USDA Status of Personnel and Facilities Hurricane Katrina Status as of May 2, 2015

Overall Accountability USDA Total in Affected areas: Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Food Safety Marketing and Regulatory Programs Natural Resources and Environment Research, Education and Economics Rural Development National Finance Center (NFC) 5,000 Personnel All Accounted For Unaccounted For Per Agency

Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Personnel Louisiana Facilities Louisiana Personnel Mississippi Facilities Mississippi Personnel Alabama Facilities Alabama Farm Service Agency (FSA) All Personnel Accounted For; 6 temporary employees hired to assist with anticipated needs. All offices are now open with electricity; sporadic and internet issues still exist, but situation is improving. All Personnel Accounted For; 40 temporary employees hired to assist with anticipated needs so far. All offices are now open with power and fully operational. All Personnel Accounted For; authorization received to hire temporary employees. All facilities are open; power has been restored to most areas of the state. Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational Risk Management Agency (RMA) All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational

Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Personnel Louisiana Facilities Louisiana Personnel Mississippi Facilities Mississippi Personnel Alabama Facilities Alabama Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational

Food Safety Personnel Louisiana Facilities Louisiana Personnel Mississippi Facilities Mississippi Personnel Alabama Facilities Alabama Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) All Personnel Accounted For No Facilities in Louisiana All Personnel Accounted For District Office in Jackson is open. It has connectivity but phone service is intermittent All Personnel Accounted For No Facilities in Alabama

Marketing and Regulatory Programs Personnel Louisiana Facilities Louisiana Personnel Mississippi Facilities Mississippi Personnel Alabama Facilities Alabama Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) All Personnel Accounted For Baton Rouge offices open; Rayville open w/ no network; Franklinton no phone comms; Metairie closed. All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) All Personnel Accounted For All PPQ temporary employees have been placed on intermittent / seasonal status due to lack of work PPQ office at U.S. Customs House remains closed. GSA trying to locate temporary space to house PPQ’s operations. OSHA inspected PPQ Plant Protection Station in N.O. yesterday and cleared it for opening. GSA conducted building assessments in Lake Charles yesterday and will report status soon. All Personnel Accounted For It is expected that agricultural emergency response efforts can be demobilized by October 3 APHIS staffing at the Joint Field Office (JFO) Hattiesburg will be ending as of Saturday (Oct. 1) morning. PPQ/WS Work Station in Gulfport significantly damaged and is reported to be a total loss. PPQ Analytical & Natural Products Chemistry Lab in Gulfport reopened. All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyard Administration (GIPSA) All Personnel Accounted For Destrehan office suffered minimal damage, mostly wet ceiling tiles. The office now has power and limited phone service, and has resumed full operation. No Personnel in Mississippi No Facilities in Mississippi No Personnel in Alabama No Facilities in Alabama

Natural Resources and Environment Personnel Louisiana Facilities Louisiana Personnel Mississippi Facilities Mississippi Personnel Alabama Facilities Alabama Forest Service (FS) All Personnel Accounted For SRS Work Unit (10 th floor, U.S. Postal Service Building) inaccessible, unable to determine status. Employees relocated All Personnel Accounted For Wiggins lost roof, employees relocated. Saucier: 11 buildings have varying damage, Admin and four labs in good condition All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Offices OpenAll Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational

Research, Education and Economics Personnel Louisiana Facilities Louisiana Personnel Mississippi Facilities Mississippi Personnel Alabama Facilities Alabama Agricultural Research Service (ARS) All Personnel Accounted For Three phase plan for renovation of SRRC in place. Re-entry into New Orleans on Wednesday, Oct. 5 th (except 9 th Ward) All Personnel Accounted For Scientists and technicians are continuing to move into the new lab building Staff is moving and arranging labs and offices. Staff & Celta employees continue to repair greenhouse & new building. All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational (CSREES) No Personnel in Louisiana No Facilities in Louisiana No Personnel in Mississippi No Facilities in Mississippi No Personnel in Alabama No Facilities in Alabama Economic Research Service (ERS) No Personnel in Louisiana No Facilities in Louisiana No Personnel in Mississippi No Facilities in Mississippi No Personnel in Alabama No Facilities in Alabama National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) No Personnel in Louisiana No Facilities in Louisiana No Personnel in Mississippi No Facilities in Mississippi No Personnel in Alabama No Facilities in Alabama

Rural Development Personnel Louisiana Facilities Louisiana Personnel Mississippi Facilities Mississippi Personnel Alabama Facilities Alabama Rural Development All Personnel Accounted For; no injuries and no employee had significant damage/loss to their homes All Facilities are Open All employees are accounted for and no employees were injured. Four employees’ homes were destroyed: Carol Cowart (Gulfport) Patsy Foreman (Gulfport) Patricia Fuentes (Lucedale) Alan Wood (Lucedale) The Gulfport Service Center was brought online September 20. All Service Centers are open. All Personnel Accounted For; no injuries and no employee had significant damage/loss to their homes No Facilities Affected

Staff Offices Personnel Louisiana Facilities Louisiana Personnel Mississippi Facilities Mississippi Personnel Alabama Facilities Alabama Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) All National Finance Center personnel accounted for 20 NFC employees relocated to Alexandria NFC operations have been dispersed to Philadelphia, Dallas and other locations. No Personnel in Mississippi No Facilities in Mississippi No Personnel in Alabama No Facilities in Alabama Office of the Inspector General (OIG) All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational All Personnel Accounted For All Facilities are Operational Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) All Personnel Accounted For Franklinton Service Center back up, T1 online; all other facilities open. All Personnel Accounted For MS RD has requested 60 Cell phones Kiln MSWCD, Alcorn State, Coastal Plains, and Richton closed; all others open but numerous outages with T1, phones and electricity All Personnel Accounted For Mobile Service Center is open, but its T1 circuit is down