[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42375-42376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17804]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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The Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today
accepted and began a review of a petition for trade adjustment
assistance filed under the FY 2011 Program by the Maine Lobstermen's
Association on behalf of American lobster (Homarus
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americanus) fishermen who catch and market their lobster in Maine. The
Administrator will determine within 40 days whether or not increasing
imports of American lobster contributed importantly to a greater than
15-percent decrease in the production value of lobster compared to the
average of the three preceding marketing years. If the determination is
affirmative, fishermen who land and market American lobster in Maine
will be eligible to apply to the Farm Service Agency for free technical
assistance and cash benefits.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers Staff, FAS, USDA, by phone: (202) 720-0638, or (202) 690-0633;
or by e-mail: [email protected]; or visit the TAA for
Farmers' Web site: http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa.
Dated: July 14, 2010.
John D. Brewer,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-17804 Filed 7-20-10; 8:45 am]
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