Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: August
30, 2010 (Volume 75,
Number 187)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
The Administrator of the Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) has denied a petition
(No. 2011004) for trade adjustment assistance
for lamb filed under the fiscal year (FY) 2011
program by lamb producers from Idaho, Utah, and
Wyoming. The petition was accepted for review by
USDA on July 23, 2010.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To qualify under the
program, Subtitle C of Title I of the Trade Act
of 2002 (Pub. L. 107– 210) states that petitions
must demonstrate, using data for the most
recent, full marketing year or full official
marketing season, a greater than 15-percent
decline in at least one of the following
factors: national average price, quantity of
production, value of production, or cash
receipts. According to the statute, it is also
necessary for the petition to demonstrate that
an increase in imports of like or directly
competitive articles, during the same marketing
period, contributed importantly to the decrease
in one of the above factors for the agricultural
commodity. All petitions were analyzed by USDA’s
Economic Research Service and reviewed by the
Trade Adjustment Assistance 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 the petition was unable to
demonstrate the ‘greater than 15-percent
decline’ criterion, because it showed only a 6-
percent decline in the quantity of production
for 2009, when compared to the previous 3-year
period.
Additionally, the import data provided for the
same time period showed a 10.9- percent
decrease, instead of the required increase,
under the program. Because the petition was
unable to meet the ‘greater than 15-percent
decline’ criterion and the ‘increase in imports’
criterion, the Administrator was not able to
certify the petition, making lamb producers in
Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming ineligible for trade
adjustment assistance in FY 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers Program staff, Office of Trade
Programs, USDA; or by phone at (202)
720–0638 or (202) 690–0633; or by email
at: tradeadjustment@fas.usda.gov;
or visit the TAA for Farmers’ Web site
at:
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa.
Dated: September 20, 2010
John D. Brewer,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–24306 Filed 9–27–10; 8:45 am]
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