[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 166 (Monday, August 29, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-21264]


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[Federal Register: August 29, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service

 

Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of the fee for dairy import licenses for the 1995 quota 
year.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the fee to be charged for the 1995 
quota 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 quotas proclaimed under the authority of 
section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as amended, will 
be $89.00 per license.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1955.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard P. Warsack, Dairy Import Quota Manager, Import Policies and 
Programs Division, Room 5531-South Building, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250-1000 or telephone at (202) 720-
2916.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations promulgated by the Department of 
Agriculture and codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.34 provide for the issuance of 
licenses to importers of certain dairy articles which are subject to 
quotas proclaimed by the President pursuant to section 22 of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as amended (7 U.S.C. 624). Those 
dairy articles may only be entered into the United States 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 such licenses and 
the regulations.
    The licenses are issued on a calendar year basis, and each license 
authorizes the license holder to import a specified quantity and type 
of dairy articles from a specified country. The use of licenses by the 
license holder to import dairy articles is monitored by the Dairy 
Import Quota Manager, Import Licensing Group, Import Policies and 
Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (the ``Licensing Authority'') and the U.S. Customs Service.
    Regulations at 7 CFR 6.33(a) provide that a fee will be charged for 
each license issued to a person or firm by the Licensing Authority in 
order to reimburse the Department of Agriculture for the costs of 
administering the licensing system under this regulation. The fee is to 
be based on the total cost to the Department of Agriculture of 
administering the licensing system during the calendar year preceding 
the year for which the fee is to be charged, divided by the average 
number of licenses issued per year for the three years preceding the 
year for which the fee is to be assessed.
    Regulations at 7 CFR 6.33(b) provide 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 1995 calendar year.

Notice

    The total cost to the Department of Agriculture of administering 
the licensing system during 1994 has been determined to be $322,681. Of 
this amount, $150,181 represents the cost of the staff and supervisory 
hours devoted directly to administering the licensing system during 
1994 (total personnel costs for the Import Licensing Group of the 
Foreign Agricultural Service equaled $114,653; a proportionate share of 
the supervisory costs devoted directly to administering the licensing 
system equaled $35,528); $87,250 represents the total computer costs to 
monitor and issue import licenses during 1994; and $85,250 represents 
other miscellaneous costs, including travel, postage, publications, 
forms, and an ADP system contractor.
    The average number of licenses issued per year for the three years 
immediately preceding 1995 has been determined to be 3,625. 
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that the fee for each license 
issued to a person or firm for the 1995 calendar year, in accordance 
with the regulations codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.34, will be $89.00 per 
license.

    Issued at Washington, D.C. the 4th day of August, 1994.
Richard P. Warsack,
Licensing Authority.
[FR Doc. 94-21264 Filed 8-26-94; 8:45 am]
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