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3 83 FR 29742–29743. 

(either a finding of no significant impact 

(FONSI) or a notice of intent to prepare 

an environmental impact statement). If 

a FONSI is reached, APHIS furnishes a 

response to the petitioner, either 

approving or denying the petition. 

APHIS also publishes a notice in the 

Federal Register announcing the 

regulatory status of the GE organism and 

the availability of APHIS’ final EA, 

PPRA, FONSI, and our regulatory 

determination. 

APHIS sought public comment on a 

draft EA and a draft PPRA from June 26, 

2018, to July 26, 2018.3 APHIS solicited 

comments on the draft EA, the draft 

PPRA, and whether the subject canola is 

likely to pose a plant pest risk. APHIS 

received two comments on the petition, 

both of which supported a decision of 

nonregulated status for event B0050– 

027 canola. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

After reviewing and evaluating the 

comments received during the comment 

period on the draft EA and draft PPRA 

and other information, APHIS has 

prepared a final EA. The EA has been 

prepared to provide the public with 

documentation of APHIS’ review and 

analysis of any potential environmental 

impacts associated with the 

determination of nonregulated status of 

canola designated as event B0050–027. 

The EA was prepared in accordance 

with: (1) NEPA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). Based on our EA, the response to 

public comments, and other pertinent 

scientific data, APHIS has reached a 

FONSI with regard to the preferred 

alternative identified in the EA (to make 

a determination of nonregulated status 

of canola designated as event B0050– 

027). 

Determination 

Based on APHIS’ analysis of field and 

laboratory data submitted by Nuseed, 

references provided in the petition, 

peer-reviewed publications, information 

analyzed in the EA, the PPRA, 

comments provided by the public, and 

information provided in APHIS’ 

response to those public comments, 

APHIS has determined that canola 

designated as event B0050–027 is 

unlikely to pose a plant pest risk and 

therefore is no longer subject to our 

regulations governing the introduction 

of certain GE organisms. 

Copies of the signed determination 

document, PPRA, final EA, FONSI, and 

response to comments, as well as the 

previously published petition and 

supporting documents, are available as 

indicated in the ADDRESSES and FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT sections 

of this notice. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of 

August 2018. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Adjustment of Appendices Under the 

Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 

Licensing Regulation for the 2018 

Tariff-Rate Quota Year 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

document ‘‘Articles Subject to: 

Appendix 1, Historical Licenses; 

Appendix 2 Non-historical Licenses; 

and Appendix 3 and 4, Designated 

Importers Licenses for Quota Year 

2018.’’ The quantities in Appendices 1 

and 2 have been revised under the Dairy 

Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing 

Regulation for the 2018 quota year to 

reflect 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. 

DATES: August 27, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy 

Import Licensing Program, Import 

Policies and Export Reporting Division, 

Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Stop 1021, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–1021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720–9439, 

Abdelsalam.El-Farra@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Foreign Agricultural Service, under a 

delegation of authority from the Under 

Secretary for Trade and Foreign 

Agricultural Affairs, administers the 

Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota 

Licensing Regulation codified at 7 CFR 

6.20–6.36 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 (HTS) 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 dairy article from 

a specified country of origin. The Import 

Policies and Export Reporting Division, 

Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, issues these 

licenses and, in conjunction with 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 by 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Accordingly, this document sets forth 

the revised Appendices 1 and 2 for the 

2018 tariff-rate quota year below. 

Issued at Washington, DC, the 6th day of 

July 2018. 

Ronald Lord, 

Licensing Authority. 


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ARTICLES SUBJECT TO: APPENDIX 1, HISTORICAL LICENSES; APPENDIX 2 NON-HISTORICAL LICENSES; AND APPENDIX 3 

AND 4, DESIGNATED IMPORTERS LICENSES FOR QUOTA YEAR 2018 

[Quantities in kilograms] 

Non-cheese articles Appendix 1 Appendix 2 

Sum of 

Appendix 

1&2 

Appendix 3 

Tokyo Round 

Appendix 4 

Uruguay 

Round 

Grand total 

BUTTER (NOTE 6) ................................................................... 4,303,234 2,673,766 6,977,000 ........................ ........................ 6,977,000 

EU–27 ................................................................................ 62,599 33,562 96,161 ........................ ........................ ........................

New Zealand ...................................................................... 76,503 74,090 150,593 ........................ ........................ ........................

Other Countries .................................................................. 37,155 36,780 73,935 ........................ ........................ ........................

Any Country ....................................................................... 4,126,977 2,529,334 6,656,311 ........................ ........................ ........................

DRIED SKIM MILK (NOTE 7) ................................................... 0 5,261,000 5,261,000 ........................ ........................ 5,261,000 

Australia ............................................................................. 0 600,076 600,076 ........................ ........................ ........................

Canada ............................................................................... 0 219,565 219,565 ........................ ........................ ........................

Any Country ....................................................................... 0 4,441,359 4,441,359 ........................ ........................ ........................

DRIED WHOLE MILK (NOTE 8) .............................................. 0 3,321,300 3,321,300 ........................ ........................ 3,321,300 

New Zealand ...................................................................... 0 3,175 3,175 ........................ ........................ ........................

Any Country ....................................................................... 0 3,318,125 3,318,125 ........................ ........................ ........................

DRIED BUTTERMILK/WHEY (NOTE 12) ................................. 0 224,981 224,981 ........................ ........................ 224,981 

Canada ............................................................................... 0 161,161 161,161 ........................ ........................ ........................

New Zealand ...................................................................... 0 63,820 63,820 ........................ ........................ ........................

BUTTER SUBSTITUTES CONTAINING OVER 45 PERCENT 

OF BUTTERFAT AND/OR BUTTER OIL (NOTE 14) ........... 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 ........................ ........................ 6,080,500 

Any Country ....................................................................... 0 6,080,500 6,080,500 ........................ ........................ ........................

TOTAL: NON-CHEESE ARTICLES ........................... 4,303,234 17,561,547 21,864,781 ........................ ........................ 21,864,781 

CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 16) ..... 17,681,563 13,788,168 31,469,731 9,661,128 7,496,000 48,626,859 

Argentina ............................................................................ 0 7,690 7,690 92,310 ........................ 100,000 

Australia ............................................................................. 535,628 5,542 541,170 758,830 1,750,000 3,050,000 

Canada ............................................................................... 950,162 190,838 1,141,000 ........................ ........................ 1,141,000 

Costa Rica ......................................................................... 0 0 0 ........................ 1,550,000 1,550,000 

EU–27 ................................................................................ 13,934,235 9,333,421 23,267,656 1,132,568 3,446,000 27,846,224 

Of which Portugal is ........................................................... 65,838 63,471 129,309 223,691 ........................ 353,000 

Israel .................................................................................. 79,696 0 79,696 593,304 ........................ 673,000 

Iceland ................................................................................ 29,054 264,946 294,000 29,000 ........................ 323,000 

New Zealand ...................................................................... 1,351,000 3,464,472 4,815,472 6,506,528 ........................ 11,322,000 

Norway ............................................................................... 122,860 27,140 150,000 ........................ ........................ 150,000 

Switzerland ......................................................................... 512,184 159,228 671,412 548,588 500,000 1,720,000 

Uruguay .............................................................................. 0 0 0 ........................ 250,000 250,000 

Other Countries .................................................................. 100,906 100,729 201,635 ........................ ........................ 201,635 

Any Country ....................................................................... 0 300,000 300,000 ........................ ........................ 300,000 

BLUE-MOLD CHEESE (NOTE 17) ........................................... 1,933,126 547,875 2,481,001 ........................ 430,000 2,911,001 

Argentina ............................................................................ 2,000 0 2,000 ........................ ........................ 2,000 

EU–27 ................................................................................ 1,931,126 547,874 2,479,000 ........................ 350,000 2,829,000 

Chile ................................................................................... 0 0 0 ........................ 80,000 80,000 

Other Countries .................................................................. 0 1 1 ........................ ........................ 1 

CHEDDAR CHEESE (NOTE 18) .............................................. 2,305,671 1,978,185 4,283,856 519,033 7,620,000 12,422,889 

Australia ............................................................................. 891,246 93,253 984,499 215,501 1,250,000 2,450,000 

Chile ................................................................................... 0 0 0 ........................ 220,000 220,000 

EU–27 ................................................................................ 52,404 210,596 263,000 ........................ 1,050,000 1,313,000 

New Zealand ...................................................................... 1,265,070 1,531,398 2,796,468 303,532 5,100,000 8,200,000 

Other Countries .................................................................. 96,951 42,938 139,889 ........................ ........................ 139,889 

Any Country ....................................................................... 0 100,000 100,000 ........................ ........................ 100,000 

AMERICAN-TYPE CHEESE (NOTE 19) .................................. 1,182,569 1,982,984 3,165,553 357,003 0 3,522,556 

Australia ............................................................................. 761,890 119,108 880,998 119,002 ........................ 1,000,000 

EU–27 ................................................................................ 136,075 217,925 354,000 ........................ ........................ 354,000 

New Zealand ...................................................................... 176,865 1,585,134 1,761,999 238,001 ........................ 2,000,000 

Other Countries .................................................................. 107,739 60,817 168,556 ........................ ........................ 168,556 

EDAM AND GOUDA CHEESE (NOTE 20) .............................. 4,286,917 1,319,485 5,606,402 0 1,210,000 6,816,402 

Argentina ............................................................................ 105,418 19,582 125,000 ........................ 110,000 235,000 

EU–27 ................................................................................ 4,065,691 1,223,309 5,289,000 ........................ 1,100,000 6,389,000 

Norway ............................................................................... 111,046 55,954 167,000 ........................ ........................ 167,000 

Other Countries .................................................................. 4,762 20,640 25,402 ........................ ........................ 25,402 

ITALIAN-TYPE CHEESES (NOTE 21) ..................................... 6,107,184 1,413,363 7,520,547 795,517 5,165,000 13,481,064 

Argentina ............................................................................ 3,692,345 433,138 4,125,483 367,517 1,890,000 6,383,000 

EU–27 ................................................................................ 2,414,839 967,161 3,382,000 ........................ 2,025,000 5,407,000 

Romania ............................................................................. 0 0 0 ........................ 500,000 500,000 

Uruguay .............................................................................. 0 0 0 428,000 750,000 1,178,000 

Other Countries .................................................................. 0 13,064 13,064 ........................ ........................ 13,064 

SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE (NOTE 22) ................. 4,238,006 2,413,308 6,651,314 823,519 380,000 7,854,833 

EU–27 ................................................................................ 2,983,722 2,168,272 5,151,994 393,006 380,000 5,925,000 

Switzerland ......................................................................... 1,220,786 198,701 1,419,487 430,513 ........................ 1,850,000 

Other Countries .................................................................. 33,498 46,335 79,833 ........................ ........................ 79,833 

CHEESE AND SUBSTITUTES FOR CHEESE (NOTE 23) ..... 1,173,766 3,251,142 4,424,908 1,050,000 0 5,474,908 

EU–27 ................................................................................ 1,173,766 3,251,141 4,424,907 ........................ ........................ 4,424,907 

Israel .................................................................................. 0 0 0 50,000 ........................ 50,000 

New Zealand ...................................................................... 0 0 0 1,000,000 ........................ 1,000,000 

Other Countries .................................................................. 0 1 1 ........................ ........................ 1 

SWISS OR EMMENTHALER CHEESE WITH EYE FORMATION (NOTE 25) ................................................................... 13,104,939 9,192,392 22,297,331 9,557,945 2,620,000 34,475,276 

Argentina ............................................................................ 0 9,115 9,115 70,885 ........................ 80,000 

Australia ............................................................................. 209,698 0 209,698 290,302 ........................ 500,000 

Canada ............................................................................... 0 0 0 70,000 ........................ 70,000 


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ARTICLES SUBJECT TO: APPENDIX 1, HISTORICAL LICENSES; APPENDIX 2 NON-HISTORICAL LICENSES; AND APPENDIX 3 

AND 4, DESIGNATED IMPORTERS LICENSES FOR QUOTA YEAR 2018—Continued 

[Quantities in kilograms] 

Non-cheese articles Appendix 1 Appendix 2 

Sum of 

Appendix 

1&2 

Appendix 3 

Tokyo Round 

Appendix 4 

Uruguay 

Round 

Grand total 

EU–27 ................................................................................ 9,775,290 6,701,538 16,476,828 4,003,172 2,420,000 22,900,000 

Iceland ................................................................................ 0 149,999 149,999 150,001 ........................ 300,000 

Israel .................................................................................. 27,000 0 27,000 ........................ ........................ 27,000 

Norway ............................................................................... 2,285,329 1,369,981 3,655,310 3,227,690 ........................ 6,883,000 

Switzerland ......................................................................... 759,369 924,736 1,684,105 1,745,895 200,000 3,630,000 

Other Countries .................................................................. 48,253 37,023 85,276 ........................ ........................ 85,276 

TOTAL: CHEESE ARTICLES ..................................... 52,013,741 35,886,902 87,900,643 22,764,145 24,921,000 135,585,788 

TOTAL: CHEESE & NON-CHEESE ................... 56,316,975 53,448,449 109,765,424 22,764,145 24,921,000 157,450,569 

[FR Doc. 2018–18568 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import 

Licenses for the 2019 Tariff-Rate 

Import Quota Year 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of 

$300 to be charged for the 2019 tariffrate quota (TRQ) 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 tariff-rate quotas set 

forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

(HTS) of the United States. 

DATES: August 28, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy 

Import Licensing Program, Import 

Policies and Export Reporting Division, 

Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Stop 1021, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–1021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720–9439, 

Abdelsalam.El-Farra@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy 

Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing 

Regulation promulgated by the 

Department of Agriculture and codified 

at 7 CFR 6.20–6.36 provides for the 

issuance of licenses to import certain 

dairy articles that are subject to TRQs 

set forth in the HTS. Those dairy articles 

may only be entered into the United 

States at the in-quota TRQ tariff-rates 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 dairy article from 

a specified country of origin. The use of 

such licenses is monitored by the Dairy 

Import Licensing Program, Import 

Policies and Export Reporting Division, 

Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection, U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security. 

The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) 

provides that a fee will be charged for 

each license issued to a person or firm 

by the Licensing Authority in order to 

defray the Department of Agriculture’s 

costs of administering the licensing 

system under this regulation. 

The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also 

provides 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 2019 calendar year. 

Notice: The total cost to the 

Department of Agriculture of 

administering the licensing system for 

2019 has been estimated to be 

$749,300.00 and the estimated number 

of licenses expected to be issued is 

2,500. Of the total cost, $479,200.00 

represents staff and supervisory costs 

directly related to administering the 

licensing system, and $270,100.00 

represents other miscellaneous costs, 

including travel, postage, publications, 

forms, and Automatic Data Processing 

(ADP) system support. 

Accordingly, notice is hereby given 

that the fee for each license issued to a 

person or firm for the 2019 calendar 

year, in accordance with 7 CFR 6.33, 

will be $300 per license. 

Issued at Washington, DC, the 6th day of 

July 2018. 

Ronald Lord, 

Licensing Authority. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

Stakeholder Listening Opportunity for 

Priorities in Research, Education and 

Extension 

AGENCY: National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture (NIFA), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of listening sessions and 

stakeholder feedback opportunities. 

SUMMARY: USDA National Institute of 

Food and Agriculture announces its 

stakeholder listening initiative ‘‘NIFA 

Listens: Investing in Science to 

Transform Lives.’’ This stakeholder 

listening opportunity informs the 

research, extension and education 

priorities of NIFA, which has the 

mission of investing in and advancing 

agricultural research, education and 

extension to solve societal challenges. 

For the purpose of this opportunity, 

Agriculture is defined broadly and 

includes research, extension, and 

education in food, fiber, forestry, range, 

nutritional and social sciences, 

including food safety and positive youth 

development. NIFA’s investments in 

transformative science directly support 

the long-term prosperity and global preeminence of U.S. agriculture. This 

listening opportunity allows 

stakeholders to provide feedback on the 

following questions: ‘‘When considering 

all of agriculture, what is the greatest 

challenge that should be addressed 

through NIFA’s research, education, and 

extension?’’, ‘‘In your field, what is the 

most-needed breakthrough in science/ 

technology that would advance your 

agricultural enterprise?’’ and, ‘‘What is 

your top priority in food and 

agricultural research, extension, or 

education that NIFA should address?’’ 

This effort to obtain input regarding 

the challenges, needed breakthroughs, 

and priorities will be carried out 

through online and in-person 


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