Tuna-Tariff-Rate Quota, 16512 [05-6396]
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 61 / Thursday, March 31, 2005 / Notices
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development.
Dated: March 28, 2005.
Robert C. Bonner,
Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection.
[FR Doc. 05–6398 Filed 3–30–05; 8:45 am]
Dated: March 25, 2005.
Jayson P. Ahern,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field
Operations.
[FR Doc. 05–6396 Filed 3–30–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection
Tuna—Tariff-Rate Quota
The tariff-rate quota for Calendar Year
2005, on tuna classifiable under
subheading 1604.14.22, Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS).
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
Announcement of the quota
quantity of tuna in airtight containers
for Calendar Year 2005.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Each year the tariff-rate quota
for tuna described in subheading
1604.14.22, HTSUS, is based on the
apparent United States consumption of
tuna in airtight containers during the
preceding Calendar Year. This
document sets forth the tariff-rate quota
for Calendar Year 2005.
Effective Dates: The 2005 tariffrate quota is applicable to tuna entered
or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption during the period January
1, through December 31, 2005.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Connie Chancey, Chief, Quota Branch,
Textile Enforcement and Operations
Division, Trade Compliance and
Facilitation, Office of Field Operations,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Washington, DC 20229, (202) 344–2650.
It has now been
determined that 19,034,563 kilograms of
tuna in air-tight containers may be
entered for consumption or withdrawn
from warehouse for consumption during
the Calendar Year 2005, at the rate of 6
percent ad valorem under subheading
1604.14.22, HTSUS. Any such tuna
which is entered or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption during the
current calendar year in excess of this
quota will be dutiable at the rate of 12.5
percent ad valorem under subheading
1604.14.30 HTSUS.
BACKGROUND:
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Information Collection Renewal
Submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval Under
the Paperwork Reduction Act; OMB
Control Number 1018–0103,
Conservation Order for Control of MidContinent Light Geese, 50 CFR 21.60
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The number of mid-continent
light geese (MCLG) has increased
exponentially over the past several
decades in prairie Canada and the
midwestern United States, primarily
due to (1) the expansion of agriculture
and concurrent increase in food supply,
(2) a decline in adult mortality, and (3)
an increase in winter survival. These
rapidly expanding populations have
placed unprecedented pressure on arctic
and subarctic breeding habitats. Prior to
implementation of the conservation
order, we (Fish and Wildlife Service)
attempted to curb the growth rate of
MCLG populations by liberalizing bag
limits and increasing the light goose
hunting season to 107 days, the
maximum allowed by the Migratory
Bird Treaty Act, as amended. Although
these changes resulted in increased
harvest, the harvest rate (percent of
population harvested) continued to
decline as populations grew
exponentially. Clearly, traditional
wildlife management strategies were not
working. Therefore, we created the
conservation order, which authorizes
States and tribes to implement
population control measures without
having to obtain a permit, thus
significantly reducing their
administrative burden. The States and
tribes may conduct a population
reduction program under the authority
of the conservation order within the
conditions provided by the Service. We
have submitted the collection of
information pertaining to the
conservation order (described below) to
OMB for approval under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before May 2, 2005.
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Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection renewal to the Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior at
OMB–OIRA at (202) 395–6566 (fax) or
OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to Hope Grey, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); (703) 358–2269 (fax); or
hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the information
collection request or explanatory
information, contact Hope Grey at the
above addresses or by phone at (703)
358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have
submitted a request to OMB to renew
approval of information collection
requirements for the Conservation Order
for Control of Mid-Continent Light
Geese. Currently, we have approval
from OMB to collect information under
OMB control number 1018–0103. This
approval expires on March 31, 2005. We
may not conduct or sponsor and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless we
display a currently valid OMB control
number. OMB regulations at 5 CFR
1320, which implement provisions of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), require that
interested members of the public and
affected agencies have an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d)). Following our submittal,
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove our information collection
request; however, OMB may make its
decision as early as 30 days after our
submittal. Therefore, to ensure that your
comments receive consideration, send
your comments and suggestions to OMB
by the date listed in the DATES section.
On November 15, 2004, we published
in the Federal Register (69 FR 65627) a
60-day notice of our intent to request
renewal of information collection
authority from OMB. In that notice, we
solicited public comments for 60 days,
ending on January 14, 2005. We did not
receive any comments.
Lesser snow and Ross’ geese are
referred to as ‘‘light’’ geese because of
their light coloration as opposed to
‘‘dark’’ geese such as white-fronted or
Canada Geese. The number of light
geese in the mid-continent region has
nearly quadrupled during the past
several decades. Feeding activity of light
geese seriously injures their habitat and
habitat important to other migratory
birds, which poses a serious threat to
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Tuna--Tariff-Rate Quota
The tariff-rate quota for Calendar Year 2005, on tuna classifiable
under subheading 1604.14.22, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS).
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Announcement of the quota quantity of tuna in airtight
containers for Calendar Year 2005.
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SUMMARY: Each year the tariff-rate quota for tuna described in
subheading 1604.14.22, HTSUS, is based on the apparent United States
consumption of tuna in airtight containers during the preceding
Calendar Year. This document sets forth the tariff-rate quota for
Calendar Year 2005.
DATES: Effective Dates: The 2005 tariff-rate quota is applicable to
tuna entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the
period January 1, through December 31, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Connie Chancey, Chief, Quota Branch,
Textile Enforcement and Operations Division, Trade Compliance and
Facilitation, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Washington, DC 20229, (202) 344-2650.
Background: It has now been determined that 19,034,563 kilograms of
tuna in air-tight containers may be entered for consumption or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the Calendar Year 2005,
at the rate of 6 percent ad valorem under subheading 1604.14.22, HTSUS.
Any such tuna which is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption during the current calendar year in excess of this quota
will be dutiable at the rate of 12.5 percent ad valorem under
subheading 1604.14.30 HTSUS.
Dated: March 25, 2005.
Jayson P. Ahern,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations.
[FR Doc. 05-6396 Filed 3-30-05; 8:45 am]
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