[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 32 (Friday, February 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 7598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2776]


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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 Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative 
Association and the Burley Stabilization Corporation representing 
Burley tobacco growers in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North 
Carolina, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, and Missouri for trade 
adjustment assistance. The Administrator will determine within 40 days 
whether or not increasing Burley tobacco imports contributed 
importantly to a decline in domestic producer prices of 20 percent or 
more during the marketing period beginning October 1, 2005, and ending 
September 30, 2006. If the determination is positive, all producers who 
produce and market their Burley tobacco in Kentucky, Tennessee, 
Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, and Missouri 
will be eligible to apply to the Farm Service Agency for no cost 
technical assistance and for 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: February 5, 2007.
Michael W. Yost,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
 [FR Doc. E7-2776 Filed 2-15-07; 8:45 am]
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