[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR868.91]

[Page 643-644]
 
                          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 Workday       Nonregular workday
                             Service 1                                (Monday-Saturday)       (Sunday-holiday)
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Contract (per hour per Service representative)....................                $44.60                 $61.80
Noncontract (per hour per Service representative).................                 54.30                  75.00
Export Port Services (per hundredweight) 2........................                   .054                   .054 
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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)..          $34.80          $30.00          $21.50
Factor analysis for any single factor (per factor):
    (a) Milling yield (per sample)..............................           27.00           27.00  ..............
    (b) All other factors (per factor)..........................           12.90           12.90           12.90
Total oil and free fatty acid...................................  ..............           42.60           42.60
Interpretive line samples:2
    (a) Milling degree (per set)................................  ..............  ..............           91.00
    (b) Parboiled light (per sample)............................  ..............  ..............           22.60
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 N. Ambassador Drive, 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,
  D.C. 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.


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[66 FR 17778, Apr. 4, 2001]