E6-4246. Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers

AGENCY:

Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice.

The Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), today terminated the certification of a petition for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) that was filed by the Olive Growers Council, Visalia, California. California olive producers are no longer eligible for TAA benefits in fiscal year 2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Upon investigation, the Administrator determined that U.S. imports of non-green olives (canned black olives) fell by 7 percent. Therefore, imports were no longer a contributing factor for program eligibility—a requirement for TAA program eligibility and therefore insufficient grounds to re-certify this petition.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, FAS, USDA, [phone], e-mail: [e-mail].

Dated: March 6, 2006.

W. Kirk Miller,

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.