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Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: August 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 169)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 50875-50877]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr29au08-1]
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 2008 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 2008 quota year reflecting the
cumulative annual transfers from Appendix 1 to
Appendix 2 for certain dairy
product import licenses permanently surrendered
by
licensees or revoked by the Licensing Authority.
DATES: Effective Date: August 29, 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@fas.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 dairy
article from a specified country of origin. The
Import and Trade 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 2008
tariff-rate
quota year.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6
Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy
products, Imports, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
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
Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing
Table
Issued at Washington, DC, the 20th day of
June 2008.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
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