[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7, Parts 700 to 899]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR868.91]

[Page 639-640]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER VIII--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARD ADMINISTRATION 
      (FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 868--GENERAL REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart A--Regulations
 
Sec. 868.91  Fees for certain Federal rice inspection services.

    The fees shown in Tables 1 and 2 apply to Federal rice inspection 
services.

                Table 1.--Hourly Rates/Unit Rate Per CWT
               [Fees for Federal Rice Inspection Services]
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                                              Regular       Nonregular
                                              workday         workday
               Service \1\                   (Monday-        (Sunday-
                                             Saturday)       Holiday)
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Contract (per hour per Service                   $42.80          $59.60
 representative)........................
Noncontract (per hour per Service                 52.40           72.40
 representative)........................
Export Port Services (per hundredweight)            .052            .052 
 \2\....................................
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\1\ Original and appeal inspection services include: Sampling, grading,
  weighing, and other services requested by the applicant when performed
  at the applicant's facility.
\2\ Services performed at export port locations on lots at rest.


                                              Table 2.--Unit Rates

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                                                                                  Brown rice for
                        Service \1,\ \3\                            Rough rice      processing      Milled rice
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Inspection for quality (per lot, sublot, or sample inspection)..          $34.50          $29.80          $21.20
Factor analysis for any single factor (per factor):
    (a) Milling yield (per sample)..............................           26.75           26.75              --
    (b) All other factors (per factor)..........................           12.70           12.70           12.70

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Total oil and free fatty acid...................................              --           42.00           42.00
Interpretive line samples: \2\
    (a) Milling degree (per set)................................              --              --           89.20
    (b) Parboiled light (per sample)............................              --              --           22.35
Extra copies of certificates (per copy).........................            3.00            3.00           3.00
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\1\ Fees apply to determinations (original or appeals) for kind, class, grade, factor analysis, equal to type,
  milling yield, or any other quality designation as defined in the U.S. Standards for Rice or applicable
  instructions, whether performed singly or in combination at other than at the applicant's facility.
\2\ Interpretive line samples may be purchased from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, GIPSA, FGIS, Technical
  Services Division, 10383 North Executive Hills Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64153-1394. Interpretive line
  samples also are available for examination at selected FGIS field offices. A list of field offices may be
  obtained from the Director, Field Management Division, USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, STOP
  3630, Washington, DC 20250-3630. The interpretive line samples illustrate the lower limit for milling degrees
  only and the color limit for the factor ``Parboiled Light'' rice.
\3\ Fees for other services not referenced in table 2 will be based on the noncontract hourly rate listed in
  Sec.  868.90, table 1.

[65 FR 16788, Mar. 30, 2000]