[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR19.40]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 19--CUSTOMS WAREHOUSES, CONTAINER STATIONS AND CONTROL OF MERCHANDISE THEREIN--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 19.40  Establishment, relocation or alteration of container stations.

    (a) A container station, independent of the importing carrier, may 
be established at any port or portion of a port, or any other area under 
the jurisdiction of a port director upon the filing of an application 
therefore and its approval by the port director and the posting of a 
bond on Customs Form 301, containing the bond conditions set forth in 
Sec. 113.63 of this chapter in such amount as the port director shall 
require.
    (b) Alterations to or relocation of a container station may be made 
with the permission of the director of the port in which the facility is 
located, or if not within a port's limits, nearest to where the facility 
is located. An application to alter or relocate a container station 
shall be accompanied by the fee required by paragraph (c) of this 
section.
    (c)(1) Customs shall charge a fee to establish, relocate or alter a 
container station, and publish a general notice in the Federal Register 
and Customs Bulletin setting forth a fee schedule, to

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be revised periodically to reflect increased costs, to establish, 
relocate or alter the container station. The published revised fee 
schedule shall remain in effect until changed.
    (2) The fee, rounded off to the nearest dollar, shall be calculated 
in accordance with Sec. 24.17(d) of this chapter. The fee shall be based 
upon the amount of time the average service requires of the Customs 
officers performing the service.

[T.D. 72-68, 37 FR 4186, Feb. 29, 1972, as amended by T.D. 82-135, 47 FR 
32416, July 27, 1982; T.D. 83-56, 48 FR 9854, Mar. 9, 1983; T.D. 84-213, 
49 FR 41170, Oct. 19, 1984; T.D. 85-72, 50 FR 15885, Apr. 23, 1985; T.D. 
99-27, 64 FR 13675, Mar. 22, 1999]