Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance, 58808-58809 [2012-23466]
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Barry Paulson, Forest Supervisor,
Huron-Manistee National Forests, 1755
S. Mitchell Street, Cadillac, MI 49601.
Responsible Official for Cooperating
Agency
Mark Storzer, Field Manager, Bureau
of Land Management, Milwaukee Field
Office, 626 E. Wisconsin Ave. Suite 200,
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Dated: September 18, 2012.
Barry Paulson,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2012–23458 Filed 9–21–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–11–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Funds Availability for Section
514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and
Section 516 Farm Labor Housing
Grants for Off-Farm Housing for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2012
Rural Housing Service, USDA.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Rural Housing Services
published a document in the Federal
Register on July 18, 2012, (77 FR 42258)
concerning the availability of funds in
the Agency’s Farm Labor Housing
Program. The document contained a
deadline date of September 17, 2012,
that the Agency is extending to October
31, 2012, and a funding restriction that
is no longer applicable. The document
also contained a documentation
requirement concerning tax credits that
the Agency is loosening and clarifying.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mirna Reyes-Bible, Finance and Loan
Analyst, Multi-Family Housing
Preservation and Direct Loan Division,
SUMMARY:
STOP 0781 (Room 1263–S), USDA Rural
Development, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–
0781, telephone: (202) 720–1753 (this is
not a toll free number.), or via email:
Mirna.ReyesBible@wdc.usda.gov.
Correction
In the Notice, beginning on page
42258 in the issue of July 18, 2012 (77
FR 42258–65), make the following
corrections:
In the second column of page 42258,
correct the DATES section to read:
DATES: The deadline for receipt of all
applications in response to this Notice
is 5 p.m. local time to the appropriate
Rural Development State Office on
October 31, 2012. * * *
In the first column on page 42259,
delete the following:
Once the Agency has committed 70
percent of the available FY 2012
program funds to new construction
applications, no further funding will be
available for new construction
applications until after August 31, 2012.
If funding is available after August 31,
2012, then new construction
applications will be considered and
compete for funding using this NOFA’s
scoring criteria without regard to the
aforementioned funding limitations.
In the first column on page 42259,
correct the two sentences before the first
full paragraph to read:
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If leveraged funds are in the form of
tax credits, the applicant must include
in its pre-application written evidence
that a tax credit application has been
submitted and accepted by the Housing
Finance Agency (HFA), if such written
evidence is available at the time of the
pre-application. All applications that
will receive leveraged funding must
have firm commitments in place for all
of the leveraged funding within 18
months of the issuance of a ‘‘Notice of
Preapplication Review Action’’
(Handbook Letter 103 (3560)).
Applicants without written evidence
that a tax credit application has been
submitted and accepted by the HFA
must certify in writing they will apply
for tax credits to the HFA within 18
months of the issuance of a ‘‘Notice of
Preapplication Review Action.’’ * * *
Dated: September 17, 2012.
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Tammye Trevino,
Administrator, Rural Housing Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Economic Development
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and Opportunity for
Public Comment.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade
Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341
et seq.), the Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has received
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of these
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firm’s
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.
LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
[09/01/2012 through 09/07/2012]
Date accepted
for
investigation
Firm name
Firm address
Windo-Therm, LLC .........................
P.O. Box 405, Hoosick Falls, NY
12090.
1001 S. Centennial Street, High
Point, NC 27260.
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Marsh Furniture Company .............
Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Firms Division, Room
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Product(s)
Manufactures aluminum frame panels with a clear
film for windows and other structures.
Manufactures kitchen and bathroom cabinets; primarily manufacturing materials including wood.
7106, Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no
later than ten (10) calendar days
following publication of this notice.
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Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.9 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
and title for the program under which
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these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Dated: September 7, 2012.
Miriam Kearse,
Eligibility Examiner.
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Missouri Rice Research and
Merchandising Council, the Texas Rice
Producers’ Board, the USA Rice
Merchants’ Association, the USA Rice
´
Millers’ Association, and, Federacion
Nacional de Arroceros de Colombia
(FEDEARROZ).
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Description of Certified Conduct
COL–RICE is certified to engage in the
Export Trade Activities and Methods of
Operation described below in the
following Export Trade and Export
Markets.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[Application No. 12–00005]
Export Trade Certificate of Review
Notice of issuance of an Export
Trade Certificate of Review to Colombia
Rice Export Quota, Inc. (‘‘COL–RICE’’)
(Application #12–00005).
ACTION:
On August 28, 2012, the U.S.
Department of Commerce issued an
Export Trade Certificate of Review to
Colombia Rice Export Quota, Inc.
(‘‘COL–RICE’’). This notice summarizes
the conduct for which certification has
been granted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of
Competition and Economic Analysis,
International Trade Administration, by
telephone at (202) 482–5131 (this is not
a toll-free number) or email at
etca@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of
the Export Trading Company Act of
1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001–21)
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
issue Export Trade Certificates of
Review. The regulations implementing
Title III are found at 15 CFR Part 325
(2010). The U.S. Department of
Commerce, International Trade
Administration, Office of Competition
and Economic Analysis (‘‘OCEA’’) is
issuing this notice pursuant to 15 CFR
325.6(b), which requires the Secretary of
Commerce to publish a summary of the
issuance in the Federal Register. Under
Section 305(a) of the Export Trading
Company Act (15 U.S.C. 4012(b)(1)) and
15 CFR 325.11(a), any person aggrieved
by the Secretary’s determination may,
within 30 days of the date of this notice,
bring an action in any appropriate
district court of the United States to set
aside the determination on the ground
that the determination is erroneous.
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SUMMARY:
Members (Within the Meaning of 15
CFR 325.2(l)
COL–RICE’s members under this
certificate are: the Arkansas Rice
Research and Promotion Board, the
California Rice Research Board, the
Louisiana Rice Research Board, the
Mississippi Rice Promotion Board, the
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COL–RICE plans to export rice
products as described in the
Agricultural Tariff Schedule of the
Republic of Colombia, as appended to
the United States—Colombia Trade
Promotion Agreement (TPA), and
including the following Colombian HTS
Codes: 1006.1090—rice in hull, except
for seed (arroz con cascara, except para
siembra); 1006.2000—hulled rice, rough
rice or brown rice (arroz
descascarillado, arroz cargo o arroz
pardo); 1006.3000—rice semi-milled or
milled, whether polished or glazed
(arroz semiblanqueado o blanqueado,
incluso pulido o glaseado); 1006.4000—
broken rice (arroz partido).
Export Market
The Republic of Colombia.
Export Trade Activities and Methods of
Operation
With respect to the conduct of Export
Trade in the Export Market, COL–RICE
may, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth below, engage in the following
Export Trade Activities and Methods of
Operation:
1. Purpose: COL–RICE will manage on
an open tender basis the tariff-rate
quotas (TRQs) for rice products granted
by the Republic of Colombia to the
United States under the terms of the
TPA or any amended or successor
agreement providing for Colombian
TRQs for rice from the United States.
Specifically, the TRQs for rice
products are set forth at Paragraph 20 of
Appendix I of the General Notes of
Colombia, Annex 2.3 to the TPA. COL–
RICE also will provide for distributions
of the proceeds received from the tender
process based on exports of rice
products to support the operation and
administration of COL–RICE and to
fund research projects for the benefit of
the rice industry of the United States
and to fund market development and/or
competitiveness projects for the benefit
of the rice production sector of the
Republic of Colombia, as established by
paragraph 6 of Article 5 of Decree No.
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0728 of 2012, issued by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development of
Colombia.
2. Administrator. COL–RICE shall
contract with a neutral third party
Administrator who shall administer the
TRQ System, subject to general
supervision and oversight by the Board
of Directors of COL–RICE.
3. Open Tender Process. COL–RICE
shall offer TRQ Certificates for duty-free
shipments of rice to the Republic of
Colombia solely and exclusively
through an open tender process with
certificates (‘‘TRQ Certificates’’)
awarded to the highest bidders. COL–
RICE shall hold tenders in accordance
with established tranches at least once
each year. The award of TRQ
Certificates under the open tender
process shall be determined solely and
independently by the Administrator
without any participation by the
members of COL–RICE or the COL–RICE
Board of Directors.
4. Persons or Entities Eligible to Bid.
Any person or entity incorporated or
with a legal address in the United States
of America shall be eligible to bid in the
open tender process.
5. Notice. The Administrator shall
publish notice (‘‘Notice’’) of each open
tender process to be held to award TRQ
Certificates in the Journal of Commerce
and, at the discretion of the
Administrator, in other publications of
general circulation within the U.S. rice
industry or in the Republic of Colombia.
The Notice will invite independent bids
and will specify (i) the total amount (in
metric tons) that will be allocated
pursuant to the applicable tender; (ii)
the shipment period for which the TRQ
Certificates will be valid; (iii) the date
and time by which all bids must be
received by the Administrator in order
to be considered (the ‘‘Bid Date’’); and
(iv) a minimum bid amount per ton, as
established by the Board of Directors, to
ensure the costs of administering the
auction are recovered. The Notice
normally will be published not later
than 30 calendar days prior to the first
day of the auction process and will
specify the Bid Date. The Notice will
specify the format for bid submissions.
Bids must be received by the
Administrator not later than 5 p.m. EST
on the Bid Date.
6. Contents of Bid. The bid shall be in
a format established by the
Administrator and shall state (i) the
name, address, telephone and facsimile
numbers, and email address of the
bidder; (ii) the quantity of rice bid, in an
amount stated in metric tons or fractions
thereof; (iii) the bid price in U.S. dollars
per metric ton; and (iv) the total value
of the bid. The bid form shall contain
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To
Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
AGENCY: Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and Opportunity for Public Comment.
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Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade Act 1974, as amended (19
U.S.C. 2341 et seq.), the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has
received petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance from the firms listed below. Accordingly, EDA has
initiated investigations to determine whether increased imports into
the United States of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by each of these firms contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of the firm's workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each petitioning firm.
List of Petitions Received by EDA for Certification Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
[09/01/2012 through 09/07/2012]
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Date accepted
Firm name Firm address for Product(s)
investigation
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Windo-Therm, LLC................. P.O. Box 405, Hoosick 9/6/2012 Manufactures aluminum frame panels
Falls, NY 12090. with a clear film for windows and
other structures.
Marsh Furniture Company.......... 1001 S. Centennial 9/4/2012 Manufactures kitchen and bathroom
Street, High Point, NC cabinets; primarily manufacturing
27260. materials including wood.
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Any party having a substantial interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter. A written request for a hearing
must be submitted to the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms
Division, Room 7106, Economic Development Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten (10)
calendar days following publication of this notice.
Please follow the requirements set forth in EDA's regulations at 13
CFR 315.9 for procedures to request a public hearing. The Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance official number and title for the program
under which
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these petitions are submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment Assistance
for Firms.
Dated: September 7, 2012.
Miriam Kearse,
Eligibility Examiner.
[FR Doc. 2012-23466 Filed 9-21-12; 8:45 am]
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