[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45092-45093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18850]


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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, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), today 
accepted and began a review of a petition for trade adjustment 
assistance under the FY 2011 program, filed by the Massachusetts 
Lobstermen's Association on behalf of American lobster (Homarus 
americanus) fishermen who catch and market their lobster in 
Massachusetts. The FAS 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 a determination is affirmative, fishermen who land 
and market American lobster in Massachusetts 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 Program Staff, Office of Trade Programs, USDA, at (202) 720-
0638 or (202) 690-0633, or by e-mail at: [email protected]; 
or visit

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the TAA for Farmers' Web site: http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa.

    Dated: July 22, 2010.
John D. Brewer,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-18850 Filed 7-30-10; 8:45 am]
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