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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 231 / Thursday, December 2, 2010 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0111]
APHIS User Fee Web Site
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service charges user fees, as
authorized by law, to recover the costs
of providing certain services. This
notice announces the availability of a
Web site that contains information
about the Agency’s user fees.
ADDRESSES: The Agency’s user fee Web
site is located at: https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/userfees/
index.shtml.
SUMMARY:
For
information about the Web site, contact
Ms. Cindy Howard, Assistant Deputy
Administrator for Regulatory
Coordination, Policy and Program
Development, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 20, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
734–5957. For information about
APHIS’ user fees, 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: A user fee
is a charge to identifiable recipients
(e.g., individuals or firms)—users—of
goods and services provided by the
Federal Government. The Federal
Government charges user fees only
when prescribed or authorized by law.
User fees are charged for goods and
services that directly benefit the
recipient or that are necessary to protect
the public from incurring costs that may
result from the recipient’s activities.
Through the user fee, recipients of the
goods or services pay the Federal
Government for the cost of providing
the goods or services. The cost is not
borne by the general taxpayer.
APHIS charges a user fee to recover
the costs of providing the following
goods and services:
• Agricultural quarantine and
inspection (AQI) services
• Export certification of plants and
plant products
• Veterinary services for imports and
exports of live animals and products
• Veterinary diagnostic goods and
services
Additionally, when Federal employees
provide certain import- and exportrelated services funded by user fees
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outside their normal working hours,
APHIS may charge an additional fee to
cover the costs of overtime. This
category of services is called
reimbursable overtime services.
For each of these user fee programs,
the Web site provides a description of
the services or goods for which a fee is
charged, the statutory authority for
APHIS to collect and retain the fees, the
current rates, how APHIS determined
the amount of the fees, any scheduled
rate changes, and other information
pertinent to that user fee program. In the
near future, we plan to add information
on the status of collections and
expenditures in each user fee program.
The Web site also answers general
questions about APHIS’ user fees,
including:
• Why does APHIS charge user fees
for some activities and not others?
• What happens to the money that
APHIS collects through user fees?
• How does APHIS determine the
amount of its fees?
• How reliable are the projections
upon which the fees are based?
• What happens when variable
factors fluctuate?
• How often will user fees be
adjusted?
• How often are the fees reviewed?
• What is the process for changing the
fees?
APHIS developed the user fee Web
site to enhance transparency and
predictability regarding its user fee
programs. The Web site will include a
way in the near future for the public to
submit comments or questions to APHIS
on either the Web page itself (e.g., ease
of use, content) or on the user fee
programs or specific fees. We also plan
to allow interested members of the
public to sign up to receive notifications
when changes are made to the user fee
Web page.
Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of
November 2010.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–30208 Filed 12–1–10; 8:45 am]
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Rural Utilities Service
Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.:
Bemidji to Grand Rapids 230 kV
Transmission Line Project
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of availability of Record
of Decision.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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To obtain copies of the
ROD, or for further information, contact:
Ms. Stephanie Strength, Environmental
Protection Specialist, USDA, Rural
Utilities Service, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Stop 1571, Room 2244–S,
Washington, DC 20250–1571, telephone:
(970) 403–3559, fax: (202) 690–0649, or
e-mail:
Stephanie.strength@wdc.usda.gov. A
copy of the ROD can be viewed online
at: https://www.usda.gov/rus/water/ees/
eis.htm.
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
PO 00000
The Rural Utilities Service,
hereinafter referred to as RUS and/or the
Agency, has issued a Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the proposed
Bemidji to Grand Rapids 230 kV
Transmission Line Project (Project) in
Beltrami, Hubbard, Itasca, and Cass
counties, Minnesota. The Administrator
of RUS has signed the ROD, which is
effective upon signing. The RUS, U.S.
Forest Service Chippewa National
Forest (CNF), U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE), and Leech Lake
Band of Ojibwe Division of Resource
Management (LLBO DRM) cooperated in
the development of a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (Final
EIS) prepared pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (U.S.C. 4231 et seq.) and in
accordance with the Council on
Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)
regulations for implementing the
procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR
Parts 1500–1508), and RUS’s NEPA
implementing regulations (7 CFR Part
1794). RUS is the lead federal agency as
defined at 40 CFR 1501.5, and CNF and
USACE are cooperating agencies. LLBO
DRM accepted an invitation to
participate as a cooperating agency. As
the lead federal agency, and as part of
its broad environmental review process,
RUS must take into account the effect of
the proposal on historic properties in
accordance with Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act (16
U.S.C 470f) and its implementing
regulation ‘‘Protection of Historic
Properties’’ (36 CFR Part 800). The Final
EIS evaluated the potential
environmental impacts of and
alternatives to the Project proposed by
Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.
(Minnkota) for RUS financing to
construct the 230 kilovolt (kV)
transmission line between the Wilton
Substation near Bemidji, Minnesota and
the Boswell Substation near Grand
Rapids, Minnesota. The Project is being
jointly developed by Minnkota, Otter
Tail Power Company, and Minnesota
Power (The Utilities).
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0111]
APHIS User Fee Web Site
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service charges user
fees, as authorized by law, to recover the costs of providing certain
services. This notice announces the availability of a Web site that
contains information about the Agency's user fees.
ADDRESSES: The Agency's user fee Web site is located at: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/userfees/index.shtml.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the Web site,
contact Ms. Cindy Howard, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Regulatory
Coordination, Policy and Program Development, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 20, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-5957. For information about
APHIS' user fees, 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: A user fee is a charge to identifiable
recipients (e.g., individuals or firms)--users--of goods and services
provided by the Federal Government. The Federal Government charges user
fees only when prescribed or authorized by law. User fees are charged
for goods and services that directly benefit the recipient or that are
necessary to protect the public from incurring costs that may result
from the recipient's activities. Through the user fee, recipients of
the goods or services pay the Federal Government for the cost of
providing the goods or services. The cost is not borne by the general
taxpayer.
APHIS charges a user fee to recover the costs of providing the
following goods and services:
Agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) services
Export certification of plants and plant products
Veterinary services for imports and exports of live
animals and products
Veterinary diagnostic goods and services
Additionally, when Federal employees provide certain import- and
export-related services funded by user fees outside their normal
working hours, APHIS may charge an additional fee to cover the costs of
overtime. This category of services is called reimbursable overtime
services.
For each of these user fee programs, the Web site provides a
description of the services or goods for which a fee is charged, the
statutory authority for APHIS to collect and retain the fees, the
current rates, how APHIS determined the amount of the fees, any
scheduled rate changes, and other information pertinent to that user
fee program. In the near future, we plan to add information on the
status of collections and expenditures in each user fee program.
The Web site also answers general questions about APHIS' user fees,
including:
Why does APHIS charge user fees for some activities and
not others?
What happens to the money that APHIS collects through user
fees?
How does APHIS determine the amount of its fees?
How reliable are the projections upon which the fees are
based?
What happens when variable factors fluctuate?
How often will user fees be adjusted?
How often are the fees reviewed?
What is the process for changing the fees?
APHIS developed the user fee Web site to enhance transparency and
predictability regarding its user fee programs. The Web site will
include a way in the near future for the public to submit comments or
questions to APHIS on either the Web page itself (e.g., ease of use,
content) or on the user fee programs or specific fees. We also plan to
allow interested members of the public to sign up to receive
notifications when changes are made to the user fee Web page.
Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of November 2010.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-30208 Filed 12-1-10; 8:45 am]
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