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###### Department of Agriculture

###### Office of the Secretary

          - 7 CFR Part 6

# AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary, USDA.

# ACTION:

Final rule. 

# SUMMARY:

This document sets forth the revised appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2006 quota year reflecting the 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:

September 1, 2006.

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Bettyann Gonzales, Dairy Import Specialist, Import Policies and Programs Division, STOP 1021, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1021 or telephone at (202) 720-1344 or e-mail at                         *gonzalesb@fas.usda.gov.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Foreign Agricultural Service, under a delegation of authority from the Secretary of Agriculture, administers the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation codified at 7 CFR 6.20-6.37 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 article from a specified country of origin. The Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, issues these licenses and, in conjunction with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 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 § 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 forth the revised Appendices for the 2006 tariff-rate quota year.                

# List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 6

      - Agricultural commodities
      - Cheese
      - Dairy products
      - Imports
      - Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Issued at Washington, DC, the 9th day of August, 2006.

Ronald Lord,

Licensing Authority.

Accordingly, 7 CFR part 6 is amended as follows:

# PART 6—IMPORT QUOTAS AND FEES

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: 
      ( print page 51978)          ( print page 51979)          ( print page 51980)          ( print page 51981)    

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