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APPENDIX A TO SUBPART C OF PART
843.—PRESENT VALUE CONVERSION FACTORS FOR EARLIER COMMENCING DATE OF ANNUITIES OF
CURRENT AND FORMER SPOUSES OF
DECEASED SEPARATED EMPLOYEES
Age of separated employee
at birthday before death
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With at least 10, but less than 20 years of
creditable service—
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APPENDIX A TO SUBPART C OF PART
843.—PRESENT VALUE CONVERSION FACTORS FOR EARLIER COMMENCING DATE OF ANNUITIES OF
CURRENT AND FORMER SPOUSES OF
DECEASED SEPARATED EMPLOYEES—Continued
APPENDIX A TO SUBPART C OF PART
843.—PRESENT VALUE CONVERSION FACTORS FOR EARLIER COMMENCING DATE OF ANNUITIES OF
CURRENT AND FORMER SPOUSES OF
DECEASED SEPARATED EMPLOYEES—Continued
Age of separated employee
at birthday before death
Age of separated employee
at birthday before death
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creditable service—
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.4335
.4701
.5093
.5532
.6010
.6532
.7104
.7722
.8411
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Multiplier by separated employee’s year of birth
Age of separated employee at birthday before death
After 1966
From 1950
through 1966
Before 1950
With at least 30 years of creditable service—
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[FR Doc. E7–24527 Filed 12–18–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6325–38–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
9 CFR Part 130
[Docket No. APHIS–2006–0161]
RIN 0579–AC52
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Veterinary Diagnostic Services User
Fees
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
We are amending the
regulations to increase the user fees for
SUMMARY:
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the veterinary diagnostic services to
reflect changes in our operating costs
and expenses. We are also setting rates
for multiple fiscal years. These actions
are necessary to ensure that we recover
the actual costs of providing these
services. We are also providing for a
reasonable balance, or reserve, in the
veterinary diagnostics user fee account.
The Food, Agriculture, and
Conservation Act of 1990, as amended,
authorizes us to set and collect these
user fees.
DATES:
Effective Date: January 18, 2008.
For
information concerning Veterinary
Services (VS) Management Support,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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contact Ms. Inez Hockaday, Director,
Management Support Staff, VS, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 44, Riverdale, MD
20737–1231; (301) 734–7517.
For information concerning VS
Program Operations at the National
Veterinary Services Laboratory, contact
Dr. Elizabeth Lautner, Director, National
Veterinary Services Laboratories, 1800
Dayton Road, P.O. Box 844, Ames, IA
50010; (515) 633–7357.
For information concerning user fee
rate development, contact Mrs. Kris
Caraher, User Fees Section Head,
Financial Management Division,
MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
54, Riverdale, MD 20737–1232; (301)
734–5901.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
User fees to reimburse the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
for the costs of providing veterinary
diagnostic services and import and
export related services for live animals
and birds and animal products are
contained in 9 CFR part 130 (referred to
below as the regulations). These user
fees are authorized by section 2509(c) of
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990, as amended (21
U.S.C. 136a), which provides that the
Secretary of Agriculture may, among
other things, prescribe regulations and
collect fees to recover the costs of
veterinary diagnostics relating to the
control and eradication of
communicable diseases of livestock or
poultry within the United States.
On July 23, 2007, we published in the
Federal Register (72 FR 40082–40090,
Docket No. APHIS–2006–0161) a
proposal 1 to amend the regulations by
increasing the user fees for veterinary
diagnostic services to reflect changes in
our operating costs and changes in
calculating our costs, and to establish
rates for multiple fiscal years.
We solicited comments concerning
our proposal for 60 days ending
September 22, 2007. We received one
comment by that date, from a private
citizen. The commenter supported the
proposed rule. Therefore, for the reasons
given in the proposed rule, we are
adopting the proposed rule as a final
rule.
In this final rule, we have made a
minor change to the fiscal year 2011
user fees for complement fixation and
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in
§ 130.16(a). In the proposed rule, we
mistakenly stated that those two fees
1 To view the proposed rule and the comment we
received, go to https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2006-0161.
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would be $17 for that year. The correct
fee for both tests is $18.
Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory
Flexibility Act
This rule has been reviewed under
Executive Order 12866. The rule has
been determined to be not significant for
the purposes of Executive Order 12866
and, therefore, has not been reviewed by
the Office of Management and Budget.
Below is a summary of the economic
analysis for the changes in APHIS user
fees in this final rule. The economic
analysis provides a cost-benefit analysis
and an analysis of the potential
economic effects on small entities as
required by the Regulatory Flexibility
Act. A copy of the full economic
analysis, which includes comparisons of
the change in each user fee, may be
viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site
(see footnote 1 for instructions for
accessing Regulations.gov) and may be
obtained from the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
APHIS is updating the user fees
covering the costs of providing
veterinary diagnostics services to take
into account the routine increases in the
cost of doing business. The costs to
operate the Veterinary Services
Veterinary Diagnostics Program at
National Veterinary Services Laboratory
increase slightly from year to year due
to increases in employee costs (cost of
living increases, etc.) and other
operational costs. These fees are
necessary to provide for full-cost
recovery of Agency activities.
Calculating the potential impacts of
these changes to the veterinary
diagnostics user fees is hindered by the
difficulty in determining the elasticities
of demand for the covered services.
Therefore, Government savings are
assumed equivalent to the total user fee
collections for each category associated
with the rule.
Veterinary diagnostic services and
products are provided to animal
importers and exporters, veterinarians,
State and Federal agencies and
laboratories, commercial laboratories,
educational institutions, and foreign
governments.
There is reason to believe that the
impact on most users of the changes in
this rule would be small. About 76
percent of the fees change in total by
$10 or less. The majority should also
make only small contributions to the
total additional collections and
therefore have a minor impact on the
users of those materials and services.
This is either because the change is
small or the projected volume
associated with the user fee is small, or
both. In addition, user fees are not
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charged when tests are provided in the
context of disease control or eradication
programs. Also, in addition to the role
they play in protecting American
agriculture, veterinary diagnostic
services and products facilitate
international trade and thereby enhance
the business interests of many of those
requesting these services.
Nearly 80 percent of the total
projected change in collections would
come from changes in only 13 of the 146
fees. Only these 13 fee changes are
projected to generate $10,000 or more in
additional annual collections by the end
of the period covered in this rule.
Several factors suggest, however, that
these fees should also not have a
significant impact on users. These fees
include small fees applied to a large
annual volume of users, large fees but
very small volume of users, fees that
represent a small percentage of the
overall costs associated with a user’s
output, single fees for reagents with
numerous final users, and fees that
enhance the marketability of the user’s
final output.
To the extent that the changes in user
fees would impact operational costs,
any entity that utilizes APHIS veterinary
diagnostic services and materials could
be impacted by the changes. The degree
to which an entity could be affected
depends on its market power, that is,
the extent to which costs are either
absorbed or can be passed on to its
buyers. Without information on either
profit margins or operational expenses
of the affected entities, or the effects of
changes in operating costs on the
affected industry, the scale of the
impacts cannot be precisely predicted.
However, some conclusions on the
overall impacts to domestic and
international commerce can be drawn.
If the user fees cannot be passed on,
the profit margins of some entities may
decline as user fees for veterinary
diagnostic services and materials are
increased. However, the impacts are
expected to be muted. The majority of
the changes to the user fees are either
small, associated with few users, or
both. Over the period covered by the
rule, more than 51 percent of the
individual increases are $5 or less, more
than 76 percent increase by less than
$10, and more than 83 percent are
associated with fewer than 500 users.
The majority should also make only
small contributions to the total
additional collections and therefore
have a minor impact on the users of
those services. This is either because the
change is small or the projected volume
associated with the user fee is small, or
both. Even in those instances in which
the change in a user fee generates a
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larger total increase in collections, the
impact should not be significant. This is
because they are small fees applied to a
large annual volume of users, large fees
but applied to a very small volume of
users, fees that represent a small
percentage of the overall costs
associated with a user’s output, single
fees for reagents with numerous final
users, or fees that enhance the
marketability of the user’s final outputs.
Therefore, the increases are not
generally expected to substantially
reduce profits or impede trade. Indeed,
the full burden of the user fee changes
is not likely to be borne entirely by the
purchasers of veterinary diagnostic
services and materials.
Under these circumstances, the
Administrator of the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service has
determined that this action will not
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
Executive Order 12372
This program/activity is listed in the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
under No. 10.025 and is subject to
Executive Order 12372, which requires
intergovernmental consultation with
State and local officials. (See 7 CFR part
3015, subpart V.)
Executive Order 12988
This final rule has been reviewed
under Executive Order 12988, Civil
Justice Reform. This rule: (1) Preempts
all State and local laws and regulations
that are inconsistent with this rule; (2)
has no retroactive effect; and (3) does
not require administrative proceedings
before parties may file suit in court
challenging this rule.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule contains no new
information collection or recordkeeping
requirements under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.).
List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 130
Animals, Birds, Diagnostic reagents,
Exports, Imports, Poultry and poultry
products, Quarantine, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Tests.
Accordingly, we are amending 9 CFR
part 130 as follows:
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PART 130—USER FEES
1. The authority citation for part 130
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5542; 7 U.S.C. 1622
and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31
U.S.C. 3701, 3716, 3717, 3719, and 3720A; 7
CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
2. In § 130.15, paragraphs (a) and (b),
the tables are revised to read as follows:
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§ 130.15 User fees for veterinary
diagnostic isolation and identification tests
performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or
other authorized site.
(a) * * *
User fee
Test
Unit
Bacterial identification, automated .................................
Bacterial identification, non-automated ..........................
Bacterial isolation ...........................................................
Bacterial serotyping, all other .........................................
Bacterial serotyping, Pasteurella multocida ...................
Bacterial serotyping, Salmonella ....................................
Bacterial toxin typing ......................................................
Bacteriology requiring special characterization ..............
DNA fingerprinting ..........................................................
DNA probe ......................................................................
Fluorescent antibody ......................................................
Mycobacterium identification (biochemical) ...................
Mycobacterium identification (gas chromatography) .....
Mycobacterium isolation, animal inoculations ................
Mycobacterium isolation, all other ..................................
Mycobacterium paratuberculosis isolation .....................
Phage typing, all other ...................................................
Phage typing, Salmonella enteritidis ..............................
Isolate .........
Isolate ..........
Sample ........
Isolate .........
Isolate ..........
Isolate ..........
Isolate ..........
Test .............
Test .............
Test .............
Test .............
Isolate ..........
Procedure ....
Submission ..
Submission ..
Submission ..
Isolate ..........
Isolate ..........
Jan. 18,
2008–Sept.
30, 2008
Oct. 1,
2008–Sept.
30, 2009
Oct. 1,
2009–Sept.
30, 2010
Oct. 1,
2010–Sept.
30, 2011
Beginning
Oct. 1, 2011
$53.00
90.00
36.00
55.00
18.00
36.00
120.00
92.00
59.00
83.00
19.00
115.00
96.00
844.00
151.00
72.00
42.00
24.00
$54.00
92.00
37.00
56.00
19.00
37.00
123.00
94.00
61.00
85.00
19.00
117.00
99.00
852.00
154.00
74.00
43.00
24.00
$55.00
94.00
38.00
56.00
19.00
38.00
126.00
96.00
62.00
86.00
20.00
120.00
101.00
868.00
158.00
75.00
44.00
25.00
$57.00
96.00
39.00
57.00
19.00
39.00
128.00
98.00
63.00
88.00
20.00
122.00
103.00
884.00
161.00
77.00
45.00
25.00
$58.00
98.00
40.00
58.00
20.00
40.00
131.00
101.00
64.00
89.00
20.00
125.00
105.00
900.00
165.00
79.00
46.00
26.00
(b) * * *
User fee
Test
Unit
Fluorescent antibody tissue section ...............................
Virus isolation .................................................................
Test .............
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I 3. In § 130.16, paragraphs (a) and (b),
the tables are revised to read as follows:
Jan. 18,
2008–Sept.
30, 2008
Oct. 1,
2008–Sept.
30, 2009
Oct. 1,
2009–Sept.
30, 2010
Oct. 1,
2010–Sept.
30, 2011
Beginning
Oct. 1, 2011
$29.00
48.00
$30.00
49.00
$30.00
50.00
$31.00
51.00
$31.00
52.00
§ 130.16 User fees for veterinary
diagnostic serology tests performed at
NVSL (excluding FADDL) or at authorized
sites.
(a) * * *
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Test
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Jan. 18,
2008–Sept.
30, 2008
Oct. 1,
2008–Sept.
30, 2009
Oct. 1,
2009–Sept.
30, 2010
Oct. 1,
2010–Sept.
30, 2011
Beginning
Oct. 1, 2011
Brucella ring (BRT) .........................................................
Brucella ring, heat inactivated (HIRT) ............................
Brucella ring, serial (Serial BRT) ...................................
Buffered acidified plate antigen presumptive .................
Card ................................................................................
Complement fixation .......................................................
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay ...........................
Indirect fluorescent antibody ..........................................
Microscopic agglutination—includes up to 5 serovars ...
Microscopic agglutination—each serovar in excess of 5
serovars.
Particle concentration fluorescent immunoassay
(PCFIA).
Plate ...............................................................................
Rapid automated presumptive .......................................
Rivanol ............................................................................
Tube agglutination ..........................................................
Test .............
Test .............
Test .............
Test .............
Test .............
Test .............
Test .............
Test .............
Sample ........
Sample ........
$36.00
36.00
54.00
7.00
4.00
16.00
16.00
14.00
24.00
4.25
$37.00
37.00
56.00
7.25
4.00
17.00
17.00
15.00
24.00
4.50
$38.00
38.00
57.00
7.50
4.25
17.00
17.00
15.00
25.00
4.50
$39.00
39.00
58.00
7.50
4.25
18.00
18.00
15.00
25.00
4.50
$40.00
40.00
59.00
8.00
4.50
18.00
18.00
16.00
26.00
4.75
Test .............
36.00
37.00
38.00
38.00
39.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.25
7.00
7.25
7.25
7.50
7.25
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.25
7.50
7.50
7.75
7.25
7.75
7.75
Test
Test
Test
Test
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(b) * * *
User fee
Test
Unit
Agar gel immunodiffusion ...............................................
Complement fixation .......................................................
Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay ...........................
Hemagglutination inhibition ............................................
Indirect fluorescent antibody ..........................................
Latex agglutination .........................................................
Peroxidase linked antibody ............................................
Plaque reduction neutralization ......................................
Rabies fluorescent antibody neutralization ....................
Virus neutralization .........................................................
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4. In § 130.17, paragraph (a), the table
is revised to read as follows:
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Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
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Jan. 18,
2008–Sept.
30, 2008
Oct. 1,
2008–Sept.
30, 2009
Oct. 1,
2009–Sept.
30, 2010
Oct. 1,
2010–Sept.
30, 2011
Beginning
Oct. 1, 2011
$16.00
16.00
16.00
14.00
14.00
16.00
15.00
18.00
45.00
13.00
$17.00
17.00
17.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
16.00
18.00
46.00
13.00
$17.00
17.00
17.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
16.00
19.00
47.00
14.00
$17.00
18.00
18.00
15.00
15.00
17.00
16.00
19.00
49.00
14.00
$18.00
18.00
18.00
16.00
16.00
18.00
17.00
19.00
50.00
14.00
§ 130.17 User fees for other veterinary
diagnostic laboratory tests performed at
NVSL (excluding FADDL) or at authorized
sites.
(a) * * *
User fee
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Test
Unit
Aflatoxin quantitation ......................................................
Aflatoxin screen ..............................................................
Agar gel immunodiffusion spp. identification .................
Antibiotic (bioautography) quantitation ...........................
Antibiotic (bioautography) screen ...................................
Antibiotic inhibition ..........................................................
Arsenic ............................................................................
Ergot alkaloid screen ......................................................
Ergot alkaloid confirmation .............................................
Feed microscopy ............................................................
Fumonisin only ...............................................................
Gossypol .........................................................................
Mercury ...........................................................................
Metals screen .................................................................
Metals single element confirmation ................................
Mycotoxin: aflatoxin-liver ................................................
Mycotoxin screen ...........................................................
Nitrate/nitrite ...................................................................
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Oct. 1,
2008–Sept.
30, 2009
Oct. 1,
2009–Sept.
30, 2010
Oct. 1,
2010–Sept.
30, 2011
Beginning
Oct. 1, 2011
$30.00
29.00
13.00
66.00
119.00
66.00
17.00
66.00
86.00
66.00
37.00
98.00
145.00
44.00
13.00
119.00
48.00
66.00
$31.00
29.00
13.00
67.00
122.00
67.00
18.00
67.00
88.00
67.00
38.00
100.00
148.00
45.00
13.00
122.00
49.00
67.00
$32.00
30.00
13.00
68.00
125.00
68.00
18.00
68.00
89.00
68.00
39.00
103.00
151.00
46.00
13.00
125.00
50.00
68.00
$32.00
30.00
14.00
70.00
128.00
70.00
19.00
70.00
91.00
70.00
40.00
105.00
155.00
47.00
14.00
128.00
51.00
70.00
$33.00
31.00
14.00
72.00
130.00
72.00
19.00
72.00
94.00
72.00
40.00
107.00
158.00
48.00
14.00
130.00
52.00
72.00
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Test
Unit
Organic compound confirmation ....................................
Organic compound screen .............................................
Parasitology ....................................................................
Pesticide quantitation .....................................................
Pesticide screen .............................................................
pH ...................................................................................
Plate cylinder ..................................................................
Selenium .........................................................................
Silicate/carbonate disinfectant ........................................
Temperature disks ..........................................................
Toxicant quantitation, other ............................................
Toxicant screen, other ....................................................
Vomitoxin only ................................................................
Water activity ..................................................................
Zearaleone quantitation ..................................................
Zearaleone screen .........................................................
*
*
*
*
*
5. In § 130.18, paragraphs (a) and (b),
the tables are revised to read as follows:
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Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
Test
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
Jan. 18,
2008–Sept.
30, 2008
Oct. 1,
2008–Sept.
30, 2009
Oct. 1,
2009–Sept.
30, 2010
Oct. 1,
2010–Sept.
30, 2011
Beginning
Oct. 1, 2011
88.00
151.00
29.00
132.00
60.00
26.00
98.00
44.00
66.00
130.00
110.00
33.00
53.00
33.00
53.00
29.00
90.00
155.00
29.00
135.00
62.00
27.00
100.00
45.00
67.00
133.00
112.00
33.00
54.00
33.00
54.00
29.00
92.00
158.00
30.00
138.00
63.00
28.00
103.00
46.00
68.00
136.00
115.00
34.00
55.00
34.00
55.00
30.00
94.00
161.00
30.00
141.00
64.00
28.00
105.00
47.00
70.00
139.00
117.00
35.00
56.00
35.00
56.00
30.00
96.00
165.00
31.00
144.00
66.00
29.00
107.00
48.00
72.00
142.00
120.00
36.00
58.00
36.00
58.00
31.00
§ 130.18 User fees for veterinary
diagnostic reagents produced at NVSL or
other authorized site (excluding FADDL).
(a) * * *
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Reagent
Unit
Anaplasma card test antigen .........................................
Anaplasma card test kit without antigen ........................
Anaplasma CF antigen ...................................................
Anaplasma stabilate .......................................................
Avian origin bacterial antiserums ...................................
Bacterial agglutinating antigens other than brucella and
salmonella pullorum.
Bacterial conjugates .......................................................
Bacterial disease CF antigens, all other ........................
Bacterial ELISA antigens ...............................................
Bacterial or protozoal antiserums, all other ...................
Bacterial reagent culture1 ...............................................
Bacterial reference culture2 ............................................
Bacteriophage reference culture ....................................
Bovine serum factor .......................................................
Brucella abortus CF antigen ..........................................
Brucella agglutination antigens, all other .......................
Brucella buffered plate antigen ......................................
Brucella canis tube antigen ............................................
Brucella card test antigen (packaged) ...........................
Brucella card test kit without antigen .............................
Brucella cells ..................................................................
Brucella cells, dried ........................................................
Brucella ring test antigen ...............................................
Brucella rivanol solution .................................................
Dourine CF antigen ........................................................
Dourine stabilate ............................................................
Equine and bovine origin babesia species antiserums
Equine negative control CF antigen ...............................
Flazo-orange ..................................................................
Glanders CF antigen ......................................................
Hemoparasitic disease CF antigens, all other ...............
Leptospira transport medium .........................................
Monoclonal antibody ......................................................
Mycobacterium spp. old tuberculin ................................
Mycobacterium spp. PPD ...............................................
Mycoplasma hemagglutination antigens ........................
Negative control serums ................................................
Rabbit origin bacterial antiserum ...................................
Salmonella pullorum microagglutination antigen ...........
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30, 2008
Oct. 1,
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30, 2009
Oct. 1,
2009–Sept.
30, 2010
Oct. 1,
2010–Sept.
30, 2011
Beginning
Oct. 1, 2011
2 mL ............
Kit ................
2 mL ............
4.5 mL .........
1 mL ............
5 mL ............
$95.00
127.00
46.00
175.00
48.00
54.00
$97.00
130.00
46.00
178.00
49.00
55.00
$99.00
133.00
46.00
181.00
50.00
57.00
$101.00
136.00
47.00
185.00
51.00
58.00
$103.00
139.00
47.00
188.00
52.00
59.00
1 mL ............
1 mL ............
1 mL ............
1 mL ............
Culture .........
Culture .........
Culture .........
1 mL ............
60 mL ..........
60 mL ..........
60 mL ..........
25 mL ..........
Package ......
Kit ................
Gram ...........
Pellet ...........
60 mL ..........
60 mL ..........
1 mL ............
4.5 mL .........
1 mL ............
1 mL ............
3 mL ............
1 mL ............
1 mL ............
10 mL ..........
1 mL ............
1 mL ............
1 mL ............
5 mL ............
1 mL ............
1 mL ............
5 mL ............
96.00
29.00
29.00
60.00
73.00
228.00
172.00
18.00
151.00
151.00
172.00
114.00
90.00
113.00
19.00
6.00
241.00
29.00
89.00
109.00
127.00
282.00
13.00
77.00
541.00
4.25
95.00
24.00
18.00
180.00
18.00
52.00
15.00
99.00
30.00
30.00
61.00
74.00
233.00
176.00
18.00
154.00
154.00
176.00
116.00
92.00
114.00
19.00
6.00
246.00
30.00
91.00
111.00
130.00
283.00
13.00
79.00
553.00
4.50
97.00
24.00
19.00
184.00
19.00
53.00
16.00
101.00
30.00
31.00
63.00
76.00
239.00
180.00
19.00
158.00
158.00
180.00
119.00
94.00
116.00
19.00
6.25
252.00
31.00
93.00
112.00
133.00
286.00
13.00
81.00
565.00
4.50
99.00
25.00
19.00
188.00
19.00
54.00
16.00
103.00
31.00
31.00
64.00
78.00
244.00
183.00
19.00
161.00
161.00
183.00
121.00
96.00
117.00
20.00
6.25
257.00
31.00
95.00
114.00
136.00
290.00
13.00
82.00
577.00
4.50
101.00
25.00
19.00
192.00
19.00
55.00
16.00
105.00
32.00
32.00
66.00
79.00
249.00
188.00
19.00
165.00
165.00
188.00
124.00
98.00
119.00
20.00
6.25
263.00
32.00
97.00
116.00
139.00
293.00
14.00
84.00
590.00
4.75
103.00
26.00
20.00
197.00
20.00
56.00
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Reagent
Unit
Stabilates, all other .........................................................
4.5 mL .........
Jan. 18,
2008–Sept.
30, 2008
Oct. 1,
2008–Sept.
30, 2009
Oct. 1,
2009–Sept.
30, 2010
Oct. 1,
2010–Sept.
30, 2011
Beginning
Oct. 1, 2011
684.00
690.00
703.00
716.00
730.00
1A
reagent culture is a bacterial culture that has been subcultured one or more times after being tested for purity and identity. It is intended for
use as a reagent with a diagnostic test such as the leptospiral agglutination test.
2 A reference culture is a bacterial culture that has been thoroughly tested for purity and identity. It should be suitable as a master seed for future cultures.
(b) * * *
User fee
Reagent
Unit
Antigen, except avian influenza and chlamydia psittaci
antigens, any.
Avian antiserum except avian influenza antiserum, any
Avian influenza antigen, any ..........................................
Avian influenza antiserum, any ......................................
Bovine or ovine serum, any ...........................................
Cell culture .....................................................................
Chlamydia psittaci spp. of origin monoclonal antibody
panel.
Conjugate, any ...............................................................
Diluted positive control serum, any ................................
Equine antiserum, any ...................................................
Monoclonal antibody ......................................................
Other spp. antiserum, any ..............................................
Porcine antiserum, any ..................................................
Porcine tissue sets .........................................................
Positive control tissues, all .............................................
Rabbit origin antiserum ..................................................
Reference virus, any ......................................................
Viruses (except reference viruses), chlamydia psittaci
agent or chlamydia psittaci antigen, any.
*
*
*
*
*
6. In § 130.19, paragraph (a), the table
is revised to read as follows:
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Jan. 18,
2008–Sept.
30, 2008
Oct. 1,
2008–Sept.
30, 2009
Oct. 1,
2009–Sept.
30, 2010
Oct. 1,
2010–Sept.
30, 2011
Beginning
Oct. 1, 2011
2 mL ............
$61.00
$62.00
$64.00
$65.00
$67.00
2 mL ............
2 mL ............
6 mL ............
2 mL ............
Flask ...........
Panel ...........
48.00
33.00
103.00
127.00
151.00
95.00
49.00
34.00
105.00
130.00
154.00
96.00
51.00
35.00
108.00
133.00
158.00
98.00
52.00
36.00
110.00
136.00
161.00
99.00
53.00
36.00
113.00
139.00
165.00
101.00
1 mL ............
2 mL ............
2 mL ............
1 mL ............
1 mL ............
2 mL ............
Tissue set ....
2 cm2 section.
1 mL ............
0.6 mL .........
0.6 mL .........
73.00
24.00
45.00
102.00
52.00
105.00
157.00
60.00
75.00
25.00
46.00
104.00
52.00
108.00
157.00
62.00
76.00
25.00
47.00
106.00
52.00
110.00
158.00
63.00
78.00
26.00
48.00
108.00
53.00
113.00
159.00
65.00
80.00
27.00
49.00
110.00
53.00
115.00
161.00
66.00
52.00
180.00
30.00
53.00
184.00
31.00
54.00
188.00
32.00
55.00
193.00
32.00
56.00
197.00
33.00
§ 130.19 User fees for other veterinary
diagnostic services or materials provided at
NVSL (excluding FADDL).
(a) * * *
User fee
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Service
Unit
Antimicrobial susceptibility test ......................................
Avian safety test .............................................................
Check tests, culture ........................................................
Check tests, serology .....................................................
Fetal bovine serum safety test .......................................
Hourly user fees: 2
Hour .........................................................................
Quarter hour ............................................................
Minimum ..................................................................
Manual, brucellosis culture .....................................
Manual, tuberculosis Culture (English or Spanish)
Manual, Veterinary mycology ..................................
Manuals or standard operating procedure (SOP),
all other.
Manuals or SOP, per page .....................................
Training (school or technical assistance) ...............
1 Any
Jan. 18,
2008–Sept.
30, 2008
Oct. 1,
2008–Sept.
30, 2009
Oct. 1,
2009–Sept.
30, 2010
Oct. 1,
2010–Sept.
30, 2011
Beginning
Oct. 1, 2011
Isolate .........
Test .............
Kit 1 ..............
Kit 1 ..............
Verification ..
$105.00
4,082.00
176.00
361.00
1,119.00
$107.00
4,090.00
179.00
369.00
1,122.00
$109.00
4,099.00
182.00
377.00
1,134.00
$112.00
4,109.00
185.00
385.00
1,147.00
$114.00
4,180.00
189.00
394.00
1,160.00
Hour ............
Quarter Hour
.....................
1 copy .........
1 copy .........
1 copy .........
1 copy .........
104.00
26.00
30.00
115.00
172.00
172.00
34.00
104.00
26.00
31.00
117.00
176.00
176.00
35.00
108.00
27.00
32.00
120.00
180.00
180.00
36.00
112.00
28.00
33.00
122.00
183.00
183.00
37.00
112.00
28.00
33.00
125.00
188.00
188.00
37.00
1 page .........
Per person
per day.
2.25
332.00
2.50
339.00
2.50
346.00
2.75
354.00
2.75
362.00
reagents required for the check test will be charged separately.
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provide the service.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of
December 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7–24602 Filed 12–18–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
10 CFR Part 50
RIN 3150–AH80
Incorporation by Reference of
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Code Cases
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) is amending its
regulations to incorporate by reference
the latest revisions of two previously
incorporated regulatory guides (RGs)
that approve Code Cases published by
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME). These RGs are 1.84,
‘‘Design, Fabrication, and Materials
Code Case Acceptability, ASME Section
III,’’ Revision 34, and RG 1.147,
‘‘Inservice Inspection Code Case
Acceptability, ASME Section XI,
Division 1,’’ Revision 15. This action
allows licensees to use the Code Cases
listed in the RGs as alternatives to
requirements in the ASME Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Code regarding the
construction and inservice inspection of
nuclear power plant components.
Concurrent with this action, the NRC is
publishing a notice of the issuance and
availability of the final RGs. As a result
of these related actions, the Code Cases
listed in these RGs are incorporated by
reference into the NRC’s regulations.
Effective Date: January 18, 2008.
The incorporation by reference of
certain publications listed in the
regulation is approved by the Director of
the Office of the Federal Register as of
January 18, 2008.
DATES:
L.
Mark Padovan, Office of Nuclear
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington,
DC 20555–0001, telephone 301–415–
1423, e-mail lmp@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability of Documents
The NRC is making the documents
identified below available to interested
persons through one or more of the
following:
Public Document Room (PDR). The
NRC Public Document Room is located
at 11555 Rockville Pike, Public File
Area O–1F21, Rockville, Maryland.
Publicly available documents related to
this rulemaking may be viewed
electronically on the public computers
located at the NRC’s PDR. The PDR
reproduction contractor will copy
documents for a fee.
The NRC’s Public Electronic Reading
Room. The NRC’s public electronic
reading room (e-reading room) is located
at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html.
From this site, the public can gain entry
into the NRC’s Agencywide Document
Access and Management System
(ADAMS), which provides text and
image files of NRC’s public documents.
The table below shows some documents
related to this rulemaking, and their
ADAMS ML numbers. If you do not
have access to ADAMS, or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC
Public Document Room (PDR) Reference
staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737
or by e-mail to pdr@nrc.gov.
Document
PDR
Final Rule—Regulatory Analysis .................................................................................................................................
RG 1.84, Rev. 34 .........................................................................................................................................................
RG 1.147, Rev. 15 .......................................................................................................................................................
RG 1.193, Rev. 1 .........................................................................................................................................................
Response to Public Comments ...................................................................................................................................
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Background
The ASME develops and publishes
the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
(BPV Code), which contains the Code
requirements for the design,
construction, and inservice inspection
(ISI) of nuclear power plant
components, and the Code for
Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear
Power Plants (OM Code), which
contains Code requirements for
inservice testing (IST) of nuclear power
plant components. In response to BPV
and OM Code user requests, the ASME
develops Code Cases which provide
alternatives to BPV and OM Code
requirements under special
circumstances.
The NRC staff reviews ASME BPV
and OM Code Cases, rules upon the
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acceptability of each Code Case, and
publishes its findings in RGs. The RGs
are revised periodically as new Code
Cases are published by the ASME. The
NRC incorporates by reference the RGs
listing acceptable and conditionally
acceptable ASME Code Cases in 10 CFR
50.55a. Currently, NRC RG 1.84,
Revision 33, ‘‘Design, Fabrication, and
Materials Code Case Acceptability,
ASME Section III,’’ NRC RG 1.147,
Revisions 0 through 14, ‘‘Inservice
Inspection Code Case Acceptability,
ASME Section XI, Division 1,’’ and NRC
RG 1.192, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance
Code Case Acceptability, ASME OM
Code’’ are incorporated into NRC’s
regulations, specifically 10 CFR 50.55a,
‘‘Codes and Standards.’’
This final rule incorporates by
reference the latest revisions of the NRC
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RGs that list acceptable and
conditionally acceptable ASME BPV
Code Cases. RG 1.84, Revision 34
supersedes the incorporation by
reference of Revision 33 and RG 1.147,
Revision 15 supersedes the
incorporation by reference of Revisions
0 through 14. Revision 15 of RG 1.147
supersedes all previous revisions of the
RG. To make RG 1.147 easier to use,
there was an effort to ensure that the
tables of annulled Code Cases in
Revision 15 were all inclusive. The
result should be that licensees will no
longer have to refer to multiple versions
of this RG in managing Code Case usage
in their ISI programs. RG 1.192,
‘‘Operation and Maintenance Code Case
Acceptability, ASME OM Code’’ (June
2003), has not been revised because no
new OM Code Cases have been
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
9 CFR Part 130
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0161]
RIN 0579-AC52
Veterinary Diagnostic Services User Fees
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: We are amending the regulations to increase the user fees for
the veterinary diagnostic services to reflect changes in our operating
costs and expenses. We are also setting rates for multiple fiscal
years. These actions are necessary to ensure that we recover the actual
costs of providing these services. We are also providing for a
reasonable balance, or reserve, in the veterinary diagnostics user fee
account. The Food, Agriculture, and Conservation Act of 1990, as
amended, authorizes us to set and collect these user fees.
DATES: Effective Date: January 18, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning Veterinary
Services (VS) Management Support,
[[Page 71745]]
contact Ms. Inez Hockaday, Director, Management Support Staff, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 44, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-
7517.
For information concerning VS Program Operations at the National
Veterinary Services Laboratory, contact Dr. Elizabeth Lautner,
Director, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, 1800 Dayton Road,
P.O. Box 844, Ames, IA 50010; (515) 633-7357.
For information concerning user fee rate development, contact Mrs.
Kris Caraher, User Fees Section Head, Financial Management Division,
MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737-1232; (301)
734-5901.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
User fees to reimburse the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) for the costs of providing veterinary diagnostic
services and import and export related services for live animals and
birds and animal products are contained in 9 CFR part 130 (referred to
below as the regulations). These user fees are authorized by section
2509(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990,
as amended (21 U.S.C. 136a), which provides that the Secretary of
Agriculture may, among other things, prescribe regulations and collect
fees to recover the costs of veterinary diagnostics relating to the
control and eradication of communicable diseases of livestock or
poultry within the United States.
On July 23, 2007, we published in the Federal Register (72 FR
40082-40090, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0161) a proposal \1\ to amend the
regulations by increasing the user fees for veterinary diagnostic
services to reflect changes in our operating costs and changes in
calculating our costs, and to establish rates for multiple fiscal
years.
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\1\ To view the proposed rule and the comment we received, go to
https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2006-0161.
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We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending
September 22, 2007. We received one comment by that date, from a
private citizen. The commenter supported the proposed rule. Therefore,
for the reasons given in the proposed rule, we are adopting the
proposed rule as a final rule.
In this final rule, we have made a minor change to the fiscal year
2011 user fees for complement fixation and enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay in Sec. 130.16(a). In the proposed rule, we mistakenly stated
that those two fees would be $17 for that year. The correct fee for
both tests is $18.
Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12866. The rule
has been determined to be not significant for the purposes of Executive
Order 12866 and, therefore, has not been reviewed by the Office of
Management and Budget.
Below is a summary of the economic analysis for the changes in
APHIS user fees in this final rule. The economic analysis provides a
cost-benefit analysis and an analysis of the potential economic effects
on small entities as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act. A copy
of the full economic analysis, which includes comparisons of the change
in each user fee, may be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site (see
footnote 1 for instructions for accessing Regulations.gov) and may be
obtained from the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
APHIS is updating the user fees covering the costs of providing
veterinary diagnostics services to take into account the routine
increases in the cost of doing business. The costs to operate the
Veterinary Services Veterinary Diagnostics Program at National
Veterinary Services Laboratory increase slightly from year to year due
to increases in employee costs (cost of living increases, etc.) and
other operational costs. These fees are necessary to provide for full-
cost recovery of Agency activities.
Calculating the potential impacts of these changes to the
veterinary diagnostics user fees is hindered by the difficulty in
determining the elasticities of demand for the covered services.
Therefore, Government savings are assumed equivalent to the total user
fee collections for each category associated with the rule.
Veterinary diagnostic services and products are provided to animal
importers and exporters, veterinarians, State and Federal agencies and
laboratories, commercial laboratories, educational institutions, and
foreign governments.
There is reason to believe that the impact on most users of the
changes in this rule would be small. About 76 percent of the fees
change in total by $10 or less. The majority should also make only
small contributions to the total additional collections and therefore
have a minor impact on the users of those materials and services. This
is either because the change is small or the projected volume
associated with the user fee is small, or both. In addition, user fees
are not charged when tests are provided in the context of disease
control or eradication programs. Also, in addition to the role they
play in protecting American agriculture, veterinary diagnostic services
and products facilitate international trade and thereby enhance the
business interests of many of those requesting these services.
Nearly 80 percent of the total projected change in collections
would come from changes in only 13 of the 146 fees. Only these 13 fee
changes are projected to generate $10,000 or more in additional annual
collections by the end of the period covered in this rule. Several
factors suggest, however, that these fees should also not have a
significant impact on users. These fees include small fees applied to a
large annual volume of users, large fees but very small volume of
users, fees that represent a small percentage of the overall costs
associated with a user's output, single fees for reagents with numerous
final users, and fees that enhance the marketability of the user's
final output.
To the extent that the changes in user fees would impact
operational costs, any entity that utilizes APHIS veterinary diagnostic
services and materials could be impacted by the changes. The degree to
which an entity could be affected depends on its market power, that is,
the extent to which costs are either absorbed or can be passed on to
its buyers. Without information on either profit margins or operational
expenses of the affected entities, or the effects of changes in
operating costs on the affected industry, the scale of the impacts
cannot be precisely predicted. However, some conclusions on the overall
impacts to domestic and international commerce can be drawn.
If the user fees cannot be passed on, the profit margins of some
entities may decline as user fees for veterinary diagnostic services
and materials are increased. However, the impacts are expected to be
muted. The majority of the changes to the user fees are either small,
associated with few users, or both. Over the period covered by the
rule, more than 51 percent of the individual increases are $5 or less,
more than 76 percent increase by less than $10, and more than 83
percent are associated with fewer than 500 users. The majority should
also make only small contributions to the total additional collections
and therefore have a minor impact on the users of those services. This
is either because the change is small or the projected volume
associated with the user fee is small, or both. Even in those instances
in which the change in a user fee generates a
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larger total increase in collections, the impact should not be
significant. This is because they are small fees applied to a large
annual volume of users, large fees but applied to a very small volume
of users, fees that represent a small percentage of the overall costs
associated with a user's output, single fees for reagents with numerous
final users, or fees that enhance the marketability of the user's final
outputs. Therefore, the increases are not generally expected to
substantially reduce profits or impede trade. Indeed, the full burden
of the user fee changes is not likely to be borne entirely by the
purchasers of veterinary diagnostic services and materials.
Under these circumstances, the Administrator of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that this action will
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
Executive Order 12372
This program/activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance under No. 10.025 and is subject to Executive Order 12372,
which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local
officials. (See 7 CFR part 3015, subpart V.)
Executive Order 12988
This final rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988,
Civil Justice Reform. This rule: (1) Preempts all State and local laws
and regulations that are inconsistent with this rule; (2) has no
retroactive effect; and (3) does not require administrative proceedings
before parties may file suit in court challenging this rule.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule contains no new information collection or
recordkeeping requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 130
Animals, Birds, Diagnostic reagents, Exports, Imports, Poultry and
poultry products, Quarantine, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Tests.
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Accordingly, we are amending 9 CFR part 130 as follows:
PART 130--USER FEES
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1. The authority citation for part 130 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5542; 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C.
136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3716, 3717, 3719, and 3720A; 7 CFR
2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
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2. In Sec. 130.15, paragraphs (a) and (b), the tables are revised to
read as follows:
Sec. 130.15 User fees for veterinary diagnostic isolation and
identification tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other
authorized site.
(a) * * *
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Test Unit Jan. 18, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Beginning
2008-Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010-Sept. Oct. 1,
30, 2008 30, 2009 30, 2010 30, 2011 2011
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Bacterial identification, Isolate......... $53.00 $54.00 $55.00 $57.00 $58.00
automated.
Bacterial identification, non- Isolate......... 90.00 92.00 94.00 96.00 98.00
automated.
Bacterial isolation.......... Sample.......... 36.00 37.00 38.00 39.00 40.00
Bacterial serotyping, all Isolate......... 55.00 56.00 56.00 57.00 58.00
other.
Bacterial serotyping, Isolate......... 18.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 20.00
Pasteurella multocida.
Bacterial serotyping, Isolate......... 36.00 37.00 38.00 39.00 40.00
Salmonella.
Bacterial toxin typing....... Isolate......... 120.00 123.00 126.00 128.00 131.00
Bacteriology requiring Test............ 92.00 94.00 96.00 98.00 101.00
special characterization.
DNA fingerprinting........... Test............ 59.00 61.00 62.00 63.00 64.00
DNA probe.................... Test............ 83.00 85.00 86.00 88.00 89.00
Fluorescent antibody......... Test............ 19.00 19.00 20.00 20.00 20.00
Mycobacterium identification Isolate......... 115.00 117.00 120.00 122.00 125.00
(biochemical).
Mycobacterium identification Procedure....... 96.00 99.00 101.00 103.00 105.00
(gas chromatography).
Mycobacterium isolation, Submission...... 844.00 852.00 868.00 884.00 900.00
animal inoculations.
Mycobacterium isolation, all Submission...... 151.00 154.00 158.00 161.00 165.00
other.
Mycobacterium Submission...... 72.00 74.00 75.00 77.00 79.00
paratuberculosis isolation.
Phage typing, all other...... Isolate......... 42.00 43.00 44.00 45.00 46.00
Phage typing, Salmonella Isolate......... 24.00 24.00 25.00 25.00 26.00
enteritidis.
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Test Unit Jan. 18, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Beginning
2008-Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010-Sept. Oct. 1,
30, 2008 30, 2009 30, 2010 30, 2011 2011
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Fluorescent antibody tissue Test............ $29.00 $30.00 $30.00 $31.00 $31.00
section.
Virus isolation.............. Test............ 48.00 49.00 50.00 51.00 52.00
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3. In Sec. 130.16, paragraphs (a) and (b), the tables are revised to
read as follows:
Sec. 130.16 User fees for veterinary diagnostic serology tests
performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or at authorized sites.
(a) * * *
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Test Unit Jan. 18, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Beginning
2008-Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010-Sept. Oct. 1,
30, 2008 30, 2009 30, 2010 30, 2011 2011
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Brucella ring (BRT).......... Test............ $36.00 $37.00 $38.00 $39.00 $40.00
Brucella ring, heat Test............ 36.00 37.00 38.00 39.00 40.00
inactivated (HIRT).
Brucella ring, serial (Serial Test............ 54.00 56.00 57.00 58.00 59.00
BRT).
Buffered acidified plate Test............ 7.00 7.25 7.50 7.50 8.00
antigen presumptive.
Card......................... Test............ 4.00 4.00 4.25 4.25 4.50
Complement fixation.......... Test............ 16.00 17.00 17.00 18.00 18.00
Enzyme linked immunosorbent Test............ 16.00 17.00 17.00 18.00 18.00
assay.
Indirect fluorescent antibody Test............ 14.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 16.00
Microscopic agglutination-- Sample.......... 24.00 24.00 25.00 25.00 26.00
includes up to 5 serovars.
Microscopic agglutination-- Sample.......... 4.25 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.75
each serovar in excess of 5
serovars.
Particle concentration Test............ 36.00 37.00 38.00 38.00 39.00
fluorescent immunoassay
(PCFIA).
Plate........................ Test............ 7.00 7.25 7.50 7.50 7.75
Rapid automated presumptive.. Test............ 7.00 7.00 7.25 7.25 7.25
Rivanol...................... Test............ 7.00 7.25 7.50 7.50 7.75
Tube agglutination........... Test............ 7.00 7.25 7.50 7.50 7.75
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Test Unit Jan. 18, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Beginning
2008-Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010-Sept. Oct. 1,
30, 2008 30, 2009 30, 2010 30, 2011 2011
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Agar gel immunodiffusion..... Test............ $16.00 $17.00 $17.00 $17.00 $18.00
Complement fixation.......... Test............ 16.00 17.00 17.00 18.00 18.00
Enzyme linked immunosorbent Test............ 16.00 17.00 17.00 18.00 18.00
assay.
Hemagglutination inhibition.. Test............ 14.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 16.00
Indirect fluorescent antibody Test............ 14.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 16.00
Latex agglutination.......... Test............ 16.00 17.00 17.00 17.00 18.00
Peroxidase linked antibody... Test............ 15.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 17.00
Plaque reduction Test............ 18.00 18.00 19.00 19.00 19.00
neutralization.
Rabies fluorescent antibody Test............ 45.00 46.00 47.00 49.00 50.00
neutralization.
Virus neutralization......... Test............ 13.00 13.00 14.00 14.00 14.00
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4. In Sec. 130.17, paragraph (a), the table is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 130.17 User fees for other veterinary diagnostic laboratory
tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or at authorized sites.
(a) * * *
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User fee
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Test Unit Jan. 18, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Beginning
2008-Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010-Sept. Oct. 1,
30, 2008 30, 2009 30, 2010 30, 2011 2011
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Aflatoxin quantitation....... Test............ $30.00 $31.00 $32.00 $32.00 $33.00
Aflatoxin screen............. Test............ 29.00 29.00 30.00 30.00 31.00
Agar gel immunodiffusion spp. Test............ 13.00 13.00 13.00 14.00 14.00
identification.
Antibiotic (bioautography) Test............ 66.00 67.00 68.00 70.00 72.00
quantitation.
Antibiotic (bioautography) Test............ 119.00 122.00 125.00 128.00 130.00
screen.
Antibiotic inhibition........ Test............ 66.00 67.00 68.00 70.00 72.00
Arsenic...................... Test............ 17.00 18.00 18.00 19.00 19.00
Ergot alkaloid screen........ Test............ 66.00 67.00 68.00 70.00 72.00
Ergot alkaloid confirmation.. Test............ 86.00 88.00 89.00 91.00 94.00
Feed microscopy.............. Test............ 66.00 67.00 68.00 70.00 72.00
Fumonisin only............... Test............ 37.00 38.00 39.00 40.00 40.00
Gossypol..................... Test............ 98.00 100.00 103.00 105.00 107.00
Mercury...................... Test............ 145.00 148.00 151.00 155.00 158.00
Metals screen................ Test............ 44.00 45.00 46.00 47.00 48.00
Metals single element Test............ 13.00 13.00 13.00 14.00 14.00
confirmation.
Mycotoxin: aflatoxin-liver... Test............ 119.00 122.00 125.00 128.00 130.00
Mycotoxin screen............. Test............ 48.00 49.00 50.00 51.00 52.00
Nitrate/nitrite.............. Test............ 66.00 67.00 68.00 70.00 72.00
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Organic compound confirmation Test............ 88.00 90.00 92.00 94.00 96.00
Organic compound screen...... Test............ 151.00 155.00 158.00 161.00 165.00
Parasitology................. Test............ 29.00 29.00 30.00 30.00 31.00
Pesticide quantitation....... Test............ 132.00 135.00 138.00 141.00 144.00
Pesticide screen............. Test............ 60.00 62.00 63.00 64.00 66.00
pH........................... Test............ 26.00 27.00 28.00 28.00 29.00
Plate cylinder............... Test............ 98.00 100.00 103.00 105.00 107.00
Selenium..................... Test............ 44.00 45.00 46.00 47.00 48.00
Silicate/carbonate Test............ 66.00 67.00 68.00 70.00 72.00
disinfectant.
Temperature disks............ Test............ 130.00 133.00 136.00 139.00 142.00
Toxicant quantitation, other. Test............ 110.00 112.00 115.00 117.00 120.00
Toxicant screen, other....... Test............ 33.00 33.00 34.00 35.00 36.00
Vomitoxin only............... Test............ 53.00 54.00 55.00 56.00 58.00
Water activity............... Test............ 33.00 33.00 34.00 35.00 36.00
Zearaleone quantitation...... Test............ 53.00 54.00 55.00 56.00 58.00
Zearaleone screen............ Test............ 29.00 29.00 30.00 30.00 31.00
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5. In Sec. 130.18, paragraphs (a) and (b), the tables are revised to
read as follows:
Sec. 130.18 User fees for veterinary diagnostic reagents produced at
NVSL or other authorized site (excluding FADDL).
(a) * * *
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Reagent Unit Jan. 18, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Beginning
2008-Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010-Sept. Oct. 1,
30, 2008 30, 2009 30, 2010 30, 2011 2011
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Anaplasma card test antigen.. 2 mL............ $95.00 $97.00 $99.00 $101.00 $103.00
Anaplasma card test kit Kit............. 127.00 130.00 133.00 136.00 139.00
without antigen.
Anaplasma CF antigen......... 2 mL............ 46.00 46.00 46.00 47.00 47.00
Anaplasma stabilate.......... 4.5 mL.......... 175.00 178.00 181.00 185.00 188.00
Avian origin bacterial 1 mL............ 48.00 49.00 50.00 51.00 52.00
antiserums.
Bacterial agglutinating 5 mL............ 54.00 55.00 57.00 58.00 59.00
antigens other than brucella
and salmonella pullorum.
Bacterial conjugates......... 1 mL............ 96.00 99.00 101.00 103.00 105.00
Bacterial disease CF 1 mL............ 29.00 30.00 30.00 31.00 32.00
antigens, all other.
Bacterial ELISA antigens..... 1 mL............ 29.00 30.00 31.00 31.00 32.00
Bacterial or protozoal 1 mL............ 60.00 61.00 63.00 64.00 66.00
antiserums, all other.
Bacterial reagent culture\1\. Culture......... 73.00 74.00 76.00 78.00 79.00
Bacterial reference Culture......... 228.00 233.00 239.00 244.00 249.00
culture\2\.
Bacteriophage reference Culture......... 172.00 176.00 180.00 183.00 188.00
culture.
Bovine serum factor.......... 1 mL............ 18.00 18.00 19.00 19.00 19.00
Brucella abortus CF antigen.. 60 mL........... 151.00 154.00 158.00 161.00 165.00
Brucella agglutination 60 mL........... 151.00 154.00 158.00 161.00 165.00
antigens, all other.
Brucella buffered plate 60 mL........... 172.00 176.00 180.00 183.00 188.00
antigen.
Brucella canis tube antigen.. 25 mL........... 114.00 116.00 119.00 121.00 124.00
Brucella card test antigen Package......... 90.00 92.00 94.00 96.00 98.00
(packaged).
Brucella card test kit Kit............. 113.00 114.00 116.00 117.00 119.00
without antigen.
Brucella cells............... Gram............ 19.00 19.00 19.00 20.00 20.00
Brucella cells, dried........ Pellet.......... 6.00 6.00 6.25 6.25 6.25
Brucella ring test antigen... 60 mL........... 241.00 246.00 252.00 257.00 263.00
Brucella rivanol solution.... 60 mL........... 29.00 30.00 31.00 31.00 32.00
Dourine CF antigen........... 1 mL............ 89.00 91.00 93.00 95.00 97.00
Dourine stabilate............ 4.5 mL.......... 109.00 111.00 112.00 114.00 116.00
Equine and bovine origin 1 mL............ 127.00 130.00 133.00 136.00 139.00
babesia species antiserums.
Equine negative control CF 1 mL............ 282.00 283.00 286.00 290.00 293.00
antigen.
Flazo-orange................. 3 mL............ 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 14.00
Glanders CF antigen.......... 1 mL............ 77.00 79.00 81.00 82.00 84.00
Hemoparasitic disease CF 1 mL............ 541.00 553.00 565.00 577.00 590.00
antigens, all other.
Leptospira transport medium.. 10 mL........... 4.25 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.75
Monoclonal antibody.......... 1 mL............ 95.00 97.00 99.00 101.00 103.00
Mycobacterium spp. old 1 mL............ 24.00 24.00 25.00 25.00 26.00
tuberculin.
Mycobacterium spp. PPD....... 1 mL............ 18.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 20.00
Mycoplasma hemagglutination 5 mL............ 180.00 184.00 188.00 192.00 197.00
antigens.
Negative control serums...... 1 mL............ 18.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 20.00
Rabbit origin bacterial 1 mL............ 52.00 53.00 54.00 55.00 56.00
antiserum.
Salmonella pullorum 5 mL............ 15.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 17.00
microagglutination antigen.
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Stabilates, all other........ 4.5 mL.......... 684.00 690.00 703.00 716.00 730.00
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\1\ A reagent culture is a bacterial culture that has been subcultured one or more times after being tested for
purity and identity. It is intended for use as a reagent with a diagnostic test such as the leptospiral
agglutination test.
\2\ A reference culture is a bacterial culture that has been thoroughly tested for purity and identity. It
should be suitable as a master seed for future cultures.
(b) * * *
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Reagent Unit Jan. 18, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Beginning
2008-Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010-Sept. Oct. 1,
30, 2008 30, 2009 30, 2010 30, 2011 2011
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Antigen, except avian 2 mL............ $61.00 $62.00 $64.00 $65.00 $67.00
influenza and chlamydia
psittaci antigens, any.
Avian antiserum except avian 2 mL............ 48.00 49.00 51.00 52.00 53.00
influenza antiserum, any.
Avian influenza antigen, any. 2 mL............ 33.00 34.00 35.00 36.00 36.00
Avian influenza antiserum, 6 mL............ 103.00 105.00 108.00 110.00 113.00
any.
Bovine or ovine serum, any... 2 mL............ 127.00 130.00 133.00 136.00 139.00
Cell culture................. Flask........... 151.00 154.00 158.00 161.00 165.00
Chlamydia psittaci spp. of Panel........... 95.00 96.00 98.00 99.00 101.00
origin monoclonal antibody
panel.
Conjugate, any............... 1 mL............ 73.00 75.00 76.00 78.00 80.00
Diluted positive control 2 mL............ 24.00 25.00 25.00 26.00 27.00
serum, any.
Equine antiserum, any........ 2 mL............ 45.00 46.00 47.00 48.00 49.00
Monoclonal antibody.......... 1 mL............ 102.00 104.00 106.00 108.00 110.00
Other spp. antiserum, any.... 1 mL............ 52.00 52.00 52.00 53.00 53.00
Porcine antiserum, any....... 2 mL............ 105.00 108.00 110.00 113.00 115.00
Porcine tissue sets.......... Tissue set...... 157.00 157.00 158.00 159.00 161.00
Positive control tissues, all 2 cm\2\ section. 60.00 62.00 63.00 65.00 66.00
Rabbit origin antiserum...... 1 mL............ 52.00 53.00 54.00 55.00 56.00
Reference virus, any......... 0.6 mL.......... 180.00 184.00 188.00 193.00 197.00
Viruses (except reference 0.6 mL.......... 30.00 31.00 32.00 32.00 33.00
viruses), chlamydia psittaci
agent or chlamydia psittaci
antigen, any.
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6. In Sec. 130.19, paragraph (a), the table is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 130.19 User fees for other veterinary diagnostic services or
materials provided at NVSL (excluding FADDL).
(a) * * *
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Service Unit Jan. 18, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Oct. 1, Beginning
2008-Sept. 2008-Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010-Sept. Oct. 1,
30, 2008 30, 2009 30, 2010 30, 2011 2011
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Antimicrobial susceptibility Isolate......... $105.00 $107.00 $109.00 $112.00 $114.00
test.
Avian safety test............ Test............ 4,082.00 4,090.00 4,099.00 4,109.00 4,180.00
Check tests, culture......... Kit \1\......... 176.00 179.00 182.00 185.00 189.00
Check tests, serology........ Kit \1\......... 361.00 369.00 377.00 385.00 394.00
Fetal bovine serum safety Verification.... 1,119.00 1,122.00 1,134.00 1,147.00 1,160.00
test.
Hourly user fees: \2\
Hour..................... Hour............ 104.00 104.00 108.00 112.00 112.00
Quarter hour............. Quarter Hour.... 26.00 26.00 27.00 28.00 28.00
Minimum.................. ................ 30.00 31.00 32.00 33.00 33.00
Manual, brucellosis 1 copy.......... 115.00 117.00 120.00 122.00 125.00
culture.
Manual, tuberculosis 1 copy.......... 172.00 176.00 180.00 183.00 188.00
Culture (English or
Spanish).
Manual, Veterinary 1 copy.......... 172.00 176.00 180.00 183.00 188.00
mycology.
Manuals or standard 1 copy.......... 34.00 35.00 36.00 37.00 37.00
operating procedure
(SOP), all other.
Manuals or SOP, per page. 1 page.......... 2.25 2.50 2.50 2.75 2.75
Training (school or Per person per 332.00 339.00 346.00 354.00 362.00
technical assistance). day.
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\1\ Any reagents required for the check test will be charged separately.
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\2\ For veterinary diagnostic services for which there is no flat user fee the Hourly rate user fee will be
calculated for the actual time required to provide the service.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of December 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-24602 Filed 12-18-07; 8:45 am]
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