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Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: September 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 183)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 53913-53915]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr21se07-1]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
7 CFR Part 6
Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation
for the 2007 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: This document sets forth the revised
appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing Regulation for the 2007 quota year
reflecting the cumulative annual transfers from
Appendix 1 to Appendix 2 for certain dairy
product import licenses permanently surrendered
by
licenses or revoked by the Licensing Authority.
DATES: Effective Date: September 21, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jorge Martinez,
Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import and Trade
Support Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439 or
e-mail at
jorge.martinez@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign
Agricultural Service, under a delegation of
authority from the Secretary of
Agriculture, administers the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation
codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.37 that provides for
the issuance of licenses to import
certain dairy articles under tariff-rate quotas
(TRQs) as set forth in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States. These dairy
articles may only be entered into the United
States at the low-tier
tariff by or for the account of a person or firm
to whom such licenses have been issued and only
in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the regulation.
Licenses are issued on a calendar year basis, and each
license authorizes the license holder to import
a specified quantity and type of article from a
specified country of origin. The Import Trade
and Support Programs Division, Foreign
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, issues these licenses and,
in conjunction with the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, monitors their use.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states: "Whenever a
historical license (Appendix 1) is not issued to
an applicant pursuant to the provisions of Sec.
6.23, is permanently surrendered or is revoked
by the Licensing Authority, the amount of such
license will be transferred to Appendix 2.''
Section 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative
annual transfers will be published in the
Federal Register. Accordingly, this document
sets forth the revised Appendices for the 2007
tariff-rate
quota year.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6
Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Issued at Washington, DC the 4th day of
September, 2007.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
Accordingly, 7 CFR part 6 is amended as
follows:
PART 6--IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES
1. The authority citation for part 6,
Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota
Licensing continues to read as follows:
Authority: Additional U.S. Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16-23 and
25 to Chapter 4 and General Note 15 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(19 U.S.C. 1202), Pub. L. 97-258, 96 Stat.
1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103
and 404, Pub. L. 103-465, 108 Stat. 4819 (19
U.S.C. 3513 and 3601).
2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing are revised
to read as follows:
Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tarrif-Rate
Import Quota Licensing
Table: Articles Subject to: Appendix 1, Historical Licenses, Appendix 2, Non-historical Licenses; and Appendix 3, Designated Importer Licenses for Quota Year 2007
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