[Federal Register: August 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 156)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2008 Tariff-
Rate Import Quota Year
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the fee to be charged for the 2008
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.
DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2008.
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 Dairy Tarrif-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 that 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 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 Import and Trade Support Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural
Service, U.S.
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Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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 2008 calendar year.
Notice
The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of administering
the licensing system for 2008 has been estimated to be $360,000, and
the estimated number of licenses expected to be issued is 2,400. Of the
total cost, $230,000 represents staff and supervisory costs directly
related to administering the licensing system, and $130,000 represents
other miscellaneous costs, including travel, postage, publications,
forms, Internet software development, and ADP system contractors.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license
issued to a person or firm for the 2008 calendar year, in accordance
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $150.00 per license.
Dated: Issued at Washington, DC the 31st day of July, 2007.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 07-3944 Filed 8-13-07; 8:45 am]
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