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Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: August 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 156)]
[Notices]
[Page 45414-45415]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14au07-36]
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.
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. 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.
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