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[Federal Register: November 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 222)]
[Notices]
[Page 67533]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA
ACTION: Notice
The Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), re-certified the trade adjustment assistance (TAA) petition that was filed by the South Carolina Shrimpers' Association and the South Carolina Growers Association on behalf of shrimpers and shrimp farmers. The petition was initially certified on November 10, 2003. Shrimpers and shrimp farmers who market their catch in South Carolina will be eligible to apply for fiscal year 2005 benefits during a 90-day period beginning on November 29, 2004. The application period closes on February 28, 2005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon investigation,
the Administrator determined that continued increases in imports of like or
directly competitive products contributed importantly to a decline in the
average landed price of shrimp in South Carolina by 40.9 percent during the 2003
marketing period (January-December 2003), compared to the 1997-2001 base period.
Eligible producers may request technical assistance from the Extension
Service at no cost and receive an
adjustment assistance payment, if certain program criteria are satisfied.
Producers in fiscal year 2005 who did not receive technical assistance under the
fiscal year 2004 TAA program must obtain the technical assistance from the
Extension Service by May 31, 2005, in
order to be eligible for financial payments.
Producers of raw agricultural
commodities wishing to learn more about TAA and how they may apply should
contact the Department of Agriculture at the addresses provided below for
General Information.
Producers Certified as Eligible for TAA, Contact: Farm
Service
Agency service centers.
For General Information About TAA, Contact: Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, FAS, USDA, (202) 720-2916, e-mail: trade.adjustment@fas.usda.gov.
Dated: November 08, 2004.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service
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