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members from USDA; the U.S. 

Department of Labor; and the U.S. 

Department of State. Non-government 

members include three members from 

the agriculture-related private sector; 

two members from institutions of higher 

education and research; one member 

from an organization providing 

independent, third-party certification 

services for labor standards; and three 

members from non-profit organizations 

with expertise on international child 

labor and forced labor issues. 

Requirements for Submissions and 

Meeting Procedures 

Submissions in response to this notice 

must be made in English with any 

written submission not to exceed 30 

single-spaced standard letter-size pages 

in 12-point type, including attachments. 

By March 18, 2010, all interested parties 

wishing to make an oral statement at the 

meeting must submit the name, address, 

telephone number, facsimile number, 

and e-mail address of the attendee(s) 

representing their organization by email to Steffon.Brown@fas.usda.gov. 

Requests to present oral statements must 

be accompanied by a written statement 

which, at a minimum, identifies key 

issues to be addressed in the oral 

statement. Depending on the number of 

identified participants, oral statements 

before the Consultative Group may be 

subject to time limits in order to 

accommodate all participants. The 

meeting will be open to the public, and 

a transcript will be made available for 

public inspection or can be purchased 

from the reporting company. USDA is a 

controlled access facility. Therefore, 

individuals who wish to attend the 

meeting without making a statement 

must also register with the Consultative 

Group so that arrangements can be made 

for them to be allowed to enter the 

facility. Persons who wish to register or 

to request special accommodations for a 

disability or other reasons must submit 

a notification by e-mail to 

Steffon.Brown@fas.usda.gov. by March 

22, 2010. No electronic media coverage 

will be allowed. Press inquiries should 

be directed to the USDA, Office of 

Communications at (202) 720–4623. 

Signed at Washington, DC on March 4, 

2010. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5227 Filed 3–8–10; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Trade Adjustment Assistance for 

Farmers 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Administrator, Foreign 

Agricultural Service (FAS), will begin 

accepting Trade Adjustment Assistance 

(TAA) for Farmers petitions for fiscal 

year 2010 beginning March 11, 2010. 

Petitioners may file a form FAS–930 or 

their own submission setting forth the 

information required by 7 CFR part 

1580.201(c) with FAS from March 11, 

2010, through April 14, 2010. 

Petitioners must file their petition in 

accordance with 7 CFR part 1580.201. 

The petition must be received by the 

TAA for Farmers Staff by close of 

business April 14, 2010. The petition 

must be sent in writing to the Foreign 

Agricultural Service, OTP/IPERD, MS– 

1021, Washington, DC 20250–1021, or 

by facsimile to (202) 720–0876, or by email to tradeadjustment@fas.usda.gov. 

The use of fax or e-mail is 

recommended. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–5) reauthorized 

the Trade Adjustment Assistance for 

Farmers program as established by 

Subtitle C of Title I of the Trade Act of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–210), which amended 

the Trade Act of 1974. The statute 

authorizes an appropriation of not more 

than $90 million for each fiscal year 

2009 through 2010, and $22.5 million 

for the period October 1 through 

December 31, 2010, to carry out the 

program. The regulations covering the 

program are found at 7 CFR part 1580. 

Under this program, the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

provides technical assistance and cash 

benefits to eligible producers of raw 

agricultural commodities and fishermen 

(jointly referred to as ‘‘producers’’) when 

the FAS Administrator determines that 

increased imports of raw agricultural 

commodities, aquaculture products, or 

wild-caught aquatic species (each 

referred to as ‘‘commodity’’) have 

contributed importantly to a greater 

than 15 percent decrease in the national 

average price, or quantity of production, 

or value of production, or cash receipts 

for the commodity specified in the 

petition compared to the average of the 

3 preceding marketing years. 

To qualify, a group of producers or its 

authorized representative must petition 

the Administrator (FAS) for trade 

adjustment assistance. Petitions will be 

reviewed for completeness and 

timeliness. Once the petition is 

completed in accordance with 7 CFR 

part 1580.201, a notice of acceptance of 

the petition will be published in the 

Federal Register. An investigation will 

be initiated to verify whether or not for 

the most recent marketing year and for 

the commodity produced by the group, 

increased imports contributed 

importantly to a greater than 15 percent 

decrease in the national average price, 

or quantity of production, or value of 

production, or cash receipts for the 

agricultural commodity specified in the 

petition, compared to the average of the 

3 preceding marketing years. If any one 

of these conditions is met, the 

Administrator (FAS) will certify the 

group as eligible for trade adjustment 

assistance and publish a notice of the 

certification in the Federal Register. 

Eligible producers covered by the 

certification must file individual 

applications for assistance with the 

Farm Service Agency, USDA, within 90 

days of the certification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE

IN COMPLETING FORM FAS–930, CONTACT: 

The Trade Adjustment Assistance Staff, 

FAS, USDA, at (202) 720–0638, or by email: tradeadjustment@fas.usda.gov. 

Additional program information can be 

obtained at the website for the TAA for 

Farmers program. The URL is http:// 

www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa/taa.asp. 

Dated: February 25, 2010. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5238 Filed 3–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, March 16, 

2010; 10:15 a.m.–11 a.m. 

PLACE: Middle East Broadcasting 

Networks, Inc., 7600 Boston Blvd., Suite 

D, Springfield, VA 22153. 

CLOSED MEETING: The members of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) 

will meet in closed session to review 

and discuss a number of issues relating 

to U.S. Government-funded nonmilitary international broadcasting. 

They will address internal procedural, 

budgetary, and personnel issues, as well 

as sensitive foreign policy issues 

relating to potential options in the U.S. 

international broadcasting field. This 

meeting is closed because if open it 

likely would either disclose matters that 

would be properly classified to be kept 


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secret in the interest of foreign policy 

under the appropriate executive order (5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1)) or would disclose 

information the premature disclosure of 

which would be likely to significantly 

frustrate implementation of a proposed 

agency action. (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B)) In 

addition, part of the discussion will 

relate solely to the internal personnel 

and organizational issues of the BBG or 

the International Broadcasting Bureau. 

(5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6)). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Paul 

Kollmer-Dorsey at (202) 203–4545. 

Paul Kollmer-Dorsey, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5410 Filed 3–9–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8610–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 12–2010] 

Foreign–Trade Zone 170 - 

Jeffersonville, Indiana, Application for 

Reorganization/Expansion Under 

Alternative Site Framework 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) by the Ports of Indiana, 

grantee of Foreign–Trade Zone 170, 

requesting authority to reorganize the 

zone under the alternative site 

framework (ASF) adopted by the Board 

(74 FR 1170, 1/12/09; correction 74 FR 

3987, 1/22/09). The ASF is an option for 

grantees for the establishment or 

reorganization of general–purpose zones 

and can permit significantly greater 

flexibility in the designation of new 

‘‘usage–driven’’ FTZ sites for operators/ 

users located within a grantee’s ‘‘service 

area’’ in the context of the Board’s 

standard 2,000–acre activation limit for 

a general–purpose zone project. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u) and the 

regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 

400). It was formally filed on February 

22, 2010. 

FTZ 170 was approved by the Board 

on December 27, 1990 (Board Order 495, 

56 FR 673, 1/8/91) and expanded on 

July 23, 1997 (Board Order 907, 62 FR 

40796, 7/30/97) and September 24, 2004 

(Board Order 1355, 69 FR 58884, 10/1/ 

04). The general–purpose zone currently 

consists of the following sites: Site 1: 

(993 acres) - Clark Maritime Center 

Complex on Utica Pike at Port Road, 

Jeffersonville; Site 2: (22 acres) - Clark 

County Airport between State Route 31 

and the airport terminal, Sellersburg; 

and, Site 3: (2,000 acres) - within the 

10,000 acre former Indiana Army 

Ammunition Plant at 11452 State Road 

62, Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana. 

The grantee’s proposed service area 

under the ASF would be Jackson, 

Washington, Harrison, Floyd, Clark and 

Scott Counties. If approved, the grantee 

would be able to serve sites throughout 

the service area based on companies’ 

needs for FTZ designation. The 

proposed service area is within and 

adjacent to the Louisville Customs and 

Border Protection port of entry. 

The applicant is requesting authority 

to reorganize its existing zone project to 

include all of its sites as ‘‘magnet sites’’ 

and proposes that Site 1 be exempt from 

sunset time limits that otherwise apply 

to sites under the ASF. No usage–driven 

sites are being proposed at this time. In 

accordance with the Board’s regulations, 

Claudia Hausler of the FTZ Staff is 

designated examiner to evaluate and 

analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address below. The closing period for 

their receipt is May 10, 2010. Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period to May 25, 2010. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board, Room 

2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s 

website, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. For further 

information, contact Claudia Hausler at 

Claudia.Hausler@trade.gov or (202)482– 

1379. 

Dated:February 22, 2010 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5293 Filed 3–10–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 14–2010] 

Foreign–Trade Zone 70 - Detroit, 

Michigan, Application for Expansion 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Greater Detroit Foreign 

Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 70, 

requesting authority to expand FTZ 70 

to include two new sites in Wayne 

County, Michigan, within the Detroit 

Michigan Customs and Border 

Protection Port of Entry. The application 

was submitted pursuant to the 

provisions of the Foreign–Trade Zones 

Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), 

and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 

part 400). It was formally filed on 

February 24, 2010. 

FTZ 70 was approved on July 21, 

1981 (Board Order 176, 46 F.R. 38941, 

7/30/81), reorganized on April 15, 1985 

(Board Order 299, 50 FR 16119, 4/24/85) 

and expanded on November 27, 1989 

(Board Order 453, 54 FR 50258, 12/5/ 

89), April 20, 1990 (Board Order 471, 55 

F.R. 17775, 4/27/90), February 20, 1996 

(Board Order 802, 61 FR 7237, 2/27/96), 

August 26, 1996, (Board Order 843, 61 

FR 46763, 9/5/96), April 5, 2001 (Board 

Order 1162, 66 FR 19423, 4/16/01), May 

23, 2005, (Board Order 1395, 70 FR 

32570, 6/3/05) and June 22, 2007 (Board 

Order 1515, 72 FR 35968, 7/2/07). The 

general–purpose zone currently consists 

of 33 sites in the Detroit, Michigan area 

The applicant is requesting authority 

to expand the zone to include two new 

sites in Wayne County, Michigan as 

follows: Proposed Site 34 (33 acres) 

located at 6837 Wyoming Street, 

Dearborn, and Proposed Site 35 (39 

acres) located at 9400 McGraw Street, 

Detroit, Michigan Both sites will be 

operated by Dearborn Steel Center, Inc. 

No specific manufacturing authority is 

being requested at this time. Such 

requests would be made to the Board on 

a case–by-case basis. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Claudia Hausler of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to evaluate 

and analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions (original 

and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the 

Board’s Executive Secretary at the 

address below. The closing period for 

their receipt is May 10, 2010. Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period to May 25, 2010. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board, Room 

2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s 


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