Update of Existing and Addition of New Filing Fees, 10328-10332 [05-4027]
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LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 2005 POVERTY GUIDELINES*—Continued
48 Contiguous
States and the
District of
Columbia i
Size of family unit
8 .................................................................................................................................
Alaska ii
40,488
50,638
Hawaii iii
46,575
*The figures in this table represent 125% of the poverty guidelines by family size as determined by the Department of Health and Human Services.
i For family units with more than eight members, add $4,075 for each additional member in a family.
ii For family units with more than eight members, add $5,100 for each additional member in a family.
iii For family units with more than eight members, add $4,688 for each additional member in a family.
Victor M. Fortuno,
Vice President for Legal Affairs, General
Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05–4063 Filed 3–2–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7050–01–P
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
46 CFR Parts 502, 503, 515, 520, 530,
535, 540, 550, 555, and 560
RIN 3072–AC27
[Docket No. 04–11]
Update of Existing and Addition of
New Filing Fees
Federal Maritime Commission.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) revises its
existing fees for filing petitions and
complaints; various public information
services, such as record searches,
document copying, and admissions to
practice; filing ocean transportation
intermediary license applications;
applications for special permission;
service contracts; agreements; and
passenger vessel performance and
casualty certificate applications. These
revised fees reflect current costs to the
Commission. In addition, the
Commission is establishing a separate
fee for the filing of terminal exempt
agreements.
DATES: Effective on April 4, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bryant L. VanBrakle, Secretary, Federal
Maritime Commission, 800 North
Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC
20573–0001. E-mail: secretary@fmc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On August 31, 2004, the Commission
published in the Federal Register a
notice of proposed rulemaking (‘‘NPR’’),
69 FR 53027, in Docket No. 04–11,
Update of Existing and Addition of New
Filing Fees. This NPR proposed to
update the Commission’s current filing
and service fees which have been in
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effect since July 15, 2002, and are no
longer representative of the
Commission’s actual costs for providing
such services. Fee increases primarily
reflected increases in salary and indirect
(overhead) costs. For some services, the
increase in processing or review time
accounted in part for the increase in the
level of fees. For other services, fees
were lower due to overall reduced costs
to provide those services.
The Commission also established a
separate fee for terminal exempt
agreements. Currently, the Commission
maintains the same filing fee for carrier
and terminal exempt agreements;
however, terminal exempt agreements
generally require less processing time
than carrier exempt agreements.
Consequently, the Commission
proposed to establish a separate filing
fee for terminal exempt agreements to
reflect better the difference in
processing times.
II. Comments
The Commission received one
comment, from B. Sachau, a private
citizen. The commenter suggested that
fees should be much higher because,
since 2002, everything has gone up by
a commenter-estimated one hundred
percent. The commenter also suggested
that fees should be updated annually,
and that all fees should be a minimum
of $550, except for document searches,
which should cost $8.00 per hour
maximum. Further, the commenter
suggested that it should not cost
anything to have one’s name on a
mailing list for specific dockets.
III. Discussion
The Commission followed established
OMB guidelines enumerated in OMB
Circular A–25 (‘‘Circular’’) when
developing its user fee schedule. The
Circular provides that costs be
determined from agency records, and
that costs cover the direct and indirect
costs to the Government of carrying out
an activity, including, but not limited
to, personnel costs, physical overhead,
management and supervisory costs, and
the costs of enforcement, collection,
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search, establishment of standards and
regulations, etc. This method of
determining fees addresses the concern
raised in the comment that fees pay for
the operation of the agency. With regard
to specific fee suggestions in the
comments, no documentary basis is
provided for setting fees at an arbitrary
minimum, for increasing fees beyond
those proposed in the NPR, for setting
document search costs at a certain
maximum amount, or for providing
mailing list services for no fee. As the
Commission followed standard
Government guidelines in developing
its fees and the comment provides no
basis for their modification, the fees set
out in the NPR will be made final.
This Final Rule reflects changes in
certain CFR section numbers and
Commission bureau names which were
put into effect in other Commission
rulemakings which became final after
the NPR was issued in this proceeding.
The Commission intends to update its
fees biennially in keeping with OMB
guidance. In updating its fees, the
Commission will incorporate changes in
employee salaries into direct labor costs
associated with its services, and
recalculate its indirect costs (overhead)
based on the current level of costs.
In accordance with the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., the
Chairman of the Federal Maritime
Commission has certified that the rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. As stated in the NPR, while the
Commission recognized that the rule
may impact businesses that qualify as
small entities under Small Business
Administration guidelines, the
Commission is required to assess
recipients of specific governmental
services reasonable charges to recover
the costs of providing these services.
The charges in the rule reflect the costs
of specific Commission services
mandated by statute, and these services
benefit the shipping industry and the
foreign commerce of the United States.
The Commission believes that the
charges in the rule will not have a
harmful effect on entities within the
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Commission’s jurisdiction, the general
public, or the U.S. economy.
Furthermore, the Commission’s
regulations provide for waiver or
reduction of any charge in extraordinary
situations pursuant to 46 CFR 503.41.
Requests for fee waiver or reduction are
to be made to the Secretary of the
Commission, and should demonstrate
either that the waiver or reduction is in
the best interest of the public or that
imposition of the fee would impose an
undue hardship. No comments disputed
the Commission’s certification. The
certification, therefore, remains in
effect.
This regulatory action was not subject
to OMB review under Executive Order
12866, dated September 30, 1993. This
regulatory action is not a ‘‘major rule’’
under 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This rule does
not contain any collection of
information requirements as defined by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980,
as amended. Therefore, OMB review is
not required.
List of Subjects
46 CFR Part 502
Administrative practice and
procedure, Claims, Equal access to
justice, Investigations, Lawyers,
Maritime carriers, Penalties, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 550
Administrative practice and
procedure, Maritime carriers.
46 CFR Part 555
Administrative practice and
procedure, Investigations, Maritime
carriers.
46 CFR Part 560
Administrative practice and
procedure, Maritime carriers.
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Federal Maritime Commission amends
46 CFR parts 502, 503, 515, 520, 530,
535, 540, 550, 555, and 560 as follows:
PART 502—RULES OF PRACTICE AND
PROCEDURE
1. The authority citation for Part 502
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, 551, 552, 553,
556(c), 559, 561–569, 571–596; 5 U.S.C. 571–
584; 12 U.S.C. 1141j(a); 18 U.S.C. 207; 26
U.S.C. 501(c)(3); 28 U.S.C. 2112(a); 31 U.S.C.
9701; 46 U.S.C. app. 817d, 817e, 1114(b),
1705, 1707–1711, 1713–1716; E.O. 11222 of
May 8, 1965, 30 FR 6469, 3 CFR, 1964–1965
Comp. P. 306; 21 U.S.C. 853a; Pub. L. 105–
258, 112 Stat. 1902.
Freight, Maritime carriers, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 535
Administrative practice and
procedure, Maritime carriers, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 540
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3. Section 502.62(g) is revised to read
as follows:
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§ 502.62
Complaints and fee.
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(g) The complaint shall be
accompanied by remittance of a $221
filing fee.
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read as follows:
§ 502.68
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Declaratory orders and fee.
(a) * * *
(3) Petitions shall be accompanied by
remittance of a $241 filing fee.
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as follows:
§ 502.69
Insurance, Maritime carriers,
Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Surety bonds.
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Subpart E—Proceedings; Pleadings;
Motions; Replies
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* * * The complaint shall be
accompanied by remittance of a $221
filing fee. [Rule 182.]
Subpart Q—Refund or Waiver of
Freight Charges
7. § 502.271(d)(5) is revised to read as
follows:
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§ 502.271 Special docket application for
permission to refund or waive freight
charges.
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(5) Applications must be
accompanied by remittance of a $77
filing fee.
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Subpart S—Informal Procedure for
Adjudication of Small Claims
8. The last sentence of § 502.304(b) is
revised to read as follows:
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(a) * * * Petitions shall be
accompanied by remittance of a $241
filing fee. * * *
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Common carrier, Freight, Intermodal
transportation, Maritime carriers,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
§ 502.182 Complaint and memorandum of
facts and arguments and filing fee.
§ 502.304
Classified information, Freedom of
information, Privacy, Sunshine act.
46 CFR Part 520
6. The last sentence of § 502.182 is
revised to read as follows:
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2. The fourth sentence of § 502.51(a) is
revised to read as follows:
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§ 502.51 Initiation of procedure to issue,
amend, or repeal a rule.
Exports, Freight forwarders, Nonvessel-operating common carriers,
Ocean transportation intermediaries,
Licensing requirements, Financial
responsibility requirements, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
Subpart K—Shortened Procedure
Subpart D—Rulemaking
46 CFR Part 503
46 CFR Part 515
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Petitions-General and fee.
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(b) Petitions shall be accompanied by
remittance of a $241 filing fee. [Rule 69.]
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Procedure and filing fee.
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(b) * * * Such claims shall be
accompanied by remittance of a $67
filing fee.
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PART 503—PUBLIC INFORMATION
9. The authority citation for Part 503
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a, 552b, 553;
31 U.S.C. 9701; E.O. 12958 of April 20, 1995
(60 FR 19825), sections 5.2(a) and (b).
10. In § 503.43, paragraphs (c)(1) (i)
and (ii), the first sentence of paragraph
(c)(2), paragraph (c)(3)(ii) and (iii),
paragraph (c)(4), paragraph (d) and
paragraph (e) are revised to read as
follows:
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§ 503.43
Fees for services.
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(1) * * *
(i) Search will be performed by
clerical/administrative personnel at a
rate of $19 per hour and by
professional/executive personnel at a
rate of $48 per hour.
(ii) Minimum charge for record search
is $19.
(2) Charges for review of records to
determine whether they are exempt
from disclosure under § 503.33 shall be
assessed to recover full costs at the rate
of $79 per hour. * * *
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(ii) By Commission personnel, at the
rate of five cents per page (one side)
plus $19 per hour.
(iii) Minimum charge for copying is
$4.75.
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(4) The certification and validation
(with Federal Maritime Commission
seal) of documents filed with or issued
by the Commission will be available at
$94 for each certification.
(d) To have one’s name and address
placed on the mailing list of a specific
docket as an interested party to receive
all issuances pertaining to that docket:
$9 per proceeding.
(e) Applications for admission to
practice before the Commission for
persons not attorneys at law must be
accompanied by a fee of $104 pursuant
to § 502.27 of this chapter.
Subpart G—Access to Any Record of
Identifiable Personal Information
Subpart D—Duties and
Responsibilities of Ocean
Transportation Intermediaries; Reports
to Commission
14. The second sentence of § 515.34 is
revised to read as follows:
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§ 515.34
Regulated Persons Index.
* * * The database may be purchased
for $108 by contacting the Bureau of
Certification and Licensing, Federal
Maritime Commission, Washington, DC
20573. * * *
PART 520—CARRIER AUTOMATED
TARIFFS
15. The authority citation for Part 520
continues to read as follows:
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11. In § 503.69, paragraph (b)(2) is
revised to read as follows:
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§ 503.69
(2) Application for status change or
license transfer as required by
§§ 515.18(a) and 515.18(b): $525; and
(3) Supplementary investigations
required by § 515.25(a): $225.
Fees.
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(2) The certification and validation
(with Federal Maritime Commission
seal) of documents filed with or issued
by the Commission will be available at
$94 for each certification.
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PART 515—LICENSING, FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS,
AND GENERAL DUTIES FOR OCEAN
TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES
12. The authority citation for Part 515
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46
U.S.C. app. 1702, 1707, 1709, 1710, 1712,
1714, 1716, and 1718; Pub. L. 105–383, 112
Stat. 3411; 21 U.S.C. 862.
Subpart A—General
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C. app.
1701–1702, 1707–1709, 1712, 1716; and sec.
424 of Pub. L. 105–383, 112 Stat. 3411.
16. The last sentence of § 520.14(c)(1)
is revised to read as follows:
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§ 520.14
Special permission.
(c) * * *
(1) * * * Every such application shall
be submitted to the Bureau of Trade
Analysis and be accompanied by a filing
fee of $195.
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PART 530—SERVICE CONTRACTS
17. The authority citation for Part 530
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C. app.
1704, 1705, 1707, 1716.
PART 535—OCEAN COMMON
CARRIER AND MARINE TERMINAL
OPERATOR AGREEMENTS SUBJECT
TO THE SHIPPING ACT OF 1984
19. The authority citation for Part 535
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C. app.
1701–1707, 1709–1710, 1712 and 1714–1718;
Pub. L. 105–383, 112 Stat. 3411.
Subpart D—Filing of Agreements
I 20. In §535.401, paragraphs (g) and (h)
are revised to read as follows:
§ 535.401
General requirements.
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(g) Fees. The filing fee is $1,780 for
new agreements requiring Commission
review and action; $851 for agreement
modifications requiring Commission
review and action; $397 for agreements
processed under delegated authority (for
types of agreements that can be
processed under delegated authority,
see § 501.26(e) of this chapter); $138 for
carrier exempt agreements; and $75 for
terminal exempt agreements.
(h) The fee for the Commission’s
agreement database report is $6.
PART 540—PASSENGER VESSEL
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
21. The authority citation for Part 540
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 553; 31 U.S.C.
9701; secs. 2 and 3, Pub. L. 89–777, 80 Stat.
1356–1358; 46 U.S.C. app. 817e, 817d; 46
U.S.C. 1716.
Subpart A—Proof of Financial
Responsibility, Bonding and
Certification of Financial
Responsibility for Indemnification of
Passengers for Nonperformance of
Transportation
22. The last two sentences in § 540.4(b)
are revised to read as follows:
Subpart B—Filing Requirements
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13. In § 515.5, paragraphs (a), (b)(1),
(b)(2), and (b)(3) are revised to read as
follows:
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18. Section 530.10(c), introductory
text, is revised to read as follows:
§ 540.4 Procedure for establishing
financial responsibility.
§ 515.5
§ 530.10 Amendment, correction,
cancellation, and electronic transmission.
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Forms and Fees.
(a) Forms. License form FMC–18 Rev.,
and financial responsibility forms FMC–
48, FMC–67, FMC–68, FMC–69 may be
obtained from the Commission’s Web
site at https://www.fmc.gov, the Director,
Bureau of Certification and Licensing,
Federal Maritime Commission,
Washington, DC 20573, or from any of
the Commission’s area representatives.
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(1) Application for license as required
by § 515.12(a): $825;
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Corrections. Requests shall be filed, in
duplicate, with the Commission’s Office
of the Secretary within forty-five (45)
days of the contract’s filing with the
Commission, accompanied by
remittance of a $315 service fee, and
shall include:
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(b) * * * An application for a
Certificate (Performance), excluding an
application for the addition or
substitution of a vessel to the
applicant’s fleet, shall be accompanied
by a filing fee remittance of $2,767. An
application for a Certificate
(Performance) for the addition or
substitution of a vessel to the
applicant’s fleet shall be accompanied
by a filing fee remittance of $1,382.
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Subpart B—Proof of Financial
Responsibility, Bonding and
Certification of Financial
Responsibility to Meet Liability
Incurred for Death or Injury to
Passengers or Other Persons on
Voyages
Subpart D—Petitions for Section 19
Relief
25. Section 550.402 is revised to read
as follows:
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§ 550.402
Filing of petitions.
All requests for relief from conditions
unfavorable to shipping in the foreign
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trade shall be by written petition. An
§ 540.23(b) are revised to read as follows:
original and fifteen copies of a petition
for relief under the provisions of this
§ 540.23 Procedure for establishing
part shall be filed with the Secretary,
financial responsibility.
Federal Maritime Commission,
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Washington, DC 20573. The petition
(b) * * * An application for a
shall be accompanied by remittance of
Certificate (Casualty), excluding an
a $241 filing fee.
application for the addition or
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substitution of a vessel to the
applicant’s fleet, shall be accompanied
PART 555—ACTIONS TO ADDRESS
by a filing fee remittance of $1,206. An
ADVERSE CONDITIONS AFFECTING
application for a Certificate (Casualty)
U.S.-FLAG CARRIERS THAT DO NOT
for the addition or substitution of a
EXIST FOR FOREIGN CARRIERS IN
vessel to the applicant’s fleet shall be
THE UNITED STATES
accompanied by a filing fee remittance
of $605.
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continues to read as follows:
PART 550—REGULATIONS TO
ADJUST OR MEET CONDITIONS
UNFAVORABLE TO SHIPPING IN THE
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED
STATES
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; sec. 10002 of the
Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988 (46
U.S.C. app. 1710a), as amended by Pub. L.
105–258.
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24. The authority citation for Part 550
continues to read as follows:
§ 555.4
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; sec. 19(a)(2), (e),
(f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l) of the Merchant
Marine Act, 1920, 46 U.S.C. app. 876(a)(2),
(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l), as amended
by Pub. L. 105–258; Reorganization Plan No.
7 of 1961, 75 Stat 840; and sec. 10002 of the
Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988, 46
U.S.C. app. 1710a.
(a) A petition for investigation to
determine the existence of adverse
conditions as described in § 555.3 may
be submitted by any person, including
any common carrier, shipper, shippers’
association, ocean freight forwarder, or
marine terminal operator, or any branch,
department, agency, or other component
27. In § 555.4, paragraph (a) is revised
to read as follows:
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of the Government of the United States.
Petitions for relief under this part shall
be in writing, and filed in the form of
an original and fifteen copies with the
Secretary, Federal Maritime
Commission, Washington, DC 20573.
The petition shall be accompanied by
remittance of a $241 filing fee.
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PART 560—ACTIONS TO ADDRESS
CONDITIONS UNDULY IMPAIRING
ACCESS OF U.S.-FLAG VESSELS TO
OCEAN TRADE BETWEEN FOREIGN
PORTS
28. The authority citation for Part 560
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; secs. 13(b)(6), 15
and 17 of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C.
app. 1712(b)(6), 1714 and 1716, as amended
by Pub. L. 105–258; sec. 10002 of the Foreign
Shipping Practices Act of 1988 (46 U.S.C.
app. 1710a), as amended by Pub. L. 105–258.
29. Section 560.3(a)(2) is revised to
read as follows:
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§ 560.3
Petitions for relief.
(a) * * *
(2) An original and fifteen copies of
such a petition including any
supporting documents shall be filed
with the Secretary, Federal Maritime
Commission, Washington, DC 20573.
The petition shall be accompanied by
remittance of a $241 filing fee.
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By the Commission.
Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
Note: The following appendix will not
appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION SUMMARY OF FEES
[Effective April 4, 2005]
CFR reference
Application or service
Current fee
PART 502—Rules of Practice and Procedure
502.51(a) ........................................
502.68(a)(3) ....................................
502.69(b) ........................................
502.271(d)(5) ..................................
502.62(g) ........................................
502.182 ..........................................
502.304(b) ......................................
Petitions ....................................................................................................................................
Declaratory Orders ...................................................................................................................
Petitions ....................................................................................................................................
Special Dockets ........................................................................................................................
Formal Complaints ....................................................................................................................
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Informal Procedures .................................................................................................................
241.00
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77.00
221.00
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67.00
PART 503—Public Administration
503.43(c)(1), (2), (3) .......................
503.43(c)(4) ....................................
503.69(b)(1)(2) ...............................
503.43(d) ........................................
503.43(e) ........................................
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Search, review and copying of documents 5 cents per page with min. $4.75 $19/hour clerical/administrative personnel $48/hour for professional/executive personnel $79/hour
FOIA review $19/minimum charge for record search.
Validation of Documents ...........................................................................................................
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Mailing List ................................................................................................................................
Non-Attorney Admission to Practice .........................................................................................
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION SUMMARY OF FEES—Continued
[Effective April 4, 2005]
CFR reference
Application or service
Current fee
PART 515—Licensing, Financial Responsibility Requirements, and General Duties for Ocean Transportation Intermediaries
515.5(b)(1) ......................................
515.5(b)(3) ......................................
515.5(b)(2) ......................................
515.34 ............................................
Application for License .............................................................................................................
Supplementary Investigation ....................................................................................................
Application for Status Change or License Transfer .................................................................
Sale to Public of RPI ................................................................................................................
825.00
225.00
525.00
108.00
PART 520—Carrier Automated Tariffs
520.14(c)(1) ....................................
Application for Special Permission ...........................................................................................
195.00
PART 530—Service Contracts
530.10(c) ........................................
Clerical Errors on Service Contracts ........................................................................................
315.00
PART 535—Agreements by Ocean Common Carriers and Other Persons Subject to the Shipping Act of 1984
535.401(g)
535.401(g)
535.401(g)
535.401(g)
535.401(g)
535.401(h)
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New Agreement Requiring Commission Review .....................................................................
Agreement Amendments Requiring Commission Review .......................................................
Agreement Filing Review under Delegated Authority ..............................................................
Carrier Exempt Agreement Filings ...........................................................................................
Terminal Exempt Agreement Filings ........................................................................................
Database Report on Effective Carrier Agreements ..................................................................
1,780.00
851.00
397.00
138.00
75.00
6.00
PART 540—Passenger Vessel Financial Responsibility
540.4(b) ..........................................
540.23(b) ........................................
Passenger Vessel Certificate (Performance) ...........................................................................
Addition or substitution of vessel ..............................................................................................
Passenger Vessel Certificate (Casualty) ..................................................................................
Addition or substitution of vessel ..............................................................................................
2,767.00
1,382.00
1,206.00
605.00
PART 550—Regulations To Adjust or Meet Conditions Unfavorable to Shipping in the Foreign Trade of the United States
550.402 ..........................................
Petitions ....................................................................................................................................
241.00
PART 555—Actions To Address Adverse Conditions Affecting U.S.-Flag Carriers That Do Not Exist for Foreign Carriers in the United
States
555.4(a) ..........................................
Petitions ....................................................................................................................................
241.00
PART 560—Actions To Address Conditions Unduly Impairing Access of U.S.-Flag Vessels to Ocean Trade Between Foreign Ports
560.3(a)(2) ......................................
Petitions ....................................................................................................................................
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Pipeline Safety: Operator
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Research and Special Programs
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601). In accordance with the mandates
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requirements concerning personnel
training, notice of program changes,
government review and verification of
programs, and use of on-the-job
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notice of intent to file an adverse
comment by May 2, 2005, it will publish
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days after the close of the comment
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announce that this Direct Final Rule
will go into effect on the date stated
above or at least 30 days after the
document is published, whichever is
later. If RSPA/OPS receives an adverse
comment, it will publish a timely notice
to confirm that fact and withdraw this
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changes based on the adverse comment
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without a change. Comments that are frivolous or
insubstantial will not be considered adverse under
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change in addition to the rule will not be
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
46 CFR Parts 502, 503, 515, 520, 530, 535, 540, 550, 555, and 560
RIN 3072-AC27
[Docket No. 04-11]
Update of Existing and Addition of New Filing Fees
AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime Commission (``Commission'') revises its
existing fees for filing petitions and complaints; various public
information services, such as record searches, document copying, and
admissions to practice; filing ocean transportation intermediary
license applications; applications for special permission; service
contracts; agreements; and passenger vessel performance and casualty
certificate applications. These revised fees reflect current costs to
the Commission. In addition, the Commission is establishing a separate
fee for the filing of terminal exempt agreements.
DATES: Effective on April 4, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryant L. VanBrakle, Secretary,
Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20573-0001. E-mail: secretary@fmc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On August 31, 2004, the Commission published in the Federal
Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (``NPR''), 69 FR 53027, in
Docket No. 04-11, Update of Existing and Addition of New Filing Fees.
This NPR proposed to update the Commission's current filing and service
fees which have been in effect since July 15, 2002, and are no longer
representative of the Commission's actual costs for providing such
services. Fee increases primarily reflected increases in salary and
indirect (overhead) costs. For some services, the increase in
processing or review time accounted in part for the increase in the
level of fees. For other services, fees were lower due to overall
reduced costs to provide those services.
The Commission also established a separate fee for terminal exempt
agreements. Currently, the Commission maintains the same filing fee for
carrier and terminal exempt agreements; however, terminal exempt
agreements generally require less processing time than carrier exempt
agreements. Consequently, the Commission proposed to establish a
separate filing fee for terminal exempt agreements to reflect better
the difference in processing times.
II. Comments
The Commission received one comment, from B. Sachau, a private
citizen. The commenter suggested that fees should be much higher
because, since 2002, everything has gone up by a commenter-estimated
one hundred percent. The commenter also suggested that fees should be
updated annually, and that all fees should be a minimum of $550, except
for document searches, which should cost $8.00 per hour maximum.
Further, the commenter suggested that it should not cost anything to
have one's name on a mailing list for specific dockets.
III. Discussion
The Commission followed established OMB guidelines enumerated in
OMB Circular A-25 (``Circular'') when developing its user fee schedule.
The Circular provides that costs be determined from agency records, and
that costs cover the direct and indirect costs to the Government of
carrying out an activity, including, but not limited to, personnel
costs, physical overhead, management and supervisory costs, and the
costs of enforcement, collection, search, establishment of standards
and regulations, etc. This method of determining fees addresses the
concern raised in the comment that fees pay for the operation of the
agency. With regard to specific fee suggestions in the comments, no
documentary basis is provided for setting fees at an arbitrary minimum,
for increasing fees beyond those proposed in the NPR, for setting
document search costs at a certain maximum amount, or for providing
mailing list services for no fee. As the Commission followed standard
Government guidelines in developing its fees and the comment provides
no basis for their modification, the fees set out in the NPR will be
made final.
This Final Rule reflects changes in certain CFR section numbers and
Commission bureau names which were put into effect in other Commission
rulemakings which became final after the NPR was issued in this
proceeding.
The Commission intends to update its fees biennially in keeping
with OMB guidance. In updating its fees, the Commission will
incorporate changes in employee salaries into direct labor costs
associated with its services, and recalculate its indirect costs
(overhead) based on the current level of costs.
In accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et
seq., the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission has certified
that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. As stated in the NPR, while the
Commission recognized that the rule may impact businesses that qualify
as small entities under Small Business Administration guidelines, the
Commission is required to assess recipients of specific governmental
services reasonable charges to recover the costs of providing these
services. The charges in the rule reflect the costs of specific
Commission services mandated by statute, and these services benefit the
shipping industry and the foreign commerce of the United States. The
Commission believes that the charges in the rule will not have a
harmful effect on entities within the
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Commission's jurisdiction, the general public, or the U.S. economy.
Furthermore, the Commission's regulations provide for waiver or
reduction of any charge in extraordinary situations pursuant to 46 CFR
503.41. Requests for fee waiver or reduction are to be made to the
Secretary of the Commission, and should demonstrate either that the
waiver or reduction is in the best interest of the public or that
imposition of the fee would impose an undue hardship. No comments
disputed the Commission's certification. The certification, therefore,
remains in effect.
This regulatory action was not subject to OMB review under
Executive Order 12866, dated September 30, 1993. This regulatory action
is not a ``major rule'' under 5 U.S.C. 804(2). This rule does not
contain any collection of information requirements as defined by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended. Therefore, OMB review is
not required.
List of Subjects
46 CFR Part 502
Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Equal access to
justice, Investigations, Lawyers, Maritime carriers, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 503
Classified information, Freedom of information, Privacy, Sunshine
act.
46 CFR Part 515
Exports, Freight forwarders, Non-vessel-operating common carriers,
Ocean transportation intermediaries, Licensing requirements, Financial
responsibility requirements, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 520
Common carrier, Freight, Intermodal transportation, Maritime
carriers, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 530
Freight, Maritime carriers, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
46 CFR Part 535
Administrative practice and procedure, Maritime carriers, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 540
Insurance, Maritime carriers, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Surety bonds.
46 CFR Part 550
Administrative practice and procedure, Maritime carriers.
46 CFR Part 555
Administrative practice and procedure, Investigations, Maritime
carriers.
46 CFR Part 560
Administrative practice and procedure, Maritime carriers.
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For the reasons set forth above, the Federal Maritime Commission amends
46 CFR parts 502, 503, 515, 520, 530, 535, 540, 550, 555, and 560 as
follows:
PART 502--RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
0
1. The authority citation for Part 502 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, 551, 552, 553, 556(c), 559, 561-569,
571-596; 5 U.S.C. 571-584; 12 U.S.C. 1141j(a); 18 U.S.C. 207; 26
U.S.C. 501(c)(3); 28 U.S.C. 2112(a); 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. app.
817d, 817e, 1114(b), 1705, 1707-1711, 1713-1716; E.O. 11222 of May
8, 1965, 30 FR 6469, 3 CFR, 1964-1965 Comp. P. 306; 21 U.S.C. 853a;
Pub. L. 105-258, 112 Stat. 1902.
Subpart D--Rulemaking
0
2. The fourth sentence of Sec. 502.51(a) is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 502.51 Initiation of procedure to issue, amend, or repeal a
rule.
(a) * * * Petitions shall be accompanied by remittance of a $241
filing fee. * * *
* * * * *
Subpart E--Proceedings; Pleadings; Motions; Replies
0
3. Section 502.62(g) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.62 Complaints and fee.
* * * * *
(g) The complaint shall be accompanied by remittance of a $221
filing fee.
* * * * *
0
4. Section 502.68(a)(3) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.68 Declaratory orders and fee.
(a) * * *
(3) Petitions shall be accompanied by remittance of a $241 filing
fee.
* * * * *
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5. Section 502.69(b) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.69 Petitions-General and fee.
* * * * *
(b) Petitions shall be accompanied by remittance of a $241 filing
fee. [Rule 69.]
Subpart K--Shortened Procedure
0
6. The last sentence of Sec. 502.182 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.182 Complaint and memorandum of facts and arguments and
filing fee.
* * * The complaint shall be accompanied by remittance of a $221
filing fee. [Rule 182.]
Subpart Q--Refund or Waiver of Freight Charges
0
7. Sec. 502.271(d)(5) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.271 Special docket application for permission to refund or
waive freight charges.
* * * * *
(d) * * *
(5) Applications must be accompanied by remittance of a $77 filing
fee.
* * * * *
Subpart S--Informal Procedure for Adjudication of Small Claims
0
8. The last sentence of Sec. 502.304(b) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.304 Procedure and filing fee.
* * * * *
(b) * * * Such claims shall be accompanied by remittance of a $67
filing fee.
* * * * *
PART 503--PUBLIC INFORMATION
0
9. The authority citation for Part 503 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a, 552b, 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; E.O.
12958 of April 20, 1995 (60 FR 19825), sections 5.2(a) and (b).
0
10. In Sec. 503.43, paragraphs (c)(1) (i) and (ii), the first sentence
of paragraph (c)(2), paragraph (c)(3)(ii) and (iii), paragraph (c)(4),
paragraph (d) and paragraph (e) are revised to read as follows:
Sec. 503.43 Fees for services.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) Search will be performed by clerical/administrative personnel
at a rate of $19 per hour and by professional/executive personnel at a
rate of $48 per hour.
(ii) Minimum charge for record search is $19.
(2) Charges for review of records to determine whether they are
exempt from disclosure under Sec. 503.33 shall be assessed to recover
full costs at the rate of $79 per hour. * * *
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(3) * * *
(ii) By Commission personnel, at the rate of five cents per page
(one side) plus $19 per hour.
(iii) Minimum charge for copying is $4.75.
* * * * *
(4) The certification and validation (with Federal Maritime
Commission seal) of documents filed with or issued by the Commission
will be available at $94 for each certification.
(d) To have one's name and address placed on the mailing list of a
specific docket as an interested party to receive all issuances
pertaining to that docket: $9 per proceeding.
(e) Applications for admission to practice before the Commission
for persons not attorneys at law must be accompanied by a fee of $104
pursuant to Sec. 502.27 of this chapter.
Subpart G--Access to Any Record of Identifiable Personal
Information
0
11. In Sec. 503.69, paragraph (b)(2) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 503.69 Fees.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
(2) The certification and validation (with Federal Maritime
Commission seal) of documents filed with or issued by the Commission
will be available at $94 for each certification.
* * * * *
PART 515--LICENSING, FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND
GENERAL DUTIES FOR OCEAN TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES
0
12. The authority citation for Part 515 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. app. 1702,
1707, 1709, 1710, 1712, 1714, 1716, and 1718; Pub. L. 105-383, 112
Stat. 3411; 21 U.S.C. 862.
Subpart A--General
0
13. In Sec. 515.5, paragraphs (a), (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(3) are
revised to read as follows:
Sec. 515.5 Forms and Fees.
(a) Forms. License form FMC-18 Rev., and financial responsibility
forms FMC-48, FMC-67, FMC-68, FMC-69 may be obtained from the
Commission's Web site at https://www.fmc.gov, the Director, Bureau of
Certification and Licensing, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington,
DC 20573, or from any of the Commission's area representatives.
(b) * * *
(1) Application for license as required by Sec. 515.12(a): $825;
(2) Application for status change or license transfer as required
by Sec. Sec. 515.18(a) and 515.18(b): $525; and
(3) Supplementary investigations required by Sec. 515.25(a): $225.
Subpart D--Duties and Responsibilities of Ocean Transportation
Intermediaries; Reports to Commission
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14. The second sentence of Sec. 515.34 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 515.34 Regulated Persons Index.
* * * The database may be purchased for $108 by contacting the
Bureau of Certification and Licensing, Federal Maritime Commission,
Washington, DC 20573. * * *
PART 520--CARRIER AUTOMATED TARIFFS
0
15. The authority citation for Part 520 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C. app. 1701-1702, 1707-1709,
1712, 1716; and sec. 424 of Pub. L. 105-383, 112 Stat. 3411.
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16. The last sentence of Sec. 520.14(c)(1) is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 520.14 Special permission.
(c) * * *
(1) * * * Every such application shall be submitted to the Bureau
of Trade Analysis and be accompanied by a filing fee of $195.
* * * * *
PART 530--SERVICE CONTRACTS
0
17. The authority citation for Part 530 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C. app. 1704, 1705, 1707, 1716.
Subpart B--Filing Requirements
0
18. Section 530.10(c), introductory text, is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 530.10 Amendment, correction, cancellation, and electronic
transmission.
* * * * *
(c) * * *
Corrections. Requests shall be filed, in duplicate, with the
Commission's Office of the Secretary within forty-five (45) days of the
contract's filing with the Commission, accompanied by remittance of a
$315 service fee, and shall include:
* * * * *
PART 535--OCEAN COMMON CARRIER AND MARINE TERMINAL OPERATOR
AGREEMENTS SUBJECT TO THE SHIPPING ACT OF 1984
0
19. The authority citation for Part 535 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 46 U.S.C. app. 1701-1707, 1709-1710,
1712 and 1714-1718; Pub. L. 105-383, 112 Stat. 3411.
Subpart D--Filing of Agreements
0
20. In Sec. 535.401, paragraphs (g) and (h) are revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 535.401 General requirements.
* * * * *
(g) Fees. The filing fee is $1,780 for new agreements requiring
Commission review and action; $851 for agreement modifications
requiring Commission review and action; $397 for agreements processed
under delegated authority (for types of agreements that can be
processed under delegated authority, see Sec. 501.26(e) of this
chapter); $138 for carrier exempt agreements; and $75 for terminal
exempt agreements.
(h) The fee for the Commission's agreement database report is $6.
PART 540--PASSENGER VESSEL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
0
21. The authority citation for Part 540 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; secs. 2 and 3,
Pub. L. 89-777, 80 Stat. 1356-1358; 46 U.S.C. app. 817e, 817d; 46
U.S.C. 1716.
Subpart A--Proof of Financial Responsibility, Bonding and
Certification of Financial Responsibility for Indemnification of
Passengers for Nonperformance of Transportation
0
22. The last two sentences in Sec. 540.4(b) are revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 540.4 Procedure for establishing financial responsibility.
* * * * *
(b) * * * An application for a Certificate (Performance), excluding
an application for the addition or substitution of a vessel to the
applicant's fleet, shall be accompanied by a filing fee remittance of
$2,767. An application for a Certificate (Performance) for the addition
or substitution of a vessel to the applicant's fleet shall be
accompanied by a filing fee remittance of $1,382.
* * * * *
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Subpart B--Proof of Financial Responsibility, Bonding and
Certification of Financial Responsibility to Meet Liability
Incurred for Death or Injury to Passengers or Other Persons on
Voyages
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23. The last two sentences in Sec. 540.23(b) are revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 540.23 Procedure for establishing financial responsibility.
* * * * *
(b) * * * An application for a Certificate (Casualty), excluding an
application for the addition or substitution of a vessel to the
applicant's fleet, shall be accompanied by a filing fee remittance of
$1,206. An application for a Certificate (Casualty) for the addition or
substitution of a vessel to the applicant's fleet shall be accompanied
by a filing fee remittance of $605.
* * * * *
PART 550--REGULATIONS TO ADJUST OR MEET CONDITIONS UNFAVORABLE TO
SHIPPING IN THE FOREIGN TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES
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24. The authority citation for Part 550 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; sec. 19(a)(2), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i),
(j), (k) and (l) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, 46 U.S.C. app.
876(a)(2), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (l), as amended by
Pub. L. 105-258; Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1961, 75 Stat 840; and
sec. 10002 of the Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988, 46 U.S.C.
app. 1710a.
Subpart D--Petitions for Section 19 Relief
0
25. Section 550.402 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 550.402 Filing of petitions.
All requests for relief from conditions unfavorable to shipping in
the foreign trade shall be by written petition. An original and fifteen
copies of a petition for relief under the provisions of this part shall
be filed with the Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington,
DC 20573. The petition shall be accompanied by remittance of a $241
filing fee.
* * * * *
PART 555--ACTIONS TO ADDRESS ADVERSE CONDITIONS AFFECTING U.S.-FLAG
CARRIERS THAT DO NOT EXIST FOR FOREIGN CARRIERS IN THE UNITED
STATES
0
26. The authority citation for Part 555 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; sec. 10002 of the Foreign Shipping
Practices Act of 1988 (46 U.S.C. app. 1710a), as amended by Pub. L.
105-258.
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27. In Sec. 555.4, paragraph (a) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 555.4 Petitions.
(a) A petition for investigation to determine the existence of
adverse conditions as described in Sec. 555.3 may be submitted by any
person, including any common carrier, shipper, shippers' association,
ocean freight forwarder, or marine terminal operator, or any branch,
department, agency, or other component of the Government of the United
States. Petitions for relief under this part shall be in writing, and
filed in the form of an original and fifteen copies with the Secretary,
Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573. The petition shall
be accompanied by remittance of a $241 filing fee.
* * * * *
PART 560--ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CONDITIONS UNDULY IMPAIRING ACCESS OF
U.S.-FLAG VESSELS TO OCEAN TRADE BETWEEN FOREIGN PORTS
0
28. The authority citation for Part 560 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; secs. 13(b)(6), 15 and 17 of the
Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app. 1712(b)(6), 1714 and 1716, as
amended by Pub. L. 105-258; sec. 10002 of the Foreign Shipping
Practices Act of 1988 (46 U.S.C. app. 1710a), as amended by Pub. L.
105-258.
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29. Section 560.3(a)(2) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 560.3 Petitions for relief.
(a) * * *
(2) An original and fifteen copies of such a petition including any
supporting documents shall be filed with the Secretary, Federal
Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 20573. The petition shall be
accompanied by remittance of a $241 filing fee.
* * * * *
By the Commission.
Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
Note: The following appendix will not appear in the Code of
Federal Regulations.
Federal Maritime Commission Summary of Fees
[Effective April 4, 2005]
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CFR reference Application or service Current fee
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PART 502--Rules of Practice and Procedure
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502.51(a)................................. Petitions............................................. 241.00
502.68(a)(3).............................. Declaratory Orders.................................... ............
502.69(b)................................. Petitions............................................. ............
502.271(d)(5)............................. Special Dockets....................................... 77.00
502.62(g)................................. Formal Complaints..................................... 221.00
502.182................................... ...................................................... ............
502.304(b)................................ Informal Procedures................................... 67.00
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PART 503--Public Administration
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503.43(c)(1), (2), (3).................... Search, review and copying of documents 5 cents per Various
page with min. $4.75 $19/hour clerical/administrative
personnel $48/hour for professional/executive
personnel $79/hour FOIA review $19/minimum charge for
record search.
503.43(c)(4).............................. Validation of Documents............................... 94.00
503.69(b)(1)(2)........................... ...................................................... ............
503.43(d)................................. Mailing List.......................................... 9.00
503.43(e)................................. Non-Attorney Admission to Practice.................... 104.00
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PART 515--Licensing, Financial Responsibility Requirements, and General Duties for Ocean Transportation
Intermediaries
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515.5(b)(1)............................... Application for License............................... 825.00
515.5(b)(3)............................... Supplementary Investigation........................... 225.00
515.5(b)(2)............................... Application for Status Change or License Transfer..... 525.00
515.34.................................... Sale to Public of RPI................................. 108.00
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PART 520--Carrier Automated Tariffs
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520.14(c)(1).............................. Application for Special Permission.................... 195.00
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PART 530--Service Contracts
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530.10(c)................................. Clerical Errors on Service Contracts.................. 315.00
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PART 535--Agreements by Ocean Common Carriers and Other Persons Subject to the Shipping Act of 1984
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535.401(g)................................ New Agreement Requiring Commission Review............. 1,780.00
535.401(g)................................ Agreement Amendments Requiring Commission Review...... 851.00
535.401(g)................................ Agreement Filing Review under Delegated Authority..... 397.00
535.401(g)................................ Carrier Exempt Agreement Filings...................... 138.00
535.401(g)................................ Terminal Exempt Agreement Filings..................... 75.00
535.401(h)................................ Database Report on Effective Carrier Agreements....... 6.00
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PART 540--Passenger Vessel Financial Responsibility
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540.4(b).................................. Passenger Vessel Certificate (Performance)............ 2,767.00
Addition or substitution of vessel.................... 1,382.00
540.23(b)................................. Passenger Vessel Certificate (Casualty)............... 1,206.00
Addition or substitution of vessel.................... 605.00
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PART 550--Regulations To Adjust or Meet Conditions Unfavorable to Shipping in the Foreign Trade of the United
States
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550.402................................... Petitions............................................. 241.00
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PART 555--Actions To Address Adverse Conditions Affecting U.S.-Flag Carriers That Do Not Exist for Foreign
Carriers in the United States
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555.4(a).................................. Petitions............................................. 241.00
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PART 560--Actions To Address Conditions Unduly Impairing Access of U.S.-Flag Vessels to Ocean Trade Between
Foreign Ports
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560.3(a)(2)............................... Petitions............................................. 241.00
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[FR Doc. 05-4027 Filed 3-2-05; 8:45 am]
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