[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: 2010-24819]
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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
five petitions (petition nos. 2011003, 2011012, 2011013, 2011018, and
2011030) for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for lobster filed under
the fiscal year (FY) 2011 program on behalf of lobster producers in
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. The
Connecticut petition was accepted for review by USDA on August 13,
2010; the Maine petition accepted July 21, 2010; the Massachusetts and
New Hampshire petitions accepted August 2, 2010; and the Rhode Island
petition accepted August 13, 2010. For programmatic purposes, this
Federal Register notice combines all FY 2011 lobster petitions under
petition number 2011003.
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 lobster during January-December 2009 contributed
importantly to a greater than 15-percent decline in the value of
production in 2009, 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 these petitions met the program's eligibility criteria, the
Administrator was able to certify them, making lobster producers in
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island
eligible for trade adjustment assistance in FY 2011. Eligible
individual lobster producers in these states 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:
[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. 2010-24819 Filed 10-1-10; 8:45 am]
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