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Notices Federal Register

39347

Vol. 65, No. 123

Monday, June 26, 2000

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

FOUNDATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

PLACE: ADF Headquarters.

DATE: Tuesday, 27 June 2000.

STATUS: Open.

Agenda

1:00 p.m. Chairman’s Report

1:30 p.m. President’s Report

2:30 p.m. New Business

3:00 p.m. Adjournment

If you have any questions or

comments, please direct them to Dick

Day, Coordinator, Office of Policy,

Planning and Outreach, who can be

reached at (202) 673–3916.

William R. Ford,

President.

[FR Doc. 00–16201 Filed 6–22–00; 2:17 pm]

BILLING CODE 6116–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

U.S. Warehouse Act Fees

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice publishes a

schedule increasing the annual

operational fee warehouse operators are

charged under the United States

Warehouse Act (USWA). This action is

needed to increase the amount of

revenue generated to recover

operational costs projected for

operations under the USWA in fiscal

year 2001. This notice does not change

any of the other various license or

inspection fees charged under the

USWA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Mikkelsen, Deputy Director,

Warehouse and Inventory Division,

Farm Service Agency, United States

Department of Agriculture, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW, STOP 0553,

Washington, DC 20250–0553, telephone

(202) 720–2121 FAX: (202) 690–3123, EMail: Steve_Mikkelsen@wdc.fsa.

usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Secretary has the authority to

license public warehouses and assess

warehouse operators fees under the

United States Warehouse Act (USWA)

(7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.). Warehouse

operators licensed under the USWA

understand that fees will be imposed to

cover the costs of the program.

Specifically, section 10 of the USWA (7

U.S.C 249) mandates the imposition of

fees for USWA licensed warehouses.

The USWA provides for licensing

warehouses, for examining licensed

warehouses, and for the collection of

fees to sustain the USWA warehouse

licensing and examination programs. In

keeping with that responsibility the

Department of Agriculture’s Farm

Service Agency (FSA) is raising USWA

annual operational fees charged to

licensed warehouses in order to assure

the recovery of operational costs

projected for USWA activities in fiscal

year 2001. The fiscal year 2001 fee

adjustment reflects a 2.0 percent

increase in the annual fees. No increase

is being made in other license or

inspection fees charged under the

USWA.

USWA fees vary by the type of storage

warehouse and were last amended

effective October 1, 1999, (64 FR 34765,

June 29, 1999). None of last year’s

increases for any particular type of

warehouse exceeded 2.0 percent and

varied based on FSA’s direct costs with

respect to warehouse examinations for

that type of warehouse. The regulations

issued under the USWA, codified at 7

CFR parts 735 through 743, provide that

fees charged warehouse operators under

the USWA could be adjusted annually.

The schedule below sets out all of the

relevant fees and charges for licensing

and examination and reflects the

increased annual fees noted above.

USWA Schedule for License, Inspection

and Annual Operational Fees to be Paid

by Warehouse Operators:

Warehouse and Service License Fees

The fee for original issuance,

reissuance, or duplication of a license

for cotton, grain, tobacco, wool, dry

beans, nut, syrup, and cottonseed is $80

for each license issued.

The fee charged to license individuals

to inspect, sample, grade, classify, or

weigh commodities is $35 for each

service license issued.

Warehouse Annual and Inspection Fees

These fees are shown in the following

tables by agricultural product.

Inspection fees are assessed for each

original examination or inspection, or

reexamination or reinspection for

modification of an existing license.

Annual fees are assessed independently

of inspection fees and of the license fees

set forth in the preceding paragraph.

COTTON

[In bales]

Licensed

capacity

Annual

fee for

each

warehouse location

with a

CCC storage

agreement

Annual

fee for

each

warehouse location

without a

CCC storage

agreement

1–20,000 ................... $560 $1,115

20,001–40,000 .......... 730 1,460

40,001–60,000 .......... 895 1,790

60,001–80,000 .......... 1,125 2,245

80,001–100,000 ........ 1,400 2,800

100,001–120,000 ...... 1,680 3,355

120,001–140,000 ...... 1,955 3,915

140,001–160,000 ...... 2,240 4,475

160,001+ ................... * 2,240 ** 4,475

* Plus $60 per 5,000 bale capacity above

160,000 bales or fraction thereof.

** Plus $110 per 5,000 bale capacity above

160,000 bales or fraction thereof.

Inspection fees will be charged at the rate of

$80 for each 1,000 bales of licensed capacity,

or fraction thereof, but in no case less than

$160 nor more than $1,600.

39348 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 123 / Monday, June 26, 2000 / Notices

1The Act expired on August 20, 1994. Executive

Order 12924 (3 CFR 1994 Comp. 917 (1995)),

extended by Presidential Notices of August 15, 1995

(3 CFR 1995 Comp. 501 (1996)), August 14, 1996

(3 CFR 1996 Comp. 298 (1997)), August 13, 1997

(3 CFR 1997 Comp. 306 (1998)), August 13, 1998

(3 CFR 1998 Comp. 294 (1999)) and August 10,

1999 (3 CFR 1999 Comp. 302 (2000)), continued the

Export Administration Regulations in effect under

the International Emergency Economic Powers Act

(50 U.S.C.A 1701–1706 (1991 & Supp. 2000)).

2Pursuant to appropriate delegations of authority

that are reflected in the Regulations, the Director,

Office of Exporter Services, in consultation with the

Director, Office of Export Enforcement, exercises

the authority granted to the Secretary by Section

11(h) of the Act.

GRAIN

[In bushels]

Licensed

capacity

Annual

fee for

each

warehouse location

with a

CCC storage

agreement

Annual

fee for

each

warehouse location

without a

CCC storage

agreement

1–150,000 ................. $145 $290

150,001–250,000 ...... 295 585

250,001–500,000 ...... 435 865

500,001–750,000 ...... 590 1,175

750,001–1,000,000 ... 730 1,460

1,000,001–1,200,000 875 1,750

1,200,001–l,500,000 1,020 2,035

1,500,001–2,000,000 1,165 2,325

2,000,001–2,500,000 1,310 2,620

2,500,001–5,000,000 1,450 2,900

5,000,001–7,500,000 1,605 3,205

7,500,001–

10,000,000 ............ 1,750 3,500

10,000,001+ .............. * 1,750 ** 3,500

* Plus $50 per million bushels above

10,000,000 or fraction thereof.

** Plus $90 per million bushels above

10,000,000 or fraction thereof.

Inspection fees will be charged at the rate of

$16 for each 10,000 bushels of licensed capacity, or fraction thereof, but in no case less

than $160 nor more than $1,600.

DRY BEANS

[In hundredweight]

Licensed capacity Annual fee

100–90,000 ............................... $800

90,001–150,000 ........................ 1,115

150,001–300,000 ...................... 1,445

300,001–450,000 ...................... 1,765

450,001–600,000 ...................... 2,080

600,001–720,000 ...................... 2,395

720,001–900,000 ...................... 2,725

900,001–1,200,000 ................... 3,045

1,200,001–1,500,000 ................ 3,355

1,500,001–3,000,000 ................ 3,675

3,000,001+ ................................ 4,000

Inspection fees will be charged at the

rate of $16 for each 1,000

hundredweight of licensed capacity, or

fraction thereof, but in no case less than

$160 nor more than $1,600.

Tobacco and Wool

Annual fee: $16 for each 100,000

pounds of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $645.

Inspection fee: $16 for each 100,000

pounds of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $160

nor more than $1,600.

Nuts

Annual fee: $14 for each 100 short

tons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $645.

Inspection fee: $8 for each 100 short

tons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, of peanuts and $14 for each

1,000 hundredweight, or fraction

thereof, of other nuts, but in no case less

than $160 nor more than $1,600.

Syrup

Annual fee: $6 for each 5,000 gallons

of licensed capacity, or fraction thereof,

but in no case less than $645.

Inspection fee: $6 for each 5,000

gallons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $160

nor more than $1,600.

Cottonseed

Annual fee: $16 for each 1,000 short

tons of licensed capacity, or fraction

thereof, but in no case less than $645.

Inspection fee: $16 for each 1,000

short tons of licensed capacity, or

fraction thereof, but in no case less than

$160 nor more than $1,600.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on June 19,

2000.

George Arredondo,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 00–16060 Filed 6–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Action Affecting Export Privileges;

David Sheldon Boone

Order Denying Export Privileges

In the Matter of David Sheldon Boone

currently incarcerated at: FCI Manchester,

#43671–083, P.O. Box 3000, Manchester,

Kentucky 40962.

On February 26, 1999, David Sheldon

Boone (Boone) was convicted in the

United States District Court for the

Eastern District of Virginia on one count

of violating Section 794(a) and (c) of the

Espionage Act (18 U.S.C.A. 792–799)

(1976 & Supp. 2000)). Boone was

convicted of unlawfully and knowingly

combining, conspiring, confederating

and agreeing with other persons, both

known and unknown, including officers

of the Komitet Gosudarstvennoy

Bezopasnosty (KGB), to knowingly and

unlawfully communicate, deliver, and

transmit, and attempt to communicate,

deliver and transmit, to representatives

and agents of a foreign government,

specifically the U.S.S.R. and the Russian

Federation, directly and indirectly,

documents and information relating to

the national defense of the United

States, with the intent and reason to

believe that the same would be used to

the injury of the United States and to

the advantage of the U.S.S.R. and the

Russian Federation.

Section 11(H) of the Export

Administration Act of 1979, as amended

(currently codified at 50 U.S.C.A. app.

sections 2401–2420 (1991 & Supp.

2000)) (the Act),1 provides that, at the

discretion of the Secretary of

Commerce,2 no person convicted of

violating Section 794 of the Espionage

Act, or certain other provisions of the

United States Code, shall be eligible to

apply for or use any export license

issued pursuant to, or provided by, the

Act or the Export Administration

Regulations (currently codified at 15

CFR Parts 730–774 (1999), as amended

(65 FR 14862, March 20, 2000)) (the

Regulations), for a period of up to 10

years from the date of the conviction. In

addition, any license issued pursuant to

the Act in which such a person had any

interest at the time of conviction may be

revoked.

Pursuant to Sections 766.25 and

750.8(a) of the Regulations, upon

notification that a person has been

convicted of violating Section 794 of the

Espionage Act, the Director, Office of

Exporter Services, in consultation with

the Director, Office of Export

Enforcement, shall determine whether

to deny that person’s export privileges

for a period of up to 10 years form the

date of conviction and shall also

determine whether to revoke any license

previously issued to such a person.

Having received notice of Boonee’s

conviction for violating Section 794(a)

and (c) of the Espionage Act, and after

providing notice and an opportunity for

Boone to make a written submission to

the Bureau of Export Administration

before issuing an Order denying his

export privileges, as provided in Section

766.25 of the Regulations, I, following

consultations with the Director, Office

of Export Enforcement, have decided to

deny Boone’s export privileges for a

period of 10 years from the date of his

conviction. The 10-year period ends on

February 26, 2009. I have also decided

to revoke all licenses issued pursuant to