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Vol. 70, No. 165
Friday, August 26, 2005
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
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on May 9, 2005, as a final rule effective
August 26, 2005.
Bentley M. Roberts, Jr.,
Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05–17050 Filed 8–25–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION
BOARD
7 CFR Part 800
5 CFR Part 1207
RIN 0580–AA88
Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on
the Basis of Disability in Programs or
Activities
AGENCY:
Merit Systems Protection
Board.
ACTION:
Final rule.
SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection
Board (MSPB or ‘‘the Board’’) is
publishing final regulations that adopt
previously published interim
regulations revising 5 CFR part 1207.
These final regulations are necessary to
reconcile the Board’s regulations with
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 794, and to
clarify the procedures for processing
those complaints filed against the Board
that allege discrimination on the basis of
disability during the Board’s
adjudication of a related employee
appeal.
DATES:
This rule is effective August 26,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bentley M. Roberts, Jr., Clerk of the
Board, Merit Systems Protection Board,
1615 M Street, NW., Washington, DC
20419; (202) 653–7200; fax: (202) 653–
7130; or e-mail: mspb@mspb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 9,
2005, the Board published amendments
to 5 CFR part 1207 as an interim rule
with request for comments (70 FR
24293). The Board received no
comments during the 60 days allowed
for receipt of public comments. This
final rule makes no changes to the
previously published interim rule. See
70 FR 24293 for additional information
concerning the Board’s revision of 5
CFR 1207.
Accordingly, the Board adopts the
interim rule published at 70 FR 24293
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Fees Assessed by the Service
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Grain Inspection
Service (FGIS), of the Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA), is amending the regulation
regarding fees assessed to delegated
States and designated official agencies,
hereafter known as official agencies,
authorized by GIPSA to provide official
inspection and weighing services to the
U.S. grain industry. The fee adjustment
is necessary to collect sufficient revenue
to cover the current and future cost of
supervising the performance of the
official agencies.
Current supervision fees are charged
to official agencies on a unit basis and
represent an average rate of
approximately 0.8 cent per metric ton of
grain inspected or weighed by the
official agencies. The final supervision
fee increases the rate to a 1.1 cents per
metric ton charge. Official agencies
include the cost of GIPSA’s supervision
fee as part of the fee they charge their
customers for grain services. The
current average cost for services
provided by official agencies is 21 cents
per metric ton. Increasing the
supervision fee by approximately 0.3
cent per metric ton will minimally
increase the total cost of inspection and
weighing services to the grain industry.
DATES: Effective October 1, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Orr, Director, Field Management
Division, telephone (202) 720–0228 at
USDA, GIPSA, Room 2409, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3630; Fax
PO 00000
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Number (202) 720–1015; E-mail address
David.M.Orr@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The United States Grain Standards
Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.)
authorizes GIPSA to supervise grain
inspection and weighing services
provided by official agencies and to
charge and collect reasonable fees to
cover the cost of such supervision.
These fees are charged by official
agencies to their customers (grain
industry) as part of the overall fee
charged for inspection and weighing
services. Supervision fees collected by
GIPSA cover, as nearly as practicable,
the program and administrative costs of
supervising official agencies. The
current supervision fees were published
in the Federal Register on May 13, 2004
(69 FR 26476), and became effective
June 14, 2004. This action adjusted only
the supervision fee charged to delegated
States for the inspection and weighing
of export grain shipments. All other
supervision fees remained unchanged.
The fee for export grain shipments was
changed from a unit fee of $49.20 per
inspection to 1.6 cents per metric ton.
The fees unchanged by the June 14,
2004, action were last amended in
September 23, 1985, as published in the
Federal Register (50 FR 38503) and
became effective on October 1, 1985. At
that time, supervision fees were lowered
an average 40 percent due to the
accumulation of a $4.5 million reserve
in retained earnings. The fee rates
established on October 1, 1985, were set
at a level so that the program operated
at a net loss in order to reduce the
operating reserves on a planned gradual
basis. During the 19 year span from
1985 to 2004, GIPSA has gradually
reduced the retained earnings in this
program and has reached a point where
an adjustment is needed to cover
current and future program costs. In FY
2004, the official agency supervision
program operating costs totaled
$2,606,826, while revenue amounted to
$1,527,713, a negative margin of
$1,079,113. The retained earnings
balance was $867,191 at the end of FY
2004. GIPSA projects the official agency
supervision program deficit to continue
at a comparable rate, and estimates that
at the end of FY 2006, the program’s
retained earnings will be negative $1.1
million.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains regulatory documents
having general applicability and legal effect, most of which are keyed
to and codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, which is published
under 50 titles pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 1510.
The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
Prices of new books are listed in the first FEDERAL REGISTER issue of each
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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
5 CFR Part 1207
Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in
Programs or Activities
AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection Board.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB or ``the Board'') is
publishing final regulations that adopt previously published interim
regulations revising 5 CFR part 1207. These final regulations are
necessary to reconcile the Board's regulations with Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 29 U.S.C. 794, and to clarify
the procedures for processing those complaints filed against the Board
that allege discrimination on the basis of disability during the
Board's adjudication of a related employee appeal.
DATES: This rule is effective August 26, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bentley M. Roberts, Jr., Clerk of the
Board, Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20419; (202) 653-7200; fax: (202) 653-7130; or e-mail:
mspb@mspb.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 9, 2005, the Board published
amendments to 5 CFR part 1207 as an interim rule with request for
comments (70 FR 24293). The Board received no comments during the 60
days allowed for receipt of public comments. This final rule makes no
changes to the previously published interim rule. See 70 FR 24293 for
additional information concerning the Board's revision of 5 CFR 1207.
Accordingly, the Board adopts the interim rule published at 70 FR
24293 on May 9, 2005, as a final rule effective August 26, 2005.
Bentley M. Roberts, Jr.,
Clerk of the Board.
[FR Doc. 05-17050 Filed 8-25-05; 8:45 am]
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