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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
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 2021
fee schedule for official inspection and
weighing services performed under the
USGSA, as amended, in order to comply
with Federal Grain Inspection Service
regulations and the Agriculture
Reauthorizations Act of 2015. This
action publishes the annual review of
SUMMARY:
Metric tons
122,330,979
135,017,935
129,687,652
107,896,235
110,090,771
121,004,714
The national program administrative
costs for fiscal year 2020 were
$5,704,963. The fiscal year 2021
national tonnage fee, prior to the
operating reserve review, is calculated
to be at $0.047 per metric ton.
Local tonnage fee. The local tonnage
fee is the field office administrative
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 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—2016, 2017,
2018, 2019, and 2020. 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
follows:
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.
Field office
New Orleans ............................................
League City ..............................................
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FY 2016
FY 2017
FY 2018
FY 2019
FY 2020
5-Year
rolling
average
66,077,535
12,581,236
70,439,862
13,307,780
66,996,126
8,424,216
57,807,378
7,939,994
59,768,303
9,318,595
64,217,841
10,314,364
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The field office fiscal year tons for the
previous 5 fiscal years and calculated 5year rolling averages are as follows:
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2016 ......................................
2017 ......................................
2018 ......................................
2019 ......................................
2020 ......................................
5-year Rolling Average .........
The
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
the 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 (FY2020 in this case) to ensure that
it has 41⁄2 months of operating expenses
as required by § 800.71(b)(2) of the
regulations. If the operating reserve has
more or less than 41⁄2 months of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[Doc. No. AMS–FGIS–20–0094]
Fiscal year
Schedule A fees calculation and the
resulting fees.
DATES: The new fee schedule went into
effect on January 1, 2021.
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: Denise.M.Ruggles@
usda.gov.
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Field office
FY 2016
FY 2017
FY 2018
Portland ....................................................
Toledo ......................................................
4,645,754
2,030,506
5,175,459
2,229,920
The local field office administrative
costs for fiscal year 2020 and the fiscal
year 2021 calculated local field office
tonnage fees, prior to the operating
reserve review, are as follows:
FY 2019
4,643,241
1,802,762
2,530,648
1,597,584
New Orleans ..........................................................................................................................................
League City ............................................................................................................................................
Portland ..................................................................................................................................................
Toledo ....................................................................................................................................................
(Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.)
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0112]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Approval of
Laboratories for Conducting Aquatic
Animal Tests for Export Health
Certificates
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request a revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with its efforts to certify
certain laboratories that conduct aquatic
animal testing for export activities.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 9,
2021.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2020-0112.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–0112, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2020-0112 or in our
ADDRESSES:
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3,331,672
948,840
FY 2020 Local
administrative
costs
Field office
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 FY2020
to ensure that an operating reserve of
41⁄2 months is maintained.
The program operating reserve at the
end of fiscal year 2020 was $10,007,544,
with a monthly operating expense of
$2,983,133. The target of 4.5 months of
operating reserve is $13,424,097.
Therefore, the operating reserve is less
than 4.5 times the monthly operating
expenses by $3,416,553. For each
$1,000,000, rounded down, below the
target level, all Schedule A fees must be
increased by 2 percent. The operating
reserve is $3.4 million below the target
level, resulting in a calculated 5 percent
increase, as required by
§ 800.71(b)(2)(ii). Therefore, for 2021,
FGIS is increasing all the 2020 Schedule
A fees for service in Schedule A in
paragraph (a)(1) by 5 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.
FY 2020
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$1,209,886
574,717
346,941
238,162
5-Year
rolling
average
4,065,355
1,721,922
Calculated FY 2021
local tonnage fee
$0.019
0.056
0.085
0.138
reading room, which is located in room
1620 of the USDA South Building, 14th
Street and Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays. To be
sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799–7039 before
coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on conducting aquatic
animal tests for export health
certificates, contact Ms. Janet Warg,
Microbiologist, Diagnostic Virology
Laboratory, National Veterinary Services
Laboratories, 1920 Dayton Avenue, P.O.
Box 844, Ames, IA 50010; (515) 337–
7551. For more information on the
information collection process, contact
Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Approval of Laboratories for
Conducting Aquatic Animal Tests for
Export Health Certificates.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0429.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Animal Health
Protection Act (AHPA, 7 U.S.C. 8301 et
seq.) is the primary Federal law
governing the protection of animal
health. The AHPA gives the Secretary of
Agriculture broad authority to detect,
control, or eradicate pests or diseases of
livestock or poultry. The Secretary may
also prohibit or restrict import or export
of any animal or related material if
necessary to prevent the spread of any
livestock or poultry pest or disease.
Disease prevention is the most
effective method for maintaining a
healthy animal population and
enhancing the ability of U.S. producers
to compete in the global market of
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-FGIS-20-0094]
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
2021 fee schedule for official inspection and weighing services
performed under the USGSA, as amended, in order to comply with Federal
Grain Inspection Service 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 fee schedule went into effect on January 1, 2021.
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 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 the
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 (FY2020 in this case)
to ensure that it has 4\1/2\ months of operating expenses as required
by Sec. 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--2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
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 follows:
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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2016.................................................... 122,330,979
2017.................................................... 135,017,935
2018.................................................... 129,687,652
2019.................................................... 107,896,235
2020.................................................... 110,090,771
5-year Rolling Average.................................. 121,004,714
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The national program administrative costs for fiscal year 2020 were
$5,704,963. The fiscal year 2021 national tonnage fee, prior to the
operating reserve review, is calculated to be at $0.047 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.
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The field office fiscal year tons for the previous 5 fiscal years
and calculated 5-year rolling averages are as follows:
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5-Year rolling
Field office FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 average
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New Orleans............................................. 66,077,535 70,439,862 66,996,126 57,807,378 59,768,303 64,217,841
League City............................................. 12,581,236 13,307,780 8,424,216 7,939,994 9,318,595 10,314,364
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Portland................................................ 4,645,754 5,175,459 4,643,241 2,530,648 3,331,672 4,065,355
Toledo.................................................. 2,030,506 2,229,920 1,802,762 1,597,584 948,840 1,721,922
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The local field office administrative costs for fiscal year 2020
and the fiscal year 2021 calculated local field office tonnage fees,
prior to the operating reserve review, are as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 2020 Local
Field office administrative Calculated FY 2021
costs local tonnage fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Orleans.................... $1,209,886 $0.019
League City.................... 574,717 0.056
Portland....................... 346,941 0.085
Toledo......................... 238,162 0.138
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 FY2020 to ensure that an operating
reserve of 4\1/2\ months is maintained.
The program operating reserve at the end of fiscal year 2020 was
$10,007,544, with a monthly operating expense of $2,983,133. The target
of 4.5 months of operating reserve is $13,424,097. Therefore, the
operating reserve is less than 4.5 times the monthly operating expenses
by $3,416,553. For each $1,000,000, rounded down, below the target
level, all Schedule A fees must be increased by 2 percent. The
operating reserve is $3.4 million below the target level, resulting in
a calculated 5 percent increase, as required by Sec. 800.71(b)(2)(ii).
Therefore, for 2021, FGIS is increasing all the 2020 Schedule A fees
for service in Schedule A in paragraph (a)(1) by 5 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.)
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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