Appendix A Eligible Applicant List_PRS - 10.6.21.pdf

Appendix A

Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program Round One: Eligible Industry Groups

Small Business Size Standards by NAICS for Eligible Industries

The Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant Program provides grants to food processors, distributors, and producers that meet small business size standards and farmers markets.

In general, the Small Business Administration (SBA) size standards define whether a business entity is small and, thus, eligible for Government programs and preferences reserved for “small business” concerns. Size standards have been established for types of economic activity, or industry, generally under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For the purpose of PRS, the small business size qualifications for the eligible industries with NAICS codes align with the SBA guidelines except for specialty crop producers, where SBA set the threshold for all agriculture producers, regardless of specific production segment, at $1 million. USDA’s analysis of operations producing specialty crops showed that the high value crops meant that a higher revenue level was needed to support a small full-time operation than agricultural producers in general. USDA therefore set the eligibility threshold for specialty crop small business producers at $5 million. To see a list of agricultural products classified as specialty crops, please visit https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/scbgp/specialty-crop. A similar review of aquaculture, finfish farming, and shellfish farming operations suggests that this analysis would also be applicable to those operations. Because of similarities, the small business threshold for aquaculture, farmed finfish, and farmed shellfish producers is set at $5 million. Visit the United States Census Bureau (www.census.gov/naics) for more information about NAICS code industry descriptions.

Industries included detailed below are eligible to apply for the first round of PRS grant funds. The number of employees or annual receipts indicates the maximum allowed for a concern and its affiliates to be considered small. An operation that could be classified under more than one NAICS code may choose between them for purposes of this grant.

• Producer NAICS codes are listed under Subsectors 111 and 112—Production.

• Processor NAICS codes are listed under Subsector 115 – Post-Harvest Crop Activities and 311—Food

Manufacturing.

• Distributor NAICS codes are listed under Subsector 424—Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods and

Subsector 493 – Warehousing and Storage.

• For the purposes of PRS, all Farmers Markets are considered as small entities eligible to apply for funds.

• Production and processing activities unrelated to human food, such as ornamental fish production or refrigeration and storage of fur, are not eligible to apply for funds.

NAICS codes (Visit US Census Bureau website for more information)

NAICS U.S. industry title Size standards in millions of dollars

Subsectors 111 and 112—Production

111130 Dry Pea and Bean Farming $5.0

111211 Potato Farming $5.0

111219 Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming $5.0

111310 Orange Groves $5.0 https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/scbgp/specialty-crop https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/scbgp/specialty-crop http://www.census.gov/naics https://www.census.gov/naics/?58967?yearbck=2017 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111130&year=2017&details=111130 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111211&year=2017&details=111211 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111219&year=2017&details=111219 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111310&year=2017&details=111310

111320 Citrus (except Orange) Groves $5.0

111331 Apple Orchards $5.0

111332 Grape Vineyards $5.0

111333 Strawberry Farming $5.0

111334 Berry Farming (except strawberries) $5.0

111335 Tree Nut Farming $5.0

111336 Fruit and Tree Nut Combination Farming $5.0

111339 Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming $5.0

111411 Mushroom Production $5.0

111419 Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover $5.0

111421 Nursery and Tree Production1 $5.0

112511 Finfish Farming and Fish Hatcheries2 $5.0

112512 Shellfish Farming $5.0

112519 Other Aquaculture $5.0

112910 Apiculture $5.0

Subsector 115—Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry

NAICS codes (Visit US Census Bureau website for more information)

NAICS U.S. industry title Size standard in millions of dollars

115114 Post-Harvest Crop Activities3 (except cotton ginning)

• Only specialty crops related post-harvest activities are eligible under this NAICS code.

$30.0

Subsector 311—Food Manufacturing

NAICS codes (Visit US Census Bureau website for more information)

NAICS U.S. industry title Size standards by # of employees

311411 Frozen Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Manufacturing 1,000

311412 Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing 1,250

311421 Fruit and Vegetable Canning 1,000

1 Fruit stock growing is the only eligible component of NAICS code 111421 “Nursery and Tree Production” under the PRS Grant Program.

2 Only finfish farming for human food is eligible.

3 Such activities include fruit and vegetable packing, sorting, drying, and waxing; nut hulling and shelling; and related services for specialty crops.

https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111320&year=2017&details=111320 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111331&year=2017&details=111331 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111332&year=2017&details=111332 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111333&year=2017&details=111333 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111334&year=2017&details=111334 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111335&year=2017&details=111335 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111336&year=2017&details=111336 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111339&year=2017&details=111339 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111411&year=2017&details=111411 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111419&year=2017&details=111419 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=111421&year=2017&details=111421 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=112511&year=2017&details=112511 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=112512&year=2017&details=112512 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=112910&year=2017&details=112910 https://www.census.gov/naics/?58967?yearbck=2017 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=115114&year=2017&details=115114 https://www.census.gov/naics/?58967?yearbck=2017 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311411&year=2017&details=311411 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311412&year=2017&details=311412 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311421&year=2017&details=311421

311422 Specialty Canning 1,250

311423 Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing 750

311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering 1,000

311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses 1,000

311613 Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing 750

311615 Poultry Processing 1,250

311911 Roasted Nuts and Peanut Butter Manufacturing4 750

311920 Coffee and Tea Manufacturing 750

311942 Spice and Extract Manufacturing 500

311991 Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing 500

311999 All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing 500

Subsector 424—Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods5

NAICS codes (Visit US Census Bureau website for more information)

NAICS U.S. industry title Size standards by # of employees

424420 Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers 500

424440 Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers 500

424460 Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers 500

424470 Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers 500

424480 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers 500

424490 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers 500

Subsector 493 – Warehousing and Storage

NAICS codes (Visit US Census Bureau website for more information)

NAICS U.S. industry title Size standard in millions of dollars

493120 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage6 $30.0

4 Tree nuts are considered eligible under the PRS Grants Program in alignment with section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. § 1621 note) and amended under section 10107 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Public Law 115—343 (the Farm Bill). Peanuts are not eligible.

5 Food hubs are eligible under these NAICS codes and should select the code that most closely represents the predominant products being handled, distributed, traded, and sold.

6 Only refrigerated warehousing and storage for food products are eligible.

https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311422&year=2017&details=311422 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311423&year=2017&details=311423 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311611&year=2017&details=311611 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311612&year=2017&details=311612 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311613&year=2017&details=311613 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311615&year=2017&details=311615 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311911&year=2017&details=311911 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311920&year=2017&details=311920 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311942&year=2017&details=311942 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311991&year=2017&details=311991 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=311999&year=2017&details=311999 https://www.census.gov/naics/?58967?yearbck=2017 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=424420&year=2017&details=424420 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=424440&year=2017&details=424440 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=424460&year=2017&details=424460 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=424470&year=2017&details=424470 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=424480&year=2017&details=424480 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=424490&year=2017&details=424490 https://www.census.gov/naics/?58967?yearbck=2017 https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=493120&year=2017&details=493120 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:7%20section:1621%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1621)&f=treesort&edition=prelim&num=0&jumpTo=true