[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17501-17505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8761]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

7 CFR Part 6


Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 
Licensing Regulation for the 1999 Tariff-Rate Quota Year

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the new levels of cumulative annual 
transfers from Appendix 1 to Appendix 2 for certain dairy product 
import licenses permanently surrendered by licensees or revoked by the 
Licensing Authority.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard P. Warsack, Dairy Import Quota 
Manager, Import Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1029, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20250-1029 or telephone at (202) 720-9439.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), 
under a delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture, 
administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Licensing Regulation codified 
at Secs. 6.20-6.36 that provides for the issuance of licenses to import 
certain dairy articles under tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) as set forth in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 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 Import 
Programs Group, Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign 
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these 
licenses and in conjunction with the U.S. Customs Service monitors 
their use.
    The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states: ``Whenever a historical 
license (Appendix 1) is not issued to an applicant pursuant to the 
provisions of Sec. 6.23, is permanently surrendered or is revoked by 
the Licensing Authority, the amount of such license will be transferred 
to Appendix 2.'' Section 6.34(b) provides that the cumulative annual 
transfers will be published in the Federal Register. Accordingly, this 
document sets out revised Appendices for the 1999 tariff-rate quota 
year.

Richard P. Warsack,
Licensing Authority.

List of subjects in 7 CFR part 6

    Agricultural commodities, Cheese, Dairy products, Imports, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
    Accordingly, 7 CFR part 6 is amended as follows:
    1. The authority citation for part 6, Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate 
Import Quota Licensing continues to read as follows:

    Authority: Additional U.S. Notes 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 16-23 and 25 
to Chapter 4 and General Note 15 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202), Pub. L. 97-258, 96 Stat. 
1051, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9701), and secs. 103 and 404, Pub. L. 
103-465, 108 Stat. 4819 (19 U.S.C. 3513 and 3601).

    2. Appendices 1, 2 and 3 to Subpart--Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 
Licensing are revised to read as follows:

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