[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 51459]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-20983]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

7 CFR Part 782


Suspension of End-Use Certificate Program Requirements

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule suspends indefinitely the Farm Service Agency 
(FSA) regulation requiring end-use certificates and tracking of wheat 
produced in Canada that enters the United States. This action is being 
taken in response to the discontinuation of Canada's end-use 
certificate program. As a result of these changes, importers and end-
users of Canadian produced wheat are no longer required to provide FSA 
end-use certificates or consumption and resale reports on wheat 
produced in Canada.

DATES: Effective August 31, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Linden, Farm Service Agency, 
Commodity Operations Division, telephone (202) 690-4321, or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 321(f) of the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act requires the Secretary of 
Agriculture to:
    (1) Establish end-use certificates for imports of wheat and barley 
from a foreign country that requires end-use certificates for imports 
of U.S. produced wheat or barley; and
    (2) Suspend end-use certificate requirements if the foreign 
countries that have similar requirements terminate such requirements. 
Canada was the only country requiring end-use certificates, and wheat 
was the only commodity subject to end-use certificate requirements.
    FSA regulations regarding the U.S. end-use certificate program were 
implemented in 7 CFR part 782, End Use Certificate Program. These 
regulations provide, in part, that the provisions of the regulations 
will be suspended 30 calendar days following the date Canada eliminates 
its end-use certificate requirement.
    Canada announced that effective August 1, 2012, it will no longer 
require end-use certificates on U.S. produced wheat entering Canada. 
Therefore, by the statutory and regulatory authorities mentioned above, 
effective August 31, 2012, FSA is suspending the End-Use Certificate 
filing requirements in 7 CFR part 782. Accordingly, beginning August 
31, 2012, importers and end-users of Canadian wheat will no longer be 
required to file either the End-Use Certificate for Wheat (FSA-750) or 
the End-Use Certificate Program Canadian Wheat Consumption and Resale 
Report (FSA-751).

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 782

    Administrative practice and procedure, Barley, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Wheat.

PART 782--[SUSPENDED]

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Accordingly, under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 6932, 15 U.S.C. 714b and 
714c and 19 U.S.C. 3391, the Farm Security administration suspends 
indefinitely 7 CFR part 782.

    Signed on August 3, 2012.
Juan M. Garcia,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2012-20983 Filed 8-23-12; 8:45 am]
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