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§ 1106.7 [Suspended in part]

3. In § 1106.7(b)(1), beginning with

the words ‘‘of February through August’’

and continuing until the end of the

paragraph are suspended.

§ 1106.13 [Suspended in part]

4. In § 1106.13, paragraph (d)(1) in its

entirety is suspended.

Dated: June 28, 1996.

Michael V. Dunn,

Assistant Secretary, Marketing and

Regulatory Programs.

[FR Doc. 96–17198 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

7 CFR Part 1230

[Docket No. LS–96–001]

Pork Promotion, Research, and

Consumer Information Order—

Increase in Importer Assessments

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; Correction.

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing

Service is correcting a final rule

published on June 4, 1996, 61 FR 29002

concerning the Pork Promotion,

Research, and Consumer Information

Order (Order).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ralph L. Tapp, Chief, Marketing

Programs Branch, 202/720–1115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Pursuant to the Pork Promotion,

Research, and Consumer Information

Act (Act) of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 4801–4819)

and the Order (7 CFR Part 1230) issued

thereunder, the final rule increased the

amount of the assessment per pound

due on imported pork and pork

products to reflect an increase in the

1995 five-market average price for

domestic barrows and gilts. This action

brought the equivalent market value of

the live animals from which such

imported pork and pork products were

derived in line with the market values

of domestic porcine animals. These

changes will facilitate the continued

collection of assessments on imported

porcine animals, pork, and pork

products.

Need for Correction

The final rule as published contains

an error in the chart listing the cents per

kilogram assessments for each of the 33

HTS numbers in the table listing

assessments for imported pork and pork

products. The proposed rule published

in the March 22, 1996, Federal Register

(61 FR 11777) listed the cents per

kilogram assessments correctly.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, in FR Doc 96–13833,

published June 4, 1996, on page 28003,

in the second column, in § 1230.110,

paragraph (b) is corrected to read as

follows:

§ 1230.110 [Corrected]

* * * * *

(b) The following HTS categories of

imported pork and pork products are

subject to assessment at the rates

specified.

Pork and pork

products

Assessment

Cents/lb. Cents/kg.

0203.11.0000 .... .27 .595242

0203.12.1010 .... .27 .595242

0203.12.1020 .... .27 .595242

0203.12.9010 .... .27 .595242

0203.12.9020 .... .27 .595242

0203.19.2010 .... .31 .683426

0203.19.2090 .... .31 .683426

0203.19.4010 .... .27 .595242

0203.19.4090 .... .27 .595242

0203.21.0000 .... .27 .595242

0203.22.1000 .... .27 .595242

0203.22.9000 .... .27 .595242

0203.29.2000 .... .31 .683426

0203.29.4000 .... .27 .595242

0206.30.0000 .... .27 .595242

0206.41.0000 .... .27 .595242

0206.49.0000 .... .27 .595242

0210.11.0010 .... .27 .595242

0210.11.0020 .... .27 .595242

0210.12.0020 .... .27 .595242

0210.12.0040 .... .27 .595242

0210.19.0010 .... .31 .683426

0210.19.0090 .... .31 .683426

1601.00.2010 .... .37 .815702

1601.00.2090 .... .37 .815702

1602.41.2020 .... .41 .903886

1602.41.2040 .... .41 .903886

1602.41.9000 .... .27 .595242

1602.42.2020 .... .41 .903886

1602.42.2040 .... .41 .903886

1602.42.4000 .... .27 .595242

1602.49.2000 .... .37 .815702

1602.49.4000 .... .31 .683426

Dated: June 28, 1996.

Lon Hatamiya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–17199 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

8 CFR Part 103

[INS No. 1692–95]

RIN 1115–AD92

Fees Assessed for Defaulted Payments

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Justice.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This rule amends the

Immigration and Naturalization Service

(Service) regulations to increase the fee

imposed from $5.00 to $30.00 when a

check submitted to the Service in

payment of a fee is not honored by the

bank upon which it is drawn. The

purpose of this change is to enable the

Service to recoup the administrative

costs incurred in processing all returned

checks and other defaulted payments.

This action will result in the Service no

longer losing money as a result of bad

check activity.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 7, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Allen H. Sinsheimer, Systems

Accountant, Debt Collection and Cash

Management Branch, Office of Financial

Management, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, 425 I Street,

NW., Room 6034, Washington, DC

20536, telephone (202) 616–7715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Introduction

Changes in the current regulation are

needed to make the bad check charge

consistent with the actual costs incurred

by the Service in processing returned

checks and other defaulted payments.

The current bad check charge is $5.00.

The Service has studied the costs

incurred by several Administrative

Centers attributable to the return of a

bad check from a financial institution.

The Administrative Center, Dallas and

the Administrative Center, Twin Cities

were asked to identify each action that

must be undertaken and quantify the

time and costs involved in processing a

bad check. Meaningful and reliable

accumulations of the time and expense

involved in the average costs of

processing each bad check have been

gathered by these centers since they

process a substantial number of

financial transactions each year. For

example, three employees at the

Administrative Center, Dallas each

spend 38 hours each month processing

bad checks. Over 900 bad checks are

processed each year at the

Administrative Center, Dallas. Data from
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the processing of over 1,800 bad checks

were provided by the Administrative

Centers.

As a result of our study, we have

determined that the average cost to the

Service to process each bad check

received is $30.11. We have rounded off

the cost to $30.00.

The Service notes that the United

States Customs Service has recently

completed a review of the costs incurred

in processing bad checks and has also

concluded that a $30.00 fee for bad

checks is appropriate compensation for

the costs it incurs in processing bad

checks.

On September 28, 1995, at 60 FR

50145, the Immigration and

Naturalization Service published a

proposed rule with request for

comments in the Federal Register, to

allow the Service to recoup the

administrative costs incurred in

processing all returned checks and other

defaulted payments. Written comments

were requested by November 27, 1995.

The Service did not receive any

comments to the proposed rule and is

amending Section 103.7(a) to make the

bad check charge consistent with the

actual costs incurred by the Service in

processing returned checks and other

defaulted payments. Accordingly, the

bad check charge is being increased

from ‘‘$5.00’’ to ‘‘$30.00.’’

Regulatory Flexibility Act and

Executive Order 12866

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601,

et seq.), and for the reasons stated in the

preamble, it is certified that the rule

would not have a significant impact on

a substantial number of small entities.

Accordingly, this rule is not subject to

the regulatory analysis or other

requirements of 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604.

This rule will not result in a ‘‘significant

regulatory action’’ under Executive

Order 12866.

Executive Order 12612

The regulations adopted herein will

not have substantial direct effects on the

States, on the relationship between the

National Government and the States, or

on the distribution of power and

responsibilities among the various

levels of government. Therefore, in

accordance with Executive Order 12612,

it is determined that this rule does not

have sufficient federalism implication to

warrant the preparation of a Federal

Assessment.

List of Subjects in 8 CFR Part 103

Administrative practice and

procedure, Authority delegations

(Government agencies), Freedom of

information, Privacy, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, Surety

bonds.

Accordingly, part 103 of chapter I of

title 8 of the Code of Federal

Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 103—POWERS AND DUTIES OF

SERVICE OFFICERS; AVAILABILITY

OF SERVICE RECORDS

1. The authority citation for part 103

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552(a); 8 U.S.C.

1101, 1103, 1201, 1252 note, 1252(b), 1304,

1356; 31 U.S.C. 9701; E.0. 12356, 47 FR

14874, 15557;3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 166; 8

CFR part 2.

2. Section 103.7 is amended by:

a. Redesignating the text of paragraph

(a) following the heading as paragraph

(a)(1);

b. Removing in the sixth sentence of

newly designated paragraph (a)(1) the

term ‘‘$5’’ and adding in its place the

term ‘‘$30.00’’; and

c. Removing the seventh sentence of

newly designated paragraph (a)(1); and

d. Adding a new paragraph (a)(2), to

read as follows:

§ 103.7 Fees.

(a) * * * (1) * * *

(2) A charge of $30.00 will be

imposed if a check in payment of a fee,

fine, penalty, and/or any other matter is

not honored by the bank or financial

institution on which it is drawn. A

receipt issued by a Service officer for

any such remittance shall not be

binding upon the Service if the

remittance is found uncollectible.

Furthermore, credit for meeting legal

and statutory deadlines will not be

deemed to have been met if payment is

not made within 10 business days after

notification by the Service of the

dishonored check.

* * * * *

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Doris Meissner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

[FR Doc. 96–17156 Filed 7–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–10–M

8 CFR Part 217

[INS No. 1777–96]

RIN 1115–AB93

Adding Argentina to the List of

Countries Authorized to Participate in

the Visa Waiver Pilot Program

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Justice.

ACTION: Interim rule with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This rule amends the

Immigration and Naturalization Service

(‘‘Service’’) regulations by adding

Argentina to the list of countries

designated to participate in the Visa

Waiver Pilot Program (VWPP), thereby

permitting nationals of Argentina to

apply for admission to the United States

for ninety (90) days or less as

nonimmigrant visitors for business or

pleasure without first obtaining a

nonimmigrant visa. This action will

facilitate travel to the United States and

benefit United States businesses.

EFFECTIVE DATES: July 8, 1996. Written

comments must be submitted on or

before September 6, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written

comments, in triplicate, to the Director,

Policy Directives and Instructions

Branch, Immigration and Naturalization

Service, 425 I Street, NW., Room 5307,

Washington, DC 20536.

To ensure proper handling please

reference INS number 1777–96 on your

correspondence. Comments are

available for public inspection at the

above address by calling (202) 514–3048

to arrange for an appointment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tom Graber, Assistant Chief Inspector,

Inspections Division, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, 425 I Street NW.,

Room 7228, Washington, DC 20536,

Telephone number: (202) 616–7496.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

313 of the Immigration Reform and

Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), Public Law

99–603, added section 217 to the

Immigration and Nationality Act (Act),

8 U.S.C. 1187, which established the

VWPP. The VWPP waives the

nonimmigrant visa requirement for the

admission of certain aliens to the United

States for a period not to exceed ninety

(90) days. That original provision

authorized the participation of eight

countries in the Pilot Program.

Accordingly, the Service designated by

regulations published in the Federal

Register, the following eight (8)

countries to participate in the VWPP: