Federal Register Notices
[Federal
Register: March 11, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 47)]
[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, Foreign Agricultural
Service (FAS), will begin accepting Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Farmers
petitions for fiscal year 2010 beginning March
11, 2010. Petitioners may file a form FAS-930 or
their own submission setting forth the
information required by 7 CFR part 1580.201(c)
with FAS from March 11, 2010, through April
14, 2010.
Petitioners must file their petition in accordance with 7 CFR
part 1580.201. The petition must be received by
the TAA for Farmers Staff by close of business
April 14, 2010. The petition must be sent in
writing to the Foreign Agricultural Service, OTP/IPERD,
MS-1021, Washington, DC
20250-1021, or by facsimile to (202) 720-0876,
or by e-mail to
tradeadjustment@fas.usda.gov. The use of fax
or e-mail is recommended.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L.
111-5) reauthorized the Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Farmers program as established by
Subtitle C of Title I of the Trade Act of 2002
(Pub. L. 107-210), which amended the Trade Act
of
1974. The statute authorizes an appropriation of
not more than $90 million for each fiscal year
2009 through 2010, and $22.5 million for the
period October 1 through December 31, 2010, to
carry out the program. The regulations covering
the program are found at 7 CFR part
1580.
Under this program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
provides technical assistance and cash benefits
to eligible producers of raw agricultural
commodities and fishermen (jointly referred to
as "producers'') when the FAS Administrator
determines that increased imports of raw
agricultural commodities, aquaculture products,
or wild-caught aquatic species (each referred to
as "commodity'') have contributed importantly to
a greater than 15 percent decrease in the
national average price, or quantity of
production, or value of production, or cash
receipts for the commodity specified in the
petition compared to the average of the 3
preceding marketing years.
To qualify, a group of producers or its authorized
representative must petition the Administrator
(FAS) for trade adjustment assistance. Petitions
will be reviewed for completeness and
timeliness. Once the petition is completed in
accordance with 7 CFR part 1580.201, a notice of
acceptance of the petition will be published in
the Federal Register. An investigation will be
initiated to verify whether or not for the most
recent marketing year and for the commodity
produced by the group, increased imports
contributed importantly to a greater than 15
percent decrease in the national average price,
or quantity of production, or value of
production, or cash receipts for the
agricultural commodity specified in the
petition, compared to the average of the 3
preceding marketing years. If any one of these
conditions is met, the Administrator (FAS) will
certify the group as eligible for trade
adjustment assistance and publish a notice of
the certification in the Federal Register.
Eligible producers covered by the certification must file
individual applications for assistance with the
Farm Service Agency, USDA, within 90 days of the
certification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE IN
COMPLETING FORM FAS-930, CONTACT: The Trade
Adjustment Assistance Staff, FAS, USDA, at (202)
720-0638, or by e-mail:
tradeadjustment@fas.usda.gov. Additional
program information can be obtained at the
website for the TAA for Farmers program. The URL
is
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/taa/taa.asp.
Dated: February 25, 2010.
John D. Brewer,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-5238 Filed 3-10-10; 8:45 am]
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