[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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