Fees for Official Inspection and Official Weighing Services Under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), 2627-2644 [2013-00455]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
7 CFR Part 800
RIN 0580–AB13
Fees for Official Inspection and Official
Weighing Services Under the United
States Grain Standards Act (USGSA)
Grain Inspection Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA) is proposing several changes to
the fee schedule for official inspection
and weighing services performed under
the United States Grain Standards Act
(USGSA), as amended. The USGSA
provides GIPSA’s Federal Grain
Inspection Service (FGIS) with the
authority to charge and collect
reasonable fees to cover the cost of
performing official services. These fees
also cover the costs associated with
managing the program.
After a financial review of GIPSA’s
Fees for Official Inspection and
Weighing Services, including a
comparison of the costs and revenues
associated with official inspection and
weighing services, GIPSA is proposing
to revise local and national tonnage fees
(assessed in addition to all other
applicable fees) for all export grain
shipments serviced by GIPSA field
offices.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received on
or before February 13, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
written or electronic comments on this
proposed rule to:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail, hand deliver, or courier to:
Dexter Thomas, GIPSA, USDA, 1400
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Instructions: All comments will
become a matter of public record and
should be identified as ‘‘GIPSA
inspection and weighing fees proposed
rule comments,’’ making reference to
the date and page number of this issue
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received become the property of the
Federal government, are made a part of
the public record, and will generally be
posted to www.regulations.gov without
change. If you send a comment directly
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comment to GIPSA via fax, the
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and understand, and thus consider your
comment.
All comments will also be available
for public inspection at the above
address during regular business hours (7
CFR 1.27(b)). Please call the GIPSA
Management and Budget Services staff
(202) 720–6529 for an appointment to
view the comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
J. Jabs, USDA–GIPSA–FGIS–QACD,
10383 N Ambassador Drive, Kansas
City, Missouri 64153; Telephone: (816)
659–8408; Fax Number: (816) 872–1257;
Email: Eric.J.Jabs@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The USGSA (7 U.S.C. 71–87k)
authorizes GIPSA to provide official
grain inspection and weighing services,
and to charge and collect reasonable
fees for performing these services. The
fees collected are to cover, as nearly as
practicable, GIPSA’s costs for
performing these services, including
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associated administrative and
supervisory costs.
The fees for official inspection and
weighing services were last amended on
May 13, 2004, and became effective on
June 14, 2004 (69 FR 26476). After
considering several alternatives in 2004,
GIPSA adopted a fee structure to cover
program-related costs based on a
projected average tonnage of export
grain inspected and/or weighed. This
fee structure was adopted so that local
export facilities financially support their
field office administrative costs by
evaluating field offices independently
and encouraging FGIS customers to
work directly with each field office to
maximize grain handling efficiencies
while raising the awareness of location
program costs. In addition, national
costs are collected regardless of where
the grain is exported by assessing an
identical fee to each field office to cover
every ton of export grain inspected and/
or weighed. This action was also taken
to foster the further development and
implementation of grain handling
efficiencies by grain companies, to
reduce the cost of GIPSA official grain
inspection and weighing services, and
to make GIPSA program costs more
transparent to the grain industry.
When GIPSA established the current
fee structure in 2004, GIPSA developed
a fee rate to collect sufficient revenue to
immediately cover operating expenses,
while striving to create an operating
reserve by fiscal year 2010. This fee
structure was designed to collect
sufficient revenue through fiscal year
2007 to achieve an average $1,000,000
balance annually. When GIPSA
established the tonnage fees, certain
assumptions were made to establish
those fees, including the historic
volume of grain moving through U.S.
export facilities, and export projections.
At the time, GIPSA assumed that the
inspection volume would be based on
80 million metric tons (MMT) of grain
exports inspected and/or weighed per
year. The inspection volume, however,
has fallen well short of the 80 MMT
baseline, resulting in a revenue
shortfall, precluding the maintenance of
an operating reserve. For fiscal years
2006 to 2011, GIPSA inspected an
average of 78.0 MMT of export grain.
However, in fiscal year 2012, GIPSA
only inspected 64.2 MMT, and expects
to inspect 59.8 MMT during fiscal year
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2013 and an average of 65.0 MMT for
fiscal years 2014 to 2017.
GIPSA regularly reviews its user-fee
programs to determine if the fees
adequately cover the costs of program
delivery. While GIPSA continuously
seeks to reduce its operating costs,
GIPSA has determined that the existing
fee structure will not generate sufficient
revenue to cover program costs through
fiscal year 2017.
In fiscal year 2009, GIPSA’s official
inspection and weighing services
program revenue was $31.2 million with
program costs of $33.3 million, resulting
in a $2.1 million program deficit. In
fiscal year 2010, GIPSA revenue was
$36.9 million with costs of $35.5
million, resulting in a $1.4 million
margin. In fiscal year 2011, GIPSA
revenue was $37.7 million with costs of
$36.6 million, resulting in a $1.1 million
margin. In fiscal year 2012, revenue is
projected at $28.7 million and costs at
$35.1 million, resulting in a projected
$6.4 million program deficit. Program
costs for fiscal years 2013 to 2017 are
projected at $35.1 million. The costs
include employee salaries and benefits
including estimated annual cost of
living adjustments, and future costs to
replace and maintain aging program
equipment in GIPSA offices. These fees
also cover GIPSA’s administrative and
supervisory costs for the performance of
GIPSA’s official inspection and
weighing services, including personnel
compensation and benefits, travel, rent,
communications, utilities, contractual
services, supplies, and equipment.
Given the above discussion, GIPSA
believes that the current fee structure
will not fully fund the delivery of
GIPSA’s official inspection and
weighing services in future fiscal years
and will result in program deficits.
After reviewing the fees for official
inspection and weighing services,
including a comparison of the costs and
revenue associated with official
inspection and weighing services, and
assessing how GIPSA accounts for
workers compensation costs at the local
and national levels, GIPSA proposes to
change local and national tonnage fees
(assessed in addition to all other
applicable fees) for all export grain
shipments serviced by GIPSA field
offices. GIPSA proposes to increase
local tonnage fees in fiscal year 2013 for
1) League City, Texas from $0.115 to
$0.125 per metric ton; 2) New Orleans,
Louisiana from $0.015 to $0.033 per
metric ton; 3) Portland, Oregon from
$0.084 to $0.124 per metric ton and; 4)
Toledo, Ohio from $0.132 to $0.233 per
metric ton.
GIPSA proposes to increase the
national tonnage fee approximately 5
percent in fiscal year 2013 from $0.052
to $0.055 per metric ton of export grain
inspected and/or weighed and
approximately 2 percent per year for
fiscal years 2014 to 2017. In addition,
workers compensation costs would be
shifted from the national to the local
level in order to fully reflect where
those program costs originate. In
response to the Grain Inspection
Advisory Committee resolution in
November 2010, stating that GIPSA
should establish an equitable tonnage
fee for all export tonnage utilizing the
official system, GIPSA would also begin
charging the national tonnage fee of
$0.055 per metric ton on export grain
inspected and/or weighed (excluding
land carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico) from delegated States and
designated agencies. Currently,
delegated States and designated
agencies pay only a supervision fee of
$0.011 per metric ton on export grain
officially inspected and/or weighed as
found in the current fee structure (see
Schedule C of § 800.71 of the USGSA
regulations).
GIPSA would also revise the fee
structure for official inspection and
weighing services performed in Canada,
which currently appear in Schedule B of
§ 800.71 of the USGSA regulations. As
a result, the separate unit fees for
official inspection and weighing
services performed in Canada would be
changed to the prevailing U.S. noncontract rate, plus the prevailing Toledo
field office tonnage fee, plus the actual
cost of travel. GIPSA would further
replace the ‘‘Vomitoxin Qualitative’’
and ‘‘Vomitoxin Quantitative’’ fees with
one fee, ‘‘All other Mycotoxins,’’ in
order to simplify the fee schedule for
the testing of mycotoxins, other than
aflatoxin. GIPSA also created separate
fees for applicants that provide test kits
for aflatoxin and all other mycotoxin
testing. The existing fee structure in
Schedule B would be deleted and the
existing Schedule C fee structure would
become Schedule B.
While GIPSA’s proposed fee increase
in fiscal year 2013 is projected to
increase program revenue in fiscal year
2013, the proposed fee increase would
not provide sufficient revenue through
fiscal year 2017. As stated previously,
GIPSA believes that an initial increase
in fees followed by annual incremental
increases is the appropriate course to
mitigate the effects that a larger onetime fee increase would have on our
customers. GIPSA’s financial
projections indicate that implementing
the proposed fee increase would allow
the official inspection and weighing
services to recover its costs and build an
operating reserve.
Fees for foreign travel would be
changed from the current daily rate of
$510.00 to the established hourly fee for
special projects, plus the actual cost of
travel, per diem, and related
expenditures. All remaining fees (except
fees for FGIS supervision of domestic
official inspection and weighing
services, including land carrier
shipments to Canada and Mexico,
performed by delegated States and/or
designated agencies) would be increased
approximately 5 percent for fiscal year
2013 and approximately 2 percent for
fiscal years 2014 to 2017 to cover
projected costs.
Tables 1, 2, and 3 below compare
current fees and charges found in
Schedule A of § 800.71(a) of the
regulations under the USGSA (7 CFR
800.71(a)) with fee increases proposed
to take effect on May 1, 2013; October
1, 2013; October 1, 2014, October 1,
2015; and October 1, 2016. Program fees
in Table 1 show the combined national
and local tonnage fee for field offices
and the national tonnage fee for
delegated states and designated
agencies.
TABLE 1—FEES FOR OFFICIAL SERVICES PERFORMED AT AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN ONSITE FGIS LABORATORY
Current fees
and charges
Service
Service description
One-Year Contract ..
Monday–Friday (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.) .......
Monday–Friday (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.) .......
Saturday, Sunday, overtime ................
Holiday .................................................
$36.00/hour
$37.60/hour
$43.00/hour
$64.00/hour
Non-Contract ...........
Monday–Friday (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.) .......
Monday–Friday (6 p.m. to 6 a.m.) .......
Proposed fees
and charges
FY 2013
$64.00/hour
$64.00/hour
Proposed fees
and charges
FY 2014
Proposed fees
and charges
FY 2015
Proposed fees
and charges
FY 2016
Proposed fees
and charges
FY 2017
$37.80/hour
$39.50/hour
$45.20/hour
$67.20/hour
$38.60/hour
$40.30/hour
$46.20/hour
$68.60/hour
$39.40/hour
$41.20/hour
$47.20/hour
$70.00/hour
$40.20/hour
$42.10/hour
$48.20/hour
$71.40/hour
$41.10/hour
$43.00/hour
$49.20/hour
$72.90/hour
$67.20/hour
$67.20/hour
$68.60/hour
$68.60/hour
$70.00/hour
$70.00/hour
$71.40/hour
$71.40/hour
$72.90/hour
$72.90/hour
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TABLE 1—FEES FOR OFFICIAL SERVICES PERFORMED AT AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN ONSITE FGIS LABORATORY—
Continued
Service
Current fees
and charges
Service description
Saturday, Sunday, overtime ................
Holiday .................................................
Proposed fees
and charges
FY 2013
Proposed fees
and charges
FY 2014
Proposed fees
and charges
FY 2015
Proposed fees
and charges
FY 2016
Proposed fees
and charges
FY 2017
$67.20/hour
$67.20/hour
$68.60/hour
$68.60/hour
$70.00/hour
$70.00/hour
$71.40/hour
$71.40/hour
$72.90/hour
$72.90/hour
$64.00/hour
$64.00/hour
Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate)
Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) ................................................
Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) .............
All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) .............................
All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides
kit) ..........................................................................................
Corn protein, oil, and starch (one or any combination) ............
Soybean protein and oil (one or both) ......................................
Wheat protein (per test) ............................................................
Waxy corn (per test) .................................................................
Fees for other tests not listed above ........................................
$10.00
NA
NA
$10.50
$8.50
$19.50
$10.80
$8.80
$19.90
$11.10
$9.10
$20.30
$11.40
$9.40
$20.80
$11.70
$9.70
$21.30
NA
$2.25
$2.25
$2.25
$2.25
Non-contract
hourly rate
$17.50
$2.40
$2.40
$2.40
$2.40
Non-contract
hourly rate
$17.90
$2.50
$2.50
$2.50
$2.50
Non-contract
hourly rate
$18.30
$2.60
$2.60
$2.60
$2.60
Non-contract
hourly rate
$18.80
$2.70
$2.70
$2.70
$2.70
Non-contract
hourly rate
$19.30
$2.80
$2.80
$2.80
$2.80
Non-contract
hourly rate
$0.50
$1.50
$2.80
$0.60
$1.60
$2.90
$0.70
$1.70
$3.00
$0.80
$1.80
$3.10
Class Y Weighing (per carrier)
Truck/Container .........................................................................
Railcar .......................................................................................
Barge .........................................................................................
$0.30
$1.25
$2.50
$0.40
$1.40
$2.70
Program Fees (Assessed on a per metric ton basis for all outbound carriers in addition to all other applicable fees. Only one program fee will be assessed
when inspection and weighing services are performed on the same carrier.)
League City ...............................................................................
New Orleans .............................................................................
Portland .....................................................................................
Toledo .......................................................................................
Delegated States .......................................................................
Designated Agencies ................................................................
$0.167
$0.067
$0.136
$0.184
$0.011
$0.011
$0.180
$0.088
$0.179
$0.288
$0.055
$0.055
$0.184
$0.090
$0.183
$0.294
$0.057
$0.057
$0.188
$0.092
$0.187
$0.300
$0.059
$0.059
$0.192
$0.094
$0.191
$0.306
$0.061
$0.061
$0.196
$0.096
$0.195
$0.313
$0.063
$0.063
TABLE 2—SERVICES PERFORMED AT OTHER THAN AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN FGIS LABORATORY
Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X Services)
Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, and checkloading)
Truck/trailer/container (per carrier) ......................
Railcar (per carrier) ..............................................
Barge (per carrier) ...............................................
Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundred
weight) ..............................................................
$20.00
$29.70
$187.50
$21.00
$31.20
$196.90
$21.50
$31.90
$200.90
$22.00
$32.60
$205.00
$22.50
$33.30
$209.10
$23.00
$34.00
$213.30
$0.04
$0.05
$0.06
$0.07
$0.08
$0.09
Lots sampled online during loading (sampling charge at applicable hourly rate applies)
Truck/trailer/container (per carrier) ......................
Railcar (per carrier) ..............................................
Barge (per carrier) ...............................................
Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundred
weight) ..............................................................
$12.00
$25.00
$128.10
$12.60
$26.30
$134.60
$12.90
$26.90
$137.30
$13.20
$27.50
$140.10
$13.50
$28.10
$143.00
$13.80
$28.70
$145.90
$0.04
$0.05
$0.06
$0.07
$0.08
$0.09
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Submitted sample (per sample-grade and factor)
Warehouseman inspection (per sample) .............
Factor only (per factor-maximum 2 factors) ........
Check-loading/condition examination (Use hourly
rates from Table 1, plus an administrative fee
per hundred weight if not previously assessed.) ............................................................
Re-inspection (Grade and factor only. Sampling
service additional) ............................................
Class X Weighing (per hour per service representative) .......................................................
$12.00
$21.00
$5.70
$12.60
$22.10
$6.00
$12.90
$22.60
$6.20
$13.20
$23.10
$6.40
$13.50
$23.60
$6.60
$13.80
$24.10
$6.80
$0.04
$0.05
$0.06
$0.07
$0.08
$0.09
$13.00
$13.70
$14.00
$14.30
$14.60
$14.90
$64.00
$67.20
$68.60
$70.00
$71.40
$72.90
$32.90
$33.60
$34.30
Additional Tests (Excludes Sampling)
Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) ...........................
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TABLE 2—SERVICES PERFORMED AT OTHER THAN AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN FGIS LABORATORY—Continued
Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) ...........................................................
All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ........
All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) ..............................................
Barley Protein (per test) .......................................
Corn protein, oil, and starch (one or any combination) ............................................................
Soybean protein and oil (one or both) .................
Wheat protein (per test) .......................................
Sunflower oil (per test) .........................................
Waxy corn (per test) ............................................
Canola (per test-00 dip test) ................................
Pesticide Residue Testing-routine compounds
(per sample) .....................................................
Pesticide Residue Testing-special compounds
(Subject to availability) .....................................
NA
NA
$29.50
$40.50
$30.20
$41.40
$30.90
$42.30
$31.60
$43.20
$32.30
$44.10
NA
$10.00
$38.50
$10.50
$39.40
$10.80
$40.30
$11.10
$41.20
$11.40
$42.10
$11.70
$10.00
$10.00
$10.00
$10.00
$10.00
$10.00
$10.50
$10.50
$10.50
$10.50
$10.50
$10.50
$10.80
$10.80
$10.80
$10.80
$10.80
$10.80
$11.10
$11.10
$11.10
$11.10
$11.10
$11.10
$11.40
$11.40
$11.40
$11.40
$11.40
$11.40
$11.70
$11.70
$11.70
$11.70
$11.70
$11.70
$216.00
$226.80
$231.40
$236.10
$240.90
$245.80
$115.00
$120.80
$123.30
$125.80
$128.40
$131.00
Appeal Inspection and Review of Weighing Service
Board Appeal and Appeals (Grade and Factor) ..
Factor only (per factor-maximum 2 factors) ........
Sampling service for appeals additional Use
hourly rates from Table 1 Aflatoxin (rapid test
kit method) ........................................................
Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) ...........................................................
All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ........
All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) ..............................................
Barley Protein (per test) .......................................
Corn protein, oil, and starch (one or any combination) ............................................................
Soybean protein and oil (one or both) .................
Sunflower oil (per test) .........................................
Wheat protein (per test) .......................................
Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC) ..................................
Pesticide Residue Testing-routine compounds
(per sample) .....................................................
Pesticide Residue Testing-special compounds
(Subject to availability) .....................................
Review of weighing (per hour per service representative) .......................................................
Fees for other tests not listed above ...................
$82.00
$43.00
$86.10
$45.20
$87.90
$46.20
$89.70
$47.20
$91.50
$48.20
$93.40
$49.20
$30.00
$31.50
$32.20
$32.90
$33.60
$34.30
NA
NA
$29.50
$49.40
$30.20
$50.40
$30.90
$51.50
$31.60
$52.60
$32.30
$53.70
NA
$17.70
$47.40
$18.60
$48.40
$19.00
$49.50
$19.40
$50.60
$19.80
$51.70
$20.20
$17.70
$17.70
$17.70
$17.70
$141.00
$18.60
$18.60
$18.60
$18.60
$148.10
$19.00
$19.00
$19.00
$19.00
$151.10
$19.40
$19.40
$19.40
$19.40
$154.20
$19.80
$19.80
$19.80
$19.80
$157.30
$20.20
$20.20
$20.20
$20.20
$160.50
$216.00
$226.80
$231.40
$236.10
$240.90
$245.80
$115.00
$120.80
$123.30
$125.80
$128.40
$131.00
$82.60
Non-contract
hourly rate
$86.80
Non-contract
hourly rate
$88.60
Non-contract
hourly rate
$90.40
Non-contract
hourly rate
$92.30
Non-contract
hourly rate
$94.20
Non-contract
hourly rate
Stowage Examination (Service on Request)
Ship (per stowage space) ....................................
Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) ....................................................................
Barge (per examination) ......................................
All other carriers (per examination) .....................
$51.00
$53.60
$54.70
$55.80
$57.00
$58.20
$51.00
$41.00
$16.00
$53.60
$43.10
$16.80
$54.70
$44.00
$17.20
$55.80
$44.90
$17.60
$57.00
$45.80
$18.00
$58.20
$46.80
$18.40
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TABLE 3—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
Grain grading seminars (per hour per
service representative) .........................
Certification of diverter-type mechanical
samplers (per hour per service representative) ...........................................
Scale testing and certification ..................
Evaluation of weighing and material handling systems ........................................
Mass standards calibration and reverification ............................................
Special projects ........................................
NTEP prototype evaluation (Other than
Railroad Track Scales) .........................
NTEP prototype evaluation of Railroad
Track Scales .........................................
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$64.00
$68.60
$70.00
$71.40
$72.90
$64.00
$83.20
$67.20
$87.40
$68.60
$89.20
$70.00
$91.00
$71.40
$92.90
$72.90
$94.80
$83.20
$87.40
$89.20
$91.00
$92.90
$94.80
$83.20
$83.20
$87.40
$87.40
$89.20
$89.20
$91.00
$91.00
$92.90
$92.90
$94.80
$94.80
$83.20
$87.40
$89.20
$91.00
$92.90
$94.80
$83.20
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$67.20
$87.40
$89.20
$91.00
$92.90
$94.80
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TABLE 3—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES—Continued
Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test
equipment per facility for each requested service (except agreements) ..
Foreign Travel (hourly fee) plus travel,
per diem, and related expenditures .....
Fees for any service or test not listed
(per hour per service representative) ...
$500.00
$525.00
$535.50
$546.30
$557.30
$568.50
$510.00/day
$87.40
$89.20
$91.00
$92.90
$94.80
Non-contract
hourly rate
Non-contract
hourly rate
Non-contract
hourly rate
Non-contract
hourly rate
Non-contract
hourly rate
Non-contract
hourly rate
$500.00
$300.00
$525.00
$315.00
$535.50
$321.30
$546.30
$327.80
$557.30
$334.40
$568.50
$341.10
$3.00
Actual Cost
$3.20
Actual Cost
$3.30
Actual Cost
$3.40
Actual Cost
$3.50
Actual Cost
$3.60
Actual Cost
$1.75
$1.90
$2.00
$2.10
$2.20
$2.30
Online Customized Data Service:
1. One data file per week for 1 year
2. One data file per month for 1 year
Samples provided to interested parties
(per sample ..........................................
Special mailing (actual cost) ....................
Extra Copies of certificates, faxing per
page, and divided lots ..........................
The following table reflects GIPSA’s
financial official inspection and
weighing program projections through
fiscal year 2017.
OFFICIAL INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES PROJECTIONS
[Million dollars]*
Actual
Fiscal
year 10
Revenue ...........................................................
Obligations .......................................................
Prior Year Adjustments ....................................
Cumulative Operating Reserve ........................
$36.9
35.5
0.5
6.6
Projected
Fiscal
year 11
$37.7
36.6
0.3
8.0
Fiscal
year 12
Fiscal
year 13
Fiscal
year 14
Fiscal
year 15
Fiscal
year 16
Fiscal
year 17
$28.7
35.1
................
1.6
$31.7
35.1
................
(1.9)
$35.3
35.1
................
(1.6)
$36.2
35.1
................
(0.6)
$36.9
35.1
................
1.2
$37.6
35.1
................
3.6
* Figures may not sum due to rounding.
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Based on the analysis of program
costs, GIPSA proposes to increase the
fees for official inspection and weighing
service. GIPSA would continue to
review program costs, revenue, and
operating reserve levels to ensure that
the fee increases for the noted fiscal
years are required at the levels specified
and sufficient to maintain official
inspection and weighing services. In the
event that a change in the fees is
necessary, GIPSA would address any
changes at that time.
Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory
Flexibility Act
This rule has been determined to be
not significant for the purposes of
Executive Order 12866 and, therefore,
has not been reviewed by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
Pursuant to the requirements set forth
in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
(5 U.S.C. 601–612), GIPSA has
considered the economic impact of this
action on small entities. The purpose of
the RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the
scale of businesses subject to such
actions in order that small businesses
will not be unduly or disproportionately
burdened. This proposed action is being
taken because additional user fee
revenue is needed to cover the costs of
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providing current and future program
operations and services.
The Small Business Administration
(SBA) defines small businesses by their
North American Industry Classification
System Codes (NAICS).1 This proposed
rule affects customers of GIPSA’s
official inspection and weighing
services in the domestic and export
grain markets (NAICS code 115114).
Fees for that program are in Schedules
A (Tables 1–3), B, and C of § 800.71 of
the USGSA regulations (7 CFR 800.71).
Under the provisions of the USGSA,
grain exported from the U.S. must be
officially inspected and weighed.
Mandatory inspection and weighing
services are provided by GIPSA at 40
export facilities and by delegated States
at 11 facilities, and seven facilities for
U.S. grain transshipped through
Canadian ports. All of these facilities are
owned by multi-national corporations,
large cooperatives, or public entities
that do not meet the requirements for
small entities established by the SBA.
Further, the regulations are applied
equally to all entities. The USGSA (7
U.S.C. 87f–1) requires the registration of
all persons engaged in the business of
1 See: https://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/
documents/sba_homepage/serv_sstd_tablepdf.pdf.
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buying grain for sale in foreign
commerce. In addition, those persons
who handle, weigh, or transport grain
for sale in foreign commerce must also
register. Section 800.30 of the USGSA
regulations (7 CFR 800.30) define a
foreign commerce grain business as
persons who regularly engage in buying
for sale, handling, weighing, or
transporting grain totaling 15,000 metric
tons or more during the preceding or
current calendar year. At present, there
are 129 registrants registered to export
grain. While most of the 129 registrants
are large businesses, we believe that
some are small.
GIPSA also provides domestic and
miscellaneous inspection and weighing
services at other than export locations.
Approximately 217 different applicants
receive domestic inspection services
each year and approximately 26
different locations receive track scale
tests as a miscellaneous service each
year. Most of these applicants are large
businesses. Nonetheless, we believe that
the proposed increases would not
significantly affect small businesses
requesting these official services.
Furthermore, any applicant may use an
alternative source for these services.
Such a decision should not prevent the
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business from marketing its product or
conducting business as usual.
GIPSA has determined that the total
cost to the grain industry to implement
the proposed changes will be
approximately $5.3 million per year.
These calculations are based on the
assumption that GIPSA will collect
revenue from 59.8 MMT in fiscal year
2013 and an average of 65.0 MMT per
year for fiscal years 2014 to 2017, which
was used to establish the proposed
tonnage fee.
Most users of the official inspection
and weighing services do not meet the
requirements for small entities. Further,
GIPSA is required by statute to make
services available and to recover, as
nearly as practicable, the costs of
providing such services. There would be
no additional reporting, record keeping,
or other compliance requirements
imposed upon small entities as a result
of this proposed rule. GIPSA has not
identified any other Federal rules which
may duplicate, overlap or conflict with
this proposed rule. GIPSA has
determined that this proposed rule will
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities
as defined in the RFA.
GIPSA regularly reviews its user-fee
financed programs to determine if the
fees are adequate. GIPSA has and will
continue to seek out cost saving
measures and implement appropriate
changes to reduce its costs. Such actions
can provide alternatives to fee increases.
Even with these efforts, however,
GIPSA’s existing fee schedule would not
generate sufficient revenue to cover
program costs. In fiscal year 2009,
GIPSA’s official inspection and
weighing services program revenue was
$31.2 million with program costs of
$33.3 million, resulting in a $2.1 million
program deficit. In fiscal year 2010,
GIPSA revenue was $36.9 million with
costs of $35.5 million, resulting in a
$1.4 million margin. In fiscal year 2011,
GIPSA revenue was $37.7 million with
costs of $36.6 million, resulting in a
$1.1 million margin. In fiscal year 2012,
revenue is projected at $28.7 million
and costs at $35.1 million, resulting in
a projected $6.4 million program deficit.
Program costs for fiscal years 2013 to
2017 are projected at $35.1 million. The
costs include employee salaries and
benefits including estimated annual cost
of living adjustments, future costs to
replace and maintain aging official
inspection and weighing services
equipment in GIPSA offices. These fees
also cover GIPSA’s administrative and
supervisory costs for the performance of
GIPSA’s official inspection and
weighing services, including personnel
compensation and benefits, travel, rent,
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communications, utilities, contractual
services, supplies, and equipment. The
current fee structure will not fully fund
GIPSA’s official inspection and
weighing services in future fiscal years,
resulting in program deficits.
The proposed fee increase is projected
to initially increase program revenue in
fiscal year 2013, however this one time
increase would not provide sufficient
funds through fiscal year 2017. GIPSA
needs to increase fees by approximately
5 percent in fiscal year 2013 and
approximately 2 percent per year in
fiscal years 2014 to 2017 in order to
cover the program’s operating cost and
build an adequate operating reserve.
The annual increases would apply to all
fees (except for those fees charged for
FGIS supervision of domestic official
inspection and weighing services,
including land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico, performed by
delegated States and/or designated
agencies). GIPSA believes that an initial
increase in fees followed by annual
incremental increases is appropriate at
this time. To minimize the impact of a
fee increase, GIPSA has decided to
propose a fee structure that would
collect sufficient revenue over time to
cover operating expenses, while striving
to build an operating reserve by fiscal
year 2017. GIPSA would continue to
evaluate the financial status of the
official inspection and weighing
services to determine if it is meeting the
goal of building an operating reserve
and if other adjustments to the fee
structure are necessary.
Without the proposed fee increase,
the operating reserve for GIPSA’s
official inspection and weighing
services is projected to equal negative
1.6 months of program obligations at the
end of fiscal year 2013 and decline to
negative 10.6 months of program
obligations by the end of fiscal year
2017. Financial projections indicate that
implementing the proposed fees would
allow GIPSA’s official inspection and
weighing services program to cover its
costs while building an operating
reserve to ensure the financial stability
of the FGIS program.
This rule proposes to revise local and
national tonnage fees (assessed in
addition to all other applicable fees) for
all export shipments serviced by GIPSA
field offices. In fiscal year 2013, GIPSA
would increase the local tonnage fees
for (1) League City, Texas from $0.115
to $0.125 per metric ton; (2) New
Orleans, Louisiana from $0.015 to
$0.033 per metric ton; (3) Portland,
Oregon from $0.084 to $0.124 per metric
ton and; (4) Toledo, Ohio from $0.132
to $0.233 per metric ton.
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GIPSA proposes to increase the
national tonnage fee approximately 5
percent in fiscal year 2013 from $0.052
to $0.055 per metric ton of export grain
inspected and/or weighed and
approximately 2 percent per year for
fiscal years 2014 to 2017. In addition,
workers compensation costs would be
shifted from the national to the local
level in order to fully reflect where
those program costs originate. In
response to the Grain Inspection
Advisory Committee resolution in
November 2010 that GIPSA should
establish an equitable tonnage fee for all
export tonnage utilizing the official
system, GIPSA proposes to begin
charging the national tonnage fee of
$0.055 per metric ton on export grain
inspected and/or weighed (excluding
land carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico) from delegated states and
designated agencies. Currently,
delegated states and designated agencies
only pay a supervision fee of $0.011 per
metric ton on export grain inspected
and/or weighed as found in Schedule C
of § 800.71. Program fees in Table 1
above show the combined national and
local tonnage fees for field offices,
delegated states, and designated
agencies.
GIPSA proposes to amend the fees for
official inspection and weighing
services performed in Canada. These
fees currently appear in Schedule B of
§ 800.71. As a result, the separate unit
fees for official inspection and weighing
services performed in Canada would be
changed to that of the prevailing U.S.
non-contract rate, plus the prevailing
Toledo field office tonnage fee, plus the
actual cost of travel. GIPSA is also
proposing to replace the ‘‘Vomitoxin
Qualitative’’ and ‘‘Vomitoxin
Quantitative’’ fees with one fee, ‘‘All
other Mycotoxins,’’ in order to simplify
the fee schedule for the testing of
mycotoxins, other than aflatoxin. GIPSA
also created separate fees for applicants
that provide test kits for aflatoxin and
all other mycotoxin testing. The existing
Schedule B would be deleted and the
existing Schedule C would become
Schedule B.
Fees for foreign travel would be
changed from the current daily rate of
$510.00 to the same established hourly
fee for special projects and the actual
cost of travel, per diem, and related
expenditures. All remaining fees (except
those fees for FGIS supervision of
domestic official inspection and
weighing services, including land
carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico, performed by delegated States
and/or designated agencies) would be
increased approximately 5 percent in
fiscal year 2013 and approximately 2
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percent in fiscal years 2014 to 2017 to
cover projected costs. (See Tables 1, 2,
and 3 above.)
This action is authorized under the
USGSA which provides for the
establishment and collection of fees that
are reasonable and, as nearly as
practicable, cover the costs of the
services rendered, including associated
administrative and supervisory costs.
These fees cover the GIPSA
administrative and supervisory costs for
the performance of GIPSA’s official
inspection and weighing services,
including personnel compensation and
benefits, travel, rent, communications,
utilities, contractual services, supplies,
and equipment.
Executive Order 12988
This proposed rule has been reviewed
under Executive Order 12988, Civil
Justice Reform. This action is not
intended to have retroactive effect. The
USGSA provides in section 87g that no
subdivision may require or impose any
requirements or restrictions concerning
the inspection, weighing, or description
of grain under the USGSA. Otherwise,
this rule would not preempt any State
or local laws, or regulations, or policies
unless they present an irreconcilable
conflict with this rule. There are no
administrative procedures which must
be exhausted prior to any judicial
challenge to the provisions of this rule.
Executive Order 13175
This proposed rule has been reviewed
with the requirements of Executive
Order 13175, Consultation and
Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments. This rule would not have
substantial and direct effects on Tribal
governments and would not have
significant Tribal implications.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the information collection
and record keeping requirements
included in this proposed rule has been
approved by the OMB under control
number 0580–0013.
GIPSA is committed to complying
with the Government Paperwork
Elimination Act, which requires
Government agencies in general to
provide the public the option of
submitting information or transacting
business electronically to maximum
extent possible.
E-Government Compliance
GIPSA is committed to complying
with the E-Government Act, to promote
the use of the Internet and other
information technologies to provide
increased opportunities for citizen
access to Government information and
services, and for other purposes.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 800
Administrative practice and
procedure, exports, grains, reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, we propose to amend 7 CFR
Part 800 as follows:
PART 800—GENERAL REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 800
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.
2. Section 800.71 is revised to read as
follows:
■
§ 800.71
Fees assessed by the Service.
(a) Official inspection and weighing
services. The fees shown in Schedule A
apply to official inspection and
weighing services performed by FGIS in
the U.S. and Canada. The fees shown in
Schedule B apply to official domestic
inspection and weighing services
performed by delegated States and
designated agencies, including land
carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico. The fees charged to delegated
States by the Service are set forth in the
State’s Delegation of Authority
document. Failure of a delegated State
or designated agency to pay the
appropriate fees to the Service within 30
days after becoming due will result in
an automatic termination of the
delegation or designation. The
delegation or designation may be
reinstated by the Service if fees that are
due, plus interest and any further
expenses incurred by the Service
because of the termination, are paid
within 60 days of the termination.
Schedule A—Fees for Official
Inspection and Weighing Services
Performed in the United States and
Canada1
Effective May 1, 2013 Through
September 30, 2013
(Fiscal Year 2013)
TABLE 1—FEES FOR OFFICIAL SERVICES PERFORMED AT AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN ONSITE FGIS LABORATORY 2
Monday to
Friday (6 a.m.
to 6 p.m.)
Monday to
Friday (6 a.m.
to 6 p.m.)
$37.80
67.20
$39.50
67.20
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(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour) .....................................................................
Noncontract ($ per hour) ..........................................................................
Saturday,
Sunday, and
overtime3
$45.20
67.20
(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): 4
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) ...............................................................................................................................................
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 5 .........................................................................................................
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ...........................................................................................................................
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 5 .....................................................................................
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) .....................................................................................................................
(vi) Waxy corn (per test) ...............................................................................................................................................................
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate .................................................
(viii) Other services .......................................................................................................................................................................
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier) ........................................................................................................................................
(1) Truck/container .........................................................................................................................................................
(2) Railcar .......................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Barge ........................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City ......................................................................................................................................................................
(b) New Orleans ....................................................................................................................................................................
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$67.20
67.20
10.50
8.50
19.50
17.50
2.40
2.40
........................
........................
........................
0.40
1.40
2.70
0.180
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TABLE 1—FEES FOR OFFICIAL SERVICES PERFORMED AT AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN ONSITE FGIS LABORATORY 2—
Continued
Monday to
Friday (6 a.m.
to 6 p.m.)
Monday to
Friday (6 a.m.
to 6 p.m.)
Saturday,
Sunday, and
overtime3
Holidays
(c) Portland ............................................................................................................................................................................
(d) Toledo ..............................................................................................................................................................................
(e) Delegated States 6 ...........................................................................................................................................................
(f) Designated Agencies 6 ......................................................................................................................................................
0.179
0.288
0.055
0.055
1 Canada
fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual cost of travel.
apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling,
grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee’s assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in § 800.72(a).
3 Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant scheduling or requesting service
beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing staffing.
4 Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
5 Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit manufacturer.
6 Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
2 Fees
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TABLE 2—SERVICES PERFORMED AT OTHER THAN AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN FGIS LABORATORY 1,2
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, & checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier) ..................................................................................................................................
(b) Railcar (per carrier) ..........................................................................................................................................................
(c) Barge (per carrier) ...........................................................................................................................................................
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT) ..................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier) ..................................................................................................................................
(b) Railcar (per carrier) ..........................................................................................................................................................
(c) Barge (per carrier) ...........................................................................................................................................................
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT) ..................
(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample—grade and factor) ........................................................................................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample) .........................................................................................................................
(c) Factor only (per factor—maximum 2 factors) ..................................................................................................................
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use hourly rates from Table 1, plus an administrative fee per hundredweight if
not previously assessed) (CWT) .......................................................................................................................................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. Sampling service additional, item (i) above) ......................................................
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service representative) .................................................................................................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) .......................................................................................................................................
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 .................................................................................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ....................................................................................................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 ..............................................................................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) ..............................................................................................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test) .........................................................................................................................................................
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test) ............................................................................................................................................
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: 4
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample) ...........................................................................................................................
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability) ............................................................................................................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1.
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service 5
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor) ......................................................................................................................
(a) Factor only (per factor—max 2 factors) ..........................................................................................................................
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional (hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) .......................................................................................................................................
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 .................................................................................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ....................................................................................................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 ..............................................................................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) ..............................................................................................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test) .....................................................................................................................................................
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC) ..............................................................................................................................................
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: 4
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample) ...........................................................................................................................
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability) ............................................................................................................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service representative) ....................................................................................................
(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): 4
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $268.00 per ship) .........................................................................................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) (minimum $160.80 per ship) ..................................................................
(iii) Barge (per examination) .........................................................................................................................................................
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$21.00
31.20
196.90
0.05
12.60
26.30
134.60
0.05
12.60
22.10
6.00
0.05
13.70
67.20
31.50
29.50
40.50
38.50
10.50
10.50
10.50
226.80
120.80
86.10
45.20
31.50
29.50
49.40
47.40
18.60
18.60
148.10
226.80
120.80
86.80
53.60
53.60
43.10
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(iv) All other carriers (per examination) ........................................................................................................................................
16.80
1 Fees
apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling,
grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee’s assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in § 800.72(a).
2 An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in § 800.72(b).
3 Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit manufacturer.
4 If performed outside of normal business, 1c times the applicable unit fee will be charged.
5 If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed at the
rate of $3.20 per sample by the Service.
TABLE 3—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES 1
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service representative) 2 ...................................................................................................
(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers (per hour per service representative) 2 .........................................................
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service representative): 2
(i) Scale testing and certification ..................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad track scales ...........................................................................................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling systems .........................................................................................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than Railroad Track Scales) ...........................................................................................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track Scale .............................................................................................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test equipment per facility for each requested service. (Track scales tested under the
Association of American Railroads agreement are exempt.) ...................................................................................................
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re-verification ......................................................................................................................
(viii) Special projects ....................................................................................................................................................................
(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) 3 ...........................................................................................................................................................
(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year ............................................................................................................................................
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year .........................................................................................................................................
(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per sample) ....................................................................................................................
(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate) ...........................................................................................................................................
(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate) ...................................................................................................................................
(9) Faxing (per page) ...........................................................................................................................................................................
(10) Special mailing .............................................................................................................................................................................
(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other than normal business hours (use hourly rates from Table 1)
$67.20
67.20
87.40
87.40
87.40
87.40
87.40
525.00
87.40
87.40
87.40
525.00
315.00
3.20
1.90
1.90
1.90
Actual Cost
1 Any
requested service that is not listed will be performed at $67.20 per hour.
business hours—Monday through Friday—service provided at other than regular business hours will be charged at 11⁄2 times the applicable hourly rate. (See § 800.0(b)(14) for definition of ‘‘business day.’’)
3 Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $87.40 plus travel, per diem, and related expenditures.
2 Regular
Schedule B—Fees for FGIS Supervision
of Official Inspection and Weighing
Services Performed by Delegated States
and/or Designated Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the
Service is $0.011 per metric ton of
domestic U.S. grain shipments
inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and
renewals. (1) The nature of your
business will determine the fees that
your business must pay for registration
certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys,
handles, weighs, or transports grain for
sale in foreign commerce, you must pay
$135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that
buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in foreign commerce and
you are also in a control relationship
(see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of
the Act) with respect to a business that
buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in interstate commerce,
you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of
registration certificates, you must pay
$1.90 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you
submit an application to amend a
designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to
operate as a scale testing organization,
you must pay $250.00.
Schedule A—Fees for Official
Inspection and Weighing Services
Performed in the United States and
Canada 1
Effective October 1, 2013 Through
September 30, 2014
(Fiscal Year 2014)
TABLE 1—FEES FOR OFFICIAL SERVICES PERFORMED AT AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN ONSITE FGIS LABORATORY 2
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Friday
(6 a.m. to 6
p.m.)
Monday to
Friday
(6 p.m. to 6
a.m.)
Saturday,
Sunday, and
overtime 3
(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour) .....................................................................
$38.60
40.30
46.20
Noncontract ($ per hour) ..........................................................................
68.60
68.60
68.60
(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): 4
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) ...............................................................................................................................................
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 5 .........................................................................................................
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68.60
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Continued
Monday to
Friday
(6 a.m. to 6
p.m.)
Monday to
Friday
(6 p.m. to 6
a.m.)
Saturday,
Sunday, and
overtime 3
Holidays
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ...........................................................................................................................
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 5 .....................................................................................
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) .....................................................................................................................
(vi) Waxy corn (per test) ...............................................................................................................................................................
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
(viii) Other services
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier)
(1) Truck/container .........................................................................................................................................................
(2) Railcar .......................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Barge ........................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City ......................................................................................................................................................................
(b) New Orleans ....................................................................................................................................................................
(c) Portland ............................................................................................................................................................................
(d) Toledo ..............................................................................................................................................................................
(e) Delegated States 6 ...........................................................................................................................................................
(f) Designated Agencies 6 ......................................................................................................................................................
19.90
17.90
2.50
2.50
0.50
1.50
2.80
0.184
0.090
0.183
0.294
0.057
0.057
1 Canada
fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual cost of travel.
apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling,
grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee’s assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in § 800.72(a).
3 Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant scheduling or requesting service
beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing staffing.
4 Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
5 Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit manufacturer.
6 Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
2 Fees
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TABLE 2—SERVICES PERFORMED AT OTHER THAN AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN FGIS LABORATORY 1 2
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services:
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, & checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier) ..................................................................................................................................
(b) Railcar (per carrier) ..........................................................................................................................................................
(c) Barge (per carrier) ...........................................................................................................................................................
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT) ..................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier) ..................................................................................................................................
(b) Railcar (per carrier) ..........................................................................................................................................................
(c) Barge (per carrier) ...........................................................................................................................................................
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT) ..................
(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample—grade and factor) ........................................................................................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample) .........................................................................................................................
(c) Factor only (per factor—maximum 2 factors) ..................................................................................................................
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use hourly rates from Table 1, plus an administrative fee per hundredweight if
not previously assessed) (CWT) .......................................................................................................................................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. Sampling service additional, item (i) above) ......................................................
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service representative) .................................................................................................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) .......................................................................................................................................
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 .................................................................................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ....................................................................................................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 ..............................................................................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) ..............................................................................................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test) .........................................................................................................................................................
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test) ............................................................................................................................................
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: 4
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample) ...........................................................................................................................
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability) ............................................................................................................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1.
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service: 5
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor) ......................................................................................................................
(a) Factor only (per factor—max 2 factors) ..........................................................................................................................
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional (hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all other applicable tests):
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$21.50
31.90
200.90
0.06
12.90
26.90
137.30
0.06
12.90
22.60
6.20
0.06
14.00
68.60
32.20
30.20
41.40
39.40
10.80
10.80
10.80
231.40
123.30
87.90
46.20
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(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) .......................................................................................................................................
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 .................................................................................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ....................................................................................................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 ..............................................................................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) ..............................................................................................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test) .....................................................................................................................................................
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC) ..............................................................................................................................................
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: 4
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample) ...........................................................................................................................
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability) ............................................................................................................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service representative) ....................................................................................................
(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): 4
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $273.50 per ship) .........................................................................................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) (minimum $164.10 per ship) ..................................................................
(iii) Barge (per examination) .........................................................................................................................................................
(iv) All other carriers (per examination) ........................................................................................................................................
32.20
30.20
50.40
48.40
19.00
19.00
151.10
231.40
123.30
88.60
54.70
54.70
44.00
17.20
1 Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling,
grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee’s assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in § 800.72(a).
2 An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in § 800.72(b).
3 Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit manufacturer.
4 If performed outside of normal business, 1c times the applicable unit fee will be charged.
5 If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed at the
rate of $3.30 per sample by the Service.
TABLE 3—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES 1
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service representative) 2 ..................................................................................................
(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers (per hour per service representative) 2 ........................................................
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service representative): 2
(i) Scale testing and certification .................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad track scales ..........................................................................................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling systems ........................................................................................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than Railroad Track Scales) ..........................................................................................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track Scale ............................................................................................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test equipment per facility for each requested service. (Track scales tested under
the Association of American Railroads agreement are exempt.).
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re-verification ....................................................................................................................
(viii) Special projects ...................................................................................................................................................................
(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) 3 ..........................................................................................................................................................
(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year ...........................................................................................................................................
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year ........................................................................................................................................
(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per sample) ..................................................................................................................
(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate) .........................................................................................................................................
(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate) ..................................................................................................................................
(9) Faxing (per page) .........................................................................................................................................................................
(10) Special mailing ............................................................................................................................................................................
(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other than normal business hours (use hourly rates from Table 1)
$68.60
68.60
89.20
89.20
89.20
89.20
89.20
535.50
89.20
89.20
89.20
535.50
321.30
3.30
2.00
2.00
2.00
Actual Cost.
1 Any
requested service that is not listed will be performed at $68.60 per hour.
business hours—Monday through Friday—service provided at other than regular business hours will be charged at 11⁄2; times the applicable hourly rate. (See § 800.0(b)(14) for definition of ‘‘business day.’’)
3Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $89.20 plus travel, per diem, and related expenditures.
2 Regular
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Schedule B—Fees for FGIS Supervision
of Official Inspection and Weighing
Services Performed by Delegated States
and/or Designated Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the
Service is $0.011 per metric ton of
domestic U.S. grain shipments
inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and
renewals. (1) The nature of your
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your business must pay for registration
certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys,
handles, weighs, or transports grain for
sale in foreign commerce, you must pay
$135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that
buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in foreign commerce and
you are also in a control relationship
(see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of
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buys, handles, weighs, or transports
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you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of
registration certificates, you must pay
$2.00 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you
submit an application to amend a
designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to
operate as a scale testing organization,
you must pay $250.00.
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Schedule A—Fees for Official
Inspection and Weighing Services
Performed in the United States and
Canada 1
Effective October 1, 2014 Through
September 30, 2015
(Fiscal Year 2015)
TABLE 1—FEES FOR OFFICIAL SERVICES PERFORMED AT AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN ONSITE FGIS LABORATORY 2
Monday to
Friday
(6 a.m. to
6 p.m.)
(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour) .....................................................................
Noncontract ($ per hour) ..........................................................................
Monday to
Friday
(6 p.m. to
6 a.m.)
$39.40
70.00
41.20
70.00
Saturday,
Sunday, and
overtime 3
Holidays
47.20
70.00
(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): 4
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) ...............................................................................................................................................
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 5 .........................................................................................................
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ...........................................................................................................................
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 5 .....................................................................................
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) .....................................................................................................................
(vi) Waxy corn (per test) ...............................................................................................................................................................
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
(viii) Other services
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier)
(1) Truck/container .........................................................................................................................................................
(2) Railcar .......................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Barge ........................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City ......................................................................................................................................................................
(b) New Orleans ....................................................................................................................................................................
(c) Portland ............................................................................................................................................................................
(d) Toledo ..............................................................................................................................................................................
(e) Delegated States 6 ...........................................................................................................................................................
(f) Designated Agencies 6 ......................................................................................................................................................
70.00
70.00
11.10
9.10
20.30
18.30
2.60
2.60
0.60
1.60
2.90
0.188
0.092
0.187
0.300
0.059
0.059
1 Canada
fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual cost of travel.
apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling,
grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee’s assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in § 800.72(a).
3 Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant scheduling or requesting service
beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing staffing.
4Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
5 Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit manufacturer.
6 Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
2 Fees
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TABLE 2—SERVICES PERFORMED AT OTHER THAN AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN FGIS LABORATORY 1,2
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, & checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier) ..................................................................................................................................
(b) Railcar (per carrier) ..........................................................................................................................................................
(c) Barge (per carrier) ...........................................................................................................................................................
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT) ..................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier) ..................................................................................................................................
(b) Railcar (per carrier) ..........................................................................................................................................................
(c) Barge (per carrier) ...........................................................................................................................................................
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT) ..................
(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample—grade and factor) ........................................................................................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample) .........................................................................................................................
(c) Factor only (per factor—maximum 2 factors) ..................................................................................................................
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use hourly rates from Table 1, plus an administrative fee per hundredweight if
not previously assessed) (CWT) .......................................................................................................................................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. Sampling service additional, item (i) above) ......................................................
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service representative) .................................................................................................
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$22.00
32.60
205.00
0.07
13.20
27.50
140.10
0.07
13.20
23.10
6.40
0.07
14.30
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(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) .......................................................................................................................................
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 .................................................................................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ....................................................................................................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 ..............................................................................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) ..............................................................................................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test) .........................................................................................................................................................
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test) ............................................................................................................................................
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: 4
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample) ...........................................................................................................................
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability) ............................................................................................................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service. 5
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor) ......................................................................................................................
(a) Factor only (per factor—max 2 factors) ..........................................................................................................................
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional (hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) .......................................................................................................................................
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 .................................................................................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ....................................................................................................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 ..............................................................................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) ..............................................................................................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test) .....................................................................................................................................................
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC) ..............................................................................................................................................
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: 4
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample) ...........................................................................................................................
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability) ............................................................................................................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service representative) ....................................................................................................
(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): 4
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $279.00 per ship) .........................................................................................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) (minimum $167.40 per ship) ..................................................................
(iii) Barge (per examination) .........................................................................................................................................................
(iv) All other carriers (per examination) ........................................................................................................................................
32.90
30.90
42.30
40.30
11.10
11.10
11.10
236.10
125.80
89.70
47.20
32.90
30.90
51.50
49.50
19.40
19.40
154.20
236.10
125.80
90.40
55.80
55.80
44.90
17.60
1 Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling,
grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee’s assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in § 800.72(a).
2 An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in § 800.72(b).
3 Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit manufacturer.
4 If performed outside of normal business, 11⁄2; times the applicable unit fee will be charged.
5 If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed at the
rate of $3.40 per sample by the Service.
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TABLE 3—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES 1
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service representative) 2 ...................................................................................................
(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers (per hour per service representative) 2 .........................................................
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service representative): 2
(i) Scale testing and certification ..................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad track scales ...........................................................................................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling systems .........................................................................................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than Railroad Track Scales) ...........................................................................................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track Scale .............................................................................................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test equipment per facility for each requested service. (Track scales tested under the
Association of American Railroads agreement are exempt.) ...................................................................................................
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re-verification ......................................................................................................................
(viii) Special projects ....................................................................................................................................................................
(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) 3 ...........................................................................................................................................................
(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year ............................................................................................................................................
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year .........................................................................................................................................
(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per sample) ....................................................................................................................
(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate) ...........................................................................................................................................
(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate) ...................................................................................................................................
(9) Faxing (per page) ...........................................................................................................................................................................
(10) Special mailing .............................................................................................................................................................................
(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other than normal business hours (use hourly rates from Table 1)
1 Any
$70.00
70.00
91.00
91.00
91.00
91.00
91.00
546.30
91.00
91.00
91.00
546.30
327.80
3.40
2.10
2.10
2.10
Actual Cost
requested service that is not listed will be performed at $70.00 per hour.
business hours—Monday through Friday—service provided at other than regular business hours will be charged at 1c times the applicable hourly rate. (See § 800.0(b)(14) for definition of ‘‘business day.’’)
3 Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $91.00 plus travel, per diem, and related expenditures.
2 Regular
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Schedule B—Fees for FGIS Supervision
of Official Inspection and Weighing
Services Performed by Delegated States
and/or Designated Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the
Service is $0.011 per metric ton of
domestic U.S. grain shipments
inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and
renewals. (1) The nature of your
business will determine the fees that
your business must pay for registration
certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys,
handles, weighs, or transports grain for
sale in foreign commerce, you must pay
$135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that
buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in foreign commerce and
you are also in a control relationship
(see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of
the Act) with respect to a business that
buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in interstate commerce,
you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of
registration certificates, you must pay
$2.10 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you
submit an application to amend a
designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to
operate as a scale testing organization,
you must pay $250.00.
Schedule A—Fees for Official
Inspection and Weighing Services
Performed in the United States and
Canada1
Effective October 1, 2015 Through
September 30, 2016
(Fiscal Year 2016)
TABLE 1—FEES FOR OFFICIAL SERVICES PERFORMED AT AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN ONSITE FGIS LABORATORY 2
Monday
to Friday
(6 a.m. to
6 p.m.)
(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour) .....................................................................
Noncontract ($ per hour) ..........................................................................
Monday
to Friday
(6 p.m. to
6 a.m.)
$40.20
71.40
42.10
71.40
Saturday,
Sunday, and
overtime 3
Holidays
48.20
71.40
71.40
71.40
(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): 4
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) ...............................................................................................................................................
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 5 .........................................................................................................
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ...........................................................................................................................
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 5 .....................................................................................
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) .....................................................................................................................
(vi) Waxy corn (per test) ...............................................................................................................................................................
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate.
(viii) Other services.
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier).
(1) Truck/container .........................................................................................................................................................
(2) Railcar .......................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Barge ........................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City ......................................................................................................................................................................
(b) New Orleans ....................................................................................................................................................................
(c) Portland ............................................................................................................................................................................
(d) Toledo ..............................................................................................................................................................................
(e) Delegated States 6 ...........................................................................................................................................................
(f) Designated Agencies 6 ......................................................................................................................................................
11.40
9.40
20.80
18.80
2.70
2.70
0.70
1.70
3.00
0.192
0.094
0.191
0.306
0.061
0.061
1 Canada
fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual cost of travel.
apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling,
grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee’s assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in § 800.72(a).
3 Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant scheduling or requesting service
beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing staffing.
4 Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
5 Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit manufacturer.
6 Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
2 Fees
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TABLE 2—SERVICES PERFORMED AT OTHER THAN AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN FGIS LABORATORY 1,
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, & checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier) ..................................................................................................................................
(b) Railcar (per carrier) ..........................................................................................................................................................
(c) Barge (per carrier) ...........................................................................................................................................................
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT) ..................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier) ..................................................................................................................................
(b) Railcar (per carrier) ..........................................................................................................................................................
(c) Barge (per carrier) ...........................................................................................................................................................
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT) ..................
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33.30
209.10
0.08
13.50
28.10
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(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample—grade and factor) ........................................................................................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample) .........................................................................................................................
(c) Factor only (per factor—maximum 2 factors) ..................................................................................................................
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use hourly rates from Table 1, plus an administrative fee per hundredweight if
not previously assessed) (CWT) .......................................................................................................................................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. Sampling service additional, item (i) above) ......................................................
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service representative) .................................................................................................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) .......................................................................................................................................
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method—applicant provides kit) 3 ...............................................................................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ....................................................................................................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method—applicant provides kit) 3 ............................................................................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) ..............................................................................................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test) .........................................................................................................................................................
(g) Canola (per test—00 dip test) .........................................................................................................................................
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: 4
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample) ...........................................................................................................................
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability) ............................................................................................................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service.5
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor) ......................................................................................................................
(a) Factor only (per factor—max 2 factors) ..........................................................................................................................
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional (hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) .......................................................................................................................................
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method—applicant provides kit) 3 ...............................................................................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ....................................................................................................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method—applicant provides kit) 3 ............................................................................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) ..............................................................................................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test) .....................................................................................................................................................
(g) Mycotoxin (per test—HPLC) ............................................................................................................................................
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: 4
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample) ...........................................................................................................................
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability) ............................................................................................................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service representative) ....................................................................................................
(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): 4
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $285.00 per ship) .........................................................................................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) (minimum $171.00 per ship) ..................................................................
(iii) Barge (per examination) .........................................................................................................................................................
(iv) All other carriers (per examination) ........................................................................................................................................
13.50
23.60
6.60
0.08
14.60
71.40
33.60
31.60
43.20
41.20
11.40
11.40
11.40
240.90
128.40
91.50
48.20
33.60
31.60
52.60
50.60
19.80
19.80
157.30
240.90
128.40
92.30
57.00
57.00
45.80
18.00
1 Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling,
grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee’s assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in § 800.72(a).
2 An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in § 800.72(b).
3 Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit manufacturer.
4 If performed outside of normal business, 11⁄2 times the applicable unit fee will be charged.
5 If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed at the
rate of $3.50 per sample by the Service.
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TABLE 3—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES 1
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service representative) 2 ...................................................................................................
(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers (per hour per service representative) 2 .........................................................
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service representative): 2
(i) Scale testing and certification ..................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad track scales ...........................................................................................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling systems .........................................................................................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than Railroad Track Scales) ...........................................................................................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track Scale .............................................................................................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test equipment per facility for each requested service. (Track scales tested under the
Association of American Railroads agreement are exempt.) ...................................................................................................
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re-verification ......................................................................................................................
(viii) Special projects ....................................................................................................................................................................
(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) 3 ...........................................................................................................................................................
(5) Online customized data service:.
(i) One data file per week for 1 year ............................................................................................................................................
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year .........................................................................................................................................
(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per sample) ....................................................................................................................
(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate) ...........................................................................................................................................
(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate) ...................................................................................................................................
(9) Faxing (per page) ...........................................................................................................................................................................
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71.40
92.90
92.90
92.90
92.90
92.90
557.30
92.90
92.90
92.90
557.30
334.40
3.50
2.20
2.20
2.20
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TABLE 3—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES 1—Continued
(10) Special mailing .............................................................................................................................................................................
(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other than normal business hours (use hourly rates from Table 1).
Actual Cost
1 Any
requested service that is not listed will be performed at $71.40 per hour.
business hours—Monday through Friday—service provided at other than regular business hours will be charged at 11⁄2 times the applicable hourly rate. (See § 800.0(b)(14) for definition of ‘‘business day.’’)
3 Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $92.90 plus travel, per diem, and related expenditures.
2 Regular
Schedule B—Fees for FGIS Supervision
of Official Inspection and Weighing
Services Performed by Delegated States
and/or Designated Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the
Service is $0.011 per metric ton of
domestic U.S. grain shipments
inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and
renewals. (1) The nature of your
business will determine the fees that
your business must pay for registration
certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys,
handles, weighs, or transports grain for
sale in foreign commerce, you must pay
$135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that
buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in foreign commerce and
you are also in a control relationship
(see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of
the Act) with respect to a business that
buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in interstate commerce,
you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of
registration certificates, you must pay
$2.20 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you
submit an application to amend a
designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to
operate as a scale testing organization,
you must pay $250.00.
Schedule A—Fees for Official
Inspection and Weighing Services
Performed in the United States and
Canada 1
Effective October 1, 2016 Through
September 30, 2017
(Fiscal Year 2017)
TABLE 1—FEES FOR OFFICIAL SERVICES PERFORMED AT AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN ONSITE FGIS LABORATORY 2
Monday to
Friday
(6 a.m. to
6 p.m.)
(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour) ...................................................................................
Noncontract ($ per hour) ........................................................................................
Monday to
Friday
(6 p.m. to
6 a.m.)
$41.10
72.90
43.00
72.90
Saturday,
Sunday, and
overtime 3
Holidays
49.20
72.90
(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): 4
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) ...................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 5 .............................................................................................................
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ...............................................................................................................................
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 5 .........................................................................................
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) .........................................................................................................................
(vi) Waxy corn (per test) ...................................................................................................................................................................
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
(viii) Other services
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier)
(1) Truck/container .............................................................................................................................................................
(2) Railcar ...........................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Barge ............................................................................................................................................................................
(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City ................................................................................................ .................... .................... ......................
(b) New Orleans .............................................................................................. .................... .................... ......................
(c) Portland ...................................................................................................... .................... .................... ......................
(d) Toledo ........................................................................................................ .................... .................... ......................
(e) Delegated States 6 ..................................................................................... .................... .................... ......................
(f) Designated Agencies 6 ................................................................................ .................... .................... ......................
1 Canada
11.70
9.70
21.30
19.30
2.80
2.80
0.80
1.80
3.10
0.196
0.096
0.195
0.313
0.063
0.063
fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual cost of travel.
apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling,
grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee’s assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in § 800.72(a).
3 Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant scheduling or requesting service
beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing staffing.
4 Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
5 Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit manufacturer.
6 Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
2 Fees
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72.90
TABLE 2—SERVICES PERFORMED AT OTHER THAN AN APPLICANT’S FACILITY IN AN FGIS LABORATORY 1,2
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1).
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(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, & checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier) ..........................................................................................................................................
(b) Railcar (per carrier) ..................................................................................................................................................................
(c) Barge (per carrier) ...................................................................................................................................................................
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT) ..........................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier) ..........................................................................................................................................
(b) Railcar (per carrier) ..................................................................................................................................................................
(c) Barge (per carrier) ...................................................................................................................................................................
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT) ..........................
(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample—grade and factor) ................................................................................................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample) .................................................................................................................................
(c) Factor only (per factor—maximum 2 factors) ..........................................................................................................................
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use hourly rates from Table 1, plus an administrative fee per hundredweight if not
previously assessed) (CWT) .....................................................................................................................................................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. Sampling service additional, item (i) above) ..............................................................
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service representative) .........................................................................................................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) ...............................................................................................................................................
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 .........................................................................................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ............................................................................................................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit)3 .......................................................................................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) ......................................................................................................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test) .................................................................................................................................................................
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test) ....................................................................................................................................................
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: 4
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample) ...................................................................................................................................
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability) ....................................................................................................................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1.
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service 5
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor) ..............................................................................................................................
(a) Factor only (per factor—max 2 factors) ..........................................................................................................................................
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional (hourly rates from Table 1).
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method) ...............................................................................................................................................
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 .........................................................................................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) ............................................................................................................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) 3 ......................................................................................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.) ......................................................................................................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test) .............................................................................................................................................................
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC) ......................................................................................................................................................
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: 4
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample) ...................................................................................................................................
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability) ....................................................................................................................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service representative) ............................................................................................................
(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): 4
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $291.00 per ship) .................................................................................................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) (minimum $174.60 per ship) ..........................................................................
(iii) Barge (per examination) .................................................................................................................................................................
(iv) All other carriers (per examination) ................................................................................................................................................
$23.00
34.00
213.30
0.09
13.80
28.70
145.90
0.09
13.80
24.10
6.80
0.09
14.90
72.90
34.30
32.30
44.10
42.10
11.70
11.70
11.70
245.80
131.00
93.40
49.20
34.30
32.30
53.70
51.70
20.20
20.20
160.50
245.80
131.00
94.20
58.20
58.20
46.80
18.40
1 Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to, sampling,
grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee’s assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for service outside 25 miles as found in § 800.72(a).
2 An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in § 800.72(b).
3 Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit manufacturer.
4 If performed outside of normal business, 11⁄2 times the applicable unit fee will be charged.
5 If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed at the
rate of $3.60 per sample by the Service.
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TABLE 3—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES 1
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service representative) 2 ...........................................................................................................
(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers (per hour per service representative) 2 .................................................................
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service representative): 2
(i) Scale testing and certification ..........................................................................................................................................................
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad track scales ...................................................................................................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling systems .................................................................................................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than Railroad Track Scales) ...................................................................................................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track Scale .....................................................................................................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test equipment per facility for each requested service. (Track scales tested under the Association of American Railroads agreement are exempt.) ...............................................................................................................
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72.90
94.80
94.80
94.80
94.80
94.80
568.50
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TABLE 3—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES 1—Continued
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re-verification ..............................................................................................................................
(viii) Special projects ............................................................................................................................................................................
(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) 3 ...................................................................................................................................................................
(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year ....................................................................................................................................................
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year .................................................................................................................................................
(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per sample) ............................................................................................................................
(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate) ...................................................................................................................................................
(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate) ...........................................................................................................................................
(9) Faxing (per page) ...................................................................................................................................................................................
(10) Special mailing .....................................................................................................................................................................................
94.80
94.80
94.80
568.50
341.10
3.60
2.30
2.30
2.30
Actual
Cost
(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other than normal business hours (use hourly rates from Table 1).
1 Any
requested service that is not listed will be performed at $72.90 per hour.
business hours—Monday through Friday—service provided at other than regular business hours will be charged at 11⁄2 times the applicable hourly rate. (See § 800.0(b)(14) for definition of ‘‘business day.’’)
3 Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $94.80 plus travel, per diem, and related expenditures.
2 Regular
Schedule B—Fees for FGIS Supervision
of Official Inspection and Weighing
Services Performed by Delegated States
and/or Designated Agencies in the U.S.
srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with
The supervision fee charged by the
Service is $0.011 per metric ton of
domestic U.S. grain shipments
inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and
renewals. (1) The nature of your
business will determine the fees that
your business must pay for registration
certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys,
handles, weighs, or transports grain for
sale in foreign commerce, you must pay
$135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that
buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in foreign commerce and
you are also in a control relationship
(see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of
the Act) with respect to a business that
buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in interstate commerce,
you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of
registration certificates, you must pay
$2.30 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you
submit an application to amend a
designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to
operate as a scale testing organization,
you must pay $250.00.
Larry Mitchell,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards.
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14 CFR Part 39
[Docket No. FAA–2012–1114; Directorate
Identifier 2012–NE–21–AD]
RIN 2120–AA64
Airworthiness Directives; CFM
International, S.A. Turbofan Engines
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM).
AGENCY:
We propose to adopt a new
airworthiness directive (AD) for certain
CFM International, S. A. (CFM) model
CFM56–5 and CFM56–5B series
turbofan engines. This proposed AD was
prompted by corrosion of the delta P
valve in the hydromechanical unit
(HMU) caused by contaminants in type
TS–1 fuel. This proposed AD would
require cleaning, inspection and repair
of affected HMUs. We are proposing this
AD to prevent seizure of the HMU,
leading to failure of one or more engines
and damage to the airplane.
DATES: We must receive comments on
this proposed AD by March 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments by
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Deliver to Mail
address above between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
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this proposed AD, contact CFM
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Center, 1 Neumann Way, M/D Room
285, Cincinnati, OH 45125;
International phone: 1–513–552–3272;
USA phone: 877–432–3272;
International fax: 1–513–552–3329; USA
fax: 877–432–3329; email:
geae.aoc@ge.com; or CFM International
SA, Customer Support Center,
International phone: 33 1 64 14 88 66;
fax: 33 1 64 79 85 55; email:
snecma.csc@snecma.fr. You may view
this service information at the FAA,
Engine & Propeller Directorate, 12 New
England Executive Park, Burlington,
MA. For information on the availability
of this material at the FAA, call 781–
238–7125.
Examining the AD Docket
You may examine the AD docket on
the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov; or in person at the
Docket Operations office between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The AD docket
contains this proposed AD, the
regulatory evaluation, any comments
received, and other information. The
street address for the Docket Operations
office (phone: 800–647–5527) is the
same as the Mail address provided in
the ADDRESSES section. Comments will
be available in the AD docket shortly
after receipt.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Martin Adler, Aerospace Engineer,
Engine Certification Office, FAA, Engine
& Propeller Directorate, 12 New England
Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803;
phone: 781–238–7157; fax: 781–238–
7199; email: martin.adler@faa.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
7 CFR Part 800
RIN 0580-AB13
Fees for Official Inspection and Official Weighing Services Under
the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA)
AGENCY: Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture (USDA), Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is proposing several
changes to the fee schedule for official inspection and weighing
services performed under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA),
as amended. The USGSA provides GIPSA's Federal Grain Inspection Service
(FGIS) with the authority to charge and collect reasonable fees to
cover the cost of performing official services. These fees also cover
the costs associated with managing the program.
After a financial review of GIPSA's Fees for Official Inspection
and Weighing Services, including a comparison of the costs and revenues
associated with official inspection and weighing services, GIPSA is
proposing to revise local and national tonnage fees (assessed in
addition to all other applicable fees) for all export grain shipments
serviced by GIPSA field offices.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 13, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your written or electronic comments on this
proposed rule to:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail, hand deliver, or courier to: Dexter Thomas, GIPSA,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW. room 2526-S, Washington, DC 20250-
3642.
Fax: (202) 690-2173.
Instructions: All comments will become a matter of public record
and should be identified as ``GIPSA inspection and weighing fees
proposed rule comments,'' making reference to the date and page number
of this issue of the Federal Register. All comments received become the
property of the Federal government, are made a part of the public
record, and will generally be posted to www.regulations.gov without
change. If you send a comment directly to GIPSA without going through
www.regulations.gov, or you submit a comment to GIPSA via fax, the
originating address or telephone number will be captured automatically
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. Also, all personal identifying
information (for example, name, address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by
the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit confidential
business information or otherwise sensitive or protected information.
Electronic submissions should avoid the use of special characters,
avoid any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses,
since these may prevent GIPSA from being able to read and understand,
and thus consider your comment.
All comments will also be available for public inspection at the
above address during regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)). Please
call the GIPSA Management and Budget Services staff (202) 720-6529 for
an appointment to view the comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric J. Jabs, USDA-GIPSA-FGIS-QACD,
10383 N Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64153; Telephone: (816)
659-8408; Fax Number: (816) 872-1257; Email: Eric.J.Jabs@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The USGSA (7 U.S.C. 71-87k) authorizes GIPSA to provide official
grain inspection and weighing services, and to charge and collect
reasonable fees for performing these services. The fees collected are
to cover, as nearly as practicable, GIPSA's costs for performing these
services, including associated administrative and supervisory costs.
The fees for official inspection and weighing services were last
amended on May 13, 2004, and became effective on June 14, 2004 (69 FR
26476). After considering several alternatives in 2004, GIPSA adopted a
fee structure to cover program-related costs based on a projected
average tonnage of export grain inspected and/or weighed. This fee
structure was adopted so that local export facilities financially
support their field office administrative costs by evaluating field
offices independently and encouraging FGIS customers to work directly
with each field office to maximize grain handling efficiencies while
raising the awareness of location program costs. In addition, national
costs are collected regardless of where the grain is exported by
assessing an identical fee to each field office to cover every ton of
export grain inspected and/or weighed. This action was also taken to
foster the further development and implementation of grain handling
efficiencies by grain companies, to reduce the cost of GIPSA official
grain inspection and weighing services, and to make GIPSA program costs
more transparent to the grain industry.
When GIPSA established the current fee structure in 2004, GIPSA
developed a fee rate to collect sufficient revenue to immediately cover
operating expenses, while striving to create an operating reserve by
fiscal year 2010. This fee structure was designed to collect sufficient
revenue through fiscal year 2007 to achieve an average $1,000,000
balance annually. When GIPSA established the tonnage fees, certain
assumptions were made to establish those fees, including the historic
volume of grain moving through U.S. export facilities, and export
projections. At the time, GIPSA assumed that the inspection volume
would be based on 80 million metric tons (MMT) of grain exports
inspected and/or weighed per year. The inspection volume, however, has
fallen well short of the 80 MMT baseline, resulting in a revenue
shortfall, precluding the maintenance of an operating reserve. For
fiscal years 2006 to 2011, GIPSA inspected an average of 78.0 MMT of
export grain. However, in fiscal year 2012, GIPSA only inspected 64.2
MMT, and expects to inspect 59.8 MMT during fiscal year
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2013 and an average of 65.0 MMT for fiscal years 2014 to 2017.
GIPSA regularly reviews its user-fee programs to determine if the
fees adequately cover the costs of program delivery. While GIPSA
continuously seeks to reduce its operating costs, GIPSA has determined
that the existing fee structure will not generate sufficient revenue to
cover program costs through fiscal year 2017.
In fiscal year 2009, GIPSA's official inspection and weighing
services program revenue was $31.2 million with program costs of $33.3
million, resulting in a $2.1 million program deficit. In fiscal year
2010, GIPSA revenue was $36.9 million with costs of $35.5 million,
resulting in a $1.4 million margin. In fiscal year 2011, GIPSA revenue
was $37.7 million with costs of $36.6 million, resulting in a $1.1
million margin. In fiscal year 2012, revenue is projected at $28.7
million and costs at $35.1 million, resulting in a projected $6.4
million program deficit. Program costs for fiscal years 2013 to 2017
are projected at $35.1 million. The costs include employee salaries and
benefits including estimated annual cost of living adjustments, and
future costs to replace and maintain aging program equipment in GIPSA
offices. These fees also cover GIPSA's administrative and supervisory
costs for the performance of GIPSA's official inspection and weighing
services, including personnel compensation and benefits, travel, rent,
communications, utilities, contractual services, supplies, and
equipment. Given the above discussion, GIPSA believes that the current
fee structure will not fully fund the delivery of GIPSA's official
inspection and weighing services in future fiscal years and will result
in program deficits.
After reviewing the fees for official inspection and weighing
services, including a comparison of the costs and revenue associated
with official inspection and weighing services, and assessing how GIPSA
accounts for workers compensation costs at the local and national
levels, GIPSA proposes to change local and national tonnage fees
(assessed in addition to all other applicable fees) for all export
grain shipments serviced by GIPSA field offices. GIPSA proposes to
increase local tonnage fees in fiscal year 2013 for 1) League City,
Texas from $0.115 to $0.125 per metric ton; 2) New Orleans, Louisiana
from $0.015 to $0.033 per metric ton; 3) Portland, Oregon from $0.084
to $0.124 per metric ton and; 4) Toledo, Ohio from $0.132 to $0.233 per
metric ton.
GIPSA proposes to increase the national tonnage fee approximately 5
percent in fiscal year 2013 from $0.052 to $0.055 per metric ton of
export grain inspected and/or weighed and approximately 2 percent per
year for fiscal years 2014 to 2017. In addition, workers compensation
costs would be shifted from the national to the local level in order to
fully reflect where those program costs originate. In response to the
Grain Inspection Advisory Committee resolution in November 2010,
stating that GIPSA should establish an equitable tonnage fee for all
export tonnage utilizing the official system, GIPSA would also begin
charging the national tonnage fee of $0.055 per metric ton on export
grain inspected and/or weighed (excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico) from delegated States and designated agencies.
Currently, delegated States and designated agencies pay only a
supervision fee of $0.011 per metric ton on export grain officially
inspected and/or weighed as found in the current fee structure (see
Schedule C of Sec. 800.71 of the USGSA regulations).
GIPSA would also revise the fee structure for official inspection
and weighing services performed in Canada, which currently appear in
Schedule B of Sec. 800.71 of the USGSA regulations. As a result, the
separate unit fees for official inspection and weighing services
performed in Canada would be changed to the prevailing U.S. non-
contract rate, plus the prevailing Toledo field office tonnage fee,
plus the actual cost of travel. GIPSA would further replace the
``Vomitoxin Qualitative'' and ``Vomitoxin Quantitative'' fees with one
fee, ``All other Mycotoxins,'' in order to simplify the fee schedule
for the testing of mycotoxins, other than aflatoxin. GIPSA also created
separate fees for applicants that provide test kits for aflatoxin and
all other mycotoxin testing. The existing fee structure in Schedule B
would be deleted and the existing Schedule C fee structure would become
Schedule B.
While GIPSA's proposed fee increase in fiscal year 2013 is
projected to increase program revenue in fiscal year 2013, the proposed
fee increase would not provide sufficient revenue through fiscal year
2017. As stated previously, GIPSA believes that an initial increase in
fees followed by annual incremental increases is the appropriate course
to mitigate the effects that a larger one-time fee increase would have
on our customers. GIPSA's financial projections indicate that
implementing the proposed fee increase would allow the official
inspection and weighing services to recover its costs and build an
operating reserve.
Fees for foreign travel would be changed from the current daily
rate of $510.00 to the established hourly fee for special projects,
plus the actual cost of travel, per diem, and related expenditures. All
remaining fees (except fees for FGIS supervision of domestic official
inspection and weighing services, including land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico, performed by delegated States and/or designated
agencies) would be increased approximately 5 percent for fiscal year
2013 and approximately 2 percent for fiscal years 2014 to 2017 to cover
projected costs.
Tables 1, 2, and 3 below compare current fees and charges found in
Schedule A of Sec. 800.71(a) of the regulations under the USGSA (7 CFR
800.71(a)) with fee increases proposed to take effect on May 1, 2013;
October 1, 2013; October 1, 2014, October 1, 2015; and October 1, 2016.
Program fees in Table 1 show the combined national and local tonnage
fee for field offices and the national tonnage fee for delegated states
and designated agencies.
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory
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Proposed fees Proposed fees Proposed fees Proposed fees Proposed fees
Service Service description Current fees and charges FY and charges FY and charges FY and charges FY and charges FY
and charges 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Hourly Rates
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One-Year Contract................. Monday-Friday (6 $36.00/hour $37.80/hour $38.60/hour $39.40/hour $40.20/hour $41.10/hour
a.m. to 6 p.m.).
Monday-Friday (6 $37.60/hour $39.50/hour $40.30/hour $41.20/hour $42.10/hour $43.00/hour
p.m. to 6 a.m.).
Saturday, Sunday, $43.00/hour $45.20/hour $46.20/hour $47.20/hour $48.20/hour $49.20/hour
overtime.
Holiday............. $64.00/hour $67.20/hour $68.60/hour $70.00/hour $71.40/hour $72.90/hour
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Non-Contract...................... Monday-Friday (6 $64.00/hour $67.20/hour $68.60/hour $70.00/hour $71.40/hour $72.90/hour
a.m. to 6 p.m.).
Monday-Friday (6 $64.00/hour $67.20/hour $68.60/hour $70.00/hour $71.40/hour $72.90/hour
p.m. to 6 a.m.).
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Saturday, Sunday, $64.00/hour $67.20/hour $68.60/hour $70.00/hour $71.40/hour $72.90/hour
overtime.
Holiday............. $64.00/hour $67.20/hour $68.60/hour $70.00/hour $71.40/hour $72.90/hour
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Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate)
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Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)....................... $10.00 $10.50 $10.80 $11.10 $11.40 $11.70
Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) NA $8.50 $8.80 $9.10 $9.40 $9.70
All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method)............ NA $19.50 $19.90 $20.30 $20.80 $21.30
All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant NA $17.50 $17.90 $18.30 $18.80 $19.30
provides kit)..........................................
Corn protein, oil, and starch (one or any combination).. $2.25 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80
Soybean protein and oil (one or both)................... $2.25 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80
Wheat protein (per test)................................ $2.25 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80
Waxy corn (per test).................................... $2.25 $2.40 $2.50 $2.60 $2.70 $2.80
Fees for other tests not listed above................... Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract
hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate
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Class Y Weighing (per carrier)
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Truck/Container......................................... $0.30 $0.40 $0.50 $0.60 $0.70 $0.80
Railcar................................................. $1.25 $1.40 $1.50 $1.60 $1.70 $1.80
Barge................................................... $2.50 $2.70 $2.80 $2.90 $3.00 $3.10
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Program Fees (Assessed on a per metric ton basis for all outbound carriers in addition to all other applicable fees. Only one program fee will be
assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the same carrier.)
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League City............................................. $0.167 $0.180 $0.184 $0.188 $0.192 $0.196
New Orleans............................................. $0.067 $0.088 $0.090 $0.092 $0.094 $0.096
Portland................................................ $0.136 $0.179 $0.183 $0.187 $0.191 $0.195
Toledo.................................................. $0.184 $0.288 $0.294 $0.300 $0.306 $0.313
Delegated States........................................ $0.011 $0.055 $0.057 $0.059 $0.061 $0.063
Designated Agencies..................................... $0.011 $0.055 $0.057 $0.059 $0.061 $0.063
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Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an FGIS Laboratory
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Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X Services)
Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, and checkloading)
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Truck/trailer/container (per $20.00 $21.00 $21.50 $22.00 $22.50 $23.00
carrier)...................
Railcar (per carrier)....... $29.70 $31.20 $31.90 $32.60 $33.30 $34.00
Barge (per carrier)......... $187.50 $196.90 $200.90 $205.00 $209.10 $213.30
Sacked grain (per hour per $0.04 $0.05 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $0.09
service representative plus
an administrative fee per
hundred weight)............
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Lots sampled online during loading (sampling charge at applicable hourly rate applies)
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Truck/trailer/container (per $12.00 $12.60 $12.90 $13.20 $13.50 $13.80
carrier)...................
Railcar (per carrier)....... $25.00 $26.30 $26.90 $27.50 $28.10 $28.70
Barge (per carrier)......... $128.10 $134.60 $137.30 $140.10 $143.00 $145.90
Sacked grain (per hour per $0.04 $0.05 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $0.09
service representative plus
an administrative fee per
hundred weight)............
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Other Services
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Submitted sample (per sample- $12.00 $12.60 $12.90 $13.20 $13.50 $13.80
grade and factor)..........
Warehouseman inspection (per $21.00 $22.10 $22.60 $23.10 $23.60 $24.10
sample)....................
Factor only (per factor- $5.70 $6.00 $6.20 $6.40 $6.60 $6.80
maximum 2 factors).........
Check-loading/condition $0.04 $0.05 $0.06 $0.07 $0.08 $0.09
examination (Use hourly
rates from Table 1, plus an
administrative fee per
hundred weight if not
previously assessed.)......
Re-inspection (Grade and $13.00 $13.70 $14.00 $14.30 $14.60 $14.90
factor only. Sampling
service additional)........
Class X Weighing (per hour $64.00 $67.20 $68.60 $70.00 $71.40 $72.90
per service representative)
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Additional Tests (Excludes Sampling)
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Aflatoxin (rapid test kit $30.00 $31.50 $32.20 $32.90 $33.60 $34.30
method)....................
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Aflatoxin (rapid test kit NA $29.50 $30.20 $30.90 $31.60 $32.30
method-applicant provides
kit).......................
All other Mycotoxins (rapid NA $40.50 $41.40 $42.30 $43.20 $44.10
test kit method)...........
All other Mycotoxins (rapid NA $38.50 $39.40 $40.30 $41.20 $42.10
test kit method-applicant
provides kit)..............
Barley Protein (per test)... $10.00 $10.50 $10.80 $11.10 $11.40 $11.70
Corn protein, oil, and $10.00 $10.50 $10.80 $11.10 $11.40 $11.70
starch (one or any
combination)...............
Soybean protein and oil (one $10.00 $10.50 $10.80 $11.10 $11.40 $11.70
or both)...................
Wheat protein (per test).... $10.00 $10.50 $10.80 $11.10 $11.40 $11.70
Sunflower oil (per test).... $10.00 $10.50 $10.80 $11.10 $11.40 $11.70
Waxy corn (per test)........ $10.00 $10.50 $10.80 $11.10 $11.40 $11.70
Canola (per test-00 dip $10.00 $10.50 $10.80 $11.10 $11.40 $11.70
test)......................
Pesticide Residue Testing- $216.00 $226.80 $231.40 $236.10 $240.90 $245.80
routine compounds (per
sample)....................
Pesticide Residue Testing- $115.00 $120.80 $123.30 $125.80 $128.40 $131.00
special compounds (Subject
to availability)...........
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Appeal Inspection and Review of Weighing Service
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Board Appeal and Appeals $82.00 $86.10 $87.90 $89.70 $91.50 $93.40
(Grade and Factor).........
Factor only (per factor- $43.00 $45.20 $46.20 $47.20 $48.20 $49.20
maximum 2 factors).........
Sampling service for appeals $30.00 $31.50 $32.20 $32.90 $33.60 $34.30
additional Use hourly rates
from Table 1 Aflatoxin
(rapid test kit method)....
Aflatoxin (rapid test kit NA $29.50 $30.20 $30.90 $31.60 $32.30
method-applicant provides
kit).......................
All other Mycotoxins (rapid NA $49.40 $50.40 $51.50 $52.60 $53.70
test kit method)...........
All other Mycotoxins (rapid NA $47.40 $48.40 $49.50 $50.60 $51.70
test kit method-applicant
provides kit)..............
Barley Protein (per test)... $17.70 $18.60 $19.00 $19.40 $19.80 $20.20
Corn protein, oil, and $17.70 $18.60 $19.00 $19.40 $19.80 $20.20
starch (one or any
combination)...............
Soybean protein and oil (one $17.70 $18.60 $19.00 $19.40 $19.80 $20.20
or both)...................
Sunflower oil (per test).... $17.70 $18.60 $19.00 $19.40 $19.80 $20.20
Wheat protein (per test).... $17.70 $18.60 $19.00 $19.40 $19.80 $20.20
Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC)... $141.00 $148.10 $151.10 $154.20 $157.30 $160.50
Pesticide Residue Testing- $216.00 $226.80 $231.40 $236.10 $240.90 $245.80
routine compounds (per
sample)....................
Pesticide Residue Testing- $115.00 $120.80 $123.30 $125.80 $128.40 $131.00
special compounds (Subject
to availability)...........
Review of weighing (per hour $82.60 $86.80 $88.60 $90.40 $92.30 $94.20
per service representative)
Fees for other tests not Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract
listed above............... hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate
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Stowage Examination (Service on Request)
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Ship (per stowage space).... $51.00 $53.60 $54.70 $55.80 $57.00 $58.20
Subsequent ship examinations $51.00 $53.60 $54.70 $55.80 $57.00 $58.20
(same as original).........
Barge (per examination)..... $41.00 $43.10 $44.00 $44.90 $45.80 $46.80
All other carriers (per $16.00 $16.80 $17.20 $17.60 $18.00 $18.40
examination)...............
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Table 3--Miscellaneous Services
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Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $64.00 $67.20 $68.60 $70.00 $71.40 $72.90
representative)........................................
Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers (per $64.00 $67.20 $68.60 $70.00 $71.40 $72.90
hour per service representative).......................
Scale testing and certification......................... $83.20 $87.40 $89.20 $91.00 $92.90 $94.80
Evaluation of weighing and material handling systems.... $83.20 $87.40 $89.20 $91.00 $92.90 $94.80
Mass standards calibration and re-verification.......... $83.20 $87.40 $89.20 $91.00 $92.90 $94.80
Special projects........................................ $83.20 $87.40 $89.20 $91.00 $92.90 $94.80
NTEP prototype evaluation (Other than Railroad Track $83.20 $87.40 $89.20 $91.00 $92.90 $94.80
Scales)................................................
NTEP prototype evaluation of Railroad Track Scales...... $83.20 $87.40 $89.20 $91.00 $92.90 $94.80
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Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test equipment per $500.00 $525.00 $535.50 $546.30 $557.30 $568.50
facility for each requested service (except agreements)
Foreign Travel (hourly fee) plus travel, per diem, and $510.00/day $87.40 $89.20 $91.00 $92.90 $94.80
related expenditures...................................
Fees for any service or test not listed (per hour per Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract Non-contract
service representative)................................ hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate hourly rate
Online Customized Data Service:
1. One data file per week for 1 year................ $500.00 $525.00 $535.50 $546.30 $557.30 $568.50
2. One data file per month for 1 year............... $300.00 $315.00 $321.30 $327.80 $334.40 $341.10
Samples provided to interested parties (per sample...... $3.00 $3.20 $3.30 $3.40 $3.50 $3.60
Special mailing (actual cost)........................... Actual Cost Actual Cost Actual Cost Actual Cost Actual Cost Actual Cost
Extra Copies of certificates, faxing per page, and $1.75 $1.90 $2.00 $2.10 $2.20 $2.30
divided lots...........................................
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The following table reflects GIPSA's financial official inspection
and weighing program projections through fiscal year 2017.
Official Inspection and Weighing Services Projections
[Million dollars]*
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Actual Projected
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Fiscal Fiscal Fiscal Fiscal Fiscal Fiscal Fiscal Fiscal
year 10 year 11 year 12 year 13 year 14 year 15 year 16 year 17
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Revenue......................................................... $36.9 $37.7 $28.7 $31.7 $35.3 $36.2 $36.9 $37.6
Obligations..................................................... 35.5 36.6 35.1 35.1 35.1 35.1 35.1 35.1
Prior Year Adjustments.......................................... 0.5 0.3 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Cumulative Operating Reserve.................................... 6.6 8.0 1.6 (1.9) (1.6) (0.6) 1.2 3.6
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* Figures may not sum due to rounding.
Based on the analysis of program costs, GIPSA proposes to increase
the fees for official inspection and weighing service. GIPSA would
continue to review program costs, revenue, and operating reserve levels
to ensure that the fee increases for the noted fiscal years are
required at the levels specified and sufficient to maintain official
inspection and weighing services. In the event that a change in the
fees is necessary, GIPSA would address any changes at that time.
Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory Flexibility Act
This rule has been determined to be not significant for the
purposes of Executive Order 12866 and, therefore, has not been reviewed
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Pursuant to the requirements set forth in the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601-612), GIPSA has considered the
economic impact of this action on small entities. The purpose of the
RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the scale of businesses subject to
such actions in order that small businesses will not be unduly or
disproportionately burdened. This proposed action is being taken
because additional user fee revenue is needed to cover the costs of
providing current and future program operations and services.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) defines small businesses by
their North American Industry Classification System Codes (NAICS).\1\
This proposed rule affects customers of GIPSA's official inspection and
weighing services in the domestic and export grain markets (NAICS code
115114). Fees for that program are in Schedules A (Tables 1-3), B, and
C of Sec. 800.71 of the USGSA regulations (7 CFR 800.71).
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\1\ See: https://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/serv_sstd_tablepdf.pdf.
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Under the provisions of the USGSA, grain exported from the U.S.
must be officially inspected and weighed. Mandatory inspection and
weighing services are provided by GIPSA at 40 export facilities and by
delegated States at 11 facilities, and seven facilities for U.S. grain
transshipped through Canadian ports. All of these facilities are owned
by multi-national corporations, large cooperatives, or public entities
that do not meet the requirements for small entities established by the
SBA. Further, the regulations are applied equally to all entities. The
USGSA (7 U.S.C. 87f-1) requires the registration of all persons engaged
in the business of buying grain for sale in foreign commerce. In
addition, those persons who handle, weigh, or transport grain for sale
in foreign commerce must also register. Section 800.30 of the USGSA
regulations (7 CFR 800.30) define a foreign commerce grain business as
persons who regularly engage in buying for sale, handling, weighing, or
transporting grain totaling 15,000 metric tons or more during the
preceding or current calendar year. At present, there are 129
registrants registered to export grain. While most of the 129
registrants are large businesses, we believe that some are small.
GIPSA also provides domestic and miscellaneous inspection and
weighing services at other than export locations. Approximately 217
different applicants receive domestic inspection services each year and
approximately 26 different locations receive track scale tests as a
miscellaneous service each year. Most of these applicants are large
businesses. Nonetheless, we believe that the proposed increases would
not significantly affect small businesses requesting these official
services. Furthermore, any applicant may use an alternative source for
these services. Such a decision should not prevent the
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business from marketing its product or conducting business as usual.
GIPSA has determined that the total cost to the grain industry to
implement the proposed changes will be approximately $5.3 million per
year. These calculations are based on the assumption that GIPSA will
collect revenue from 59.8 MMT in fiscal year 2013 and an average of
65.0 MMT per year for fiscal years 2014 to 2017, which was used to
establish the proposed tonnage fee.
Most users of the official inspection and weighing services do not
meet the requirements for small entities. Further, GIPSA is required by
statute to make services available and to recover, as nearly as
practicable, the costs of providing such services. There would be no
additional reporting, record keeping, or other compliance requirements
imposed upon small entities as a result of this proposed rule. GIPSA
has not identified any other Federal rules which may duplicate, overlap
or conflict with this proposed rule. GIPSA has determined that this
proposed rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities as defined in the RFA.
GIPSA regularly reviews its user-fee financed programs to determine
if the fees are adequate. GIPSA has and will continue to seek out cost
saving measures and implement appropriate changes to reduce its costs.
Such actions can provide alternatives to fee increases. Even with these
efforts, however, GIPSA's existing fee schedule would not generate
sufficient revenue to cover program costs. In fiscal year 2009, GIPSA's
official inspection and weighing services program revenue was $31.2
million with program costs of $33.3 million, resulting in a $2.1
million program deficit. In fiscal year 2010, GIPSA revenue was $36.9
million with costs of $35.5 million, resulting in a $1.4 million
margin. In fiscal year 2011, GIPSA revenue was $37.7 million with costs
of $36.6 million, resulting in a $1.1 million margin. In fiscal year
2012, revenue is projected at $28.7 million and costs at $35.1 million,
resulting in a projected $6.4 million program deficit. Program costs
for fiscal years 2013 to 2017 are projected at $35.1 million. The costs
include employee salaries and benefits including estimated annual cost
of living adjustments, future costs to replace and maintain aging
official inspection and weighing services equipment in GIPSA offices.
These fees also cover GIPSA's administrative and supervisory costs for
the performance of GIPSA's official inspection and weighing services,
including personnel compensation and benefits, travel, rent,
communications, utilities, contractual services, supplies, and
equipment. The current fee structure will not fully fund GIPSA's
official inspection and weighing services in future fiscal years,
resulting in program deficits.
The proposed fee increase is projected to initially increase
program revenue in fiscal year 2013, however this one time increase
would not provide sufficient funds through fiscal year 2017. GIPSA
needs to increase fees by approximately 5 percent in fiscal year 2013
and approximately 2 percent per year in fiscal years 2014 to 2017 in
order to cover the program's operating cost and build an adequate
operating reserve. The annual increases would apply to all fees (except
for those fees charged for FGIS supervision of domestic official
inspection and weighing services, including land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico, performed by delegated States and/or designated
agencies). GIPSA believes that an initial increase in fees followed by
annual incremental increases is appropriate at this time. To minimize
the impact of a fee increase, GIPSA has decided to propose a fee
structure that would collect sufficient revenue over time to cover
operating expenses, while striving to build an operating reserve by
fiscal year 2017. GIPSA would continue to evaluate the financial status
of the official inspection and weighing services to determine if it is
meeting the goal of building an operating reserve and if other
adjustments to the fee structure are necessary.
Without the proposed fee increase, the operating reserve for
GIPSA's official inspection and weighing services is projected to equal
negative 1.6 months of program obligations at the end of fiscal year
2013 and decline to negative 10.6 months of program obligations by the
end of fiscal year 2017. Financial projections indicate that
implementing the proposed fees would allow GIPSA's official inspection
and weighing services program to cover its costs while building an
operating reserve to ensure the financial stability of the FGIS
program.
This rule proposes to revise local and national tonnage fees
(assessed in addition to all other applicable fees) for all export
shipments serviced by GIPSA field offices. In fiscal year 2013, GIPSA
would increase the local tonnage fees for (1) League City, Texas from
$0.115 to $0.125 per metric ton; (2) New Orleans, Louisiana from $0.015
to $0.033 per metric ton; (3) Portland, Oregon from $0.084 to $0.124
per metric ton and; (4) Toledo, Ohio from $0.132 to $0.233 per metric
ton.
GIPSA proposes to increase the national tonnage fee approximately 5
percent in fiscal year 2013 from $0.052 to $0.055 per metric ton of
export grain inspected and/or weighed and approximately 2 percent per
year for fiscal years 2014 to 2017. In addition, workers compensation
costs would be shifted from the national to the local level in order to
fully reflect where those program costs originate. In response to the
Grain Inspection Advisory Committee resolution in November 2010 that
GIPSA should establish an equitable tonnage fee for all export tonnage
utilizing the official system, GIPSA proposes to begin charging the
national tonnage fee of $0.055 per metric ton on export grain inspected
and/or weighed (excluding land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico)
from delegated states and designated agencies. Currently, delegated
states and designated agencies only pay a supervision fee of $0.011 per
metric ton on export grain inspected and/or weighed as found in
Schedule C of Sec. 800.71. Program fees in Table 1 above show the
combined national and local tonnage fees for field offices, delegated
states, and designated agencies.
GIPSA proposes to amend the fees for official inspection and
weighing services performed in Canada. These fees currently appear in
Schedule B of Sec. 800.71. As a result, the separate unit fees for
official inspection and weighing services performed in Canada would be
changed to that of the prevailing U.S. non-contract rate, plus the
prevailing Toledo field office tonnage fee, plus the actual cost of
travel. GIPSA is also proposing to replace the ``Vomitoxin
Qualitative'' and ``Vomitoxin Quantitative'' fees with one fee, ``All
other Mycotoxins,'' in order to simplify the fee schedule for the
testing of mycotoxins, other than aflatoxin. GIPSA also created
separate fees for applicants that provide test kits for aflatoxin and
all other mycotoxin testing. The existing Schedule B would be deleted
and the existing Schedule C would become Schedule B.
Fees for foreign travel would be changed from the current daily
rate of $510.00 to the same established hourly fee for special projects
and the actual cost of travel, per diem, and related expenditures. All
remaining fees (except those fees for FGIS supervision of domestic
official inspection and weighing services, including land carrier
shipments to Canada and Mexico, performed by delegated States and/or
designated agencies) would be increased approximately 5 percent in
fiscal year 2013 and approximately 2
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percent in fiscal years 2014 to 2017 to cover projected costs. (See
Tables 1, 2, and 3 above.)
This action is authorized under the USGSA which provides for the
establishment and collection of fees that are reasonable and, as nearly
as practicable, cover the costs of the services rendered, including
associated administrative and supervisory costs. These fees cover the
GIPSA administrative and supervisory costs for the performance of
GIPSA's official inspection and weighing services, including personnel
compensation and benefits, travel, rent, communications, utilities,
contractual services, supplies, and equipment.
Executive Order 12988
This proposed rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988,
Civil Justice Reform. This action is not intended to have retroactive
effect. The USGSA provides in section 87g that no subdivision may
require or impose any requirements or restrictions concerning the
inspection, weighing, or description of grain under the USGSA.
Otherwise, this rule would not preempt any State or local laws, or
regulations, or policies unless they present an irreconcilable conflict
with this rule. There are no administrative procedures which must be
exhausted prior to any judicial challenge to the provisions of this
rule.
Executive Order 13175
This proposed rule has been reviewed with the requirements of
Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments. This rule would not have substantial and direct effects on
Tribal governments and would not have significant Tribal implications.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the information collection and record keeping requirements
included in this proposed rule has been approved by the OMB under
control number 0580-0013.
GIPSA is committed to complying with the Government Paperwork
Elimination Act, which requires Government agencies in general to
provide the public the option of submitting information or transacting
business electronically to maximum extent possible.
E-Government Compliance
GIPSA is committed to complying with the E-Government Act, to
promote the use of the Internet and other information technologies to
provide increased opportunities for citizen access to Government
information and services, and for other purposes.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 800
Administrative practice and procedure, exports, grains, reporting
and recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, we propose to amend 7 CFR
Part 800 as follows:
PART 800--GENERAL REGULATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 800 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
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2. Section 800.71 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 800.71 Fees assessed by the Service.
(a) Official inspection and weighing services. The fees shown in
Schedule A apply to official inspection and weighing services performed
by FGIS in the U.S. and Canada. The fees shown in Schedule B apply to
official domestic inspection and weighing services performed by
delegated States and designated agencies, including land carrier
shipments to Canada and Mexico. The fees charged to delegated States by
the Service are set forth in the State's Delegation of Authority
document. Failure of a delegated State or designated agency to pay the
appropriate fees to the Service within 30 days after becoming due will
result in an automatic termination of the delegation or designation.
The delegation or designation may be reinstated by the Service if fees
that are due, plus interest and any further expenses incurred by the
Service because of the termination, are paid within 60 days of the
termination.
Schedule A--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services
Performed in the United States and Canada\1\
Effective May 1, 2013 Through September 30, 2013
(Fiscal Year 2013)
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \2\
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Monday to Monday to Saturday,
Friday (6 a.m. Friday (6 a.m. Sunday, and Holidays
to 6 p.m.) to 6 p.m.) overtime\3\
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(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly
Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour)................ $37.80 $39.50 $45.20 $67.20
Noncontract ($ per hour).................... 67.20 67.20 67.20 67.20
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(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): \4\
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)....................................................... 10.50
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\........................... 8.50
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method).......................................... 19.50
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\................ 17.50
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.)........................................ 2.40
(vi) Waxy corn (per test)................................................................... 2.40
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly ..............
rate.......................................................................................
(viii) Other services....................................................................... ..............
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier)...................................................... ..............
(1) Truck/container................................................................. 0.40
(2) Railcar......................................................................... 1.40
(3) Barge........................................................................... 2.70
(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one
administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the
same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City......................................................................... 0.180
(b) New Orleans......................................................................... 0.088
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(c) Portland............................................................................ 0.179
(d) Toledo.............................................................................. 0.288
(e) Delegated States \6\................................................................ 0.055
(f) Designated Agencies \6\............................................................. 0.055
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\1\ Canada fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual
cost of travel.
\2\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include,
but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying
results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be
charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).
\3\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant
scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing
staffing.
\4\ Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
\5\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by
the test kit manufacturer.
\6\ Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico.
Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an
FGIS Laboratory \1,2\
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(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, &
checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)....... $21.00
(b) Railcar (per carrier)....................... 31.20
(c) Barge (per carrier)......................... 196.90
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.05
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT)...........................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling
charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)....... 12.60
(b) Railcar (per carrier)....................... 26.30
(c) Barge (per carrier)......................... 134.60
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.05
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT)...........................
(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and 12.60
factor)........................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)........ 22.10
(c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 factors). 6.00
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use 0.05
hourly rates from Table 1, plus an
administrative fee per hundredweight if not
previously assessed) (CWT).....................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. 13.70
Sampling service additional, item (i) above)...
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 67.20
representative)................................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)........... 31.50
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 29.50
provides kit) \3\..............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) 40.50
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method- 38.50
applicant provides kit) \3\....................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 10.50
etc.)..........................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test)........................ 10.50
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test)............... 10.50
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample).......... 226.80
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 120.80
availability)..............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
from Table 1.
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service \5\
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor).... 86.10
(a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors)..... 45.20
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional
(hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all
other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)........... 31.50
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 29.50
provides kit) \3\..............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) 49.40
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method- 47.40
applicant provides kit) \3\....................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 18.60
etc.)..........................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test).................... 18.60
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC)................... 148.10
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample).......... 226.80
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 120.80
availability)..............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 86.80
representative)....................................
(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): \4\
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $268.00 per 53.60
ship)..............................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) 53.60
(minimum $160.80 per ship).........................
(iii) Barge (per examination)...................... 43.10
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(iv) All other carriers (per examination)........... 16.80
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\1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and
appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to,
sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations,
and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's
assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for
service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).
\2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the
services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec.
800.72(b).
\3\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware,
calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit
manufacturer.
\4\ If performed outside of normal business, 1[frac12] times the
applicable unit fee will be charged.
\5\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and
forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed
at the rate of $3.20 per sample by the Service.
Table 3--Miscellaneous Services \1\
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(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $67.20
representative) \2\....................................
(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers 67.20
(per hour per service representative) \2\..............
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service
representative): \2\
(i) Scale testing and certification................. 87.40
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad 87.40
track scales.......................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling 87.40
systems............................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than Railroad 87.40
Track Scales)......................................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track 87.40
Scale..............................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test 525.00
equipment per facility for each requested service.
(Track scales tested under the Association of
American Railroads agreement are exempt.)..........
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re-verification 87.40
(viii) Special projects............................. 87.40
(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) \3\..................... 87.40
(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year............... 525.00
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year............. 315.00
(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per sample). 3.20
(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate).......... 1.90
(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate)...... 1.90
(9) Faxing (per page)................................... 1.90
(10) Special mailing.................................... Actual Cost
(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other than
normal business hours (use hourly rates from Table 1)
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\1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $67.20
per hour.
\2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at
other than regular business hours will be charged at 1\1/2\ times the
applicable hourly rate. (See Sec. 800.0(b)(14) for definition of
``business day.'')
\3\ Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $87.40 plus travel, per diem,
and related expenditures.
Schedule B--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the Service is $0.011 per metric ton
of domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) The nature of your
business will determine the fees that your business must pay for
registration certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or
transports grain for sale in foreign commerce, you must pay $135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or
transports grain for sale in foreign commerce and you are also in a
control relationship (see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of the Act)
with respect to a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in interstate commerce, you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of registration certificates, you
must pay $1.90 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you submit an application to amend a
designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to operate as a scale testing
organization, you must pay $250.00.
Schedule A--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services
Performed in the United States and Canada \1\
Effective October 1, 2013 Through September 30, 2014
(Fiscal Year 2014)
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \2\
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Monday to Monday to Saturday,
Friday (6 a.m. Friday (6 p.m. Sunday, and Holidays
to 6 p.m.) to 6 a.m.) overtime \3\
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(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly
Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour)................ $38.60 40.30 46.20 68.60
Noncontract ($ per hour).................... 68.60 68.60 68.60 68.60
(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): \4\
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)....................................................... 10.80
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\........................... 8.80
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(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method).......................................... 19.90
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\................ 17.90
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.)........................................ 2.50
(vi) Waxy corn (per test)................................................................... 2.50
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate
(viii) Other services
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier)
(1) Truck/container................................................................. 0.50
(2) Railcar......................................................................... 1.50
(3) Barge........................................................................... 2.80
(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one
administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the
same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City......................................................................... 0.184
(b) New Orleans......................................................................... 0.090
(c) Portland............................................................................ 0.183
(d) Toledo.............................................................................. 0.294
(e) Delegated States \6\................................................................ 0.057
(f) Designated Agencies \6\............................................................. 0.057
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\1\ Canada fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual
cost of travel.
\2\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include,
but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying
results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be
charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).
\3\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant
scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing
staffing.
\4\ Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
\5\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by
the test kit manufacturer.
\6\ Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico.
Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an
FGIS Laboratory \1\ \2\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services:
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, &
checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)....... $21.50
(b) Railcar (per carrier)....................... 31.90
(c) Barge (per carrier)......................... 200.90
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.06
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT)...........................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling
charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)....... 12.90
(b) Railcar (per carrier)....................... 26.90
(c) Barge (per carrier)......................... 137.30
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.06
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT)...........................
(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and 12.90
factor)........................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)........ 22.60
(c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 factors). 6.20
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use 0.06
hourly rates from Table 1, plus an
administrative fee per hundredweight if not
previously assessed) (CWT).....................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. 14.00
Sampling service additional, item (i) above)...
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 68.60
representative)................................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)........... 32.20
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 30.20
provides kit) \3\..............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) 41.40
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method- 39.40
applicant provides kit) \3\....................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 10.80
etc.)..........................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test)........................ 10.80
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test)............... 10.80
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample).......... 231.40
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 123.30
availability)..............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
from Table 1.
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service:
\5\
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor).... 87.90
(a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors)..... 46.20
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional
(hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all
other applicable tests):
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(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)........... 32.20
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 30.20
provides kit) \3\..............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) 50.40
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method- 48.40
applicant provides kit) \3\....................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 19.00
etc.)..........................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test).................... 19.00
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC)................... 151.10
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample).......... 231.40
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 123.30
availability)..............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 88.60
representative)....................................
(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): \4\
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $273.50 per 54.70
ship)..............................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) 54.70
(minimum $164.10 per ship).........................
(iii) Barge (per examination)...................... 44.00
(iv) All other carriers (per examination)........... 17.20
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\1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and
appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to,
sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations,
and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's
assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for
service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).
\2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the
services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec.
800.72(b).
\3\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware,
calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit
manufacturer.
\4\ If performed outside of normal business, 1[frac12] times the
applicable unit fee will be charged.
\5\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and
forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed
at the rate of $3.30 per sample by the Service.
Table 3--Miscellaneous Services \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per $68.60
service representative) \2\.
(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical 68.60
samplers (per hour per service
representative) \2\.
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per
service representative): \2\
(i) Scale testing and certification....... 89.20
(ii) Scale testing and certification of 89.20
railroad track scales.
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material 89.20
handling systems.
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than 89.20
Railroad Track Scales).
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad 89.20
Track Scale.
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale 535.50
test equipment per facility for each
requested service. (Track scales tested
under the Association of American
Railroads agreement are exempt.).
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re- 89.20
verification.
(viii) Special projects................... 89.20
(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) \3\........... 89.20
(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year..... 535.50
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year... 321.30
(6) Samples provided to interested parties 3.30
(per sample).
(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate) 2.00
(8) Extra copies of certificates (per 2.00
certificate).
(9) Faxing (per page)......................... 2.00
(10) Special mailing.......................... Actual Cost.
(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during
other than normal business hours (use hourly
rates from Table 1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $68.60
per hour.
\2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at
other than regular business hours will be charged at 1\1/2\; times the
applicable hourly rate. (See Sec. 800.0(b)(14) for definition of
``business day.'')
\3\Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $89.20 plus travel, per diem,
and related expenditures.
Schedule B--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the Service is $0.011 per metric ton
of domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) The nature of your
business will determine the fees that your business must pay for
registration certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or
transports grain for sale in foreign commerce, you must pay $135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or
transports grain for sale in foreign commerce and you are also in a
control relationship (see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of the Act)
with respect to a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in interstate commerce, you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of registration certificates, you
must pay $2.00 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you submit an application to amend a
designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to operate as a scale testing
organization, you must pay $250.00.
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Schedule A--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services
Performed in the United States and Canada \1\
Effective October 1, 2014 Through September 30, 2015
(Fiscal Year 2015)
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \2\
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Monday to Monday to
Friday (6 Friday (6 Saturday,
a.m. to 6 p.m. to 6 Sunday, and Holidays
p.m.) a.m.) overtime \3\
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(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly
Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour)................ $39.40 41.20 47.20 70.00
Noncontract ($ per hour).................... 70.00 70.00 70.00 70.00
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(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): \4\
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)....................................................... 11.10
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\........................... 9.10
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method).......................................... 20.30
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\................ 18.30
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.)........................................ 2.60
(vi) Waxy corn (per test)................................................................... 2.60
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate
(viii) Other services
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier)
(1) Truck/container................................................................. 0.60
(2) Railcar......................................................................... 1.60
(3) Barge........................................................................... 2.90
(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one
administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the
same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City......................................................................... 0.188
(b) New Orleans......................................................................... 0.092
(c) Portland............................................................................ 0.187
(d) Toledo.............................................................................. 0.300
(e) Delegated States \6\................................................................ 0.059
(f) Designated Agencies \6\............................................................. 0.059
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\1\ Canada fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual
cost of travel.
\2\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include,
but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying
results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be
charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).
\3\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant
scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing
staffing.
\4\Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
\5\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by
the test kit manufacturer.
\6\ Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico.
Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an
FGIS Laboratory \1,2\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, &
checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)....... $22.00
(b) Railcar (per carrier)....................... 32.60
(c) Barge (per carrier)......................... 205.00
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.07
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT)...........................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling
charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)....... 13.20
(b) Railcar (per carrier)....................... 27.50
(c) Barge (per carrier)......................... 140.10
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.07
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT)...........................
(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and 13.20
factor)........................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)........ 23.10
(c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 factors). 6.40
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use 0.07
hourly rates from Table 1, plus an
administrative fee per hundredweight if not
previously assessed) (CWT).....................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. 14.30
Sampling service additional, item (i) above)...
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 70.00
representative)................................
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(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)........... 32.90
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 30.90
provides kit) \3\..............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) 42.30
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method- 40.30
applicant provides kit) \3\....................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 11.10
etc.)..........................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test)........................ 11.10
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test)............... 11.10
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample).......... 236.10
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 125.80
availability)..............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
from Table 1
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service.
\5\
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor).... 89.70
(a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors)..... 47.20
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional
(hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all
other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)........... 32.90
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 30.90
provides kit) \3\..............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 51.50
method)........................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method- 49.50
applicant provides kit) \3\....................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 19.40
etc.)..........................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test).................... 19.40
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC)................... 154.20
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample).......... 236.10
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 125.80
availability)..............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 90.40
representative)....................................
(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): \4\
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $279.00 per 55.80
ship)..............................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) 55.80
(minimum $167.40 per ship).........................
(iii) Barge (per examination)....................... 44.90
(iv) All other carriers (per examination)........... 17.60
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\1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and
appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to,
sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations,
and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's
assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for
service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).
\2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the
services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec.
800.72(b).
\3\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware,
calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit
manufacturer.
\4\ If performed outside of normal business, 1\1/2\; times the
applicable unit fee will be charged.
\5\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and
forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed
at the rate of $3.40 per sample by the Service.
Table 3--Miscellaneous Services \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $70.00
representative) \2\....................................
(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers 70.00
(per hour per service representative) \2\..............
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service
representative): \2\
(i) Scale testing and certification................. 91.00
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad 91.00
track scales.......................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling 91.00
systems............................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than Railroad 91.00
Track Scales)......................................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track 91.00
Scale..............................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test 546.30
equipment per facility for each requested service.
(Track scales tested under the Association of
American Railroads agreement are exempt.)..........
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re-verification 91.00
(viii) Special projects............................. 91.00
(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) \3\..................... 91.00
(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year............... 546.30
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year............. 327.80
(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per sample). 3.40
(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate).......... 2.10
(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate)...... 2.10
(9) Faxing (per page)................................... 2.10
(10) Special mailing.................................... Actual Cost
(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other than
normal business hours (use hourly rates from Table 1)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $70.00
per hour.
\2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at
other than regular business hours will be charged at 1[frac12] times
the applicable hourly rate. (See Sec. 800.0(b)(14) for definition of
``business day.'')
\3\ Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $91.00 plus travel, per diem,
and related expenditures.
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Schedule B--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the Service is $0.011 per metric ton
of domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) The nature of your
business will determine the fees that your business must pay for
registration certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or
transports grain for sale in foreign commerce, you must pay $135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or
transports grain for sale in foreign commerce and you are also in a
control relationship (see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of the Act)
with respect to a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in interstate commerce, you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of registration certificates, you
must pay $2.10 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you submit an application to amend a
designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to operate as a scale testing
organization, you must pay $250.00.
Schedule A--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services
Performed in the United States and Canada\1\
Effective October 1, 2015 Through September 30, 2016
(Fiscal Year 2016)
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \2\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday to Monday to
Friday (6 Friday (6 Saturday,
a.m. to 6 p.m. to 6 Sunday, and Holidays
p.m.) a.m.) overtime \3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly
Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour)................ $40.20 42.10 48.20 71.40
Noncontract ($ per hour).................... 71.40 71.40 71.40 71.40
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(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): \4\
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)....................................................... 11.40
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\........................... 9.40
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method).......................................... 20.80
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\................ 18.80
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.)........................................ 2.70
(vi) Waxy corn (per test)................................................................... 2.70
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate.......................................................................................
(viii) Other services.......................................................................
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier)......................................................
(1) Truck/container................................................................. 0.70
(2) Railcar......................................................................... 1.70
(3) Barge........................................................................... 3.00
(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one
administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the
same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City......................................................................... 0.192
(b) New Orleans......................................................................... 0.094
(c) Portland............................................................................ 0.191
(d) Toledo.............................................................................. 0.306
(e) Delegated States \6\................................................................ 0.061
(f) Designated Agencies \6\............................................................. 0.061
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\1\ Canada fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual
cost of travel.
\2\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include,
but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying
results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be
charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).
\3\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant
scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing
staffing.
\4\ Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
\5\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by
the test kit manufacturer.
\6\ Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico.
Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an
FGIS Laboratory 1, 2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, &
checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)....... $22.50
(b) Railcar (per carrier)....................... 33.30
(c) Barge (per carrier)......................... 209.10
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.08
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT)...........................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling
charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)....... 13.50
(b) Railcar (per carrier)....................... 28.10
(c) Barge (per carrier)......................... 143.00
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.08
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT)...........................
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(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and 13.50
factor)........................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)........ 23.60
(c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 factors). 6.60
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use 0.08
hourly rates from Table 1, plus an
administrative fee per hundredweight if not
previously assessed) (CWT).....................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. 14.60
Sampling service additional, item (i) above)...
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 71.40
representative)................................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)........... 33.60
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method--applicant 31.60
provides kit) \3\..............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) 43.20
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-- 41.20
applicant provides kit) \3\....................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 11.40
etc.)..........................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test)........................ 11.40
(g) Canola (per test--00 dip test).............. 11.40
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample).......... 240.90
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 128.40
availability)..............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
from Table 1
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service.\5\
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor).... 91.50
(a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors)..... 48.20
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional
(hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all
other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)........... 33.60
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method--applicant 31.60
provides kit) \3\..............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method) 52.60
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-- 50.60
applicant provides kit) \3\....................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 19.80
etc.)..........................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test).................... 19.80
(g) Mycotoxin (per test--HPLC).................. 157.30
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample).......... 240.90
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 128.40
availability)..............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 92.30
representative)....................................
(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): \4\
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $285.00 per 57.00
ship)..............................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) 57.00
(minimum $171.00 per ship).........................
(iii) Barge (per examination)...................... 45.80
(iv) All other carriers (per examination)........... 18.00
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\1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and
appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to,
sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations,
and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's
assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for
service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).
\2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the
services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec.
800.72(b).
\3\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware,
calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit
manufacturer.
\4\ If performed outside of normal business, 1\1/2\ times the applicable
unit fee will be charged.
\5\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and
forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed
at the rate of $3.50 per sample by the Service.
Table 3--Miscellaneous Services \1\
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(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $71.40
representative) \2\....................................
(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers 71.40
(per hour per service representative) \2\..............
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service
representative): \2\
(i) Scale testing and certification................. 92.90
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad 92.90
track scales.......................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling 92.90
systems............................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than Railroad 92.90
Track Scales)......................................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track 92.90
Scale..............................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test 557.30
equipment per facility for each requested service.
(Track scales tested under the Association of
American Railroads agreement are exempt.)..........
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re-verification 92.90
(viii) Special projects............................. 92.90
(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) \3\..................... 92.90
(5) Online customized data service:.....................
(i) One data file per week for 1 year............... 557.30
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year............. 334.40
(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per sample). 3.50
(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate).......... 2.20
(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate)...... 2.20
(9) Faxing (per page)................................... 2.20
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(10) Special mailing.................................... Actual Cost
(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other than
normal business hours (use hourly rates from Table 1)..
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\1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $71.40
per hour.
\2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at
other than regular business hours will be charged at 1\1/2\ times the
applicable hourly rate. (See Sec. 800.0(b)(14) for definition of
``business day.'')
\3\ Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $92.90 plus travel, per diem,
and related expenditures.
Schedule B--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the Service is $0.011 per metric ton
of domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) The nature of your
business will determine the fees that your business must pay for
registration certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or
transports grain for sale in foreign commerce, you must pay $135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or
transports grain for sale in foreign commerce and you are also in a
control relationship (see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of the Act)
with respect to a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in interstate commerce, you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of registration certificates, you
must pay $2.20 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you submit an application to amend a
designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to operate as a scale testing
organization, you must pay $250.00.
Schedule A--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services
Performed in the United States and Canada \1\
Effective October 1, 2016 Through September 30, 2017
(Fiscal Year 2017)
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \2\
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Monday to Monday to
Friday (6 Friday (6 Saturday,
a.m. to 6 p.m. to 6 Sunday, and Holidays
p.m.) a.m.) overtime \3\
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(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly Rates (per
service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour)........................... $41.10 43.00 49.20 72.90
Noncontract ($ per hour)............................... 72.90 72.90 72.90 72.90
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(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition
to the hourly rate): \4\
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method).................. 11.70
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 9.70
provides kit) \5\.....................................
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method)..... 21.30
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method- 19.30
applicant provides kit) \5\...........................
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.)... 2.80
(vi) Waxy corn (per test).............................. 2.80
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be
based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate
(viii) Other services
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier)
(1) Truck/container............................ 0.80
(2) Railcar.................................... 1.80
(3) Barge...................................... 3.10
(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one administrative
fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific ...........
field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City.................................... ........... ........... ............ 0.196
(b) New Orleans.................................... ........... ........... ............ 0.096
(c) Portland....................................... ........... ........... ............ 0.195
(d) Toledo......................................... ........... ........... ............ 0.313
(e) Delegated States \6\........................... ........... ........... ............ 0.063
(f) Designated Agencies \6\........................ ........... ........... ............ 0.063
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\1\ Canada fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual
cost of travel.
\2\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include,
but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying
results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be
charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).
\3\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant
scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing
staffing.
\4\ Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
\5\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by
the test kit manufacturer.
\6\ Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico.
Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an
FGIS Laboratory \1,2\
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(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X) Services
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)........
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(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, &
checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)............ $23.00
(b) Railcar (per carrier)............................ 34.00
(c) Barge (per carrier).............................. 213.30
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative 0.09
plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT).
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling charge
under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)............ 13.80
(b) Railcar (per carrier)............................ 28.70
(c) Barge (per carrier).............................. 145.90
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service representative 0.09
plus an administrative fee per hundredweight) (CWT).
(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and factor).. 13.80
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)............. 24.10
(c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 factors)...... 6.80
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use hourly 0.09
rates from Table 1, plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight if not previously assessed) (CWT).....
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. Sampling 14.90
service additional, item (i) above).................
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 72.90
representative).....................................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)................ 34.30
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 32.30
provides kit) \3\...................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method)..... 44.10
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method- 42.10
applicant provides kit)\3\..........................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.). 11.70
(f) Waxy corn (per test)............................. 11.70
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test).................... 11.70
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)............... 245.80
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability).. 131.00
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be
based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from
Table 1.
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing service \5\
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor)......... 93.40
(a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors).............. 49.20
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional (hourly rates
from Table 1)...........................................
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all other
applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)................ 34.30
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 32.30
provides kit) \3\...................................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method)..... 53.70
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method- 51.70
applicant provides kit) \3\.........................
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.). 20.20
(f) Sunflower oil (per test)......................... 20.20
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC)........................ 160.50
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)............... 245.80
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to availability).. 131.00
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be
based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from
Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 94.20
representative).........................................
(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): \4\
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $291.00 per ship).. 58.20
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as original) 58.20
(minimum $174.60 per ship)..............................
(iii) Barge (per examination)........................... 46.80
(iv) All other carriers (per examination)................ 18.40
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\1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and
appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to,
sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations,
and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's
assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for
service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).
\2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the
services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec.
800.72(b).
\3\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware,
calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit
manufacturer.
\4\ If performed outside of normal business, 1\1/2\ times the applicable
unit fee will be charged.
\5\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and
forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed
at the rate of $3.60 per sample by the Service.
Table 3--Miscellaneous Services \1\
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(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $72.90
representative) \2\.........................................
(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers (per 72.90
hour per service representative) \2\........................
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service
representative): \2\
(i) Scale testing and certification...................... 94.80
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad track 94.80
scales..................................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling 94.80
systems.................................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than Railroad Track 94.80
Scales).................................................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track Scale.... 94.80
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test equipment per 568.50
facility for each requested service. (Track scales
tested under the Association of American Railroads
agreement are exempt.)..................................
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(vii) Mass standards calibration and re-verification..... 94.80
(viii) Special projects.................................. 94.80
(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) \3\.......................... 94.80
(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year.................... 568.50
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year.................. 341.10
(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per sample)...... 3.60
(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate)............... 2.30
(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate)........... 2.30
(9) Faxing (per page)........................................ 2.30
(10) Special mailing......................................... Actual
Cost
(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other than
normal business hours (use hourly rates from Table 1).
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\1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $72.90
per hour.
\2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at
other than regular business hours will be charged at 1\1/2\ times the
applicable hourly rate. (See Sec. 800.0(b)(14) for definition of
``business day.'')
\3\ Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $94.80 plus travel, per diem,
and related expenditures.
Schedule B--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the Service is $0.011 per metric ton
of domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) The nature of your
business will determine the fees that your business must pay for
registration certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or
transports grain for sale in foreign commerce, you must pay $135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or
transports grain for sale in foreign commerce and you are also in a
control relationship (see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of the Act)
with respect to a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports
grain for sale in interstate commerce, you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of registration certificates, you
must pay $2.30 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you submit an application to amend a
designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to operate as a scale testing
organization, you must pay $250.00.
Larry Mitchell,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards.
[FR Doc. 2013-00455 Filed 1-11-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-KD-P