Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, 10591 [05-4164]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
February 28, 2005.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.
L. 104–13. Comments regarding (a)
Whether the collection for information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology should be
addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8681.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
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Natural Resource Conservation Service
Title: Emergency Watershed
Protection Program Recovery.
OMB Control Number: 0578–0030.
Summary of Collection: The
Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP)
Program regulations at 7 CFR 624 set
forth the basic policies, program
provisions, and eligibility requirements
for sponsors to participate in the EWP
program. The Natural Resource
Conservation Service (NRCS) is
responsible for administration of EWP
Program. EWP assistance is provided to
sponsors to undertake emergency
measures for runoff retardation and soil
erosion prevention to safeguard lives
and property from floods, drought, and
the products of erosion on any
watershed whenever fire, flood, or any
other natural disaster occurrence is
causing or has cause a sudden
impairment of that watershed. The
sponsor’s request is submitted formally
as a letter (NRCS–PDM–20A) to the
NRCS State Conservationist for
consideration and the NRCS–PDM–20,
Damage Survey Report (DSR) is the
agency decision-making document that
includes the economic, social, and
environmental evaluation, as well as the
engineer’s cost estimate.
Need and Use of the Information: The
collected information allows the
responsible federal official to make EWP
eligibility determinations and provide
federal cost-share payments to the
sponsors. Without the information
NRCS would not be able to implement
the program.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government; Farms;
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 360.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (Disaster Occurrence).
Total Burden Hours: 4,770.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Administrator, Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS), approved a
petition for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA) that was filed on February 1,
2005, by Gollott’s Oil Dock and
Icehouse, Inc., Biloxi, Mississippi. The
certification date is March 14, 2005.
Beginning on this date, shrimpers who
land their catch in Louisiana will be
eligible to apply for fiscal year 2005
benefits during an application period
ending June 13, 2005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon
investigation, the Administrator
determined that increased imports of
farmed shrimp contributed importantly
to a decline in the landed prices of
shrimp in Louisiana by 30.4 percent
during January 2003 through December
2003, when compared with the previous
5-year average.
Eligible producers must apply to the
Farm Service Agency for benefits. After
submitting completed applications,
producers shall receive technical
assistance provided by the Extension
Service at no cost and may receive an
adjustment assistance payment, if
certain program criteria are satisfied.
Applicants must obtain the technical
assistance from the Extension Service by
September 12, 2005, in order to be
eligible for financial payments.
Producers of raw agricultural
commodities wishing to learn more
about TAA and how they may apply
should contact the Department of
Agriculture at the addresses provided
below for General Information.
Producers Certified as Eligible for
TAA Contact: Farm Service Agency
service centers in Mississippi.
For General Information About TAA
Contact: Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers, FAS, USDA, (202) 720–2916,
e-mail: trade.adjustment@fas.usda.gov.
Dated: February 16, 2005.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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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), approved a
petition for trade adjustment assistance (TAA) that was filed on
February 1, 2005, by Gollott's Oil Dock and Icehouse, Inc., Biloxi,
Mississippi. The certification date is March 14, 2005. Beginning on
this date, shrimpers who land their catch in Louisiana will be eligible
to apply for fiscal year 2005 benefits during an application period
ending June 13, 2005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon investigation, the Administrator
determined that increased imports of farmed shrimp contributed
importantly to a decline in the landed prices of shrimp in Louisiana by
30.4 percent during January 2003 through December 2003, when compared
with the previous 5-year average.
Eligible producers must apply to the Farm Service Agency for
benefits. After submitting completed applications, producers shall
receive technical assistance provided by the Extension Service at no
cost and may receive an adjustment assistance payment, if certain
program criteria are satisfied. Applicants must obtain the technical
assistance from the Extension Service by September 12, 2005, in order
to be eligible for financial payments.
Producers of raw agricultural commodities wishing to learn more
about TAA and how they may apply should contact the Department of
Agriculture at the addresses provided below for General Information.
Producers Certified as Eligible for TAA Contact: Farm Service
Agency service centers in Mississippi.
For General Information About TAA Contact: Jean-Louis Pajot,
Coordinator, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, FAS, USDA, (202)
720-2916, e-mail: trade.adjustment@fas.usda.gov.
Dated: February 16, 2005.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 05-4164 Filed 3-3-05; 8:45 am]
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