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[Federal Register: August 16, 2001 (Volume 66,
Number 159)]
[Notices]
[Page 42989]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2002 Tariff-Rate Import
Quota Year
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces that the fee
to be charged for the 2002 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued
to a person or firm by the Department of Agriculture authorizing the importation
of certain dairy articles which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set forth in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) will be $150.00 per
license.
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David J. Williams, Interim Dairy Import
Quota Manager, Import Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1021 or
telephone at (202) 720-6939 or e-mail at
williamsdj@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing
Regulation promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and codified at 7 CFR
6.20-6.37 provides for the issuance of licenses to import certain dairy articles
which are subject to TRQs set forth in the HTS. Those dairy articles may only be
entered into the United States at the in-quota TRQ tariff rates 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
dairy article from a specified country of origin. The use of licenses by the
license holder to import dairy articles is monitored by the Dairy Import Quota
Manager, Import Licensing Group, Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Customs
Service.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) provides that a fee will be
charged for each license issued to a person or firm by the Licensing Authority
in order to reimburse the Department of Agriculture for the costs of
administering the licensing system under this regulation.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also provides that the
Licensing Authority will announce the annual fee for each license and that such
fee will be set out in a notice to be published in the Federal Register.
Accordingly, this notice sets out the fee for the licenses to be issued for the
2002 calendar year.
Notice
The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of
administering the licensing system during 2001 has been determined to be
$391,030 and the estimated number of licenses expected to be issued is 2,600. Of
the total cost, $197,856 represent staff and supervisory costs directly related
to administering the licensing system during 2001; $62,924 represents the total
computer costs to monitor and issue import licenses during 2001; and $130,250
represents other miscellaneous
costs, including travel, postage, publications, forms, and an ADP system
contractor.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each
license issued to a person or firm for the 2002 calendar year, in accordance
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $150.00 per license.
Issued at Washington, D.C. the 10th day of August, 2001.
David J. Williams,
Interim Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 01-20631 Filed 8-15-01; 8:45 am]
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