[Federal Register: October 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 198)]
[Notices]
[Page 58283-58284]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0113]
Fiscal Year 2008 Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection User Fees
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice pertains to user fees charged for agricultural
quarantine and inspection services provided in connection with certain
commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars,
commercial aircraft, and international airline passengers arriving at
ports in the customs territory of the United States. The purpose of
this notice is to remind the public of the user fees for fiscal year
2008 (October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning AQI program
operations, contact Mr. William E. Thomas, Director for Quarantine
Policy, Analysis and Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 60,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-5214. For information concerning
user fee rate development, contact Mrs. Kris Caraher, Section Head,
User Fees Section, Financial Services Branch, FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737-1232, (301) 734-5901.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: User fees to recover the costs of providing
inspections of certain commercial conveyances are found in 7 CFR part
354 (referred to below as the regulations). These user fees are
authorized by Section 2509(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation
and Trade Act of 1990, as amended (21 U.S.C. 136a), which authorizes
the collection of user fees for agricultural quarantine and inspection
(AQI) services.
In an interim rule published in the Federal Register on December 9,
2004 (69 FR 71660-71683, Docket No. 04-042-1), and effective January 1,
2005, we established, for fiscal years 2005 through 2010 and beyond,
user fees for many of the types of conveyances or persons to whom AQI
services are provided, i.e., commercial vessels (watercraft),
commercial trucks, loaded commercial railroad cars, commercial
aircraft, and international airline passengers. The regulations provide
specific information regarding the applicability of, and exceptions to,
AQI user fees. As specified in 7 CFR 354.3, the user fees for these AQI
services for fiscal year 2008 are as follows:
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Service Unit Amount
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Inspection of commercial Per arrival \1\........... $492.00
vessels of 100 net tons or
more (see 7 CFR 354.3(b).
Inspection of commercial Per arrival \2\........... 5.25
trucks (see 7 CFR 354.3(c)).
Inspection of commercial Per arrival \3\........... 7.75
railroad cars (see 7 CFR
354.3(d)).
Inspection of commercial Per arrival............... 70.50
aircraft (see 7 CFR
354.3(e)).
Inspection of international Per arrival............... 5.00
aircraft passengers (see 7
CFR 354.3(f)).
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\1\ Not to exceed 15 payments in a calendar year (i.e., no additional
fee will be charged for a 16th or subsequent arrival in a calendar
year).
\2\ A prepaid AQI permit valid for one calendar year may be obtained for
an amount 20 times the AQI user fee for each arrival ($105 from
October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008).
\3\ The AQI user fee may be prepaid for all arrivals of a commercial
railroad car during the calendar year for an amount 20 times the AQI
user fee for each arrival ($155 from October 1, 2007, through
September 30, 2008).
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Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of October 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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