[Federal Register: September 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 178)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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The Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), today
accepted a petition filed by the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine,
Orono, Maine for trade adjustment assistance. The group represents
producers of wild blueberries in the state of Maine. The Administrator
will determine within 40 days whether or not imports of wild
blueberries contributed importantly to a decline in domestic producer
prices of 20 percent or more during the marketing period beginning July
2002 and ending June 2003. If the determination is positive, all
producers represented by the group will be eligible to apply to the
Farm Service Agency for adjustment assistance cash benefits and for
technical assistance at no cost.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, Trade
Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, FAS, USDA, (202) 720-2916, e-mail:
trade.adjustment@fas.usda.gov <mailto:
trade.adjustment@fas.usda.gov>.
Signed at Washington, DC, September 10, 2003.
Lyle Sebranek,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service and Acting Vice
President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 03-23563 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-10-P
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