Fiscal Year 2009 Veterinary Diagnostics Services User Fees and Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection User Fees, 50588-50592 [E8-19864]

Download as PDF 50588 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 27, 2008 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service [Docket No. APHIS–2008–0079] Fiscal Year 2009 Veterinary Diagnostics Services User Fees and Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection User Fees Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice pertains to user fees charged for certain veterinary diagnostics services and to fees charged for agricultural quarantine and inspection services that are provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, loaded commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international airline passengers arriving at ports in the Customs territory of the United States. The purpose of this notice is to remind the public of the user fees for fiscal year 2009 (October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning veterinary diagnostic program operations, contact Dr. Elizabeth Lautner, Director, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, VS, APHIS, 1800 Dayton Avenue, Ames, IA 50010; (515) 663–7301. For information on Agricultural Quarantine program operations, contact Mr. William E. Thomas, Director for Quarantine Policy, Analysis, and Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 60, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–5214. For information concerning user fee rate development, contact Mrs. Kris Caraher, Section Head, User Fees Section, Financial Management Division, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 55, Riverdale, MD20737– 1232; (301) 734–0882. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Veterinary Diagnostic Services User Fees User fees to reimburse APHIS for the costs of providing veterinary diagnostic services 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 and poultry within the United States. In a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2007 (72 FR 71744–71750, Docket No. APHIS–2006–0161), and effective January 18, 2008, we established, for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 and beyond, user fees for certain veterinary diagnostic services, including certain diagnostic tests, reagents, and other veterinary diagnostic materials and services. Veterinary diagnostics is the work performed in a laboratory to determine whether a disease-causing organism or chemical agent is present in body tissues or cells and, if so, to identify those organisms or agents. Services in this category include: (1) Performing identification, serology, and pathobiology tests and providing diagnostic reagents and other veterinary diagnostic materials and services for the National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) in Ames, IA; and (2) performing laboratory tests and providing reagents and other veterinary diagnostic materials and services at the NVSL Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (NVSL FADDL) in Greenport, NY. APHIS veterinary diagnostic user fees fall into six categories: (1) Laboratory tests, reagents, and other veterinary diagnostic services performed at NVSL FADDL; (2) Laboratory tests performed as part of isolation and identification testing at NVSL in Ames or other authorized sites; (3) Laboratory tests performed as part of serology testing at NVSL in Ames or other authorized sites; (4) Laboratory tests performed at the pathobiology laboratory at NVSL in Ames or other authorized sites; (5) Diagnostic reagents produced at NVSL in Ames or other authorized sites; and (6) Other veterinary diagnostic services or materials provided at NVSL in Ames. As specified in § 130.15(a), the user fees for bacteriology isolation and identification tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows: 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 ........................................................................................................... sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Test Isolate ........................ Isolate ........................ Sample ...................... Isolate ........................ Isolate ........................ Isolate ........................ Isolate ........................ Test ........................... Test ........................... Test ........................... Test ........................... Isolate ........................ Procedure .................. Submission ................ Submission ................ Submission ................ Isolate ........................ Isolate ........................ As specified in § 130.15(b), the user fees for virology identification tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:52 Aug 26, 2008 Jkt 214001 or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows: PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27AUN1.SGM 27AUN1 User fee $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 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 27, 2008 / Notices Test Unit Fluorescent antibody tissue section ............................................................................................................ Virus isolation .............................................................................................................................................. Test ........................... Test ........................... As specified in § 130.16(a), the user fees for bacteriology serology tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) Unit 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 ...................... Test ........................... Test ........................... Test ........................... Test ........................... 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 ...................................................................................................................................... performed at the Pathobiology Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL) Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 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 ................................................................................................................................................. Organic compound confirmation .................................................................................................................. Organic compound screen .......................................................................................................................... Parasitology ................................................................................................................................................. 18:52 Aug 26, 2008 Jkt 214001 User fee $37.00 37.00 56.00 7.25 4.00 17.00 17.00 15.00 24.00 4.50 37.00 7.25 7.00 7.25 7.25 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 User fee $17.00 17.00 17.00 15.00 15.00 17.00 16.00 18.00 46.00 13.00 or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows: Test VerDate Aug<31>2005 $30.00 49.00 or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows: Test As specified in § 130.17(a), the user fees for veterinary diagnostic tests User fee or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows: Test As specified in § 130.16(b), the user fees for virology serology tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) 50589 E:\FR\FM\27AUN1.SGM Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... 27AUN1 User fee $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 90.00 155.00 29.00 50590 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 27, 2008 / Notices Test Unit 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 ....................................................................................................................................... As specified in § 130.18(a), the user fees for bacteriology reagents produced by the Diagnostic Bacteriology Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL) Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... ........................... User fee 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 or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows: 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 culture 1 ........................................................................................................................... Bacterial reference culture 2 ........................................................................................................................ 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 ......................................................................................... Stabilates, all other ...................................................................................................................................... 2 mL .......................... Kit .............................. 2 mL .......................... 4.5 mL ....................... 1 mL .......................... 5 mL .......................... 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 .......................... 4.5 mL ....................... User fee $97.00 130.00 46.00 178.00 49.00 55.00 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 16.00 690.00 sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 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. As specified in § 130.18(b), the user fees for virology reagents produced by the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows: Reagent Unit Antigen, except avian influenza and chlamydia psittaci antigens, any ....................................................... 2 mL .......................... VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:52 Aug 26, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27AUN1.SGM 27AUN1 User fee $62.00 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 27, 2008 / Notices Reagent Unit 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 .............. 2 mL .......................... 2 mL .......................... 6 mL .......................... 2 mL .......................... Flask .......................... Panel ......................... 1 mL .......................... 2 mL .......................... 2 mL .......................... 1 mL .......................... 1 mL .......................... 2 mL .......................... Tissue set .................. 2 cm 2 section ............ 1 mL .......................... 0.6 mL ....................... 0.6 mL ....................... As specified in § 130.19(a), the user fees for other veterinary diagnostic services or materials available from 50591 User fee 49.00 34.00 105.00 130.00 154.00 96.00 75.00 25.00 46.00 104.00 52.00 108.00 157.00 62.00 53.00 184.00 31.00 NVSL (excluding FADDL) for fiscal year 2009 are as follows: Service Unit Antimicrobial susceptibility test .................................................................................................................... Avian safety test .......................................................................................................................................... Check tests, culture ..................................................................................................................................... Check tests, serology .................................................................................................................................. Fetal bovine serum safety test .................................................................................................................... Hourly user fees 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 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) .................................................................................................... Isolate ........................ Test ........................... Kit 1 ............................ Kit 1 ............................ Verification ................. Hour ........................... Quarter hour .............. .................................... 1 copy ........................ 1 copy ........................ 1 copy ........................ 1 copy ........................ 1 page ....................... Per person per day ... User fee $107.00 4,090.00 179.00 369.00 1,122.00 104.00 26.00 31.00 117.00 176.00 176.00 35.00 2.50 339.00 1 Any reagents required for the check test will be charged separately. 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. 2 For Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services User Fees User fees to reimburse APHIS for the costs of providing inspection of certain commercial conveyances are found in 7 CFR part 354 (referred to below as the regulations). These user fees are authorized by Section 2509(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136a), which authorizes APHIS to collect user fees for agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) services. In a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2004 (69 FR 71660–71683, Docket No. 04– 042–1), and effective January 1, 2005, we established, for fiscal years 2005 through 2010, user fees for each of the types of conveyances or persons to whom AQI services are provided, i.e., commercial vessels (watercraft), commercial trucks, loaded commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international airline passengers. The regulations provide specific information regarding the applicability of, and exceptions to, AQI user fees. As specified in 7 CFR 354.3, the user fees for these AQI services for fiscal year 2009 are as follows: Service Inspection Inspection Inspection Inspection Inspection of of of of of Unit commercial vessels of 100 net tons or more (see 7 CFR 354.3(b)) .................................... commercial trucks (see 7 CFR 354.3(c)) .............................................................................. commercial railroad cars (see 7 CFR 354.3(d)) .................................................................... commercial aircraft (see 7 CFR 354.3(e)) ............................................................................. international aircraft passengers (see 7 CFR 354.3(f)) ......................................................... Per Per Per Per Per entry 1 .................. entry 2 .................. entry 3 .................. entry .................... entry .................... sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES 1 Not Amount $494.00 5.25 7.75 70.75 5.00 to exceed 15 payments in a calendar year (i.e., no additional fee will be charged for a 16th or subsequent arrival in a calendar year). prepaid AQI permit valid for 1 calendar year may be obtained for an amount 20 times the AQI use fee for each arrival ($105 from October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009). 3 The AQI user fee may be prepaid for all arrival of a commercial railroad car during a calendar year for an amount 20 times the AQI use fee for each arrival ($155 from October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009). 2A VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:52 Aug 26, 2008 Jkt 214001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27AUN1.SGM 27AUN1 50592 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 167 / Wednesday, August 27, 2008 / Notices Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of August, 2008. Kevin Shea, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. E8–19864 Filed 8–26–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–34–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Utilities Service Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative; Notice of Intent To Hold a Public Scoping Meeting and Prepare an Environmental Assessment Rural Utilities Service, USDA. Notice of intent to hold a public scoping meeting and prepare an Environmental Assessment. AGENCY: sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency delivering the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Utilities Programs, hereinafter referred to as Rural Development and/or Agency, intends to hold a public scoping meeting and prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) in connection with potential impacts related to a proposal by Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO), with headquarters in Hughesville, Maryland. The proposal consists of the construction of approximately 30 miles of 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line, a new 230/69 kV switching station, a 230/69 kV switching station expansion, and a river crossing located in Calvert and St. Mary’s Counties in Maryland. DATES: USDA Rural Development will conduct a scoping meeting in an open house format, seeking the input of the public and other interested parties. The meeting will be held from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., on September 11, 2008. ADDRESSES: The September 11, 2008 meeting will be held at the SMECO office located at 901 Dares Beach Road in Prince Frederick, Maryland. The SMECO phone number is 888–440– 3311. An Electric Alternatives Evaluation and Macro Corridor Study Report will be available at the public scoping meeting, at USDA Rural Development’s address provided in this notice, at their Web site: https://www.usda.gov/rus/ water/ees/ea.htm, and at SMECO, 15035 Burnt Store Road, Hughesville, Maryland 20637. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie A. Strength, Environmental Protection Specialist, USDA Rural Development, Utilities Programs, Engineering and Environmental Staff, VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:52 Aug 26, 2008 Jkt 214001 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Stop 1571, Washington, DC 20250, or e-mail stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative proposes to construct a 230 kV transmission line between the existing Holland Cliff Switching Station in Calvert County to the existing Hewitt Road Switching Station in St. Mary’s County, Maryland. The proposal comprises five segments and includes (1) The installation of approximately 20 miles of new 230 kV single pole, double-circuit transmission line from the Holland Cliff switching station to a new switching station located in Southern Calvert; (2) the installation of the new Southern Calvert 230/69 kV switching station; (3) the installation of approximately 10 miles of new 230 kV single pole, double-circuit transmission line from the new Southern Calvert switching station to the existing Hewitt Road switching station; (4) the installation of approximately 2 miles of 230 kV underground transmission cable circuit across the lower Patuxent River; and (5) the expansion of the existing 230 kV ring bus at Hewitt Road switching station to accommodate the new 230 kV transmission line from Southern Calvert. Throughout the right-of-way, the existing 69 kV poles will be removed and the existing 69 kV conductors will be installed on the new 230 kV poles along with the new 230 kV conductors. This configuration will allow the use of the existing 69 kV transmission line right-of-way and preclude the need for additional rightof-way land acquisition. The proposed location of the new switching station will be in southern Calvert County, possibly near Lusby, Maryland, along the existing 69 kV transmission line right-of-way. The site is anticipated to be approximately 25 acres to accommodate the switching station equipment and a buffer. Switching station sites will be further assessed in the Environmental Assessment. The Patuxent River crossing will be approximately two miles, in the vicinity of the existing 69 kV underground transmission line, near the Thomas Johnson Bridge. Alternative crossing locations as well as construction alternatives were considered in order to improve maintenance capabilities, mitigate environmental impact, and reduce proposal costs. Alternatives include (1) installation of a submarine cable jetted into the bottom of the Patuxent River, and (2) attaching the 230 kV underground cable circuit to the existing bridge or a future bridge PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 planned near the existing Thomas Johnson Bridge. Construction of the proposal is anticipated for completion in 2015. Government agencies, private organizations, and the public are invited to participate in the planning and analysis of the proposed project. Representatives from USDA Rural Development and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative will be available at the scoping meeting to discuss the environmental review process, describe the proposal, answer questions, and receive comments. Comments regarding the proposed action may be submitted (orally or in writing) at the public scoping meeting or in writing by October 11, 2008 at the USDA Rural Development address provided in this notice. From information provided in the Electric Alternatives Evaluation and Macro Corridor Study Report, from government agencies, private organizations, and the public, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative will prepare an environmental analysis to be submitted to USDA Rural Development for review. USDA Rural Development will review the environmental analysis and determine the significance of the impacts of the proposal. If accepted, the document will be adopted as the environmental assessment (EA) for the proposal. USDA Rural Development’s EA would be available for review and comment for 30 days. Should the USDA Rural Development determine, based on the EA for the proposal, that impacts associated with the construction and operation of the proposal would not have a significant environmental impact, it will prepare a finding of no significant impact (FONSI). Public notification of a FONSI would be published in the Federal Register and in newspapers with circulation in the proposal area. Any final action by USDA Rural Development related to the proposal would be subject to, and contingent upon, compliance with environmental review requirements as prescribed by the USDA Rural Development’ s environmental policies and procedures (7 CFR 1794). Dated: August 22, 2008. Mark S. Plank, Director, Engineering and Environmental Staff, USDA/Rural Development/Utilities Programs. [FR Doc. E8–19792 Filed 8–26–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–15–P E:\FR\FM\27AUN1.SGM 27AUN1

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0079]


Fiscal Year 2009 Veterinary Diagnostics Services User Fees and 
Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection User Fees

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice pertains to user fees charged for certain 
veterinary diagnostics services and to fees charged for agricultural 
quarantine and inspection services that are provided in connection with 
certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, loaded commercial 
railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international airline 
passengers arriving at ports in the Customs territory of the United 
States. The purpose of this notice is to remind the public of the user 
fees for fiscal year 2009 (October 1, 2008, through September 30, 
2009).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning veterinary 
diagnostic program operations, contact Dr. Elizabeth Lautner, Director, 
National Veterinary Services Laboratories, VS, APHIS, 1800 Dayton 
Avenue, Ames, IA 50010; (515) 663-7301.
    For information on Agricultural Quarantine program operations, 
contact Mr. William E. Thomas, Director for Quarantine Policy, 
Analysis, and Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 60, Riverdale, 
MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-5214.
    For information concerning user fee rate development, contact Mrs. 
Kris Caraher, Section Head, User Fees Section, Financial Management 
Division, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 55, Riverdale, MD20737-
1232; (301) 734-0882.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Veterinary Diagnostic Services User Fees

    User fees to reimburse APHIS for the costs of providing veterinary 
diagnostic services 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 and 
poultry within the United States.
    In a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 19, 
2007 (72 FR 71744-71750, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0161), and effective 
January 18, 2008, we established, for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 
and beyond, user fees for certain veterinary diagnostic services, 
including certain diagnostic tests, reagents, and other veterinary 
diagnostic materials and services. Veterinary diagnostics is the work 
performed in a laboratory to determine whether a disease-causing 
organism or chemical agent is present in body tissues or cells and, if 
so, to identify those organisms or agents. Services in this category 
include: (1) Performing identification, serology, and pathobiology 
tests and providing diagnostic reagents and other veterinary diagnostic 
materials and services for the National Veterinary Services Laboratory 
(NVSL) in Ames, IA; and (2) performing laboratory tests and providing 
reagents and other veterinary diagnostic materials and services at the 
NVSL Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (NVSL FADDL) in 
Greenport, NY.
    APHIS veterinary diagnostic user fees fall into six categories:
    (1) Laboratory tests, reagents, and other veterinary diagnostic 
services performed at NVSL FADDL;
    (2) Laboratory tests performed as part of isolation and 
identification testing at NVSL in Ames or other authorized sites;
    (3) Laboratory tests performed as part of serology testing at NVSL 
in Ames or other authorized sites;
    (4) Laboratory tests performed at the pathobiology laboratory at 
NVSL in Ames or other authorized sites;
    (5) Diagnostic reagents produced at NVSL in Ames or other 
authorized sites; and
    (6) Other veterinary diagnostic services or materials provided at 
NVSL in Ames.
    As specified in Sec.  130.15(a), the user fees for bacteriology 
isolation and identification tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) 
or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows:

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            Test                         Unit                User fee
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Bacterial identification,     Isolate...................          $54.00
 automated.
Bacterial identification,     Isolate...................           92.00
 non-automated.
Bacterial isolation.........  Sample....................           37.00
Bacterial serotyping, all     Isolate...................           56.00
 other.
Bacterial serotyping,         Isolate...................           19.00
 Pasteurella multocida.
Bacterial serotyping,         Isolate...................           37.00
 Salmonella.
Bacterial toxin typing......  Isolate...................          123.00
Bacteriology requiring        Test......................           94.00
 special characterization.
DNA fingerprinting..........  Test......................           61.00
DNA probe...................  Test......................           85.00
Fluorescent antibody........  Test......................           19.00
Mycobacterium identification  Isolate...................          117.00
 (biochemical).
Mycobacterium identification  Procedure.................           99.00
 (gas chromatography).
Mycobacterium isolation,      Submission................          852.00
 animal inoculations.
Mycobacterium isolation, all  Submission................          154.00
 other.
Mycobacterium                 Submission................           74.00
 paratuberculosis isolation.
Phage typing, all other.....  Isolate...................           43.00
Phage typing, Salmonella      Isolate...................           24.00
 enteritidis.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    As specified in Sec.  130.15(b), the user fees for virology 
identification tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other 
authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows:

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            Test                         Unit                User fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fluorescent antibody tissue   Test......................          $30.00
 section.
Virus isolation.............  Test......................           49.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    As specified in Sec.  130.16(a), the user fees for bacteriology 
serology tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized 
sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Test                         Unit                User fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brucella ring (BRT).........  Test......................          $37.00
Brucella ring, heat           Test......................           37.00
 inactivated (HIRT).
Brucella ring, serial         Test......................           56.00
 (Serial BRT).
Buffered acidified plate      Test......................            7.25
 antigen presumptive.
Card........................  Test......................            4.00
Complement fixation.........  Test......................           17.00
Enzyme linked immunosorbent   Test......................           17.00
 assay.
Indirect fluorescent          Test......................           15.00
 antibody.
Microscopic agglutination--   Sample....................           24.00
 includes up to 5 serovars.
Microscopic agglutination--   Sample....................            4.50
 each serovar in excess of 5
 serovars.
Particle concentration        Test......................           37.00
 fluorescent immunoassay
 (PCFIA).
Plate.......................  Test......................            7.25
Rapid automated presumptive.  Test......................            7.00
Rivanol.....................  Test......................            7.25
Tube agglutination..........  Test......................            7.25
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    As specified in Sec.  130.16(b), the user fees for virology 
serology tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized 
sites for fiscal year 2009 are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Test                         Unit                User fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agar gel immunodiffusion....  Test......................          $17.00
Complement fixation.........  Test......................           17.00
Enzyme linked immunosorbent   Test......................           17.00
 assay.
Hemagglutination inhibition.  Test......................           15.00
Indirect fluorescent          Test......................           15.00
 antibody.
Latex agglutination.........  Test......................           17.00
Peroxidase linked antibody..  Test......................           16.00
Plaque reduction              Test......................           18.00
 neutralization.
Rabies fluorescent antibody   Test......................           46.00
 neutralization.
Virus neutralization........  Test......................           13.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    As specified in Sec.  130.17(a), the user fees for veterinary 
diagnostic tests performed at the Pathobiology Laboratory at NVSL 
(excluding FADDL) or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as 
follows:

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            Test                         Unit                User fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aflatoxin quantitation......  Test......................          $31.00
Aflatoxin screen............  Test......................           29.00
Agar gel immunodiffusion      Test......................           13.00
 spp. identification.
Antibiotic (bioautography)    Test......................           67.00
 quantitation.
Antibiotic (bioautography)    Test......................          122.00
 screen.
Antibiotic inhibition.......  Test......................           67.00
Arsenic.....................  Test......................           18.00
Ergot alkaloid screen.......  Test......................           67.00
Ergot alkaloid confirmation.  Test......................           88.00
Feed microscopy.............  Test......................           67.00
Fumonisin only..............  Test......................           38.00
Gossypol....................  Test......................          100.00
Mercury.....................  Test......................          148.00
Metals screen...............  Test......................           45.00
Metals single element         Test......................           13.00
 confirmation.
Mycotoxin: aflatoxin-liver..  Test......................          122.00
Mycotoxin screen............  Test......................           49.00
Nitrate/nitrite.............  Test......................           67.00
Organic compound              Test......................           90.00
 confirmation.
Organic compound screen.....  Test......................          155.00
Parasitology................  Test......................           29.00

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Pesticide quantitation......  Test......................          135.00
Pesticide screen............  Test......................           62.00
pH..........................  Test......................           27.00
Plate cylinder..............  Test......................          100.00
Selenium....................  Test......................           45.00
Silicate/carbonate            Test......................           67.00
 disinfectant.
Temperature disks...........  Test......................          133.00
Toxicant quantitation, other  Test......................          112.00
Toxicant screen, other......  Test......................           33.00
Vomitoxin only..............  Test......................           54.00
Water activity..............  Test......................           33.00
Zearaleone quantitation.....  Test......................           54.00
Zearaleone screen...........  Test......................           29.00
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    As specified in Sec.  130.18(a), the user fees for bacteriology 
reagents produced by the Diagnostic Bacteriology Laboratory at NVSL 
(excluding FADDL) or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as 
follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Reagent                       Unit                User fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anaplasma card test antigen.  2 mL......................          $97.00
Anaplasma card test kit       Kit.......................          130.00
 without antigen.
Anaplasma CF antigen........  2 mL......................           46.00
Anaplasma stabilate.........  4.5 mL....................          178.00
Avian origin bacterial        1 mL......................           49.00
 antiserums.
Bacterial agglutinating       5 mL......................           55.00
 antigens other than
 brucella and salmonella
 pullorum.
Bacterial conjugates........  1 mL......................           99.00
Bacterial disease CF          1 mL......................           30.00
 antigens, all other.
Bacterial ELISA antigens....  1 mL......................           30.00
Bacterial or protozoal        1 mL......................           61.00
 antiserums, all other.
Bacterial reagent culture     Culture...................           74.00
 \1\.
Bacterial reference culture   Culture...................          233.00
 \2\.
Bacteriophage reference       Culture...................          176.00
 culture.
Bovine serum factor.........  1 mL......................           18.00
Brucella abortus CF antigen.  60 mL.....................          154.00
Brucella agglutination        60 mL.....................          154.00
 antigens, all other.
Brucella buffered plate       60 mL.....................          176.00
 antigen.
Brucella canis tube antigen.  25 mL.....................          116.00
Brucella card test antigen    Package...................           92.00
 (packaged).
Brucella card test kit        Kit.......................          114.00
 without antigen.
Brucella cells..............  Gram......................           19.00
Brucella cells, dried.......  Pellet....................            6.00
Brucella ring test antigen..  60 mL.....................          246.00
Brucella rivanol solution...  60 mL.....................           30.00
Dourine CF antigen..........  1 mL......................           91.00
Dourine stabilate...........  4.5 mL....................          111.00
Equine and bovine origin      1 mL......................          130.00
 babesia species antiserums.
Equine negative control CF    1 mL......................          283.00
 antigen.
Flazo-orange................  3 mL......................           13.00
Glanders CF antigen.........  1 mL......................           79.00
Hemoparasitic disease CF      1 mL......................          553.00
 antigens, all other.
Leptospira transport medium.  10 mL.....................            4.50
Monoclonal antibody.........  1 mL......................           97.00
Mycobacterium spp. old        1 mL......................           24.00
 tuberculin.
Mycobacterium spp. PPD......  1 mL......................           19.00
Mycoplasma hemagglutination   5 mL......................          184.00
 antigens.
Negative control serums.....  1 mL......................           19.00
Rabbit origin bacterial       1 mL......................           53.00
 antiserum.
Salmonella pullorum           5 mL......................           16.00
 microagglutination antigen.
Stabilates, all other.......  4.5 mL....................          690.00
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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.

    As specified in Sec.  130.18(b), the user fees for virology 
reagents produced by the Diagnostic Virology Laboratory at NVSL 
(excluding FADDL) or other authorized sites for fiscal year 2009 are as 
follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Reagent                       Unit                User fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antigen, except avian         2 mL......................          $62.00
 influenza and chlamydia
 psittaci antigens, any.

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Avian antiserum except avian  2 mL......................           49.00
 influenza antiserum, any.
Avian influenza antigen, any  2 mL......................           34.00
Avian influenza antiserum,    6 mL......................          105.00
 any.
Bovine or ovine serum, any..  2 mL......................          130.00
Cell culture................  Flask.....................          154.00
Chlamydia psittaci spp. of    Panel.....................           96.00
 origin monoclonal antibody
 panel.
Conjugate, any..............  1 mL......................           75.00
Diluted positive control      2 mL......................           25.00
 serum, any.
Equine antiserum, any.......  2 mL......................           46.00
Monoclonal antibody.........  1 mL......................          104.00
Other spp. antiserum, any...  1 mL......................           52.00
Porcine antiserum, any......  2 mL......................          108.00
Porcine tissue sets.........  Tissue set................          157.00
Positive control tissues,     2 cm \2\ section..........           62.00
 all.
Rabbit origin antiserum.....  1 mL......................           53.00
Reference virus, any........  0.6 mL....................          184.00
Viruses (except reference     0.6 mL....................           31.00
 viruses), chlamydia
 psittaci agent or chlamydia
 psittaci antigen, any.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    As specified in Sec.  130.19(a), the user fees for other veterinary 
diagnostic services or materials available from NVSL (excluding FADDL) 
for fiscal year 2009 are as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Service                       Unit                User fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Antimicrobial susceptibility  Isolate...................         $107.00
 test.
Avian safety test...........  Test......................        4,090.00
Check tests, culture........  Kit \1\...................          179.00
Check tests, serology.......  Kit \1\...................          369.00
Fetal bovine serum safety     Verification..............        1,122.00
 test.
Hourly user fees \2\........  Hour......................          104.00
Quarter hour................  Quarter hour..............           26.00
Minimum.....................  ..........................           31.00
Manual, brucellosis culture.  1 copy....................          117.00
Manual, tuberculosis culture  1 copy....................          176.00
 (English or Spanish).
Manual, Veterinary mycology.  1 copy....................          176.00
Manuals or standard           1 copy....................           35.00
 operating procedure (SOP),
 all other.
Manuals or SOP, per page....  1 page....................            2.50
Training (school or           Per person per day........          339.00
 technical assistance).
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\1\ Any reagents required for the check test will be charged separately.
\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.

Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services User Fees

    User fees to reimburse APHIS for the costs of providing inspection 
of certain commercial conveyances are found in 7 CFR part 354 (referred 
to below as the regulations). These user fees are authorized by Section 
2509(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
(21 U.S.C. 136a), which authorizes APHIS to collect user fees for 
agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) services.
    In a final rule published in the Federal Register on December 9, 
2004 (69 FR 71660-71683, Docket No. 04-042-1), and effective January 1, 
2005, we established, for fiscal years 2005 through 2010, user fees for 
each of the types of conveyances or persons to whom AQI services are 
provided, i.e., commercial vessels (watercraft), commercial trucks, 
loaded commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international 
airline passengers. The regulations provide specific information 
regarding the applicability of, and exceptions to, AQI user fees. As 
specified in 7 CFR 354.3, the user fees for these AQI services for 
fiscal year 2009 are as follows:

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           Service                       Unit                 Amount
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inspection of commercial      Per entry \1\.............         $494.00
 vessels of 100 net tons or
 more (see 7 CFR 354.3(b)).
Inspection of commercial      Per entry \2\.............            5.25
 trucks (see 7 CFR 354.3(c)).
Inspection of commercial      Per entry \3\.............            7.75
 railroad cars (see 7 CFR
 354.3(d)).
Inspection of commercial      Per entry.................           70.75
 aircraft (see 7 CFR
 354.3(e)).
Inspection of international   Per entry.................            5.00
 aircraft passengers (see 7
 CFR 354.3(f)).
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\1\ Not to exceed 15 payments in a calendar year (i.e., no additional
  fee will be charged for a 16th or subsequent arrival in a calendar
  year).
\2\ A prepaid AQI permit valid for 1 calendar year may be obtained for
  an amount 20 times the AQI use fee for each arrival ($105 from October
  1, 2008, through September 30, 2009).
\3\ The AQI user fee may be prepaid for all arrival of a commercial
  railroad car during a calendar year for an amount 20 times the AQI use
  fee for each arrival ($155 from October 1, 2008, through September 30,
  2009).



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    Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of August, 2008.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E8-19864 Filed 8-26-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
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