Federal Register Notice — Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2010 Tariff- Rate Import Quota Year

United States Department of Agriculture
Foreign Agricultural Service

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[Federal Register: August 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 156)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service

 
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2010 Tariff-
Rate Import Quota Year

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of $150 to be charged for the 2010 
tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued to a person or 
firm by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 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: Effective Date: August 14, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jorge Martinez, 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 or e-mail at 
jorge.martinez@fas.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing
Regulation promulgated by USDA 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
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,
USDA, 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 defray USDA'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 2010 calendar year.
    Notice: The total cost to USDA of administering the licensing
system for 2010 has been estimated to be $333,000, and the estimated
number of licenses expected to be issued is 2,300. Of the total cost,
$280,000 represents staff and supervisory costs directly related to
administering the licensing system, and $53,000 represents other
miscellaneous costs, including travel, postage, publications, forms,
and Automated Data Processing system support.
    Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license
issued to a person or firm for the 2010 calendar year, in accordance
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $150 per license.

Signed at Washington, DC, on the 17th of April 2009.
Patricia R. Sheikh,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, and Vice President, 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. E9-9734 Filed 4-28-09; 8:45 am]
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