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Vol. 85, No. 31
Friday, February 14, 2020
DATES:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
The
United States Grain Standards Act
(USGSA) provides the Secretary of
Agriculture with the authority to charge
and collect reasonable fees to cover the
costs of performing official services and
the costs associated with managing the
program. The regulations require that
Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)
annually review the national tonnage
fees, local tonnage fees, and fees for
service. After calculating the tonnage
fees according to the regulatory formula
in 7 CFR 800.71(b)(1), FGIS then
reviews the amount of funds in the
operating reserve at the end of the fiscal
year (FY2019 in this case) to ensure that
it has 41⁄2 months of operating expenses
as required by section 800.71(b)(2) of
the regulations. If the operating reserve
has more, or less than 41⁄2 months of
operating expenses, then FGIS must
[DOC. NO. AMS–FGIS–19–0107]
Grain Fees for Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Under the United
States Grain Standards Act (USGSA)
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) is announcing the 2020
fee schedule for official inspection and
weighing services performed under the
USGSA, as amended, in order to comply
with agency regulations and the
Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of
2015. This action publishes the annual
review of Schedule A fees calculation
and the resulting fees.
SUMMARY:
2015 ......................................
2016 ......................................
2017 ......................................
2018 ......................................
2019 ......................................
5-year Rolling Average .........
Metric tons
118,758,937
122,330,979
135,017,935
129,687,652
107,896,235
122,738,348
The field offices fiscal year tons for
the previous 5 fiscal years and
Field office
New Orleans ............................................
League City ..............................................
Portland ....................................................
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Denise Ruggles, FGIS Executive Program
Analyst, USDA AMS; Telephone: (816)
659–8406; Email: Denise.M.Ruggles@
usda.gov.
The national program administrative
costs for fiscal year 2019 were
$6,836,376. The fiscal year 2020
national tonnage fee, prior to the
operating reserve review, is calculated
to be at $0.056 per metric ton.
Local tonnage fee. The local tonnage
fee is the field office administrative
adjust all Schedule A fees. For each
$1,000,000, rounded down, that the
operating reserve varies from the target
of 41⁄2 months, FGIS will adjust all
Schedule A fees by 2 percent. If the
operating reserve exceeds the target, all
Schedule A fees will be reduced. If the
operating reserve does not meet the
target, all Schedule A fees will be
increased. The maximum annual
increase or decrease in fees is 5 percent
(7 CFR 800.71(b)(2)(i)–(ii)).
Tonnage fees for the 5-year rolling
average tonnage were calculated on the
previous 5 fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017,
2018, and 2019. Tonnage fees consist of
the national tonnage fee and local
tonnage fee and are calculated and
rounded to the nearest $0.001 per metric
ton. The tonnage fees are calculated as
following:
National tonnage fee. The national
tonnage fee is the national program
administrative costs for the previous
fiscal year divided by the average yearly
tons of export grain officially inspected
and/or weighed by delegated States and
designated agencies, excluding land
carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico, and outbound grain officially
inspected and/or weighed by FGIS
during the previous 5 fiscal years.
costs for the previous fiscal year divided
by the average yearly tons of outbound
grain officially inspected and/or
weighed by the field office during the
previous 5 fiscal years.
calculated 5-year rolling average are as
follows:
FY 2015
FY 2016
FY 2017
FY 2018
FY 2019
65,244,517
12,474,343
4,111,533
66,077,535
12,581,236
4,645,754
70,439,862
13,307,780
5,175,459
66,996,126
8,424,216
4,643,241
57,807,378
7,939,994
2,530,648
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65,313,084
10,945,514
4,221,327
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Fiscal year
Prospective customers can
find the fee scheduled posted on the
Agency’s public website.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agricultural Marketing Service
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Field office
FY 2015
FY 2016
FY 2017
Toledo ......................................................
2,484,604
2,030,506
2,229,920
The local field office administrative
costs for fiscal year 2019 and the fiscal
year 2020 calculated local field office
tonnage fee, prior to the operating
reserve review, are as follows:
FY 2018
1,802,762
Field office
New Orleans ............................................................................................................................................................
League City ..............................................................................................................................................................
Portland ....................................................................................................................................................................
Toledo ......................................................................................................................................................................
Operating reserve. In order to
maintain an operating reserve not less
than 3 and not more than 6 months,
FGIS reviewed the value of the
operating reserve at the end of FY2019
to ensure that an operating reserve of
41⁄2 months is maintained.
The program operating reserve at the
end of fiscal year 2019 was $15,543,893
with a monthly operating expense of
$3,159,182. The target of 4.5 months of
operating reserve is $14,216,321.
Therefore, the operating reserve is
greater than 4.5 times the monthly
operating expenses by $1,327,572. For
each $1,000,000, rounded down, above
the target level, all Schedule A fees
must be reduced by 2 percent. The
operating reserve is $1.3 million above
the target level resulting in a calculated
2 percent reduction, as required by
800.71(b)(2)(ii). Therefore, for 2020,
FGIS is reducing all the 2019 Schedule
A fees for service in Schedule A in
paragraph (a)(1) by 2 percent. All
Schedule A fees for service are rounded
to the nearest $0.10, except for fees
based on tonnage or hundredweight.
The fee Schedule A has been published
on the agency’s public website.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.
Dated: February 10, 2020.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notices of Prospective Exclusive, CoExclusive or Partially Exclusive
Domestic or Foreign Licenses of
Government-Owned Inventions
Agricultural Research Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Currently, the Agricultural
Research Service (ARS) publishes
notices of prospective exclusive, coexclusive or partially exclusive
domestic or foreign licenses of
Government owned inventions of USDA
(including, but not limited to,
Agricultural Research Service, Forest
Service and Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service) in the Federal
Register.
DATES: ARS is announcing that starting
on March 15, 2020, it will begin
publishing such notices at the Federal
Laboratory Consortium for Technology
Transfer website (https://
www.federallabs.org/licenses-list),
providing opportunity for filing written
objections within at least a 15-day
period.
ADDRESSES: Questions related to this
notice may be submitted to USDA, ARS,
Office of Technology Transfer, 5601
Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174,
Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian T. Nakanishi of the Office of
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville
address given above; telephone: 301–
504–5989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), an exclusive,
co-exclusive or partially exclusive
domestic license, and, pursuant to 37
CFR 404.7(b)(1)(i), an exclusive, coexclusive or partially exclusive foreign
SUMMARY:
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FY 2019
5-year rolling
average
1,597,584
2,029,075
FY 2019 local
administrative
costs
Calculated
FY 2020 local
tonnage fee
$1,517,733
755,374
329,221
236,158
$0.023
0.069
0.078
0.116
license, may be granted on Government
owned inventions only if notice of a
prospective license has been published
in the Federal Register or other
appropriate manner, providing
opportunity for filing written objections
within at least a 15-day period.
ARS provides notice that it will
publish future notices of prospective
exclusive, co-exclusive or partially
exclusive domestic or foreign licenses at
the Federal Laboratory Consortium for
Technology Transfer website (https://
www.federallabs.org/licenses-list),
providing opportunity for filing written
objections within at least a 15-day
period.
Authority: 35 U.S.C. 200 et seq.
Mojdeh Baharm,
Assistant Administrator,
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Comment Request
February 11, 2020.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding: Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[DOC. NO. AMS-FGIS-19-0107]
Grain Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services Under
the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA)
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the
2020 fee schedule for official inspection and weighing services
performed under the USGSA, as amended, in order to comply with agency
regulations and the Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015. This
action publishes the annual review of Schedule A fees calculation and
the resulting fees.
DATES: The new fees went into effect on January 1, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Prospective customers can find the fee scheduled posted on
the Agency's public website.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Ruggles, FGIS Executive Program
Analyst, USDA AMS; Telephone: (816) 659-8406; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Grain Standards Act
(USGSA) provides the Secretary of Agriculture with the authority to
charge and collect reasonable fees to cover the costs of performing
official services and the costs associated with managing the program.
The regulations require that Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)
annually review the national tonnage fees, local tonnage fees, and fees
for service. After calculating the tonnage fees according to the
regulatory formula in 7 CFR 800.71(b)(1), FGIS then reviews the amount
of funds in the operating reserve at the end of the fiscal year (FY2019
in this case) to ensure that it has 4\1/2\ months of operating expenses
as required by section 800.71(b)(2) of the regulations. If the
operating reserve has more, or less than 4\1/2\ months of operating
expenses, then FGIS must adjust all Schedule A fees. For each
$1,000,000, rounded down, that the operating reserve varies from the
target of 4\1/2\ months, FGIS will adjust all Schedule A fees by 2
percent. If the operating reserve exceeds the target, all Schedule A
fees will be reduced. If the operating reserve does not meet the
target, all Schedule A fees will be increased. The maximum annual
increase or decrease in fees is 5 percent (7 CFR 800.71(b)(2)(i)-(ii)).
Tonnage fees for the 5-year rolling average tonnage were calculated
on the previous 5 fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Tonnage fees consist of the national tonnage fee and local tonnage fee
and are calculated and rounded to the nearest $0.001 per metric ton.
The tonnage fees are calculated as following:
National tonnage fee. The national tonnage fee is the national
program administrative costs for the previous fiscal year divided by
the average yearly tons of export grain officially inspected and/or
weighed by delegated States and designated agencies, excluding land
carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico, and outbound grain officially
inspected and/or weighed by FGIS during the previous 5 fiscal years.
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Fiscal year Metric tons
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2015.................................................... 118,758,937
2016.................................................... 122,330,979
2017.................................................... 135,017,935
2018.................................................... 129,687,652
2019.................................................... 107,896,235
5-year Rolling Average.................................. 122,738,348
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The national program administrative costs for fiscal year 2019 were
$6,836,376. The fiscal year 2020 national tonnage fee, prior to the
operating reserve review, is calculated to be at $0.056 per metric ton.
Local tonnage fee. The local tonnage fee is the field office
administrative costs for the previous fiscal year divided by the
average yearly tons of outbound grain officially inspected and/or
weighed by the field office during the previous 5 fiscal years.
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN14FE20.002
The field offices fiscal year tons for the previous 5 fiscal years
and calculated 5-year rolling average are as follows:
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5-year rolling
Field office FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 average
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New Orleans............................................. 65,244,517 66,077,535 70,439,862 66,996,126 57,807,378 65,313,084
League City............................................. 12,474,343 12,581,236 13,307,780 8,424,216 7,939,994 10,945,514
Portland................................................ 4,111,533 4,645,754 5,175,459 4,643,241 2,530,648 4,221,327
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Toledo.................................................. 2,484,604 2,030,506 2,229,920 1,802,762 1,597,584 2,029,075
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The local field office administrative costs for fiscal year 2019
and the fiscal year 2020 calculated local field office tonnage fee,
prior to the operating reserve review, are as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 2019 local Calculated FY
Field office administrative 2020 local
costs tonnage fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Orleans............................. $1,517,733 $0.023
League City............................. 755,374 0.069
Portland................................ 329,221 0.078
Toledo.................................. 236,158 0.116
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating reserve. In order to maintain an operating reserve not
less than 3 and not more than 6 months, FGIS reviewed the value of the
operating reserve at the end of FY2019 to ensure that an operating
reserve of 4\1/2\ months is maintained.
The program operating reserve at the end of fiscal year 2019 was
$15,543,893 with a monthly operating expense of $3,159,182. The target
of 4.5 months of operating reserve is $14,216,321. Therefore, the
operating reserve is greater than 4.5 times the monthly operating
expenses by $1,327,572. For each $1,000,000, rounded down, above the
target level, all Schedule A fees must be reduced by 2 percent. The
operating reserve is $1.3 million above the target level resulting in a
calculated 2 percent reduction, as required by 800.71(b)(2)(ii).
Therefore, for 2020, FGIS is reducing all the 2019 Schedule A fees for
service in Schedule A in paragraph (a)(1) by 2 percent. All Schedule A
fees for service are rounded to the nearest $0.10, except for fees
based on tonnage or hundredweight. The fee Schedule A has been
published on the agency's public website.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
Dated: February 10, 2020.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-02948 Filed 2-13-20; 8:45 am]
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