Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2022 Tariff-Rate Import Quota Year, 49292 [2021-19090]
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[FR Doc. 2021–19106 Filed 9–1–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import
Licenses for the 2022 Tariff-Rate
Import Quota Year
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a fee of
$324 to be charged for the 2022 tariffrate 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 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import
Licensing Program, Foreign Agricultural
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
at (202) 720–9439; or by email at:
abdelsalam.el-farra@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy
Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing
Regulation promulgated by the
Department of Agriculture and codified
at 7 CFR 6.20 through 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 tariffrates 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
Import Program within the Foreign
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, and 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 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
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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 2022 calendar year.
The total cost to the Department of
Agriculture of administering the
licensing system for 2022 has been
estimated to be $728,600.00 and the
estimated number of licenses expected
to be issued is 2,250. Of the total cost,
$518,600.00 represents staff and
supervisory costs directly related to
administering the licensing system, and
$210,000.00 represents other
miscellaneous costs, including travel,
publications, forms, and Automatic Data
Processing (ADP) system support.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given
that the fee for each license issued to a
person or firm for the 2022 calendar
year, in accordance with 7 CFR 6.33,
will be $324 per license.
Lori Tortora,
Licensing Authority.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Cibola National Forest; New Mexico;
Revision of the Land Management Plan
for the Cibola National Forest
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice of opportunity to object
to the revised Land Management Plan
for the Cibola National Forest.
AGENCY:
The Forest Service is revising
the Cibola National Forest’s Land
Management Plan (Forest Plan). The
Forest Service has prepared a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for its revised Forest Plan and a draft
Record of Decision (ROD). This notice is
to inform the public that the Cibola
National Forest is initiating a 60-day
period where individuals or entities
with specific concerns about the Cibola
National Forest’s revised Forest Plan
and the associated FEIS may file
objections for Forest Service review
prior to the approval of the revised
Forest Plan. This is also an opportunity
to object to the Regional Forester’s list
of species of conservation concern for
the Cibola National Forest.
DATES: The publication date of the legal
notice in the Cibola National Forest’s
newspaper of record, Albuquerque
Journal, initiates the 60-day objection
period and is the exclusive means for
calculating the time to file an objection
(36 CFR 219.52(c)(5)). An electronic
scan of the legal notice with the
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publication date will be posted at
https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/
?project=46268.
ADDRESSES: The Cibola National Forest’s
revised Forest Plan, FEIS, draft ROD,
species of conservation concern list, and
other supporting information will be
available for review at: https://
www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=
46268. Copies of the Cibola National
Forest’s revised Forest Plan, FEIS, draft
ROD, and Regional Forester’s list of
species of conservation concern for the
Cibola National Forest can be obtained
online at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/
project/?project=46268 or at the
following office: Cibola National Forest
Supervisor’s Office, 2113 Osuna Rd. NE,
Albuquerque, NM 87113, Phone: (505)
346–3900.
Objections must be submitted to the
Objection Reviewing Officer by one of
the following methods:
• Via regular mail, carrier, or hand
delivery to the following address:
USDA-Forest Service Southwest Region,
ATTN: Objection Reviewing Officer, 333
Broadway Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM
87102 (Fax: 505–842–3173). Office
hours for submitting a hand-delivered
objection are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday, excluding
Federal holidays.
• Electronically at objectionssouthwestern-regional-office@usda.gov
with subject: Cibola National Forest
Plan Revision Objection. Electronically
filed objections may be submitted by
email in word (.doc or .docx), rich text
format (.rtf), text (.txt), portable
document format (.pdf), and/or
hypertext markup language (.html).
• Electronically to the Objection
Reviewing Officer via the CARA
objection web form: https://
cara.ecosystem-management.org/
Public//CommentInput?Project=46268.
Electronic submissions must be
submitted in a format (Word, PDF, or
Rich Text) that is readable and
searchable with optical character
recognition software.
• By Fax: 505–842–3173. Faxes must
be addressed to ‘‘Objection Reviewing
Officer.’’ The fax coversheet should
include a subject line with ‘‘Cibola
National Forest Plan Revision
Objection’’ or ‘‘Cibola Species of
Conservation Concern’’ and specify the
number of pages being submitted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Forest Supervisor, Steve Hattenbach at
(505) 346–3804 or steven.hattenbach@
usda.gov.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the
hearing-impaired (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2022 Tariff-
Rate Import Quota Year
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of $324 to be charged for the 2022
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 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import
Licensing Program, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, at (202) 720-9439; or by email at: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing
Regulation promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and codified at
7 CFR 6.20 through 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 Import Program within the Foreign
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and 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
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 2022 calendar year.
The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of administering
the licensing system for 2022 has been estimated to be $728,600.00 and
the estimated number of licenses expected to be issued is 2,250. Of the
total cost, $518,600.00 represents staff and supervisory costs directly
related to administering the licensing system, and $210,000.00
represents other miscellaneous costs, including travel, publications,
forms, and Automatic Data Processing (ADP) system support.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license
issued to a person or firm for the 2022 calendar year, in accordance
with 7 CFR 6.33, will be $324 per license.
Lori Tortora,
Licensing Authority.
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