82_FR_43145 82 FR 42969 - Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2018 Tariff-Rate Import Quota Year

82 FR 42969 - Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2018 Tariff-Rate Import Quota Year

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 176 (September 13, 2017)

Page Range42969-42970
FR Document2017-19410

This notice announces a fee of $300 to be charged for the 2018 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 (HTS) of the United States.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 176 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42969-42970]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19410]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2018 Tariff-
Rate Import Quota Year

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of $300 to be charged for the 2018 
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 (HTS) of the United States.

DATES: September 13, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import 
Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, STOP 
1021, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing 
Regulation promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and codified at 
7 CFR 6.20-6.36 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 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 such 
licenses is monitored by the Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import 
Policies and Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S.

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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 defray the Department of Agriculture's 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 2018 calendar year.

    Notice: The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of 
administering the licensing system for 2018 has been estimated to be 
$749,300.00 and the estimated number of licenses expected to be 
issued is 2,500. Of the total cost, $479,200.00 represents staff and 
supervisory costs directly related to administering the licensing 
system, and $270,100.00 represents other miscellaneous costs, 
including travel, postage, publications, forms, and ADP system 
support.

    Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license 
issued to a person or firm for the 2018 calendar year, in accordance 
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $300 per license.

    Issued at Washington, DC the 7th day of September, 2017.
Ronald Lord,
Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 2017-19410 Filed 9-12-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3410-10-P

42969 Notices Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 176 Wednesday, September 13, 2017 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER potential persons who are to respond to Total Burden Hours: 24,780. contains documents other than rules or the collection of information that such proposed rules that are applicable to the Ruth Brown, persons are not required to respond to public. Notices of hearings and investigations, the collection of information unless it Departmental Information Collection committee meetings, agency decisions and Clearance Officer. displays a currently valid OMB control rulings, delegations of authority, filing of [FR Doc. 2017–19392 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am] petitions and applications and agency number. BILLING CODE 3410–05–P statements of organization and functions are Farm Service Agency examples of documents appearing in this section. Title: Transfer of Farm Records DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE between Counties. OMB Control Number: 0560–0253. Foreign Agricultural Service DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Summary of Collection: Most Farm Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Submission for OMB Review; Service Agency (FSA) programs are Licenses for the 2018 Tariff-Rate Comment Request administered on the basis of ‘‘farm’’. For Import Quota Year program purposes, a farm is a collection September 8, 2017. AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, of tracts of land that have the same The Department of Agriculture has owner and the same operator. Land with USDA. submitted the following information different owners may be considered to ACTION: Notice. collection requirement(s) to OMB for be a farm if all the land is operated by review and clearance under the SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of one person and additional criteria are Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, $300 to be charged for the 2018 tariff- met. A farm is typically administered in Public Law 104–13. Comments are rate quota (TRQ) year for each license the FSA county office where the farm is required regarding (1) whether the issued to a person or firm by the physically located. A farm can be collection of information is necessary Department of Agriculture authorizing transferred from the physical location for the proper performance of the the importation of certain dairy articles, county office if the principal dwelling of functions of the agency, including which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set the farm operator has changed, a change whether the information will have forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule has occurred in the operation of the practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the (HTS) of the United States. land, or there has been a change that agency’s estimate of burden including DATES: September 13, 2017. the validity of the methodology and would cause the receiving assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance administrative county office to be more FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the quality, utility and clarity of the accessible. FSA–179, ‘‘Transfer of Farm Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import information to be collected; and (4) Record between Counties,’’ is used as Licensing Program, Import Policies and ways to minimize the burden of the the request for a farm transfer from one Export Reporting Division, STOP 1021, collection of information on those who county to another initiated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 are to respond, including through the producer. Independence Avenue SW., use of appropriate automated, Need and Use of the Information: The Washington, DC 20250–1021 or electronic, mechanical, or other information collected on the FSA–179 is telephone at (202) 720–9439. technological collection techniques or collected only if a farm transfer is being SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy other forms of information technology. requested and is collected in a face-to- Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing Comments regarding this information face setting with county office Regulation promulgated by the collection received by October 13, 2017 personnel. The information is used by Department of Agriculture and codified will be considered. Written comments county office employees to document at 7 CFR 6.20–6.36 provides for the should be addressed to: Desk Officer for which farm is being transferred, what issuance of licenses to import certain Agriculture, Office of Information and county it is being transferred to, and dairy articles that are subject to TRQs Regulatory Affairs, Office of why it is being transferred. The FSA– set forth in the HTS. Those dairy articles Management and Budget (OMB), New 179 assists county committees in may only be entered into the United Executive Office Building, 725 17th determining why the farm transfer is States at the in-quota TRQ tariff-rates by Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. being requested and that it is not being or for the account of a person or firm to Commenters are encouraged to submit requested for the purpose of increased whom such licenses have been issued their comments to OMB via email to: program benefits, avoiding payment and only in accordance with the terms OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or reductions, establishing eligibility to and conditions of the regulation. fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental transfer base acres, or for circumventing Licenses are issued on a calendar year Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail any other programs provision. Without basis, and each license authorizes the license holder to import a specified sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– the information county offices will be 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may unable to determine whether the quantity and type of dairy article from be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. producer desires to transfer a farm. a specified country of origin. The use of An agency may not conduct or Description of Respondents: Farms. such licenses is monitored by the Dairy sponsor a collection of information Import Licensing Program, Import unless the collection of information Number of Respondents: 21,240. Policies and Export Reporting Division, displays a currently valid OMB control Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. number and the agency informs On occasion. 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42970 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 13, 2017 / Notices Customs and Border Protection, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE as set forth in the Harmonized Tariff Department of Homeland Security. Schedule of the United States. These The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) Foreign Agricultural Service dairy articles may only be entered into provides that a fee will be charged for the United States at the low-tier tariff by each license issued to a person or firm Adjustment of Appendices Under the or for the account of a person or firm to by the Licensing Authority in order to Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import whom such licenses have been issued defray the Department of Agriculture’s Licensing Regulation for the 2017 and only in accordance with the terms costs of administering the licensing Tariff-Rate Quota Year and conditions of the regulation. system under this regulation. AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, Licenses are issued on a calendar year The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also USDA. basis, and each license authorizes the provides that the Licensing Authority ACTION: Notice. license holder to import a specified will announce the annual fee for each license and that such fee will be set out SUMMARY: This notice announces the quantity and type of dairy article from in a notice to be published in the revised appendices under the Dairy a specified country of origin. The Import Federal Register. Accordingly, this Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Policies and Export Reporting Division, notice sets out the fee for the licenses to Regulation for the 2017 quota year Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. be issued for the 2018 calendar year. reflecting the cumulative annual Department of Agriculture, issues these transfers from Appendix 1 to Appendix licenses and, in conjunction with U.S. Notice: The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of administering the licensing 2 for certain dairy product import Customs and Border Protection, U.S. system for 2018 has been estimated to be licenses permanently surrendered by Department of Homeland Security, $749,300.00 and the estimated number of licensees or revoked by the Licensing monitors their use. licenses expected to be issued is 2,500. Of the Authority. The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states: total cost, $479,200.00 represents staff and DATES: September 13, 2017. ‘‘Whenever a historical license supervisory costs directly related to administering the licensing system, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (Appendix 1) is not issued to an $270,100.00 represents other miscellaneous Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import applicant pursuant to the provisions of costs, including travel, postage, publications, Licensing Program, Import Policies and § 6.23, is permanently surrendered or is forms, and ADP system support. Export Reporting Division, U.S. revoked by the Licensing Authority, the Department of Agriculture, at (202) 720– amount of such license will be Accordingly, notice is hereby given 9439; or by email at: abdelsalam.el- transferred to Appendix 2.’’ Section that the fee for each license issued to a farra@fas.usda.gov. 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative person or firm for the 2018 calendar SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The annual transfers will be published by year, in accordance with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $300 per license. Foreign Agricultural Service, under a notice in the Federal Register each year. delegation of authority from the Accordingly, this document sets forth Issued at Washington, DC the 7th day of Secretary of Agriculture, administers the September, 2017. the revised Appendices for the 2017 Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import tariff-rate quota year below. Ronald Lord, Licensing Regulation codified at 7 CFR Licensing Authority. 6.20–6.36 that provides for the issuance Issued at Washington, DC on July 21, 2017. [FR Doc. 2017–19410 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am] of licenses to import certain dairy Ronald Lord, BILLING CODE 3410–10–P articles under tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) Licensing Authority. ARTICLES SUBJECT TO: APPENDIX 1, HISTORICAL LICENSES; APPENDIX 2 NON-HISTORICAL LICENSES; AND APPENDIX 3, DESIGNATED IMPORTERS LICENSES FOR QUOTA YEAR 2017 [Quantities in Kilograms] Sum of Appendix 3 Appendix 4 Non-cheese articles Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Grand total Appendix 1&2 Tokyo R. Uruguay R. BUTTER (NOTE 6) .................................. 4,436,693 2,540,307 6,977,000 ........................ ........................ 6,977,000 EU–27 ...................................................... 63,058 33,103 96,161 ........................ ........................ ........................ New Zealand ............................................ 76,503 74,090 150,593 ........................ ........................ ........................ Other Countries ........................................ 37,155 36,780 73,935 ........................ ........................ ........................ Any Country ............................................. 4,259,977 2,396,334 6,656,311 ........................ ........................ ........................ DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7) .................. ........................ 5,261,000 5,261,000 ........................ ........................ 5,261,000 Australia ............................................ 0 600,076 600,076 ........................ ........................ ........................ Canada ............................................. 0 219,565 219,565 ........................ ........................ ........................ Any Country ...................................... 0 4,441,359 4,441,359 ........................ ........................ ........................ DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8) ............. 0 3,321,300 3,321,300 ........................ ........................ 3,321,300 New Zealand ..................................... 0 3,175 3,175 ........................ ........................ ........................ Any Country ...................................... 0 3,318,125 3,318,125 ........................ ........................ ........................ DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12) 0 224,981 224,981 ........................ ........................ 224,981 Canada ............................................. 0 161,161 161,161 ........................ ........................ ........................ sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES New Zealand ..................................... 0 63,820 63,820 ........................ ........................ ........................ BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14) ...... 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 ........................ ........................ 6,080,500 Any Country ...................................... 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 ........................ ........................ ........................ TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTI- CLES ...................................... 4,436,693 17,428,088 21,864,781 ........................ ........................ 21,864,781 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Sep 12, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13SEN1.SGM 13SEN1


Document Created: 2017-09-13 00:09:18
Document Modified: 2017-09-13 00:09:18
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesSeptember 13, 2017.
ContactAbdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import Licensing Program, Import Policies and Export Reporting Division, STOP 1021, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-9439.
FR Citation82 FR 42969 
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