <br /> (SURE), Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program (LFP), Livestock Indemnity <br /> Program (LIP) Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP), Tree Assistance Program <br /> (TAP), Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), Farm Loan Program (FLP), <br /> Reimbursement Transportation Cost Program (RTCP), and Emergency Conservation <br /> Program (ECP). There is a new FSA program called the Reimbursement Transportation <br /> Program, which can reimburse producers' transportation costs for their feed, fertilizer, etc. <br /> There is $2.6M available under this program for Hawaii and other U.S. Territories. <br /> 14-5 Hawaii County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />