[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR400.29]

[Page 72]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
      CHAPTER IV--FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 400_REGULATIONS OF THE FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart C_Establishment and Modification of Zone Projects
 
Sec.  400.29  Application fees.

    (a) In general. This section sets forth a uniform system of charges 
in the form of fees to recover some costs incurred by the Foreign-Trade 
Zones staff of the Department of Commerce in processing the applications 
listed in paragraph (b) of this section. The legal authority for the 
fees is 31 U.S.C. 9701, which provides for the collection of user fees 
by agencies of the Federal Government.
    (b) Uniform system of user fee charges. The following graduated fee 
schedule establishes fees for certain types of applications and requests 
for authority based on their average processing time. Applications 
combining requests for more than one type of approval are subject to the 
fee for each category.

(1) Additional general-purpose zones (Sec.   400.24; Sec.         $3,200
 400.21(a)(2)).................................................
(2) Special-purpose subzones (Sec.   400.25):
  (i) Non-manufacturing/processing or less than three products.    4,000
  (ii) Manufacturing/processing--three or more products........    6,500
(3) Expansions (Sec.   400.26(b))..............................    1,600


    (c) Applications submitted to the Board shall include a check drawn 
on a national or state bank or trust company of the United States or 
Puerto Rico in the amount called for in paragraph (b) of this section. 
Uncertified checks must be acceptable for deposit by a Federal Reserve 
bank or branch.
    (d) Applicants shall make their checks payable to the U.S. 
Department of Commerce ITA. The checks will be deposited by ITA into the 
Treasury receipts account. If applications are found deficient under 
Sec.  400.27(b)(1), or withdrawn by applicants prior to formal filing, 
refunds will be made.