Fiscal Year 2011 Veterinary Import/Export Services, Veterinary Diagnostic Services, and Export Certification for Plants and Plant Products User Fees, 52505-52506 [2010-21293]
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0073]
Fiscal Year 2011 Veterinary Import/
Export Services, Veterinary Diagnostic
Services, and Export Certification for
Plants and Plant Products User Fees
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
This notice pertains to user
fees charged for import- and exportrelated services that we provide for
animals, animal products, birds, germ
plasm, organisms, and vectors; for
certain veterinary diagnostic services;
and for export certification of plants and
plant products. The purpose of this
notice is to remind the public of the
user fees for fiscal year 2011 (October 1,
2010, through September 30, 2011).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on 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 Veterinary
Services import and export program
operations, contact Ms. Carol A.
Tuszynski, Director, Planning, Finance
& Strategy, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;
(301) 734-0832.
For information on plant and plant
product export certification program
operations, contact Mr. William E.
Thomas, Director, Quarantine Policy,
Analysis & Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD
20737-1231; (301) 734-5214.
For information concerning user fee
rate development, contact Mrs. Kris
Caraher, Section Head, User Fees
Section, Financial Services Branch,
FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
734-0882.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Veterinary Import/Export User Fees
The regulations in 9 CFR part 130
(referred to below as the regulations) list
user fees for import- and export-related
services provided by the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
for animals, animal products, birds,
germ plasm, organisms, and vectors.
These user fees are authorized by
section 2509(c)(1) 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 establish and collect
fees that will cover the cost of providing
import- and export-related services for
animals, animal products, birds, germ
plasm, organisms, and vectors.
The veterinary import/export user
fees are found in §§ 130.2 through
130.11 and §§ 130.20 through 130.30 of
the regulations and cover the following:
∑ Any service rendered by an APHIS
representative for each animal or bird
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receiving standard housing, care, feed,
and handling while quarantined in an
APHIS-owned or -operated animal
import center or quarantine facility;
∑ Birds or poultry, including zoo birds
or poultry, receiving nonstandard
housing, care, or handling to meet
special requirements while quarantined
in an APHIS-owned or -operated animal
import center or quarantine facility;
∑ Exclusive use of space at APHIS
Animal Import Centers;
∑ Processing import permit
applications;
∑ Any service rendered by an APHIS
representative for live animals
presented for importation or entry into
the United States through a land border
port along the United States-Mexico
border;
∑ Any service rendered for live
animals at land border ports along the
United States-Canada border;
∑ Miscellaneous services;
∑ Pet birds quarantined in an animal
import center or other APHIS-owned or
supervised quarantine facility;
∑ The inspection of various import
and export facilities and establishments;
∑ The endorsement of export health
certificates that do not require the
verification of tests or vaccinations;
∑ The endorsement of export health
certificates that require the verification
of tests and vaccinations; and
∑ Hourly rate and minimum user fees.
On October 1, 2010, the veterinary
import/export user fees for fiscal year
2011 will take effect. You may view the
regulations in 9 CFR part 130, which
includes charts showing all of the fiscal
year 2011 veterinary import/export user
fees, on the Internet at Regulation.gov,
at (https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/main?main=
DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0073).
Veterinary Diagnostic Services User
Fees
User fees to reimburse APHIS for the
costs of providing veterinary diagnostic
services are also contained in 9 CFR part
130. 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.
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
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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
Laboratories (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.
The veterinary diagnostic services
user fees are found in §§ 130.12 through
130.19 and cover the following:
∑ Virology identification tests
performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL)
or other authorized sites;
∑ Bacteriology serology tests
performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL)
or other authorized sites;
∑ Virology serology tests performed at
NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other
authorized sites;
∑ Veterinary diagnostic tests
performed at the Pathobiology
Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL)
or other authorized sites;
∑ Bacteriology reagents produced by
the Diagnostic Bacteriology Laboratory
at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other
authorized sites;
∑ Virology reagents produced by the
Diagnostic Virology Laboratory at NVSL
(excluding FADDL) or other authorized
sites; and
∑ Other veterinary diagnostic services
or materials available from NVSL
(excluding FADDL).
On October 1, 2010, the veterinary
diagnostic services user fees for fiscal
year 2011 will take effect. You may view
the regulations in 9 CFR part 130, which
includes charts showing all of the fiscal
year 2011 veterinary import/export user
fees, on the Internet at Regulation.gov,
at (https://www.regulations.gov/
fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2010-0073).
User Fees for Export Certificates for
Plants and Plant Products
User fees for the issuance of export
certificates for plants and plant products
are contained in 7 CFR part 354. Export
certificates issued in accordance with
the regulations certify agricultural
products as being considered free from
plant pests, according to the
phytosanitary requirements of the
foreign countries to which the plants
and plant products may be exported.
Export certificates are also issued to
certify that reexported plants or plant
products conform to the most current
phytosanitary requirements of the
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importing country and that, during
storage in the United States, the
consignment has not been subjected to
risk of infestation or infection. These
export certificates must be issued in
accordance with 7 CFR part 353 to be
accepted in international commerce.
In a final rule published in the
Federal Register on July 8, 2009 (74 FR
32391-32400, Docket No. APHIS-20060137), and effective October 1, 2009, we
established, for fiscal years 2007
through 2012 and beyond, user fees
charged for export certification of plants
and plant products. Services for this
category include: (1) Certification for
export or reexport of a commercial
shipment; (2) certification for export or
reexport of a low-value commercial or
noncommercial shipment; and (3)
replacement of any certificate for export
or reexport.
The user fees charged for export
certificates for plants and plant products
are found in § 354.3 and cover the
following:
∑ Administrative fee for exporters
who receive a certificate issued on
behalf of APHIS by a designated State or
county inspector;
∑ Fee for export or reexport certificate
for a commercial shipment;
∑ Fee for an export or reexport
certification for a low-value commercial
shipment;
∑ Fee for an export or reexport
certification for a noncommercial
shipment; and
∑ Fee for replacing any certificate.
On October 1, 2010, the user fees
charged for export certificates for plants
and plant products for fiscal year 2011
will take effect. You may view the
regulations in 7 CFR part 354, which
includes charts showing all of the fiscal
year 2011 user fees charged for export
certificates for plants and plant
products, on the Internet at
Regulation.gov, at (https://
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/main?main=Docket
Detail&d=APHIS-2010-0073).
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day
of August 2010.
ACTION:
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
SUMMARY:
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Notice of meeting.
The Yavapai County Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
Prescott, Arizona. The committee is
meeting as authorized under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343)
and in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the meeting is to finalize the
operating guidelines, project proposal
criteria, and operting costs for the
Yavapai County RAC.
DATES: The meeting will be held
September 22, 2010; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Prescott Fire Center, 2400 Melville
Dr, Prescott, AZ 86301.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debbie Maneely, RAC Coordinator,
Prescott National Forest, 344 S. Cortez,
Prescott, AZ 86301; (928) 443–8130 or
dmaneely@fs.fed.us.
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The
meeting is open to the public. The
following business will be conducted:
(1) Approve August meeting minutes;
(2) discuss the Grants and Agreements
process; (3) finalize the operating
guidelines and project proposal tips and
criteria; (4) create project evaluation
criteria; (5) review draft news release for
project proposals; (6) followup on bin
items from last meeting; and (7) next
meeting agenda, location, and date.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 21, 2010.
Alan Quan,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Missoula County Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of Meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Lolo National Forest’s
Missoula County Resource Advisory
Committee (RAC) will meet on
Thursday, October 14, 2010 from 4 p.m.
to 6 p.m., in Missoula, Montana. The
purpose of the meeting is to review and
vote on submitted proposals, and
receive public comment on the meeting
subjects and proceedings.
DATES: Thursday, October 14, 2010 from
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Missoula County
Courthouse, Room 201; 200 W.
Broadway, Missoula, MT 59802.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0073]
Fiscal Year 2011 Veterinary Import/Export Services, Veterinary
Diagnostic Services, and Export Certification for Plants and Plant
Products 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 import- and
export-related services that we provide for animals, animal products,
birds, germ plasm, organisms, and vectors; for certain veterinary
diagnostic services; and for export certification of plants and plant
products. The purpose of this notice is to remind the public of the
user fees for fiscal year 2011 (October 1, 2010, through September 30,
2011).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on 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 Veterinary Services import and export program
operations, contact Ms. Carol A. Tuszynski, Director, Planning, Finance
& Strategy, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1231; (301) 734-0832.
For information on plant and plant product export certification
program operations, contact Mr. William E. Thomas, Director, Quarantine
Policy, Analysis & Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-5214.
For information concerning user fee rate development, contact Mrs.
Kris Caraher, Section Head, User Fees Section, Financial Services
Branch, FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 54, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 734-0882.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Veterinary Import/Export User Fees
The regulations in 9 CFR part 130 (referred to below as the
regulations) list user fees for import- and export-related services
provided by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for
animals, animal products, birds, germ plasm, organisms, and vectors.
These user fees are authorized by section 2509(c)(1) 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 establish
and collect fees that will cover the cost of providing import- and
export-related services for animals, animal products, birds, germ
plasm, organisms, and vectors.
The veterinary import/export user fees are found in Sec. Sec.
130.2 through 130.11 and Sec. Sec. 130.20 through 130.30 of the
regulations and cover the following:
Any service rendered by an APHIS representative for each
animal or bird receiving standard housing, care, feed, and handling
while quarantined in an APHIS-owned or -operated animal import center
or quarantine facility;
Birds or poultry, including zoo birds or poultry,
receiving nonstandard housing, care, or handling to meet special
requirements while quarantined in an APHIS-owned or -operated animal
import center or quarantine facility;
Exclusive use of space at APHIS Animal Import Centers;
Processing import permit applications;
Any service rendered by an APHIS representative for live
animals presented for importation or entry into the United States
through a land border port along the United States-Mexico border;
Any service rendered for live animals at land border ports
along the United States-Canada border;
Miscellaneous services;
Pet birds quarantined in an animal import center or other
APHIS-owned or supervised quarantine facility;
The inspection of various import and export facilities and
establishments;
The endorsement of export health certificates that do not
require the verification of tests or vaccinations;
The endorsement of export health certificates that require
the verification of tests and vaccinations; and
Hourly rate and minimum user fees.
On October 1, 2010, the veterinary import/export user fees for
fiscal year 2011 will take effect. You may view the regulations in 9
CFR part 130, which includes charts showing all of the fiscal year 2011
veterinary import/export user fees, on the Internet at Regulation.gov,
at (https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0073).
Veterinary Diagnostic Services User Fees
User fees to reimburse APHIS for the costs of providing veterinary
diagnostic services are also contained in 9 CFR part 130. 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.
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
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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 Laboratories (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.
The veterinary diagnostic services user fees are found in
Sec. Sec. 130.12 through 130.19 and cover the following:
Virology identification tests performed at NVSL (excluding
FADDL) or other authorized sites;
Bacteriology serology tests performed at NVSL (excluding
FADDL) or other authorized sites;
Virology serology tests performed at NVSL (excluding
FADDL) or other authorized sites;
Veterinary diagnostic tests performed at the Pathobiology
Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized sites;
Bacteriology reagents produced by the Diagnostic
Bacteriology Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized
sites;
Virology reagents produced by the Diagnostic Virology
Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized sites; and
Other veterinary diagnostic services or materials
available from NVSL (excluding FADDL).
On October 1, 2010, the veterinary diagnostic services user fees
for fiscal year 2011 will take effect. You may view the regulations in
9 CFR part 130, which includes charts showing all of the fiscal year
2011 veterinary import/export user fees, on the Internet at
Regulation.gov, at (https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0073).
User Fees for Export Certificates for Plants and Plant Products
User fees for the issuance of export certificates for plants and
plant products are contained in 7 CFR part 354. Export certificates
issued in accordance with the regulations certify agricultural products
as being considered free from plant pests, according to the
phytosanitary requirements of the foreign countries to which the plants
and plant products may be exported. Export certificates are also issued
to certify that reexported plants or plant products conform to the most
current phytosanitary requirements of the importing country and that,
during storage in the United States, the consignment has not been
subjected to risk of infestation or infection. These export
certificates must be issued in accordance with 7 CFR part 353 to be
accepted in international commerce.
In a final rule published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2009
(74 FR 32391-32400, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0137), and effective October
1, 2009, we established, for fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and beyond,
user fees charged for export certification of plants and plant
products. Services for this category include: (1) Certification for
export or reexport of a commercial shipment; (2) certification for
export or reexport of a low-value commercial or noncommercial shipment;
and (3) replacement of any certificate for export or reexport.
The user fees charged for export certificates for plants and plant
products are found in Sec. 354.3 and cover the following:
Administrative fee for exporters who receive a certificate
issued on behalf of APHIS by a designated State or county inspector;
Fee for export or reexport certificate for a commercial
shipment;
Fee for an export or reexport certification for a low-
value commercial shipment;
Fee for an export or reexport certification for a
noncommercial shipment; and
Fee for replacing any certificate.
On October 1, 2010, the user fees charged for export certificates
for plants and plant products for fiscal year 2011 will take effect.
You may view the regulations in 7 CFR part 354, which includes charts
showing all of the fiscal year 2011 user fees charged for export
certificates for plants and plant products, on the Internet at
Regulation.gov, at (https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0073).
Done in Washington, DC, this 20\th\ day of August 2010.
Kevin Shea
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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