[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 210 (Monday, November 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 58855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27999]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


New Prices for USGS Map Products

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will implement a new price 
structure for map products on November 1, 1999.
    The USGS will raise the handling fee for all product orders to 
$5.00 per order. International orders will include a $20.00 shipping 
fee plus the $5.00 handling fee. All international orders exceeding 50 
items will be charged actual shipping costs. The new price structure 
for the USGS published maps is described below.
    (1) The price for the USGS Primary Series topographic quadrangle 
maps (7.5 minute--1:24,000, 1:25,000, 1:20,000; 7.5  x  15 minute--
1:25,000, 1:63,360 scales) will remain $4.00 per sheet.
    (2) The price for National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) 
maps being a private sector copyright will be $10.00 per sheet.
    (3) The price for all other map titles and scales (including 
1:100,000-scale series, 1:250,000-scale series and small scale 
topographic maps, as well as thematic maps) will be $7.00 per sheet.
    (4) Prices for maps published by other federal agencies and sold by 
the USGS may vary.
    Unlike the 1995 price change to $4.00 for all maps regardless of 
size or scale, the new price structure is designed to reflect the 
higher publishing and distribution costs for thematic and small-scale 
maps while maintaining the $4.00 charge for the Primary Series maps. 
These changes are consistent with the guidance contained in the Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A-130, which permits government 
agencies to recover only reproduction and distribution costs from the 
sales of their products.
    For more information about maps or other USGS products and series, 
visit any Earth Science Information Center, call 1-888-ASK-USGS, Email: 
[email protected], or use the fax-on-demand system, which is available 
24 hours a day at 703-648-4888. The USGS WWW home page address is 
http://www.usgs.gov.
    As the Nation's largest water, earth and biological science and 
civilian mapping agency the USGS works in cooperation with more than 
2,000 organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial 
scientific information to resource managers, planners, and customers. 
This information is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to 
minimize the loss of life and property from natural disasters, 
contribute to sound economic and physical development of the nation's 
natural resources, and enhance the quality of life by monitoring water, 
biological, energy, and mineral resources.
    This press release and in-depth information about USGS programs may 
be found on the USGS home page: http://www.usgs.gov. To receive the 
latest USGS news releases automatically by email, send a request to 
[email protected]. Specify the listserver(s) of interest 
from the following names: water-pr: geologic-hazards-pr; biological-pr; 
mapping-pr; products-pr; lecture-pr. In the body of the message write: 
subscribe (name of listserver) (your name). Example: subscribe water-pr 
joe smith.

    Dated: October 21, 1999.
Dan Cavanaugh,
Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 99-27999 Filed 10-29-99; 8:45 am]
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