Increase in Fiscal Year 2011 Specialty Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota; Determination of Total Amounts of Fiscal Year 2012 Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Sugars, Syrups and Molasses; and Extension of Entry Period for the Fiscal Year 2012 Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota, 46267-46268 [2011-19517]
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
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regarding (a) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
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ACTION:
Notice.
The Office of the Secretary of
the Department of Agriculture is
Rural Utility Service
providing notice of an increase in the
Title: 7 CFR Part 1780, Water and
fiscal year (FY) 2011 specialty sugar
Waste Loan and Grant Program.
tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 9,072 metric
OMB Control Number: 0572–0121.
tons raw value (MTRV). The Secretary
Summary of Collection: Section 306 of also announces the establishment of the
the Consolidated Farm and Rural
FY 2012 in-quota aggregate quantity of
Development Act (CONACT), 7 U.S.C.
the raw, as well as, refined and specialty
1926, authorizes Rural Utilities Service
sugar TRQ as required under the U.S.
(RUS) to make loans to nonprofit
World Trade Organization (WTO)
corporations, and state, local and tribal
commitments. The FY 2012 raw cane
governments, for the development of
sugar TRQ is established at 1,117,195
water and waste disposal facilities
MTRV that may be entered under
primarily servicing rural residents with
subheading 1701.11.10 of the U.S.
populations up to 10,000 residents.
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)
Need and Use of the Information:
during FY 2012 (October 1, 2011–
Rural Development’s field offices will
September 30, 2012). In addition, the incollect information from applicants/
quota aggregate quantity of the refined
borrowers and consultants to determine and specialty sugar TRQ is established
eligibility and project feasibility. The
at 112,718 MTRV for certain sugars,
information will help to ensure
syrups, and molasses (collectively
borrowers operate on a sound basis and
referred to as refined sugar) that may be
use loan funds for authorized purposes. entered under subheadings 1701.12.10,
There are agency forms required as well 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and
as other requirements that involve
2106.90.44 of the HTS during FY 2012.
certifications from the borrower,
The Secretary also today announced
lenders, and other parties. Failure to
that sugar entering the United States
collect proper information could result
under the FY 2012 raw sugar import
in improper determinations of
TRQ will be permitted to enter U.S.
eligibility, use of funds and or unsound
Customs territory beginning September
loans.
1, 2011, a month earlier than the usual
Description of Respondents: State,
first entry date of October 1. This latter
Local or Tribal Government; not-foraction is in response to increased
profit institutions.
tightness in the U.S. raw sugar market.
Number of Respondents: 852.
Additional U.S. Note 5(a) (iv) of Chapter
Frequency of Responses:
17 of the HTS authorizes the Secretary
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; of Agriculture to permit sugar allocated
annually and weekly.
under a given quota period to be entered
Total Burden Hours: 122,062.
in a previous or subsequent quota year
Charlene Parker,
period.
Departmental Information Collection
DATES: Effective: August 2, 2011.
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Angel F. Gonzalez, Import Policies and
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Export Reporting Division, Foreign
Agricultural Service, Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Avenue, SW., AgStop 1021,
Washington, DC 20250–1021; by
Office of the Secretary
telephone (202) 720–2916; by fax (202)
Increase in Fiscal Year 2011 Specialty
720–0876; or by e-mail
Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota; Determination angel.f.gonzalez@fas.usda.gov.
of Total Amounts of Fiscal Year 2012
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
Tariff-Rate Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar
of the Secretary of the Department of
and Certain Sugars, Syrups and
Agriculture is providing notice of an
Molasses; and Extension of Entry
increase in the FY 2011 specialty sugar
Period for the Fiscal Year 2012 Raw
TRQ of 9,072 MTRV. Entries of specialty
Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota
sugar under this additional tranche will
be permitted beginning August 5, 2011.
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
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The provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of
the Additional U.S. Note 5, Chapter 17
in the HTS authorize the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish the in-quota
TRQ amounts (expressed in terms of
raw value) for imports of raw cane sugar
and certain sugars, syrups, and molasses
that may be entered under the
subheadings of the HTS subject to the
lower tier of duties of the TRQs for entry
during each fiscal year. The Office of the
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is
responsible for the allocation of these
quantities among supplying countries
and areas.
Section 359(k) of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended
requires that at the beginning of the
quota year the Secretary of Agriculture
establish the TRQs for raw cane sugar
and refined sugars at the minimum
levels necessary to comply with
obligations under international trade
agreements, with the exception of
specialty sugar.
Notice is hereby given that I have
determined, in accordance with
paragraph (a)(i) of the Additional U.S.
Note 5, Chapter 17 in the HTS and
section 359(k) of the 1938 Act, that an
aggregate quantity of up to 1,117,195
MTRV of raw cane sugar described in
subheading 1701.11.10 of the HTS may
be entered or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption during FY
2012 (October 1, 2011–September 30,
2012). This is the minimum amount to
which the United States is committed
under the WTO Uruguay Round
Agreements. I have further determined
that an aggregate quantity of 112,718
MTRV of sugars, syrups, and molasses
described in subheadings 1701.12.10,
1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and
2106.90.44 may be entered or
withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption during FY 2012. Of this
quantity of 112,718 MTRV, the quantity
of 92,374 MTRV is reserved for the
importation of specialty sugars as
defined by the USTR. The total of
112,718 MTRV includes the 22,000
MTRV minimum level necessary to
comply with U.S. WTO Uruguay Round
commitments, of which 1,656 MTRV is
reserved for specialty sugar. Because the
specialty sugar TRQ is first-come, firstserved, tranches are needed to allow for
orderly marketing throughout the year.
The FY 2012 specialty sugar TRQ will
be opened in five tranches. The first
tranche, totaling 1,656 MTRV, will open
October 12, 2011. All specialty sugars
are eligible for entry under this tranche.
The second tranche will open on
October 26, 2011, and be equal to 33,565
MTRV. The remaining tranches will
each be equal to 19,051 MTRV, with the
third opening on January 11, 2012; the
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fourth, on April 11, 2012; and the fifth,
on July 11, 2012. The second, third,
fourth, and fifth tranches will be
reserved for organic sugar and other
specialty sugars not currently produced
commercially in the United States or
reasonably available from domestic
sources.
* Conversion factor: 1 metric ton =
1.10231125 short tons.
Karris T. Gutter,
Under Secretary, Acting Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0031]
Notice of Availability of Pest Risk
Analyses for the Importation of Fresh
Pitaya and Pomegranates From Mexico
Into the Continental United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we have prepared pest risk analyses
that evaluate the risks associated with
the importation into the continental
United States of fresh pitaya and
pomegranates from Mexico. Based on
these analyses, we believe that the
application of one or more designated
phytosanitary measures will be
sufficient to mitigate the risks of
introducing or disseminating plant pests
or noxious weeds via the importation of
fresh pitaya and pomegranates from
Mexico. We are making the pest risk
analyses available to the public for
review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 3,
2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS–2011–
0031–0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0031, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS–2011–0031 or
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in our reading room, which is located in
room 1141 of the USDA South Building,
14th Street and Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading
room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 690–2817
before coming.
Other Information: Additional
information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Marc Phillips, Regulatory Policy
Specialist, Regulations, Permits, and
Import Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD
20737–1231; (301) 734–4394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–
1 through 319.56–50, referred to below
as the regulations), the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
prohibits or restricts the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world to
prevent plant pests from being
introduced into and spread within the
United States.
Section 319.56–4 contains a
performance-based process for
approving the importation of
commodities that, based on the findings
of a pest-risk analysis, can be safely
imported subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
APHIS received requests from the
Government of Mexico to allow the
importation of fresh pitaya (Hylocereus
spp.) and pomegranates (Punica
granatum L.) into the continental
United States. We have completed pest
lists for these commodities to identify
pests of quarantine significance that
could follow the pathway of importation
into the continental United States and,
based on these lists, have prepared risk
management documents to identify
phytosanitary measures that could be
applied to fresh pitaya and
pomegranates from Mexico to mitigate
the pest risk. We have concluded that
fresh pitaya and pomegranates can be
safely imported into the continental
United States from Mexico using one or
more of the five designated
phytosanitary measures listed in
§ 319.56–4(b). These measures are:
• The pitaya and pomegranates may
be imported into the continental United
States in commercial consignments
only.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Increase in Fiscal Year 2011 Specialty Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota;
Determination of Total Amounts of Fiscal Year 2012 Tariff-Rate Quotas
for Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Sugars, Syrups and Molasses; and
Extension of Entry Period for the Fiscal Year 2012 Raw Sugar Tariff-
Rate Quota
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
is providing notice of an increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2011
specialty sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 9,072 metric tons raw value
(MTRV). The Secretary also announces the establishment of the FY 2012
in-quota aggregate quantity of the raw, as well as, refined and
specialty sugar TRQ as required under the U.S. World Trade Organization
(WTO) commitments. The FY 2012 raw cane sugar TRQ is established at
1,117,195 MTRV that may be entered under subheading 1701.11.10 of the
U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) during FY 2012 (October 1, 2011-
September 30, 2012). In addition, the in-quota aggregate quantity of
the refined and specialty sugar TRQ is established at 112,718 MTRV for
certain sugars, syrups, and molasses (collectively referred to as
refined sugar) that may be entered under subheadings 1701.12.10,
1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and 2106.90.44 of the HTS during FY
2012. The Secretary also today announced that sugar entering the United
States under the FY 2012 raw sugar import TRQ will be permitted to
enter U.S. Customs territory beginning September 1, 2011, a month
earlier than the usual first entry date of October 1. This latter
action is in response to increased tightness in the U.S. raw sugar
market. Additional U.S. Note 5(a) (iv) of Chapter 17 of the HTS
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to permit sugar allocated under
a given quota period to be entered in a previous or subsequent quota
year period.
DATES: Effective: August 2, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angel F. Gonzalez, Import Policies and
Export Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., AgStop 1021, Washington, DC
20250-1021; by telephone (202) 720-2916; by fax (202) 720-0876; or by
e-mail angel.f.gonzalez@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Secretary of the
Department of Agriculture is providing notice of an increase in the FY
2011 specialty sugar TRQ of 9,072 MTRV. Entries of specialty sugar
under this additional tranche will be permitted beginning August 5,
2011.
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The provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of the Additional U.S. Note 5,
Chapter 17 in the HTS authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to
establish the in-quota TRQ amounts (expressed in terms of raw value)
for imports of raw cane sugar and certain sugars, syrups, and molasses
that may be entered under the subheadings of the HTS subject to the
lower tier of duties of the TRQs for entry during each fiscal year. The
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is responsible for the
allocation of these quantities among supplying countries and areas.
Section 359(k) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as
amended requires that at the beginning of the quota year the Secretary
of Agriculture establish the TRQs for raw cane sugar and refined sugars
at the minimum levels necessary to comply with obligations under
international trade agreements, with the exception of specialty sugar.
Notice is hereby given that I have determined, in accordance with
paragraph (a)(i) of the Additional U.S. Note 5, Chapter 17 in the HTS
and section 359(k) of the 1938 Act, that an aggregate quantity of up to
1,117,195 MTRV of raw cane sugar described in subheading 1701.11.10 of
the HTS may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption
during FY 2012 (October 1, 2011-September 30, 2012). This is the
minimum amount to which the United States is committed under the WTO
Uruguay Round Agreements. I have further determined that an aggregate
quantity of 112,718 MTRV of sugars, syrups, and molasses described in
subheadings 1701.12.10, 1701.91.10, 1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and
2106.90.44 may be entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption
during FY 2012. Of this quantity of 112,718 MTRV, the quantity of
92,374 MTRV is reserved for the importation of specialty sugars as
defined by the USTR. The total of 112,718 MTRV includes the 22,000 MTRV
minimum level necessary to comply with U.S. WTO Uruguay Round
commitments, of which 1,656 MTRV is reserved for specialty sugar.
Because the specialty sugar TRQ is first-come, first-served, tranches
are needed to allow for orderly marketing throughout the year. The FY
2012 specialty sugar TRQ will be opened in five tranches. The first
tranche, totaling 1,656 MTRV, will open October 12, 2011. All specialty
sugars are eligible for entry under this tranche. The second tranche
will open on October 26, 2011, and be equal to 33,565 MTRV. The
remaining tranches will each be equal to 19,051 MTRV, with the third
opening on January 11, 2012; the fourth, on April 11, 2012; and the
fifth, on July 11, 2012. The second, third, fourth, and fifth tranches
will be reserved for organic sugar and other specialty sugars not
currently produced commercially in the United States or reasonably
available from domestic sources.
* Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 1.10231125 short tons.
Karris T. Gutter,
Under Secretary, Acting Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
[FR Doc. 2011-19517 Filed 8-1-11; 8:45 am]
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