[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 37 (Monday, February 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11894-11895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03695]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 21, 2017.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding (1) whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by March 
29, 2017 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: 
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Foreign Agricultural Service

    Title: Certificate for Quota Eligibility (CQE).
    OMB Control Number: 0551-0014.
    Summary of Collection: Imports of raw cane sugar are subject to a 
tariff-rate import quota (TRQ) that is allocated on a country-by-
country basis to foreign countries or areas. A U.S. certificate for 
quota eligibility (CQE) issued by USDA and authenticated by a 
certifying authority in the foreign country permits entry of raw cane 
sugar under the TRQ. U.S. Note 5 (a)(i) of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United State requires the Secretary to establish a TRQ 
for raw-cane sugar (entered under HTS 1701.12.10 and 1701.14.10) during 
each fiscal year with a minimum TRQ amount of 1,117,195 metric tons, 
raw value. In Addition 5 (b)(1) authorizes the U.S. Trade 
Representative to allocate the raw-cane sugar tariff-rate quota among 
supplying countries. CQEs are issued to the 40 countries that receive 
TRQ allocations to export sugar to the United State. The CQE is 
completed by the certifying authority in the foreign country that 
certifies that the sugar being exported to the United States was 
produced in the foreign country that has the TRQ allocation. The 
Foreign Agriculture will collect information using form FAS-961.
    Need and Use of the Information: FAS will collect the following 
information: (1) Country of origin or area of the eligible raw cane 
sugar; (2) quota period; (3) quantity of raw cane sugar to be exported; 
(4) details of the shipment (shipper, vessel, port of loading); and (5) 
additional details if available at the time of shipment (consignee, 
address of consignee, expected date of departure, expected date of 
arrival in the U.S., expected port of arrival). The information will 
help determine if the quantity to be imported is eligible to be entered 
under the TRQ. Without the CQEs, USDA/FAS and CBP could not

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administer the raw cane sugar TRQs authorized under U.S. law.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 519.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-03695 Filed 2-24-17; 8:45 am]
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