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monthly price nor know if handlers
were paying producers on dates
prescribed in the order. Penalties are
imposed for violation of the order, such
as the failure to pay producers by the
prescribed dates.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; individuals or households;
farms.
Number of Respondents: 690.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
quarterly; monthly; annually.
Total Burden Hours: 20,343.
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Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirements for 7 CFR part 29.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0056.
Summary of Collection: The Fair and
Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004
(7 U.S.C. 518) eliminated price supports
and marketing quotas for all tobacco
beginning with the 2005 crop year.
Mandatory inspection and grading of
domestic and imported tobacco was
eliminated as well as the mandatory
pesticide testing of imported tobacco
and the tobacco Market News Program.
The Tobacco Inspection Act (U.S.C. 511)
requires that all tobacco sold at
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Grades to samples to provide a Tobacco
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samples can be submitted to a USDA
laboratory for pesticide testing and a
detailed analysis is provided to the
customer.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 50.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; reporting; on occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 3,851.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Service
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket Number FSIS–2013–0051]
RIN 0583–AD40
2014 Rate Changes for the Basetime,
Overtime, Holiday, and Laboratory
Services Rates
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Food Safety and
Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
the 2014 rates it will charge meat and
poultry establishments, egg products
plants, and importers and exporters for
providing voluntary, overtime, and
holiday inspection and identification,
certification, and laboratory services.
The 2014 basetime, overtime, holiday,
and laboratory services rates will be
applied on the first FSIS pay period
approximately 30 days after the
publication of this notice, which begins
on February 9, 2014.
DATES: FSIS will charge the rates
announced in this notice beginning
February 9, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Michael
Toner, Director, Budget Division, Office
of Management, FSIS, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Room 2159, South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–3700;
Telephone: (202) 690–8398, Fax: (202)
690–4155.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
On April 12, 2011, FSIS published a
final rule amending its regulations to
establish formulas for calculating the
rates it charges meat and poultry
establishments, egg products plants, and
importers and exporters for providing
voluntary, overtime, and holiday
inspection and identification,
certification, and laboratory services (76
FR 20220).
In the final rule, FSIS stated that it
would use the formulas to calculate the
annual rates, publish the rates in
Federal Register notices prior to the
start of each calendar year, and apply
the rates on the first FSIS pay period at
the beginning of the calendar year.
This notice provides the 2014 rates,
which will be applied starting on
February 9, 2014.
2014 Rates and Calculations
The following table lists the 2014
Rates per hour, per employee, by type
of service:
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Basetime ...............
Overtime ...............
Holiday ..................
Laboratory .............
1821
2014 Rate
(estimates rounded to
reflect billable quarters)
$55.16
69.56
84.00
68.79
The regulations state that FSIS will
calculate the rates using formulas that
include the Office of Field Operations
(OFO) and Office of International Affairs
(OIA) inspection program personnel’s
previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay
and regular hours (9 CFR 391.2, 391.3,
391.4, 590.126, 590.128, 592.510,
592.520, and 592.530). In 2013, an
Agency reorganization eliminated the
OIA program office and transferred all
of its inspection program personnel to
OFO. The calculations below include
the portion of the previous fiscal year’s
OIA inspection program personnel’s pay
and hours but are identified in the
calculations as ‘‘OFO inspection
program personnel’s’’ pay and hours.
FSIS determined the 2014 rates using
the following calculations:
Basetime Rate = The quotient of
dividing the Office of Field Operations
(OFO) inspection program personnel’s
previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay
by the previous fiscal year’s regular
hours, plus the quotient multiplied by
the calendar year’s percentage of cost of
living increase, plus the benefits rate,
plus the travel and operating rate, plus
the overhead rate, plus the allowance
for bad debt rate.
The calculation for the 2014 basetime
rate per hour per program employee is:
[FY 2013 OFO Regular Direct Pay
divided by the previous fiscal year’s
Regular Hours ($463,542,338/
16,407,854)] = $28.25 + ($28.25 * 2.0%
(calendar year 2014 Cost of Living
Increase)) = $28.82 + $9.08 (benefits
rate) + $.66 (travel and operating rate) +
$16.61 (overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
allowance rate) = $55.18(rounded to
$55.16).1
Overtime Rate = The quotient of
dividing the Office of Field Operations
(OFO) inspection program personnel’s
previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay
by the previous fiscal year’s regular
hours, plus that quotient multiplied by
the calendar year’s percentage of cost of
living increase, multiplied by 1.5 (for
overtime), plus the benefits rate, plus
the travel and operating rate, plus the
overhead rate, plus the allowance for
bad debt rate.
1 FSIS can bill basetime, overtime, and holiday
rates on the quarter hour. Accordingly, the 2014
basetime and overtime rates were rounded down so
that the rates can equally be divided by 4 (to 2
decimal places).
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The calculation for the 2014 overtime
rate per hour per program employee is:
[FY 2013 OFO Regular Direct Pay
divided by previous fiscal year’s
Regular Hours ($463,542,338/
16,407,854)] = $28.25 + ($28.25 *
2.0% (calendar year 2014 Cost of
Living Increase)) = $28.82 * 1.5 =
$43.22 + $9.08 (benefits rate) + $.66
(travel and operating rate) + $16.61
(overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
allowance rate) = $69.59 (rounded
to $69.56).2
Holiday Rate = The quotient of
dividing the Office of Field Operations
(OFO) inspection program personnel’s
previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay
by the previous fiscal year’s regular
hours, plus that quotient multiplied by
the calendar year’s percentage of cost of
living increase, multiplied by 2 (for
holiday pay), plus the benefits rate, plus
the travel and operating rate, plus the
overhead rate, plus the allowance for
bad debt rate.
The calculation for the 2014 holiday
rate per hour per program employee
calculation is:
[FY 2013 OFO Regular Direct Pay
divided by Regular Hours
($463,542,338/16,407,854)] =
$28.25 + ($28.25 * 2.0% (calendar
year 2014 Cost of Living Increase))
= $28.82 * 2 = $57.64 + $9.08
(benefits rate) + $.66 (travel and
operating rate) + $16.61 (overhead
rate) + $.02 (bad debt allowance
rate) = $84.00.
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Laboratory Services Rate = The
quotient of dividing the Office of Public
Health Science (OPHS) previous fiscal
year’s regular direct pay by the OPHS
previous fiscal year’s regular hours, plus
the quotient multiplied by the calendar
year’s percentage cost of living increase,
plus the benefits rate, plus the travel
and operating rate, plus the overhead
rate, plus the allowance for bad debt
rate.
The calculation for the 2014
laboratory services rate per hour per
program employee is:
[FY 2013 OPHS Regular Direct Pay/
OPHS Regular hours ($22,997,979/
552,947)] = $41.59 + ($41.59 * 2.0%
(calendar year 2014 Cost of Living
Increase)) = $42.42 + $9.08 (benefits
rate) + $.66 (travel and operating
rate) + $16.61 (overhead rate) + $.02
(bad debt allowance rate) = $68.79.
2 Ibid.
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Calculations for the Benefits, Travel
and Operating, Overhead, and
Allowance for Bad Debt Rates
These rates are components of the
basetime, overtime, holiday, and
laboratory services rates formulas.
Benefits Rate: The quotient of
dividing the previous fiscal year’s direct
benefits costs by the previous fiscal
year’s total hours (regular, overtime, and
holiday), plus that quotient multiplied
by the calendar year’s percentage cost of
living increase. Some examples of direct
benefits are health insurance,
retirement, life insurance, and Thrift
Savings Plan basic and matching
contributions.
The calculation for the 2014 benefits
rate per hour per program employee is:
[FY 2013 Direct Benefits/ (Total Regular
hours + Total Overtime hours +
Total Holiday hours) ($172,028,218/
19,333,483)] = $8.90 + ($8.90 *
2.0% (calendar year 2014 Cost of
Living Increase) = $9.08.
Travel and Operating Rate: The
quotient of dividing the previous fiscal
year’s total direct travel and operating
costs by the previous fiscal year’s total
hours (regular, overtime, and holiday),
plus that quotient multiplied by the
calendar year’s percentage of inflation.
The calculation for the 2014 travel
and operating rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2013 Total Direct Travel and
Operating Costs/(Total Regular
hours + Total Overtime hours +
Total Holiday hours) ($12,600,122/
19,333,483)] = $.65 + ($.65 * 1.7%
(2014 Inflation) = $.66.
Overhead Rate: The quotient of
dividing the previous fiscal year’s
indirect costs plus the previous fiscal
year’s information technology (IT) costs
in the Public Health Data
Communication Infrastructure System
Fund plus the previous fiscal year’s
Office of Management Program cost in
the Reimbursable and Voluntary Funds
plus the provision for the operating
balance less any Greenbook costs (i.e.,
costs of USDA support services prorated
to the service component for which fees
are charged) that are not related to food
inspection by the previous fiscal year’s
total hours (regular, overtime, and
holiday) worked across all funds, plus
the quotient multiplied by the calendar
year’s percentage of inflation.
The calculation for the 2014 overhead
rate per hour per program employee is:
[FY 2013 Total Overhead/(Total Regular
hours + Total Overtime hours +
Total Holiday hours)
($315,684,199.17/19,333,483)] =
$16.33 + ($16.33 * 1.7% (2014
Inflation) = $16.61.
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Allowance for Bad Debt Rate =
Previous fiscal year’s total allowance for
bad debt (for example, debt owed that
is not paid in full by plants and
establishments that declare bankruptcy)
divided by previous fiscal year’s total
hours (regular, overtime, and holiday)
worked.
The 2014 calculation for bad debt rate
per hour per program employee is:
[FY 2013 Total Bad Debt/(Total Regular
hours + Total Overtime hours +
Total Holiday hours) = ($288,994/
19,333,483)] = $.02.
Additional Public Notification
FSIS will announce this notice online
through the FSIS Web page located at
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/
fsis/topics/regulations/federal-register/
federal-register-notices. FSIS will also
make copies of this Federal Register
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subscription service for industry, trade
groups, consumer interest groups,
health professionals, and other
individuals who have asked to be
included. The Update is also available
on the FSIS Web page. In addition, FSIS
offers an electronic mail subscription
service which provides automatic and
customized access to selected food
safety news and information. This
service is available at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/
programs-and-services/emailsubscription-service. Options range from
recalls to export information to
regulations, directives and notices.
Customers can add or delete
subscriptions themselves, and have the
option to password protect their
accounts.
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(USDA) prohibits discrimination in all
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discrimination, write USDA, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call
(202) 720–5964 (voice and TTY). USDA
is an equal opportunity provider and
employer.
Dated: January 3, 2014.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Mandatory Shrimp Vessel and
Gear Characterization Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0542.
Form Number(s): NA.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,529.
Average Hours Per Response: 20
minutes.
Burden Hours: 510.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a current information
collection.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council (Council) to prepare and amend
fishery management plans for any
fishery in waters under its jurisdiction.
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) manages the shrimp fishery in
the waters of the Gulf of Mexico under
the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan
(FMP). The regulations for the Gulf
Shrimp Vessel and Gear
Characterization Form may be found at
50 CFR 622.51(a)(3).
Owners or operators of vessels
applying for or renewing a commercial
vessel moratorium permit for Gulf
shrimp must complete an annual Gulf
Shrimp Vessel and Gear
Characterization Form. The form will be
provided by NMFS at the time of permit
application and renewal. Compliance
with this reporting requirement is
required for permit issuance and
renewal.
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Through this form, NMFS is
collecting census-level information on
fishing vessel and gear characteristics in
the Gulf of Mexico Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ) shrimp fishery to conduct
analyses that will improve fishery
management decision-making in this
fishery; ensure that national goals,
objectives, and requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA),
Endangered Species Act (ESA), and
Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 are met;
and quantify achievement of the
performance measures in the NMFS’
Operating Plans. This information is
vital in assessing the economic, social,
and environmental effects of fishery
management decisions and regulations
on individual shrimp fishing
enterprises, fishing communities, and
the nation as a whole.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
OMB Desk Officer: OIRA_
Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Jennifer Jessup,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of
Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at JJessup@
doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov.
Dated: January 7, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Order Temporarily Denying Export
Privileges
3K Aviation Consulting & Logistics, a/k/a 3K
Havacilik Ve Danismanlik SAN. TIC. LTD.
ST., Biniciler Apt. Savas Cad. No. 18/5,
Sirinyali Mah. 07160, Antalya, Turkey
and
Sonmez Apt. No. 4/5 1523 Sokak, Sirinyali
Mah. 07160, Antalya, Turkey
Huseyin Engin Borluca, Biniciler Apt. Savas
Cad. No. 18/5, Sirinyali Mah. 07160,
Antalya, Turkey
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and
Sonmez Apt. No. 4/5 1523 Sokak, Sirinyali
Mah. 07160, Antalya, Turkey)
Adaero International Trade, LLC, 2326 17th
Avenue, Rockford, IL 61104
and
IDTM B 1 Blok, Kat 14 No: 439, Yesilkoy,
Istanbul, Turkey
Recep Sadettin Ilgin, 2326 17th Avenue,
Rockford, IL 61104
and
IDTM B 1 Blok, Kat 14 No: 439, Yesilkoy,
Istanbul, Turkey
Pouya Airline, a/k/a Pouya Air, Mehrebad
Airport, Tehran, Iran
Respondents.
Pursuant to Section 766.24 of the
Export Administration Regulations (the
‘‘Regulations’’ or ‘‘EAR’’),1 the Bureau of
Industry and Security (‘‘BIS’’), U.S.
Department of Commerce, through its
Office of Export Enforcement (‘‘OEE’’),
has requested that I issue an Order
temporarily denying, for a period of 180
days, the export privileges under the
EAR of: 3K Aviation Consulting &
Logistics, also known as 3K Havacilik
Ve Danismanlik SAN. TIC. LTD. ST.;
Huseyin Engin Boluca (3K Aviation
Consulting & Leasing’s founder and
director); Adaero International Trade,
LLC; Recep Sadettin Ilgin (Adaero
International Trade’s managing
director); and Pouya Airline, also
known as Pouya Air.
Pursuant to Section 766.24, BIS may
issue an order temporarily denying a
respondent’s export privileges upon a
showing that the order is necessary in
the public interest to prevent an
‘‘imminent violation’’ of the
Regulations. 15 CFR 766.24(b)(1) and
776.24(d). ‘‘A violation may be
‘imminent’ either in time or degree of
likelihood.’’ 15 CFR 766.24(b)(3). BIS
may show ‘‘either that a violation is
about to occur, or that the general
circumstances of the matter under
investigation or case under criminal or
administrative charges demonstrate a
likelihood of future violations.’’ Id. As
to the likelihood of future violations,
BIS may show that the violation under
investigation or charge ‘‘is significant,
deliberate, covert and/or likely to
occur again, rather than technical or
negligent[.]’’ Id. A ‘‘lack of information
1 The EAR is currently codified at 15 CFR Parts
730–774 (2013). The EAR are issued under the
Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50
U.S.C. app. 2401–2420 (2000)) (‘‘EAA’’). Since
August 21, 2001, the Act has been in lapse and the
President, through Executive Order 13222 of August
17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which
has been extended by successive Presidential
Notices, the most recent being that of August 8,
2013 (78 FR 49107 (Aug. 12, 2013)), has continued
the Regulations in effect under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701,
et seq.) (2006 & Supp. IV 2010).
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket Number FSIS-2013-0051]
RIN 0583-AD40
2014 Rate Changes for the Basetime, Overtime, Holiday, and
Laboratory Services Rates
AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing
the 2014 rates it will charge meat and poultry establishments, egg
products plants, and importers and exporters for providing voluntary,
overtime, and holiday inspection and identification, certification, and
laboratory services. The 2014 basetime, overtime, holiday, and
laboratory services rates will be applied on the first FSIS pay period
approximately 30 days after the publication of this notice, which
begins on February 9, 2014.
DATES: FSIS will charge the rates announced in this notice beginning
February 9, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact
Michael Toner, Director, Budget Division, Office of Management, FSIS,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 2159, South Building, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-3700; Telephone: (202)
690-8398, Fax: (202) 690-4155.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 12, 2011, FSIS published a final rule amending its
regulations to establish formulas for calculating the rates it charges
meat and poultry establishments, egg products plants, and importers and
exporters for providing voluntary, overtime, and holiday inspection and
identification, certification, and laboratory services (76 FR 20220).
In the final rule, FSIS stated that it would use the formulas to
calculate the annual rates, publish the rates in Federal Register
notices prior to the start of each calendar year, and apply the rates
on the first FSIS pay period at the beginning of the calendar year.
This notice provides the 2014 rates, which will be applied starting
on February 9, 2014.
2014 Rates and Calculations
The following table lists the 2014 Rates per hour, per employee, by
type of service:
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2014 Rate (estimates
Service rounded to reflect
billable quarters)
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Basetime....................................... $55.16
Overtime....................................... 69.56
Holiday........................................ 84.00
Laboratory..................................... 68.79
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The regulations state that FSIS will calculate the rates using
formulas that include the Office of Field Operations (OFO) and Office
of International Affairs (OIA) inspection program personnel's previous
fiscal year's regular direct pay and regular hours (9 CFR 391.2, 391.3,
391.4, 590.126, 590.128, 592.510, 592.520, and 592.530). In 2013, an
Agency reorganization eliminated the OIA program office and transferred
all of its inspection program personnel to OFO. The calculations below
include the portion of the previous fiscal year's OIA inspection
program personnel's pay and hours but are identified in the
calculations as ``OFO inspection program personnel's'' pay and hours.
FSIS determined the 2014 rates using the following calculations:
Basetime Rate = The quotient of dividing the Office of Field
Operations (OFO) inspection program personnel's previous fiscal year's
regular direct pay by the previous fiscal year's regular hours, plus
the quotient multiplied by the calendar year's percentage of cost of
living increase, plus the benefits rate, plus the travel and operating
rate, plus the overhead rate, plus the allowance for bad debt rate.
The calculation for the 2014 basetime rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2013 OFO Regular Direct Pay divided by the previous fiscal year's
Regular Hours ($463,542,338/16,407,854)] = $28.25 + ($28.25 * 2.0%
(calendar year 2014 Cost of Living Increase)) = $28.82 + $9.08
(benefits rate) + $.66 (travel and operating rate) + $16.61 (overhead
rate) + $.02 (bad debt allowance rate) = $55.18(rounded to $55.16).\1\
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\1\ FSIS can bill basetime, overtime, and holiday rates on the
quarter hour. Accordingly, the 2014 basetime and overtime rates were
rounded down so that the rates can equally be divided by 4 (to 2
decimal places).
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Overtime Rate = The quotient of dividing the Office of Field
Operations (OFO) inspection program personnel's previous fiscal year's
regular direct pay by the previous fiscal year's regular hours, plus
that quotient multiplied by the calendar year's percentage of cost of
living increase, multiplied by 1.5 (for overtime), plus the benefits
rate, plus the travel and operating rate, plus the overhead rate, plus
the allowance for bad debt rate.
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The calculation for the 2014 overtime rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2013 OFO Regular Direct Pay divided by previous fiscal year's
Regular Hours ($463,542,338/16,407,854)] = $28.25 + ($28.25 * 2.0%
(calendar year 2014 Cost of Living Increase)) = $28.82 * 1.5 = $43.22 +
$9.08 (benefits rate) + $.66 (travel and operating rate) + $16.61
(overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt allowance rate) = $69.59 (rounded to
$69.56).\2\
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\2\ Ibid.
Holiday Rate = The quotient of dividing the Office of Field
Operations (OFO) inspection program personnel's previous fiscal year's
regular direct pay by the previous fiscal year's regular hours, plus
that quotient multiplied by the calendar year's percentage of cost of
living increase, multiplied by 2 (for holiday pay), plus the benefits
rate, plus the travel and operating rate, plus the overhead rate, plus
the allowance for bad debt rate.
The calculation for the 2014 holiday rate per hour per program
employee calculation is:
[FY 2013 OFO Regular Direct Pay divided by Regular Hours ($463,542,338/
16,407,854)] = $28.25 + ($28.25 * 2.0% (calendar year 2014 Cost of
Living Increase)) = $28.82 * 2 = $57.64 + $9.08 (benefits rate) + $.66
(travel and operating rate) + $16.61 (overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt
allowance rate) = $84.00.
Laboratory Services Rate = The quotient of dividing the Office of
Public Health Science (OPHS) previous fiscal year's regular direct pay
by the OPHS previous fiscal year's regular hours, plus the quotient
multiplied by the calendar year's percentage cost of living increase,
plus the benefits rate, plus the travel and operating rate, plus the
overhead rate, plus the allowance for bad debt rate.
The calculation for the 2014 laboratory services rate per hour per
program employee is:
[FY 2013 OPHS Regular Direct Pay/OPHS Regular hours ($22,997,979/
552,947)] = $41.59 + ($41.59 * 2.0% (calendar year 2014 Cost of Living
Increase)) = $42.42 + $9.08 (benefits rate) + $.66 (travel and
operating rate) + $16.61 (overhead rate) + $.02 (bad debt allowance
rate) = $68.79.
Calculations for the Benefits, Travel and Operating, Overhead, and
Allowance for Bad Debt Rates
These rates are components of the basetime, overtime, holiday, and
laboratory services rates formulas.
Benefits Rate: The quotient of dividing the previous fiscal year's
direct benefits costs by the previous fiscal year's total hours
(regular, overtime, and holiday), plus that quotient multiplied by the
calendar year's percentage cost of living increase. Some examples of
direct benefits are health insurance, retirement, life insurance, and
Thrift Savings Plan basic and matching contributions.
The calculation for the 2014 benefits rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2013 Direct Benefits/ (Total Regular hours + Total Overtime hours +
Total Holiday hours) ($172,028,218/19,333,483)] = $8.90 + ($8.90 * 2.0%
(calendar year 2014 Cost of Living Increase) = $9.08.
Travel and Operating Rate: The quotient of dividing the previous
fiscal year's total direct travel and operating costs by the previous
fiscal year's total hours (regular, overtime, and holiday), plus that
quotient multiplied by the calendar year's percentage of inflation.
The calculation for the 2014 travel and operating rate per hour per
program employee is:
[FY 2013 Total Direct Travel and Operating Costs/(Total Regular hours +
Total Overtime hours + Total Holiday hours) ($12,600,122/19,333,483)] =
$.65 + ($.65 * 1.7% (2014 Inflation) = $.66.
Overhead Rate: The quotient of dividing the previous fiscal year's
indirect costs plus the previous fiscal year's information technology
(IT) costs in the Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure
System Fund plus the previous fiscal year's Office of Management
Program cost in the Reimbursable and Voluntary Funds plus the provision
for the operating balance less any Greenbook costs (i.e., costs of USDA
support services prorated to the service component for which fees are
charged) that are not related to food inspection by the previous fiscal
year's total hours (regular, overtime, and holiday) worked across all
funds, plus the quotient multiplied by the calendar year's percentage
of inflation.
The calculation for the 2014 overhead rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2013 Total Overhead/(Total Regular hours + Total Overtime hours +
Total Holiday hours) ($315,684,199.17/19,333,483)] = $16.33 + ($16.33 *
1.7% (2014 Inflation) = $16.61.
Allowance for Bad Debt Rate = Previous fiscal year's total
allowance for bad debt (for example, debt owed that is not paid in full
by plants and establishments that declare bankruptcy) divided by
previous fiscal year's total hours (regular, overtime, and holiday)
worked.
The 2014 calculation for bad debt rate per hour per program
employee is:
[FY 2013 Total Bad Debt/(Total Regular hours + Total Overtime hours +
Total Holiday hours) = ($288,994/19,333,483)] = $.02.
Additional Public Notification
FSIS will announce this notice online through the FSIS Web page
located at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/regulations/federal-register/federal-register-notices. FSIS will also make copies
of this Federal Register publication available through the FSIS
Constituent Update, which is used to provide information regarding FSIS
policies, procedures, regulations, Federal Register notices, FSIS
public meetings, and other types of information that could affect or
would be of interest to constituents and stakeholders. The Constituent
Update is communicated via Listserv, a free electronic mail
subscription service for industry, trade groups, consumer interest
groups, health professionals, and other individuals who have asked to
be included. The Update is also available on the FSIS Web page. In
addition, FSIS offers an electronic mail subscription service which
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and information. This service is available at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/programs-and-services/email-subscription-service.
Options range from recalls to export information to regulations,
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USDA Nondiscrimination Statement
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination
in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color,
national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs,
sexual orientation, and marital or family status. (Not all prohibited
bases apply to all programs.)
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape,
etc.) should contact USDA's Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and
TTY).
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To file a written complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TTY).
USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Dated: January 3, 2014.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-00372 Filed 1-8-14; 4:15 pm]
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