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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Adjustment of Appendices Under the
Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import
Licensing Regulation
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
transfer of amounts for certain dairy
articles from the historical license
category (Appendix 1) to the lottery
(nonhistorical) license category
(Appendix 2) pursuant to the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing
regulations for the 2021 quota year. In
addition, adjustments have been made
to the Appendices to reflect changes to
United Kingdom (UK) and European
Union (EU) country allocations for
certain tariff rate quotas (TRQs) and
other changes to the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
made by the U.S. Trade Representative
in response to the withdrawal of the UK
from the EU and the accession of Croatia
to the EU, which will go into effect for
the 2022 quota year. Appendices 1 and
2 for the EU–27 for Additional U.S. Note
16 to Chapter 4 have also been adjusted
to account for a clerical error in last
year’s Appendices 1 and 2 published
amounts. This correction does not
increase the overall quantity allotted to
the EU–27 and the UK.
DATES: September 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720–9439;
abdelsalam.el-farra@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Foreign Agricultural Service, under a
delegation of authority from the Under
Secretary for Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs, administers the
Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import
Licensing regulation codified at 7 CFR
6.20 through 6.36 that provides for the
issuance of licenses to import certain
dairy articles under TRQs as set forth in
the HTSUS. These dairy articles may
only be entered into the United States
at the low-tier tariff 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
Imports Program, Foreign Agricultural
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
issues these licenses and, in conjunction
with U.S. Customs and Border
SUMMARY:
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Protection, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, monitors their use.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states
that whenever a historical license
(Appendix 1) is permanently
surrendered, revoked by the Licensing
Authority, or not issued to an applicant
pursuant to the provisions of § 6.23,
then the amount of such license will be
transferred to Appendix 2. Section
6.34(b) provides that the cumulative
annual transfers will be published by
notice in the Federal Register.
Accordingly, this document sets forth
the revised Appendices in the table
below. The quantities for designated
licenses (Appendix 3 and Appendix 4)
are also included in the table below for
completeness.
In addition, the Appendices have
been revised to reflect modified EU and
UK country allocations under certain
TRQs in Chapter 4 of the HTSUS made
by the U.S. Trade Representative in
response to the withdrawal of the UK
from the EU and to acknowledge the
accession of Croatia to the EU. On July
6, 2021, the U.S. Trade Representative
announced, inter alia, that: (1) The
TRQs allocated to the EU under
Additional U.S. Notes 6, 16, 17, and 18
to Chapter 4 will be allocated between
the EU and the UK according to the
average percentage of in-quota imports
for the 2013–2015 period; and (2) the
UK would have access to a specific inquota quantity under these notes.
Specifically, the U.S. Trade
Representative announced that, effective
with respect to articles entered for
consumption, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after
January 1, 2022:
1. Additional U.S. Note 2 to Chapter
4 of the HTSUS is modified by: (a)
Inserting ‘‘Croatia,’’ into the list of
countries in alphabetical order; and (b)
deleting ‘‘the Slovak Republic, Sweden
or the United Kingdom’’ and inserting
‘‘the Slovak Republic or Sweden’’ in
lieu thereof.
2. With respect to the published inquota quantity of 96,161 kilograms
allocated to the EU 27 for the TRQ in
Additional U.S. Note 6 to Chapter 4 of
the HTSUS, the UK shall have access to
a quantity of not less than 14,062
kilograms and the EU 27 shall have
access to a quantity of not less than
82,099 kilograms.
3. Additional U.S. Note 16 to Chapter
4 of the HTSUS is modified by: (a)
Inserting ‘‘United Kingdom’’ into the list
of countries in alphabetical order; (b)
inserting a quota quantity of
‘‘2,213,374’’ in the Quantity (kg) column
for the United Kingdom; (c) deleting the
quantity ‘‘27,846,224’’ in the Quantity
(kg) column for the EU27; and (d)
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‘‘25,632,850’’ in the Quantity (kg)
column for the EU27 in lieu thereof.
4. Additional U.S. Note 17 to Chapter
4 of the HTSUS is modified by: (a)
Inserting ‘‘United Kingdom’’ into the list
of countries in alphabetical order; (b)
inserting a quota quantity of ‘‘23,617’’’
in the Quantity (kg) column for the
United Kingdom; (c) deleting the
quantity ‘‘2,829,000’’ in the Quantity
(kg) column for the EU27; and (d)
inserting ‘‘2,805,383’’ in the Quantity
(kg) column for the EU27 in lieu thereof.
5. Additional U.S. Note 18 to Chapter
4 of the HTSUS is modified by: (a)
Inserting ‘‘United Kingdom’’ into the list
of countries in alphabetical order; (b)
inserting a quota quantity of ‘‘895,948’’
in the Quantity (kg) column for the
United Kingdom; (c) deleting the
quantity ‘‘1,31,000’’ in the Quantity (kg)
column for the EU27; and (d) inserting
‘‘417,052’’ in the Quantity (kg) column
for the EU27 in lieu thereof.
For U.S. TRQs under Additional U.S.
Notes 19 to 23 and 25 to Chapter 4, the
UK otherwise will be eligible to export
under the in-quota quantities allocated
to ‘‘other countries or areas.’’ See
Modification of U.S. Tariff-Rate Quotas
and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (86 FR 35560 (July 6,
2021)). Accordingly, the Licensing
Authority has divided the amounts
allocated to the EU under Additional
U.S. Notes 6, 16, 17, and 18 in
Appendices 1, 2, 3 and 4, as applicable,
between the EU and the UK by directly
applying the percentages used by the
U.S. Trade Representative to allocate the
overall TRQs under those notes.
Entities that currently hold EU–27
historical licenses for TRQs under
Additional U.S. Notes 6, 16, 17, and 18
that wish to retain their EU–27
historical licenses and/or obtain UK
historical licenses under these TRQs for
the 2022 TRQ year and that otherwise
qualify for carry over of such EU–27
historical licenses will be instructed to
apply to carry over the EU–27 historical
license and/or to obtain a UK historical
license. The quantities of the new EU–
27 license and/or UK license for the
2022 TRQ year that will be issued under
these TRQs will be determined by
allocating the original EU–27 license
quantity between the two new licenses
applying the same ratio that USTR used
to split the applicable overall TRQ. Any
discrepancies in quantities at the
individual license level are due to
rounding.
Notice of this action and specific
instructions on how to apply for the
2022 TRQ year for EU–27 and UK
historical licenses under these TRQs are
being provided to all current holders of
EU–27 historical licenses for TRQs
under Additional U.S. Notes 6, 16, 17,
and 18. The notice and instructions are
also posted on USDA Foreign
Agricultural Service’s Dairy Import
Licensing Program’s website at: https://
www.fas.usda.gov/programs/dairyimport-licensing-program and also in
the Community Notices section of the
Agricultural Trade License
Administration System (ATLAS).
Finally, with regard to Additional
U.S. Note 16, Cheese and Substitutes for
Cheese, the quantity in Appendix 1 for
EU–27 historical licenses includes an
additional 21,768 kg and the quantity
for EU–27 lottery licenses in Appendix
2 includes a reduction of 21,768 kg.
This corrects a clerical error in the
previously published quantities for
Appendices 1 and 2. The correction
does not change the overall quantity
allotted to the EU–27 or the UK under
Additional U.S. Note 16.
Lori Tortora,
Licensing Authority.
ARTICLES SUBJECT TO DAIRY IMPORT LICENSES (KILOGRAMS) 1
Historical
licenses
(Appendix 1) 2
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NON-CHEESE ARTICLES, Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14 (Appendix 1 reduction):
BUTTER (NOTE 6, Commodity Code G) (¥19,466 kg) ..
EU–27 5 ......................................................................
The United Kingdom ..................................................
New Zealand ..............................................................
Other Countries ..........................................................
Any Country (¥19,466 kg) ........................................
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7, Commodity Code K) .........
Australia .....................................................................
Canada .......................................................................
Any Country ...............................................................
DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8, Commodity Code H) ....
New Zealand ..............................................................
Any Country ...............................................................
DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12, Commodity Code M) ......................................................
Canada .......................................................................
New Zealand ..............................................................
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL
(NOTE 14, Commodity Code SU) .................................
Any Country ...............................................................
TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES (¥19,466
kg) ...................................................................
CHEESE ARTICLES (Notes 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 25) (Appendix 1 reduction):
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE
16, Commodity Code OT (¥648,520 kg) .....................
Argentina ....................................................................
Australia (¥522,506 kg) ............................................
Canada (¥54,507 kg) ...............................................
Costa Rica .................................................................
EU–27 (not including Portugal) (¥34,573 kg) ..........
Portugal ......................................................................
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Sum of
Appendix 1 &
24
Lottery licenses
(Appendix 2) 3
Designated
licenses
(Tokyo
round,
Appendix 3) 4
Designated
licenses
(Uruguay
round,
Appendix 4) 4
Total 4
4,205,995
53,445
9,154
76,503
35,382
4,031,511
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2,771,005
28,654
4,908
74,090
38,553
2,624,800
5,261,000
600,076
219,565
4,441,359
3,321,300
3,175
3,318,125
6,977,000
82,099
14,062
150,593
73,935
6,656,311
5,261,000
600,076
219,565
4,441,359
3,321,300
3,175
3,318,125
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
6,977,000
82,099
14,062
........................
........................
........................
5,261,000
........................
........................
........................
3,321,300
........................
........................
0
0
0
224,981
161,161
63,820
224,981
161,161
63,820
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
224,981
........................
........................
0
0
6,080,500
6,080,500
6,080,500
6,080,500
........................
........................
........................
........................
6,080,500
........................
4,205,995
17,658,786
21,864,781
........................
........................
21,864,781
............................
............................
........................
........................
........................
........................
17,021,404
0
13,122
895,655
0
12,769,952
65,838
14,448,327
7,690
528,048
245,345
0
8,505,615
63,471
31,469,731
7,690
541,170
1,141,000
0
21,275,567
129,309
9,661,128
92,310
758,830
........................
........................
835,707
223,691
7,496,000
........................
1,750,000
........................
1,550,000
3,168,576
........................
48,626,859
100,000
3,050,000
1,141,000
1,550,000
25,279,850
353,000
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ARTICLES SUBJECT TO DAIRY IMPORT LICENSES (KILOGRAMS) 1—Continued
Historical
licenses
(Appendix 1) 2
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The United Kingdom ..................................................
Israel ..........................................................................
Iceland ........................................................................
New Zealand (¥18,155 kg) .......................................
Norway .......................................................................
Switzerland .................................................................
Uruguay ......................................................................
Other Countries (¥18,779) .......................................
Any Country ...............................................................
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17, Commodity Code B)
(¥2,300 kg) ...................................................................
Argentina ....................................................................
EU–27 (¥2,300 kg) ...................................................
The United Kingdom ..................................................
Chile ...........................................................................
Other Countries ..........................................................
CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18, Commodity Code C)
(¥9,324 kg) ...................................................................
Australia .....................................................................
Chile ...........................................................................
EU–27 ........................................................................
The United Kingdom ..................................................
New Zealand ..............................................................
Other Countries (¥9,324 kg) ....................................
Any Country ...............................................................
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19, Commodity
Code A) (¥4,536 kg) ....................................................
Australia .....................................................................
EU–27 (¥4,536 kg) ...................................................
New Zealand ..............................................................
Other Countries or Areas 6 ........................................
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20, Commodity
Code D) (¥10,902 kg) ..................................................
Argentina ....................................................................
EU–27 (¥10,902 kg) .................................................
Norway .......................................................................
Other Countries or Areas 6 ........................................
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21, Commodity Code
D) (¥232,929 kg) ..........................................................
Argentina (¥157,571 kg) ...........................................
EU–27 (¥75,358 kg) .................................................
Romania .....................................................................
Uruguay ......................................................................
Other Countries or Areas 6 ........................................
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE (NOTE 22 Commodity Code GR) ...........................................................
EU–27 ........................................................................
Switzerland .................................................................
Other Countries or Areas 6 ........................................
LOW FAT CHEESE (NOTE 23, Commodity Code LF) ....
EU–27 ........................................................................
Israel ..........................................................................
New Zealand ..............................................................
Other Countries or Areas 6 ........................................
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25, Commodity Code SW)
(¥108,457 kg) ...............................................................
Argentina ....................................................................
Australia .....................................................................
Canada .......................................................................
EU–27 (¥108,457 kg) ...............................................
Iceland ........................................................................
Israel ..........................................................................
Norway .......................................................................
Switzerland .................................................................
Other Countries or Areas 6 ........................................
Sum of
Appendix 1 &
24
Lottery licenses
(Appendix 2) 3
Designated
licenses
(Tokyo
round,
Appendix 3) 4
Designated
licenses
(Uruguay
round,
Appendix 4) 4
Total 4
1,118,071
79,696
29,054
1,332,845
122,860
512,184
0
82,127
0
744,709
0
264,946
3,482,627
27,140
159,228
0
119,508
300,000
1,862,780
79,696
294,000
4,815,472
150,000
671,412
0
201,635
300,000
73,170
593,304
29,000
6,506,528
........................
548,588
........................
........................
........................
277,424
........................
........................
........................
........................
500,000
250,000
........................
........................
2,213,374
673,000
323,000
11,322,000
150,000
1,720,000
250,000
201,635
300,000
1,930,826
2,000
1,912,724
16,102
0
0
550,175
0
545,581
4,593
0
1
2,481,001
2,000
2,458,305
20,695
0
1
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
430,000
........................
347,078
2,922
80,000
........................
2,911,001
2,000
2,805,383
23,617
80,000
1
2,286,995
881,894
............................
16,645
35,759
1,265,070
87,627
............................
1,996,861
102,605
0
66,892
143,704
1,531,398
52,262
100,000
4,283,856
984,499
0
83,537
179,463
2,796,468
139,889
100,000
519,033
215,501
........................
........................
........................
303,532
........................
........................
7,620,000
1,250,000
220,000
333,515
716,485
5,100,000
........................
........................
12,422,889
2,450,000
220,000
417,052
895,948
8,200,000
139,889
100,000
1,146,898
753,578
131,539
158,725
103,056
2,018,655
127,420
222,461
1,603,274
65,500
3,165,553
880,998
354,000
1,761,999
168,556
357,003
119,002
........................
238,001
........................
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
3,522,556
1,000,000
354,000
2,000,000
168,556
4,270,567
105,418
4,049,341
111,046
4,762
1,335,835
19,582
1,239,659
55,954
20,640
5,606,402
125,000
5,289,000
167,000
25,402
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
1,210,000
110,000
1,100,000
........................
........................
6,816,402
235,000
6,389,000
167,000
25,402
5,867,429
3,530,236
2,337,193
0
0
0
1,653,118
595,247
1,044,807
0
0
13,064
7,520,547
4,125,483
3,382,000
0
0
13,064
795,517
367,517
........................
........................
428,000
........................
5,165,000
1,890,000
2,025,000
500,000
750,000
........................
13,481,064
6,383,000
5,407,000
500,000
1,178,000
13,064
4,228,895
2,979,351
1,216,046
33,498
1,173,766
1,173,766
0
0
0
2,422,419
2,172,643
203,441
46,335
3,251,142
3,251,141
0
0
1
6,651,314
5,151,994
1,419,487
79,833
4,424,908
4,424,907
0
0
1
823,519
393,006
430,513
........................
1,050,000
........................
50,000
1,000,000
........................
380,000
380,000
........................
........................
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
7,854,833
5,925,000
1,850,000
79,833
5,474,908
4,424,907
50,000
1,000,000
1
12,983,391
0
209,698
0
9,653,742
0
27,000
2,285,329
759,369
48,253
9,313,940
9,115
0
0
6,823,086
149,999
0
1,369,981
924,736
37,023
22,297,331
9,115
209,698
0
16,476,828
149,999
27,000
3,655,310
1,684,105
85,276
9,557,945
70,885
290,302
70,000
4,003,172
150,001
........................
3,227,690
1,745,895
........................
2,620,000
........................
........................
........................
2,420,000
........................
........................
........................
200,000
........................
34,475,276
80,000
500,000
70,000
22,900,000
300,000
27,000
6,883,000
3,630,000
85,276
TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES .............................
50,910,171
36,990,472
87,900,643
22,764,145
24,921,000
135,585,788
TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE ...........
55,116,166
54,649,258
109,765,424
22,764,145
24,921,000
157,450,569
1 Source
of the total TRQs is the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Chapter 4, in the corresponding Additional U.S. Notes.
2 Reduced from 2020 by total of ¥1,036,434 KG.
3 Increased from 2020 by total of 1,036,434 KG.
4 No change.
5 The list of countries in Additional U.S. Note 2 to Chapter 4 now includes ‘‘Croatia’’ and omits ‘‘the United Kingdom.’’
6 For Additional U.S. Notes 19 to 23 and 25, the UK will be eligible to export under the in-quota quantities allocated to ‘‘other countries or areas.’’
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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
SUMMARY:
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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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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 168 (Thursday, September 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49289-49292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Adjustment of Appendices Under the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import
Licensing Regulation
AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the transfer of amounts for certain
dairy articles from the historical license category (Appendix 1) to the
lottery (nonhistorical) license category (Appendix 2) pursuant to the
Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing regulations for the 2021 quota
year. In addition, adjustments have been made to the Appendices to
reflect changes to United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) country
allocations for certain tariff rate quotas (TRQs) and other changes to
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) made by the
U.S. Trade Representative in response to the withdrawal of the UK from
the EU and the accession of Croatia to the EU, which will go into
effect for the 2022 quota year. Appendices 1 and 2 for the EU-27 for
Additional U.S. Note 16 to Chapter 4 have also been adjusted to account
for a clerical error in last year's Appendices 1 and 2 published
amounts. This correction does not increase the overall quantity
allotted to the EU-27 and the UK.
DATES: September 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720-9439;
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a
delegation of authority from the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs, administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import
Licensing regulation codified at 7 CFR 6.20 through 6.36 that provides
for the issuance of licenses to import certain dairy articles under
TRQs as set forth in the HTSUS. These dairy articles may only be
entered into the United States at the low-tier tariff 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 Imports
Program, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
issues these licenses and, in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, monitors their use.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states that whenever a historical
license (Appendix 1) is permanently surrendered, revoked by the
Licensing Authority, or not issued to an applicant pursuant to the
provisions of Sec. 6.23, then the amount of such license will be
transferred to Appendix 2. Section 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative
annual transfers will be published by notice in the Federal Register.
Accordingly, this document sets forth the revised Appendices in the
table below. The quantities for designated licenses (Appendix 3 and
Appendix 4) are also included in the table below for completeness.
In addition, the Appendices have been revised to reflect modified
EU and UK country allocations under certain TRQs in Chapter 4 of the
HTSUS made by the U.S. Trade Representative in response to the
withdrawal of the UK from the EU and to acknowledge the accession of
Croatia to the EU. On July 6, 2021, the U.S. Trade Representative
announced, inter alia, that: (1) The TRQs allocated to the EU under
Additional U.S. Notes 6, 16, 17, and 18 to Chapter 4 will be allocated
between the EU and the UK according to the average percentage of in-
quota imports for the 2013-2015 period; and (2) the UK would have
access to a specific in-quota quantity under these notes. Specifically,
the U.S. Trade Representative announced that, effective with respect to
articles entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after January 1, 2022:
1. Additional U.S. Note 2 to Chapter 4 of the HTSUS is modified by:
(a) Inserting ``Croatia,'' into the list of countries in alphabetical
order; and (b) deleting ``the Slovak Republic, Sweden or the United
Kingdom'' and inserting ``the Slovak Republic or Sweden'' in lieu
thereof.
2. With respect to the published in-quota quantity of 96,161
kilograms allocated to the EU 27 for the TRQ in Additional U.S. Note 6
to Chapter 4 of the HTSUS, the UK shall have access to a quantity of
not less than 14,062 kilograms and the EU 27 shall have access to a
quantity of not less than 82,099 kilograms.
3. Additional U.S. Note 16 to Chapter 4 of the HTSUS is modified
by: (a) Inserting ``United Kingdom'' into the list of countries in
alphabetical order; (b) inserting a quota quantity of ``2,213,374'' in
the Quantity (kg) column for the United Kingdom; (c) deleting the
quantity ``27,846,224'' in the Quantity (kg) column for the EU27; and
(d)
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``25,632,850'' in the Quantity (kg) column for the EU27 in lieu
thereof.
4. Additional U.S. Note 17 to Chapter 4 of the HTSUS is modified
by: (a) Inserting ``United Kingdom'' into the list of countries in
alphabetical order; (b) inserting a quota quantity of ``23,617''' in
the Quantity (kg) column for the United Kingdom; (c) deleting the
quantity ``2,829,000'' in the Quantity (kg) column for the EU27; and
(d) inserting ``2,805,383'' in the Quantity (kg) column for the EU27 in
lieu thereof.
5. Additional U.S. Note 18 to Chapter 4 of the HTSUS is modified
by: (a) Inserting ``United Kingdom'' into the list of countries in
alphabetical order; (b) inserting a quota quantity of ``895,948'' in
the Quantity (kg) column for the United Kingdom; (c) deleting the
quantity ``1,31,000'' in the Quantity (kg) column for the EU27; and (d)
inserting ``417,052'' in the Quantity (kg) column for the EU27 in lieu
thereof.
For U.S. TRQs under Additional U.S. Notes 19 to 23 and 25 to
Chapter 4, the UK otherwise will be eligible to export under the in-
quota quantities allocated to ``other countries or areas.'' See
Modification of U.S. Tariff-Rate Quotas and the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (86 FR 35560 (July 6, 2021)).
Accordingly, the Licensing Authority has divided the amounts allocated
to the EU under Additional U.S. Notes 6, 16, 17, and 18 in Appendices
1, 2, 3 and 4, as applicable, between the EU and the UK by directly
applying the percentages used by the U.S. Trade Representative to
allocate the overall TRQs under those notes.
Entities that currently hold EU-27 historical licenses for TRQs
under Additional U.S. Notes 6, 16, 17, and 18 that wish to retain their
EU-27 historical licenses and/or obtain UK historical licenses under
these TRQs for the 2022 TRQ year and that otherwise qualify for carry
over of such EU-27 historical licenses will be instructed to apply to
carry over the EU-27 historical license and/or to obtain a UK
historical license. The quantities of the new EU-27 license and/or UK
license for the 2022 TRQ year that will be issued under these TRQs will
be determined by allocating the original EU-27 license quantity between
the two new licenses applying the same ratio that USTR used to split
the applicable overall TRQ. Any discrepancies in quantities at the
individual license level are due to rounding.
Notice of this action and specific instructions on how to apply for
the 2022 TRQ year for EU-27 and UK historical licenses under these TRQs
are being provided to all current holders of EU-27 historical licenses
for TRQs under Additional U.S. Notes 6, 16, 17, and 18. The notice and
instructions are also posted on USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's
Dairy Import Licensing Program's website at: https://www.fas.usda.gov/programs/dairy-import-licensing-program and also in the Community
Notices section of the Agricultural Trade License Administration System
(ATLAS).
Finally, with regard to Additional U.S. Note 16, Cheese and
Substitutes for Cheese, the quantity in Appendix 1 for EU-27 historical
licenses includes an additional 21,768 kg and the quantity for EU-27
lottery licenses in Appendix 2 includes a reduction of 21,768 kg. This
corrects a clerical error in the previously published quantities for
Appendices 1 and 2. The correction does not change the overall quantity
allotted to the EU-27 or the UK under Additional U.S. Note 16.
Lori Tortora,
Licensing Authority.
Articles Subject to Dairy Import Licenses (Kilograms) \1\
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Designated
Designated licenses
Historical Lottery licenses Sum of licenses (Uruguay
licenses (Appendix 2) \3\ Appendix 1 & 2 (Tokyo round, round, Total \4\
(Appendix 1) \2\ \4\ Appendix 3) Appendix 4)
\4\ \4\
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NON-CHEESE ARTICLES, Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14 (Appendix
1 reduction):
BUTTER (NOTE 6, Commodity Code G) (-19,466 kg)...... 4,205,995 2,771,005 6,977,000 .............. .............. 6,977,000
EU-27 \5\....................................... 53,445 28,654 82,099 .............. .............. 82,099
The United Kingdom.............................. 9,154 4,908 14,062 .............. .............. 14,062
New Zealand..................................... 76,503 74,090 150,593 .............. .............. ..............
Other Countries................................. 35,382 38,553 73,935 .............. .............. ..............
Any Country (-19,466 kg)........................ 4,031,511 2,624,800 6,656,311 .............. .............. ..............
DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7, Commodity Code K).......... 0 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, Commodity Code H)......... 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, Commodity Code 0 224,981 224,981 .............. .............. 224,981
M).............................................
Canada.......................................... 0 161,161 161,161 .............. .............. ..............
New Zealand..................................... 0 63,820 63,820 .............. .............. ..............
BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT OF 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 .............. .............. 6,080,500
BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14, Commodity
Code SU)...........................................
Any Country..................................... 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 .............. .............. ..............
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TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES (-19,466 kg)..... 4,205,995 17,658,786 21,864,781 .............. .............. 21,864,781
CHEESE ARTICLES (Notes 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, ................ ................ .............. .............. .............. ..............
23, 25) (Appendix 1 reduction):
CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 16, 17,021,404 14,448,327 31,469,731 9,661,128 7,496,000 48,626,859
Commodity Code OT (-648,520 kg)....................
Argentina....................................... 0 7,690 7,690 92,310 .............. 100,000
Australia (-522,506 kg)......................... 13,122 528,048 541,170 758,830 1,750,000 3,050,000
Canada (-54,507 kg)............................. 895,655 245,345 1,141,000 .............. .............. 1,141,000
Costa Rica...................................... 0 0 0 .............. 1,550,000 1,550,000
EU-27 (not including Portugal) (-34,573 kg)..... 12,769,952 8,505,615 21,275,567 835,707 3,168,576 25,279,850
Portugal........................................ 65,838 63,471 129,309 223,691 .............. 353,000
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The United Kingdom.............................. 1,118,071 744,709 1,862,780 73,170 277,424 2,213,374
Israel.......................................... 79,696 0 79,696 593,304 .............. 673,000
Iceland......................................... 29,054 264,946 294,000 29,000 .............. 323,000
New Zealand (-18,155 kg)........................ 1,332,845 3,482,627 4,815,472 6,506,528 .............. 11,322,000
Norway.......................................... 122,860 27,140 150,000 .............. .............. 150,000
Switzerland..................................... 512,184 159,228 671,412 548,588 500,000 1,720,000
Uruguay......................................... 0 0 0 .............. 250,000 250,000
Other Countries (-18,779)....................... 82,127 119,508 201,635 .............. .............. 201,635
Any Country..................................... 0 300,000 300,000 .............. .............. 300,000
BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17, Commodity Code B) (-2,300 1,930,826 550,175 2,481,001 .............. 430,000 2,911,001
kg)................................................
Argentina....................................... 2,000 0 2,000 .............. .............. 2,000
EU-27 (-2,300 kg)............................... 1,912,724 545,581 2,458,305 .............. 347,078 2,805,383
The United Kingdom.............................. 16,102 4,593 20,695 .............. 2,922 23,617
Chile........................................... 0 0 0 .............. 80,000 80,000
Other Countries................................. 0 1 1 .............. .............. 1
CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18, Commodity Code C) (-9,324 2,286,995 1,996,861 4,283,856 519,033 7,620,000 12,422,889
kg)................................................
Australia....................................... 881,894 102,605 984,499 215,501 1,250,000 2,450,000
Chile........................................... ................ 0 0 .............. 220,000 220,000
EU-27........................................... 16,645 66,892 83,537 .............. 333,515 417,052
The United Kingdom.............................. 35,759 143,704 179,463 .............. 716,485 895,948
New Zealand..................................... 1,265,070 1,531,398 2,796,468 303,532 5,100,000 8,200,000
Other Countries (-9,324 kg)..................... 87,627 52,262 139,889 .............. .............. 139,889
Any Country..................................... ................ 100,000 100,000 .............. .............. 100,000
AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19, Commodity Code A) (- 1,146,898 2,018,655 3,165,553 357,003 0 3,522,556
4,536 kg)..........................................
Australia....................................... 753,578 127,420 880,998 119,002 .............. 1,000,000
EU-27 (-4,536 kg)............................... 131,539 222,461 354,000 .............. .............. 354,000
New Zealand..................................... 158,725 1,603,274 1,761,999 238,001 .............. 2,000,000
Other Countries or Areas \6\.................... 103,056 65,500 168,556 .............. .............. 168,556
EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20, Commodity Code D) (- 4,270,567 1,335,835 5,606,402 0 1,210,000 6,816,402
10,902 kg).........................................
Argentina....................................... 105,418 19,582 125,000 .............. 110,000 235,000
EU-27 (-10,902 kg).............................. 4,049,341 1,239,659 5,289,000 .............. 1,100,000 6,389,000
Norway.......................................... 111,046 55,954 167,000 .............. .............. 167,000
Other Countries or Areas \6\.................... 4,762 20,640 25,402 .............. .............. 25,402
ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21, Commodity Code D) (- 5,867,429 1,653,118 7,520,547 795,517 5,165,000 13,481,064
232,929 kg)........................................
Argentina (-157,571 kg)......................... 3,530,236 595,247 4,125,483 367,517 1,890,000 6,383,000
EU-27 (-75,358 kg).............................. 2,337,193 1,044,807 3,382,000 .............. 2,025,000 5,407,000
Romania......................................... 0 0 0 .............. 500,000 500,000
Uruguay......................................... 0 0 0 428,000 750,000 1,178,000
Other Countries or Areas \6\.................... 0 13,064 13,064 .............. .............. 13,064
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE (NOTE 22 Commodity Code 4,228,895 2,422,419 6,651,314 823,519 380,000 7,854,833
GR)................................................
EU-27........................................... 2,979,351 2,172,643 5,151,994 393,006 380,000 5,925,000
Switzerland..................................... 1,216,046 203,441 1,419,487 430,513 .............. 1,850,000
Other Countries or Areas \6\.................... 33,498 46,335 79,833 .............. .............. 79,833
LOW FAT CHEESE (NOTE 23, Commodity Code LF)......... 1,173,766 3,251,142 4,424,908 1,050,000 0 5,474,908
EU-27........................................... 1,173,766 3,251,141 4,424,907 .............. .............. 4,424,907
Israel.......................................... 0 0 0 50,000 .............. 50,000
New Zealand..................................... 0 0 0 1,000,000 .............. 1,000,000
Other Countries or Areas \6\.................... 0 1 1 .............. .............. 1
SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 12,983,391 9,313,940 22,297,331 9,557,945 2,620,000 34,475,276
25, Commodity Code SW) (-108,457 kg)...............
Argentina....................................... 0 9,115 9,115 70,885 .............. 80,000
Australia....................................... 209,698 0 209,698 290,302 .............. 500,000
Canada.......................................... 0 0 0 70,000 .............. 70,000
EU-27 (-108,457 kg)............................. 9,653,742 6,823,086 16,476,828 4,003,172 2,420,000 22,900,000
Iceland......................................... 0 149,999 149,999 150,001 .............. 300,000
Israel.......................................... 27,000 0 27,000 .............. .............. 27,000
Norway.......................................... 2,285,329 1,369,981 3,655,310 3,227,690 .............. 6,883,000
Switzerland..................................... 759,369 924,736 1,684,105 1,745,895 200,000 3,630,000
Other Countries or Areas \6\.................... 48,253 37,023 85,276 .............. .............. 85,276
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TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES...................... 50,910,171 36,990,472 87,900,643 22,764,145 24,921,000 135,585,788
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TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE.............. 55,116,166 54,649,258 109,765,424 22,764,145 24,921,000 157,450,569
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\1\ Source of the total TRQs is the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Chapter 4, in the corresponding Additional U.S. Notes.
\2\ Reduced from 2020 by total of -1,036,434 KG.
\3\ Increased from 2020 by total of 1,036,434 KG.
\4\ No change.
\5\ The list of countries in Additional U.S. Note 2 to Chapter 4 now includes ``Croatia'' and omits ``the United Kingdom.''
\6\ For Additional U.S. Notes 19 to 23 and 25, the UK will be eligible to export under the in-quota quantities allocated to ``other countries or
areas.''
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