[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 50, Volume 1] [Revised as of October 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 50CFR14.94] [Page 64-66] TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PART 14--IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION, AND TRANSPORTATION OF WILDLIFE--Table of Contents Subpart I--Import/Export Licenses Sec. 14.94 What fees apply to me? (a) License and inspection fees. We will impose a yearly fee for a license pursuant to Sec. 14.93. In addition, you must pay an inspection fee for each wildlife shipment imported into or exported from the United States at a designated port. If you import into or export from the United States wildlife shipments meeting the criteria outlined in paragraph (e) of this section, you are exempt from the designated port inspection fee, or nondesignated port administrative fee and hourly minimums, whichever apply. However, you must pay applicable overtime fees and permit fees. (b) Designated port overtime fees. The Service may charge importers or exporters of wildlife, regardless of being licensed as a commercial importer or exporter, a fee for overtime for inspections that begin before normal working hours, that extend beyond normal working hours, or are on a holiday, Saturday, or Sunday if the importer/exporter requested that the inspection be performed outside normal work hours. Overtime fees consist of an increased hourly rate equal to 1\1/2\ times the average hourly rate of a journeyman level wildlife inspector. Overtime fees will be in addition to inspection fees imposed for license holders at designated ports. If an importer/exporter presents a shipment for inspection during normal work hours but the Service cannot perform the inspection during normal work hours on that day, the service will give the importer/exporter the option of performing the inspection later during normal work hours or charging for overtime. The Service's ability to perform inspections during overtime hours will depend on the availability of Service personnel. The Service will use the following parameters when calculating the overtime fee: (1) Inspection overtime commences when a Service officer departs that officer's residence or official duty station enroute to the inspection site or at the end of normal work hours. Inspection [[Page 65]] overtime terminates when the officer returns to the point of departure or official duty station or when the inspection is completed, whichever occurs later. (2) For an inspection at a designated port beginning less than 1 hour before normal work hours, the Service will charge 1 hour of time, at an hourly rate of 1\1/2\ times the average hourly rate of a journeyman level Wildlife Inspector. For all other overtime inspections at a designated port the Service will charge a minimum of 2 hours of time, at an hourly rate of 1\1/2\ times the average hourly rate of a journeyman level Wildlife Inspector, except that for all inspections performed on a federal holiday the Service will charge a minimum of 2 hours at twice the average hourly rate of a journeyman level Wildlife Inspector. (3) The Service will charge any inspection time in excess of the 2- hour minimum in quarter hour increments at the same hourly rate as the first 2 hours. The Service will round up inspection time of 10 minutes or more to the next quarter hour and will disregard any time less than 10 minutes. (4) The fee schedule will apply to all inspections regardless of importer/exporter of record, except, that the Service will charge multiple shipments consigned to the same importer/exporter and inspected at one location one 2-hour minimum or actual time, whichever is greater. (c) Nondesignated port fees. The Service will charge permittees issued permits under subpart C of this part, and licensed commercial importers and exporters a fee for inspections at nondesignated ports. The fees consist of a flat administrative fee plus a minimum of two hours of time at staffed nondesignated ports. The Service will use the following parameters when calculating fees: (1) During normal working hours the Service will charge permittees issued permits under subpart C of this part, regardless of being licensed as a commercial importer or exporter, an administrative fee plus a minimum of 2 hours of time at the average hourly rate of a journeyman level wildlife inspector. The Service will charge permittees requesting clearance outside normal working hours, including Saturday and Sunday, an administrative fee plus a minimum of 2 hours of time at 1\1/2\ times the average hourly rate of a journeyman level wildlife inspector, except that for all inspections performed on a federal holiday the Service will charge a minimum of 2 hours at twice the average hourly rate of a journeyman level wildlife inspector. (2) The Service will charge any inspection time in excess of the 2- hour minimum in quarter hour increments at the same hourly rate as the first 2 hours. The Service will round up inspection time of 10 minutes or more to the next quarter hour and will disregard any time less than 10 minutes. (3) The Service will not charge importers or exporters who are not required to have a permit under subpart C of this part, except that the Service will charge licensed importers or exporters an administrative fee only during normal working hours, and overtime hourly rates and minimums will apply outside normal working hours. (4) For inspections performed under a permit issued under subpart C of this part at nondesignated ports with no permanent Service law enforcement staff, the Service will charge all costs associated with inspection and clearance, including, salary, travel and transportation costs, and per diem. (d) Schedule. General Fees ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Import/Export license fee....... $50 per year. Inspection fee................... $55 per shipment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inspection Fee Schedule ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Designated ports: Licensees: Inspections during normal $55 Inspection fee. work hours. Inspections beginning less than 1 $55 Inspection fee plus $30. hour before normal work hours. [[Page 66]] Inspections beginning more than 1 $55 Inspection fee plus 2 hour hour before normal work hours. minimum at $30/hr. Inspections after normal work $55 Inspection fee plus 2 hour hours (including Saturdays and minimum at $30/hr. Sundays). Inspections on federal holidays.. $55 Inspection fee plus 2 hour minimum at $40/hr. Designated ports: Nonlicensees: Inspection during normal work No charge. hours. Inspections beginning outside 2 hour minimum at $30/hr. normal work hours. Staffed nondesignated ports: Subpart C permit holders, regardless of license status: Inspections during normal $55 Administrative fee plus 2 hour work hours. minimum at $20/hr. Inspections beginning outside $55 Administrative fee plus 2 hour normal work hours (including minimum at $30/hr. Saturdays and Sundays). Inspections on federal $55 Administrative fee plus 2 hour holidays. minimum at $40/hr. Nonstaffed nondesignated $55 Administrative fee plus all costs ports:. associated with inspection and clearance. Staffed nondesignated ports: No subpart C permit required (Border/Special Ports): Import/export license holders $55 Administrative fee. All others................... No charge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) The Service will not refund any fee or any portion of any license or inspection fee or excuse payment of any fee because importation or clearance of wildlife shipment is refused for any reason. (2) [Reserved] (e) Your wildlife shipments meeting all of the following criteria are exempt from the designated port inspection fee or nondesignated port administrative fee and hourly minimums: (1) The wildlife you are shipping does not require permits under parts 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, or 23 of this subchapter; (2) You are importing or exporting wildlife between the United States and Canada or Mexico; (3) The wildlife you are shipping consists of raw fur, raw, salted, or crusted hides or skins, or separate parts thereof, lawfully taken from the wild in the United States, Canada, or Mexico; (4) You, as the importer or exporter of record, or a member of your immediate family (your spouse, parents, siblings, and children), took the wildlife from the wild; (5) You are licensed in accordance with Sec. 14.91; (6) You have not previously bought or sold the wildlife or any part thereof being shipped; (7) Your shipment does not exceed 100 raw furs, raw, salted, or crusted hides or skins, or separate parts thereof; (8) Your shipment does not contain any manufactured products or live animals. (9) You certify that your shipment meets the criteria in this paragraph. [61 FR 31871, June 21, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 23025, Apr. 29, 1999]