[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR253.16]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 253_FISHERIES ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Fisheries Obligation Guarantee Program
 
Sec. 253.16  Fees.

    (a) Application fee. The Division will not accept an application 
without the application fee. Fifty percent of the application fee is 
fully earned at application acceptance, and is not refundable. The rest 
is fully earned when the Division issues an approval in principal 
letter, and it is refundable only if the Division declines an 
application or an applicant requests refund before the Division issues 
an approval in principal letter.
    (b) Guarantee fee. Each guarantee fee will be due in advance and 
will be based on the guaranteed note's repayment provisions for the 
prospective year. The first annual guarantee fee is due at guarantee 
closing. Each subsequent one is due and payable on the guarantee 
closing's anniversary date. Each is fully earned when due, and shall not 
subsequently be refunded for any reason.
    (c) Refinancing or assumption fee. This fee applies only to 
refinancing or assuming existing guaranteed notes. It is due upon 
application for refinancing or assuming a guaranteed note. It is fully 
earned when due and shall be nonrefundable. The Division may waive a 
refinancing or assumption fee's payment when the refinancing or 
assumption's primary purpose is to protect the U.S.
    (d) Where payable. Fees are payable by check made payable to ``NMFS/
FSFF.'' Other than those collected at application or closing, fees are 
payable by mailing checks to: U.S. Department of Commerce, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, P.O. Box 73004, Chicago, Ill. 60673. To ensure proper 
crediting, each check must include the official case number the Division 
assigns to each guarantee.