No Form No. CO. Potatoes - Application for Hardship Exemption (Area

OMB No. 0581-0178

Colorado Potato Administrative Committee Phone: 970-352-5231

Area III - Northern Colorado Fax: 970-304-0861

P.O. Box 1774

Greeley, CO 80632

APPLICATION FOR HARDSHIP EXEMPTION

Name ___________________________________________________________ Telephone _______________________

Address __________________________________________________________________________________________

Street City State Zip Code

Location(s) of potatoes for hardship exemption: ___________________________________________________________

Total estimated quantity of potatoes (excluding culls) produced by applicant during the current season:

Hundredweight	Variety	Grade	Size

Estimated percentage of the applicant’s potato crop (excluding culls) which cannot be shipped because applicant’s potatoes cannot meet minimum grade, size or quality regulations due to acts beyond his/her control or reasonable expectation adversely affecting his/her potatoes: __________________________________________________________

Please explain justification for a hardship exemption: ______________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Quantity of potatoes already sold or shipped during the current season:

Hundredweight	Variety	Grade	Size

The undersigned certifies to the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee, Committee, USDA, and the Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture that the information provided in this application is true and correct. False certification, knowing it to be false, is a violation of title 18, section 1001, of the United States Code, among other statures, which provide for a fine, imprisonment, or both.

Signature ________________________________________________ Date ____________________________

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State of Colorado MO Docket A-4 (Rev. 01/2014. Destroy previous editions.)