2023 Rates for Grain Inspection Services Under the United States Grain Standards Act, 18512-18514 [2023-06466]
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(USGSA) provides the Secretary of
Agriculture with the authority to charge
and collect reasonable fees to cover the
costs of performing official services and
costs associated with managing the
program. The regulations require that
Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)
annually review the national and local
tonnage fees, supervision fee, and fees
for service (7 CFR 800.71).
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Overview of Schedule A (Official
Inspection and Weighing Services) Fee
Calculations
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–FGIS–22–0095]
RIN 0581–AD94
2023 Rates for Grain Inspection
Services Under the United States Grain
Standards Act
Agricultural Marketing Service,
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) is announcing the 2023
rates it will charge for official inspection
and weighing services, supervision of
official inspection and weighing
services, and miscellaneous fees for
other services performed under the
United States Grain Standards Act, as
amended. This action publishes the
annual review of fees and the resulting
fees.
DATES: Applicable April 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Prospective customers can
find the fee scheduled posted on the
Agency’s public website: https://
www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/fgisprogram-directives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Denise Ruggles, FGIS Executive Program
Analyst, USDA AMS; Telephone: 816–
702–3897; Email: Denise.M.Ruggles@
usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
United States Grain Standards Act
SUMMARY:
The USGSA and its implementing
regulations (7 CFR 800.71(a)(1)) require
FGIS to maintain and operating reserve
not less than 3 and not more than 6
months. To comply with this
requirement, FGIS conducts an annual
review of its tonnage fees and operating
reserves. Tonnage fees are calculated
according to 7 CFR 800.71(b)(1). After
calculating the tonnage fees, FGIS
reviews the amount of funds in the
operating reserve at the end of the fiscal
year (FY2022 in this case) to ensure that
it has 41⁄2 months of operating expenses.
FGIS uses 4.5 months of expenses as its
target amount because section
800.71(b)(3) of the regulations identifies
4.5 months as the trigger for whether
FGIS should make adjustments to its
fees. If the operating reserve has more,
or less than 41⁄2 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 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)(3)(i)–(ii)).
Tonnage fees for the 5-year rolling
average tonnage were calculated on the
previous 5 fiscal years (2018, 2019,
2020, 2021, and 2022). 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.
Calculation of 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.
The fiscal year 2023 national tonnage
fee, prior to the operating reserve
review, is $0.031 per metric ton. The
calculation of this fee is based on
FY2022 national administrative costs of
$3,793,021, divided by 5-year rolling
tonnage average of 121,598,996.
TABLE 1—NATIONAL TONNAGE
INSPECTED
Fiscal year
2018 ......................................
2019 ......................................
2020 ......................................
2021 ......................................
2022 ......................................
5-year Rolling Average .........
Metric tons
129,687,652
107,896,235
110,090,771
136,574,792
123,745,530
121,598,996
Calculation of 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 FGIS field
offices during the previous 5 fiscal
years.
TABLE 2—LOCAL TONNAGE INSPECTED BY FIELD OFFICE
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Field office
FY 2018
New Orleans ..................................................
League City ....................................................
Pacific Northwest ...........................................
Toledo ............................................................
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8,424,216
4,643,241
1,802,762
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FY 2019
57,807,378
7,939,994
2,530,648
1,597,584
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FY 2020
FY 2021
FY 2022
59,768,303
9,318,595
3,331,672
948,840
72,482,289
12,877,525
4,136,482
1,154,856
68,880,711
8,335,121
2,720,001
1,191,938
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average
65,186,961
9,379,090
3,472,409
1,339,196
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The local field office administrative
costs for fiscal year 2022 and the fiscal
year 2023 calculated local field office
tonnage fee, prior to the operating
reserve review, are as follows:
TABLE 3—LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND CALCULATED LOCAL TONNAGE FEE BY FIELD OFFICE
FY 2022 local
administrative
costs
Field office
New Orleans ....................................................................................................................................................
League City ......................................................................................................................................................
Pacific Northwest .............................................................................................................................................
Toledo ..............................................................................................................................................................
Operating reserve. In order to
maintain an operating reserve that is not
less than 3 and not more than 6 months
of operating expenses, FGIS reviewed
the value of the operating reserve at the
end of FY 2022 to ensure that an
operating reserve equivalent to 41⁄2
months of operating expenses is
maintained.
The program operating reserve at the
end of fiscal year 2022 was $3,036,951,
with a monthly operating expense of
$2,983,587. The target of 4.5 months of
operating reserve is $13,426,143.
Therefore, the operating reserve is less
than 4.5 times the monthly operating
expenses by $10,389,192. For each
$1,000,000, rounded down, above the
target level, all Schedule A fees must be
increased by 2 percent. The operating
reserve is $10.4 million below the target
level, implying a 20 percent increase in
fees is required. However, section
800.71(b)(3)(i) limits annual fee changes
to 5 percent, which will not increase the
operating reserve to the minimum
statutory amount of 3 times the monthly
operating expenses. In addition to this
fee adjustment, and pursuant to section
800.71(c) of the regulations and § 7(j)(4)
of the USGSA, FGIS is reviewing all fees
to ensure they reflect the true costs of
Calculated
FY 2023 local
tonnage fee
$1,372,632
665,113
414,143
354,073
$0.021
0.071
0.119
0.264
providing and supervising official
service.
In this notice for 2023, FGIS is
increasing all the 2022 Schedule A fees
for service in Schedule A in paragraph
(a)(1) by 5 percent, including calculated
fiscal year 2023 national and local
tonnage fees. All Schedule A fees for
service are rounded to the nearest $0.10,
except for fees based on tonnage or
hundredweight. Schedule A fees will be
outlined in FGIS Directive 9180.74 and
published on the agency’s public
website. For example, national and local
tonnage fees are adjusted as follows:
TABLE 4—NATIONAL TONNAGE FEE WITH OPERATING RESERVE ADJUSTMENT AND FY 2022 FEE
Calculated
FY 2023
tonnage fee
Calculation with operating reserve
adjustment
Fee description
National (Delegated States/Designated Agencies).
$0.031 plus 5% increase ($0.002) equals $0.033 ....................................
FY 2022
tonnage fee
$0.033
$0.057
TABLE 5—FIELD OFFICE TONNAGE FEE WITH OPERATING RESERVE ADJUSTMENT AND FY 2022 FEE
Fee description
New Orleans ....................................
League City ......................................
Pacific Northwest .............................
Toledo ..............................................
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7 CFR 800.71(a)(2)
Calculations
local
local
local
local
fee
fee
fee
fee
Schedule B
FGIS calculates the supervision
tonnage fee using the prior year’s actual
costs and the 5-year average tonnage of
domestic U.S. grain shipments
inspected, weighed, or both, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico.
Operating reserve adjustment. 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 FY 2022
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Calculated
FY 2023
tonnage fee
(national +
local)
Calculation with operating reserve
adjustment
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$0.021 plus 5% increase ($0.001) equals $0.022 .....................
0.071 plus 5% increase (0.004) equals 0.075 ...........................
0.119 plus 5% increase (0.006) equals 0.125 ...........................
0.264 plus 5% increase (0.013) equals 0.277 ...........................
to ensure that an operating reserve of 6
months is maintained.
The operating reserve adjustment is
the difference between FY 2022 ending
reserves and the operating reserve
threshold, which is equivalent to 6
months of supervisory costs. FY 2022
supervision costs were $1,227,210. The
operating reserve threshold for FY 2023
is calculated by dividing FY 2022
supervision costs by 2 ($1,227,210/2 =
$613,605). FY 2022 operating reserve
ending balance ($1,201,070) exceeds the
operating reserve threshold ($613,605)
by $587,465. Therefore, the operating
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$0.055
0.108
0.158
0.310
FY 2022
tonnage fee
$0.077
0.102
0.198
0.181
reserve adjustment for calendar year
2023 is ¥$587,465.
Supervision tonnage fee. FGIS adds
the total prior year supervision costs
and the operating reserve adjustment,
then divide the result by the previous 5year average tonnage. If the calculated
fee is zero or a negative value, FGIS will
suspend collection of supervision
tonnage fees for the next calendar year.
The supervision tonnage fee for
calendar year 2023 is $0.003 per ton.
The calculation, based on FY 2022
supervision costs of $1,227,210, is
$1,227,210 plus the operating reserve
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adjustment of ¥$587,465, which equals
$639,745, divided by 5-year average
tonnage of 227,390,200, which equals
$0.003 per ton.
TABLE 6—TONNAGE SUPERVISED
Fiscal year
2018 ................................
2019 ................................
2020 ................................
2021 ................................
2022 ................................
5-year Rolling Average ...
Metric tons
234,298,085
206,693,881
237,649,430
232,738,700
225,570,903
227,390,200
Therefore, for 2023, FGIS will assess
supervision tonnage fee of $0.003 per
ton on domestic shipments officially
inspected and/or weighed, including
land carrier shipments to Canada and
Mexico, performed by delegated States
and/or designated agencies on or after
April 1, 2023. The Schedule B fee will
be published in FGIS Directive 9180.74
and on the agency’s public website.
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7 CFR 800.71(d) Miscellaneous Fees
for Other Services Calculations
Registration certificates and renewals.
FGIS calculates the application fee by
multiply the Schedule A non-contract
hourly rate (Table 1 in § 800.71(a)) by a
quantity of five. The resulting fee is
expected to cover FGIS personnel costs
to review applications, fee publication
expenses, and administrative expenses.
The Schedule A non-contract hourly
rate is $69.50. Thus, the application fee
for 2023 will be $69.50 times 5, or
$347.50. The fee will be published on
the agency’s public website after
Federal Register publication.
Designation amendments. FGIS
calculates the rate using the Federal
Register publication rate for three
columns, plus one hour of noncontract
hourly rate from § 800.71(a) Table 1 of
Schedule A. The fee covers FGIS
personnel costs, administrative
expenses, and Federal Register
publication costs. The Federal Register
publication rate $151 per column and
the Schedule A non-contract hourly rate
is $69.50. FGIS calculates the fee will be
$522.50 for calendar year 2023. The fee
will be published on the agency’s public
website after Federal Register
publication.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.
Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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Number of Respondents: 248,919.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-FGIS-22-0095]
RIN 0581-AD94
2023 Rates for Grain Inspection Services Under the United States
Grain Standards Act
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the
2023 rates it will charge for official inspection and weighing
services, supervision of official inspection and weighing services, and
miscellaneous fees for other services performed under the United States
Grain Standards Act, as amended. This action publishes the annual
review of fees and the resulting fees.
DATES: Applicable April 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Prospective customers can find the fee scheduled posted on
the Agency's public website: https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/fgis-program-directives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Ruggles, FGIS Executive Program
Analyst, USDA AMS; Telephone: 816-702-3897; 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 costs associated with managing the program. The
regulations require that Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)
annually review the national and local tonnage fees, supervision fee,
and fees for service (7 CFR 800.71).
Overview of Schedule A (Official Inspection and Weighing Services) Fee
Calculations
The USGSA and its implementing regulations (7 CFR 800.71(a)(1))
require FGIS to maintain and operating reserve not less than 3 and not
more than 6 months. To comply with this requirement, FGIS conducts an
annual review of its tonnage fees and operating reserves. Tonnage fees
are calculated according to 7 CFR 800.71(b)(1). After calculating the
tonnage fees, FGIS reviews the amount of funds in the operating reserve
at the end of the fiscal year (FY2022 in this case) to ensure that it
has 4\1/2\ months of operating expenses. FGIS uses 4.5 months of
expenses as its target amount because section 800.71(b)(3) of the
regulations identifies 4.5 months as the trigger for whether FGIS
should make adjustments to its fees. 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)(3)(i)-(ii)).
Tonnage fees for the 5-year rolling average tonnage were calculated
on the previous 5 fiscal years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022).
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.
Calculation of 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.
The fiscal year 2023 national tonnage fee, prior to the operating
reserve review, is $0.031 per metric ton. The calculation of this fee
is based on FY2022 national administrative costs of $3,793,021, divided
by 5-year rolling tonnage average of 121,598,996.
Table 1--National Tonnage Inspected
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Fiscal year Metric tons
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2018.................................................... 129,687,652
2019.................................................... 107,896,235
2020.................................................... 110,090,771
2021.................................................... 136,574,792
2022.................................................... 123,745,530
5-year Rolling Average.................................. 121,598,996
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Calculation of 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 FGIS field offices during the previous 5 fiscal years.
Table 2--Local Tonnage Inspected by Field Office
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5-year rolling
Field office FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 average
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New Orleans.................................................... 66,996,126 57,807,378 59,768,303 72,482,289 68,880,711 65,186,961
League City.................................................... 8,424,216 7,939,994 9,318,595 12,877,525 8,335,121 9,379,090
Pacific Northwest.............................................. 4,643,241 2,530,648 3,331,672 4,136,482 2,720,001 3,472,409
Toledo......................................................... 1,802,762 1,597,584 948,840 1,154,856 1,191,938 1,339,196
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The local field office administrative costs for fiscal year 2022
and the fiscal year 2023 calculated local field office tonnage fee,
prior to the operating reserve review, are as follows:
Table 3--Local Administrative Costs and Calculated Local Tonnage Fee by
Field Office
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FY 2022 local Calculated FY
Field office administrative 2023 local
costs tonnage fee
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New Orleans......................... $1,372,632 $0.021
League City......................... 665,113 0.071
Pacific Northwest................... 414,143 0.119
Toledo.............................. 354,073 0.264
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Operating reserve. In order to maintain an operating reserve that
is not less than 3 and not more than 6 months of operating expenses,
FGIS reviewed the value of the operating reserve at the end of FY 2022
to ensure that an operating reserve equivalent to 4\1/2\ months of
operating expenses is maintained.
The program operating reserve at the end of fiscal year 2022 was
$3,036,951, with a monthly operating expense of $2,983,587. The target
of 4.5 months of operating reserve is $13,426,143. Therefore, the
operating reserve is less than 4.5 times the monthly operating expenses
by $10,389,192. For each $1,000,000, rounded down, above the target
level, all Schedule A fees must be increased by 2 percent. The
operating reserve is $10.4 million below the target level, implying a
20 percent increase in fees is required. However, section
800.71(b)(3)(i) limits annual fee changes to 5 percent, which will not
increase the operating reserve to the minimum statutory amount of 3
times the monthly operating expenses. In addition to this fee
adjustment, and pursuant to section 800.71(c) of the regulations and
Sec. 7(j)(4) of the USGSA, FGIS is reviewing all fees to ensure they
reflect the true costs of providing and supervising official service.
In this notice for 2023, FGIS is increasing all the 2022 Schedule A
fees for service in Schedule A in paragraph (a)(1) by 5 percent,
including calculated fiscal year 2023 national and local tonnage fees.
All Schedule A fees for service are rounded to the nearest $0.10,
except for fees based on tonnage or hundredweight. Schedule A fees will
be outlined in FGIS Directive 9180.74 and published on the agency's
public website. For example, national and local tonnage fees are
adjusted as follows:
Table 4--National Tonnage Fee With Operating Reserve Adjustment and FY 2022 Fee
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Calculated FY
Fee description Calculation with operating reserve 2023 tonnage FY 2022
adjustment fee tonnage fee
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National (Delegated States/Designated $0.031 plus 5% increase ($0.002) $0.033 $0.057
Agencies). equals $0.033.
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Table 5--Field Office Tonnage Fee With Operating Reserve Adjustment and FY 2022 Fee
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Calculated FY
Calculation with operating reserve 2023 tonnage FY 2022
Fee description adjustment fee (national tonnage fee
+ local)
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New Orleans................................ local fee $0.021 plus 5% increase $0.055 $0.077
($0.001) equals $0.022.
League City................................ local fee 0.071 plus 5% increase 0.108 0.102
(0.004) equals 0.075.
Pacific Northwest.......................... local fee 0.119 plus 5% increase 0.158 0.198
(0.006) equals 0.125.
Toledo..................................... local fee 0.264 plus 5% increase 0.310 0.181
(0.013) equals 0.277.
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7 CFR 800.71(a)(2) Schedule B Calculations
FGIS calculates the supervision tonnage fee using the prior year's
actual costs and the 5-year average tonnage of domestic U.S. grain
shipments inspected, weighed, or both, including land carrier shipments
to Canada and Mexico.
Operating reserve adjustment. 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 FY 2022 to ensure that an
operating reserve of 6 months is maintained.
The operating reserve adjustment is the difference between FY 2022
ending reserves and the operating reserve threshold, which is
equivalent to 6 months of supervisory costs. FY 2022 supervision costs
were $1,227,210. The operating reserve threshold for FY 2023 is
calculated by dividing FY 2022 supervision costs by 2 ($1,227,210/2 =
$613,605). FY 2022 operating reserve ending balance ($1,201,070)
exceeds the operating reserve threshold ($613,605) by $587,465.
Therefore, the operating reserve adjustment for calendar year 2023 is -
$587,465.
Supervision tonnage fee. FGIS adds the total prior year supervision
costs and the operating reserve adjustment, then divide the result by
the previous 5-year average tonnage. If the calculated fee is zero or a
negative value, FGIS will suspend collection of supervision tonnage
fees for the next calendar year.
The supervision tonnage fee for calendar year 2023 is $0.003 per
ton. The calculation, based on FY 2022 supervision costs of $1,227,210,
is $1,227,210 plus the operating reserve
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adjustment of -$587,465, which equals $639,745, divided by 5-year
average tonnage of 227,390,200, which equals $0.003 per ton.
Table 6--Tonnage Supervised
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Fiscal year Metric tons
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2018................................................. 234,298,085
2019................................................. 206,693,881
2020................................................. 237,649,430
2021................................................. 232,738,700
2022................................................. 225,570,903
5-year Rolling Average............................... 227,390,200
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Therefore, for 2023, FGIS will assess supervision tonnage fee of
$0.003 per ton on domestic shipments officially inspected and/or
weighed, including land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico,
performed by delegated States and/or designated agencies on or after
April 1, 2023. The Schedule B fee will be published in FGIS Directive
9180.74 and on the agency's public website.
7 CFR 800.71(d) Miscellaneous Fees for Other Services Calculations
Registration certificates and renewals. FGIS calculates the
application fee by multiply the Schedule A non-contract hourly rate
(Table 1 in Sec. 800.71(a)) by a quantity of five. The resulting fee
is expected to cover FGIS personnel costs to review applications, fee
publication expenses, and administrative expenses. The Schedule A non-
contract hourly rate is $69.50. Thus, the application fee for 2023 will
be $69.50 times 5, or $347.50. The fee will be published on the
agency's public website after Federal Register publication.
Designation amendments. FGIS calculates the rate using the Federal
Register publication rate for three columns, plus one hour of
noncontract hourly rate from Sec. 800.71(a) Table 1 of Schedule A. The
fee covers FGIS personnel costs, administrative expenses, and Federal
Register publication costs. The Federal Register publication rate $151
per column and the Schedule A non-contract hourly rate is $69.50. FGIS
calculates the fee will be $522.50 for calendar year 2023. The fee will
be published on the agency's public website after Federal Register
publication.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-06466 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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