[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23563]


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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 a petition filed by the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine, 
Orono, Maine for trade adjustment assistance. The group represents 
producers of wild blueberries in the state of Maine. The Administrator 
will determine within 40 days whether or not imports of wild 
blueberries contributed importantly to a decline in domestic producer 
prices of 20 percent or more during the marketing period beginning July 
2002 and ending June 2003. If the determination is positive, all 
producers represented by the group will be eligible to apply to the 
Farm Service Agency for adjustment assistance cash benefits and for 
technical assistance at no cost.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, Trade 
Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, FAS, USDA, (202) 720-2916, e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Signed at Washington, DC, September 10, 2003.
Lyle Sebranek,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service and Acting Vice 
President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 03-23563 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
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