[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 58061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25522]


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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 petitions filed by the Catfish Farmers of America, Indianola, 
Mississippi; Rutledge & Rutledge, Newport, Arkansas; and the Western 
Regional Chapter of Kentucky Aquaculture Association, Farmington, 
Kentucky, for trade adjustment assistance. The groups represent catfish 
producers in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, 
Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, 
North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. The 
Administrator will determine within 40 days whether or not imports of 
fresh, chilled, or frozen catfish fillets, contributed importantly to a 
decline in domestic producer prices of 20 percent or more during 
calendar 2002. If the determination is positive, all catfish farmers 
represented by the petitioners will be eligible to apply to the Farm 
Service Agency for technical assistance at no cost and adjustment 
assistance payments.

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

    Dated: October 2, 2003.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 03-25522 Filed 10-7-03; 8:45 am]
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