[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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