[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: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99edebf8fdfcf8fdf3eceaedf4fcf7edd9fff8eab7eceafdf8b7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="17636576737276737d6264637a72796357717664396264737639707861">[email protected]</span></a>, 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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