[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: 2010-24818]



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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 
two petitions (petition nos. 2011002 and 2011022) for trade adjustment 
assistance (TAA) for shrimp filed under the fiscal year (FY) 2011 
program on behalf of shrimp producers in Alabama, Alaska, Florida, 
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and 
Texas. The petitions were accepted for review by USDA on July 21, 2010. 
For programmatic purposes, this Federal Register notice combines both 
FY 2011 shrimp petitions under petition number 2011002.

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 shrimp during January-December 2008 contributed 
importantly to a greater than 15-percent decline in the quantity of 
production in 2008, 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 both petitions met the program's eligibility criteria, the 
Administrator was able to certify them, making shrimp producers in 
Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas eligible for trade adjustment 
assistance in FY 2011.
    Eligible individual shrimp producers in these states, who did not 
qualify for benefits under the FY 2010 program, 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: http://[email protected], 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. 2010-24818 Filed 10-1-10; 8:45 am]
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