[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR242.6]



[Page 343-344]

 

                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                 DEFENSE

 

PART 242_FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES 

FOR COST RECOVERY--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  242.6  Fee schedule.



    (a) General. The Fee Schedule described in this section will be used 

to recover the cost for Flood Plain Management Services requiring more 

than ten minutes and up to one work day to provide. The Fee Schedule has 

been designed to minimize administrative costs and to allow the 

flexibility needed to recover the approximate total



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costs for services provided to Federal agencies and private persons.

    (b) Level of effort. For establishing charges, services covered by 

the Fee Schedule have been divided into five levels as follows:

    (1) Level 1 includes the provision of basic information from readily 

available data that does not require technical evaluation or 

documentation and is transmitted by form letter to the customer.

    (2) Level 2 includes the provision of information from readily 

available data that requires minimal technical evaluation and is 

transmitted by form letter to the customer.

    (3) Level 3 includes the provision of information that requires some 

file search, a brief technical evaluation, and documentation of results 

by a form letter or brief composed letter to the customer.

    (4) Level 4 includes the provision of information and assistance 

that requires moderate file search, a brief technical evaluation, and 

documentation of results in a composed letter to the customer.

    (5) Level 5 includes the provision of information and assistance 

that requires significant file search or retrieval of archived data, a 

moderate technical evaluation, and documentation of results in a brief 

letter report to the customer.

    (c) Charge determination. The Fee Schedule will be used Corps-wide. 

As requests are received, the responding office will select the 

appropriate level on the Fee Schedule to determine the charge for 

providing the service.

    (d) Provision of services. The services will be provided on a first-

come, first-served basis after payment has been received.

    (e) Fees. The Fee Schedule, including a brief description of the 

services in each of the five levels and the related charges, is shown in 

Table 1 to this section. The fee for each level is based on a Corps-wide 

average of estimated current costs for providing that level of service.

    (f) Review and revision of fees. The fees shown in the Fee Schedule 

will be reviewed each fiscal year using the most current cost data 

available. If necessary, the Fee Schedule will be revised after public 

notice and comment.



 Table 1 to Sec.   242.6--Fee Schedule; Standard Corps-Wide Charges for

      FPMS Tasks Requiring More Than Ten Minutes and Up to One Day

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            Level                     Description of work           Fee

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1...........................  Basic information from readily         $25

                               available data that does not

                               require technical evaluation or

                               documentation and is transmitted

                               by form letter.

2...........................  Information from readily available      55

                               data that requires minimal

                               technical evaluation which is

                               transmitted by form letter.

3...........................  Information that requires some file    105

                               search, brief technical

                               evaluation, and documentation of

                               re-sults by a form letter or by a

                               brief composed letter.

4...........................  Information and assistance that re-    165

                               quires moderate file search, brief

                               technical evaluation, and

                               documentation of results in a

                               composed letter.

5...........................  Information and assistance that re-    325

                               quires significant file search or

                               retrieval of archived data,

                               moderate technical evaluation, and

                               documentation of results in a

                               brief letter report.

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