[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: 50CFR260.70]

[Page 670]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 260_INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A_Inspection and Certification of Establishments and Fishery 
                     Products for Human Consumption
 
Sec. 260.70  Schedule of fees.

    (a) Unless otherwise provided in a written agreement between the 
applicant and the Secretary, the fees to be charged and collected for 
any inspection service performed under the regulations in this part at 
the request of the United States, or any other agency or instrumentality 
thereof, will be published as a notice in the Federal Register and will 
be in accordance with Sec. 260.81.
    (b) Fees are reviewed annually to ascertain that the hourly fees 
charged are adequate to recover the costs of the services rendered.
    (1) The TYPE I (Contract Inspection) hourly fee is determined by 
dividing the estimated annual costs by the estimated annual billable 
hours.
    (2) The TYPE II (Lot Inspection) hourly fee is determined by adding 
a factor of 50 percent to the TYPE I fee, to cover additional costs 
(down-time, etc.) associated with conducting lot inspection services.
    (3) The TYPE III (Miscellaneous and Consulting) hourly fee is 
determined by adding a factor of 25 percent to the TYPE I fee, to cover 
the additional costs (down-time, etc.) associated with conducting 
miscellaneous inspection services.

[48 FR 24901, June 3, 1983]