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accepted a petition filed by a group of
Florida avocado producers for trade
adjustment assistance. The
Administrator will determine within 40
days whether or not increasing avocado
imports contributed importantly to a
decline in domestic producer prices of
20 percent or more during the marketing
period beginning June 1, 2004, and
ending February 28, 2005. If the
determination is positive, all producers
who produce and market their avocados
in Florida will be eligible to apply to the
Farm Service Agency for no cost
technical assistance and for adjustment
assistance payments.
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Dated: November 3, 2005.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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extending from 90 days to 270 days the
period in which licensed refiners must
export or transfer an equivalent amount
of refined sugar, after entering a
quantity of raw cane sugar, if such entry
results in a positive balance to their
license.
Dated: October 31, 2005.
Anne Badgley,
Designated Federal Official.
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Ron
Lord, Deputy Director, Import Policies
and Programs Division, FAS, USDA,
(202) 720–2916, e-mail:
Ronald.lord@usda.gov.
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Dated: November 1, 2005.
Kenneth J. Roberts,
Foreign Agricultural Service.
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Intergovernmental Advisory
Committee Meeting, Northwest Forest
Plan
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGENCY:
Foreign Agricultural Service
ACTION:
Refined Sugar Re-Export Program
SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental
Advisory Committee (IAC), Northwest
Forest Plan (NWFP), has scheduled a
meeting on November 30, 2005 from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Oregon Convention
Center, downstairs conference room
A106, 777 NE., Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd., Portland, OR 97232, 503–235–
7575. The purpose of the meeting is to
review progress on addressing key
findings and trends from the April 19–
20, 2005 Science and the Northwest
Forest Plan, Knowledge Gained Over a
Decade conference hosted by the USDA,
Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Research Station, and to collect advice
regarding the implementation
improvement strategies being drafted.
The meeting is open to the public and
fully accessible for people with
disabilities. A 10-minute time slot is
reserved for public comments at 9:10
a.m. Interpreters are available upon
request at least 10 days prior to the
meeting. Written comments may be
submitted for the meeting record.
Interested persons are encouraged to
attend.
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Using the waiver authority for the
refined sugar re-export program found at
7 CFR 1530.113, the Foreign
Agricultural Service is temporarily
extending from 90 days to 270 days the
period in which licensed refiners must
export or transfer an equivalent amount
of refined sugar, after entering a
quantity of raw cane sugar, if such entry
results in a positive balance to their
license. For any raw sugar entered into
U.S. customs territory on a license
between September 1, 2005 and
September 30, 2006, which resulted in
a positive balance to the license, the
licensed refiner shall have 270 days to
export or transfer an equivalent amount
of refined sugar. For any sugar entered
into U.S. customs territory on a license
after September 30, 2006, this waiver
shall not apply, and the provisions of
the regulations found at 7 CFR 1530.105
shall be in force.
Background
A request for comments on a
proposed waiver to the sugar re-export
program 90-day deadline was published
in the Federal Register on September
30, 2005. Three comments were
received, all in favor of temporarily
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Notice of meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding this meeting may
be directed to Kath Collier, Management
Analyst, Regional Ecosystem Office, 333
SW. First Avenue, P.O. Box 3623,
Portland, OR 97208 (telephone: 503–
808–2165).
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Refined Sugar Re-Export Program
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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Using the waiver authority for the refined sugar re-export program
found at 7 CFR 1530.113, the Foreign Agricultural Service is
temporarily extending from 90 days to 270 days the period in which
licensed refiners must export or transfer an equivalent amount of
refined sugar, after entering a quantity of raw cane sugar, if such
entry results in a positive balance to their license. For any raw sugar
entered into U.S. customs territory on a license between September 1,
2005 and September 30, 2006, which resulted in a positive balance to
the license, the licensed refiner shall have 270 days to export or
transfer an equivalent amount of refined sugar. For any sugar entered
into U.S. customs territory on a license after September 30, 2006, this
waiver shall not apply, and the provisions of the regulations found at
7 CFR 1530.105 shall be in force.
Background
A request for comments on a proposed waiver to the sugar re-export
program 90-day deadline was published in the Federal Register on
September 30, 2005. Three comments were received, all in favor of
temporarily extending from 90 days to 270 days the period in which
licensed refiners must export or transfer an equivalent amount of
refined sugar, after entering a quantity of raw cane sugar, if such
entry results in a positive balance to their license.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Lord, Deputy Director, Import
Policies and Programs Division, FAS, USDA, (202) 720-2916, e-mail:
Ronald.lord@usda.gov.
Dated: November 1, 2005.
Kenneth J. Roberts,
Foreign Agricultural Service.
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