[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
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 
 
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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