[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 51459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20983]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
7 CFR Part 782
Suspension of End-Use Certificate Program Requirements
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule suspends indefinitely the Farm Service Agency
(FSA) regulation requiring end-use certificates and tracking of wheat
produced in Canada that enters the United States. This action is being
taken in response to the discontinuation of Canada's end-use
certificate program. As a result of these changes, importers and end-
users of Canadian produced wheat are no longer required to provide FSA
end-use certificates or consumption and resale reports on wheat
produced in Canada.
DATES: Effective August 31, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Linden, Farm Service Agency,
Commodity Operations Division, telephone (202) 690-4321, or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 321(f) of the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to:
(1) Establish end-use certificates for imports of wheat and barley
from a foreign country that requires end-use certificates for imports
of U.S. produced wheat or barley; and
(2) Suspend end-use certificate requirements if the foreign
countries that have similar requirements terminate such requirements.
Canada was the only country requiring end-use certificates, and wheat
was the only commodity subject to end-use certificate requirements.
FSA regulations regarding the U.S. end-use certificate program were
implemented in 7 CFR part 782, End Use Certificate Program. These
regulations provide, in part, that the provisions of the regulations
will be suspended 30 calendar days following the date Canada eliminates
its end-use certificate requirement.
Canada announced that effective August 1, 2012, it will no longer
require end-use certificates on U.S. produced wheat entering Canada.
Therefore, by the statutory and regulatory authorities mentioned above,
effective August 31, 2012, FSA is suspending the End-Use Certificate
filing requirements in 7 CFR part 782. Accordingly, beginning August
31, 2012, importers and end-users of Canadian wheat will no longer be
required to file either the End-Use Certificate for Wheat (FSA-750) or
the End-Use Certificate Program Canadian Wheat Consumption and Resale
Report (FSA-751).
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 782
Administrative practice and procedure, Barley, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Wheat.
PART 782--[SUSPENDED]
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Accordingly, under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 6932, 15 U.S.C. 714b and
714c and 19 U.S.C. 3391, the Farm Security administration suspends
indefinitely 7 CFR part 782.
Signed on August 3, 2012.
Juan M. Garcia,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2012-20983 Filed 8-23-12; 8:45 am]
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