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AGENCY:
Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION:
Notice.
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.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, FAS, USDA, (202) 720-2916, e-mail: trade.adjustment@fas.usda.gov.
Start SignatureDated: February 5, 2007.
Michael W. Yost,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. E7-2776 Filed 2-15-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-10-P
Document Information
- Published:
- 02/16/2007
- Department:
- Foreign Agricultural Service
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice.
- Document Number:
- E7-2776
- Pages:
- 7598-7598 (1 pages)
- PDF File:
- e7-2776.pdf
- Supporting Documents:
- » Funding Availability: Inviting Applications for the Quality Samples Program
- » Funding Availability: Applications for the Market Access Program
- » Imports: Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing; 2017 Tariff-Rate Quota Year Appendices
- » Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
- » WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels
- » McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program
- » Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing: 2016 Tariff-Rate Quota Year Appendices
- » Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
- » Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
- » Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals