[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 191 (Monday, October 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 61121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24818]
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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), certified
two petitions (petition nos. 2011002 and 2011022) for trade adjustment
assistance (TAA) for shrimp filed under the fiscal year (FY) 2011
program on behalf of shrimp producers in Alabama, Alaska, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Texas. The petitions were accepted for review by USDA on July 21, 2010.
For programmatic purposes, this Federal Register notice combines both
FY 2011 shrimp petitions under petition number 2011002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All petitions were analyzed by USDA's
Economic Research Service and reviewed by the TAA for Farmers Program
Review Committee, comprised of representatives from USDA's Office of
the Chief Economist, Farm Service Agency, Agricultural Marketing
Service, and FAS. After a review, the Administrator determined that
increased imports of shrimp during January-December 2008 contributed
importantly to a greater than 15-percent decline in the quantity of
production in 2008, compared to the previous 3-year average. This
conforms to the eligibility requirements stipulated in Subtitle C of
Title I of the Trade Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-210).
Because both petitions met the program's eligibility criteria, the
Administrator was able to certify them, making shrimp producers in
Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas eligible for trade adjustment
assistance in FY 2011.
Eligible individual shrimp producers in these states, who did not
qualify for benefits under the FY 2010 program, may apply for technical
training and cash benefits by completing and submitting a written
application to their local Farm Service Agency county office by the
application deadline of December 23, 2010. After submitting a completed
application, producers may receive technical assistance at no cost and
cash benefits, if the applicable program eligibility requirements are
satisfied. Applicants must complete the technical assistance training
under the program in order to be eligible for cash benefits.
Producers Certified As Eligible For TAA For Farmers Contact: Your
local USDA Farm Service Agency county office.
FOR FURTHER GENERAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Trade Adjustment Assistance
for Farmers Program Staff, Office of Trade Programs, FAS, USDA, at
(202) 720-0638 or (202) 690-0633, or by e-mail at: http://[email protected], or visit the TAA for Farmers' Web site
at: http://www.taaforfarmers.org or the FAS Web site at: http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa.
Dated: September 24, 2010.
Suzanne Hale
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-24818 Filed 10-1-10; 8:45 am]
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