[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 123 (Monday, June 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39347-39348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16060]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
U.S. Warehouse Act Fees
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice publishes a schedule increasing the annual
operational fee warehouse operators are charged under the United States
Warehouse Act (USWA). This action is needed to increase the amount of
revenue generated to recover operational costs projected for operations
under the USWA in fiscal year 2001. This notice does not change any of
the other various license or inspection fees charged under the USWA.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Mikkelsen, Deputy Director,
Warehouse and Inventory Division, Farm Service Agency, United States
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, STOP 0553,
Washington, DC 20250-0553, telephone (202) 720-2121 FAX: (202) 690-
3123, E-Mail: [email protected]. usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Secretary has the authority to license public warehouses and
assess warehouse operators fees under the United States Warehouse Act
(USWA) (7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.). Warehouse operators licensed under the
USWA understand that fees will be imposed to cover the costs of the
program. Specifically, section 10 of the USWA (7 U.S.C 249) mandates
the imposition of fees for USWA licensed warehouses. The USWA provides
for licensing warehouses, for examining licensed warehouses, and for
the collection of fees to sustain the USWA warehouse licensing and
examination programs. In keeping with that responsibility the
Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) is raising USWA
annual operational fees charged to licensed warehouses in order to
assure the recovery of operational costs projected for USWA activities
in fiscal year 2001. The fiscal year 2001 fee adjustment reflects a 2.0
percent increase in the annual fees. No increase is being made in other
license or inspection fees charged under the USWA.
USWA fees vary by the type of storage warehouse and were last
amended effective October 1, 1999, (64 FR 34765, June 29, 1999). None
of last year's increases for any particular type of warehouse exceeded
2.0 percent and varied based on FSA's direct costs with respect to
warehouse examinations for that type of warehouse. The regulations
issued under the USWA, codified at 7 CFR parts 735 through 743, provide
that fees charged warehouse operators under the USWA could be adjusted
annually. The schedule below sets out all of the relevant fees and
charges for licensing and examination and reflects the increased annual
fees noted above. USWA Schedule for License, Inspection and Annual
Operational Fees to be Paid by Warehouse Operators:
Warehouse and Service License Fees
The fee for original issuance, reissuance, or duplication of a
license for cotton, grain, tobacco, wool, dry beans, nut, syrup, and
cottonseed is $80 for each license issued.
The fee charged to license individuals to inspect, sample, grade,
classify, or weigh commodities is $35 for each service license issued.
Warehouse Annual and Inspection Fees
These fees are shown in the following tables by agricultural
product. Inspection fees are assessed for each original examination or
inspection, or reexamination or reinspection for modification of an
existing license. Annual fees are assessed independently of inspection
fees and of the license fees set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Cotton
[In bales]
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Annual Annual
fee for fee for
each each
warehouse warehouse
Licensed capacity location location
with a without a
CCC CCC
storage storage
agreement agreement
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1-20,000.......................................... $560 $1,115
20,001-40,000..................................... 730 1,460
40,001-60,000..................................... 895 1,790
60,001-80,000..................................... 1,125 2,245
80,001-100,000.................................... 1,400 2,800
100,001-120,000................................... 1,680 3,355
120,001-140,000................................... 1,955 3,915
140,001-160,000................................... 2,240 4,475
160,001+.......................................... * 2,240 ** 4,475
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* Plus $60 per 5,000 bale capacity above 160,000 bales or fraction
thereof.
** Plus $110 per 5,000 bale capacity above 160,000 bales or fraction
thereof.
Inspection fees will be charged at the rate of $80 for each 1,000 bales
of licensed capacity, or fraction thereof, but in no case less than
$160 nor more than $1,600.
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Grain
[In bushels]
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Annual Annual
fee for fee for
each each
warehouse warehouse
Licensed capacity location location
with a without a
CCC CCC
storage storage
agreement agreement
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1-150,000......................................... $145 $290
150,001-250,000................................... 295 585
250,001-500,000................................... 435 865
500,001-750,000................................... 590 1,175
750,001-1,000,000................................. 730 1,460
1,000,001-1,200,000............................... 875 1,750
1,200,001-l,500,000............................... 1,020 2,035
1,500,001-2,000,000............................... 1,165 2,325
2,000,001-2,500,000............................... 1,310 2,620
2,500,001-5,000,000............................... 1,450 2,900
5,000,001-7,500,000............................... 1,605 3,205
7,500,001-10,000,000.............................. 1,750 3,500
10,000,001+....................................... * 1,750 ** 3,500
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* Plus $50 per million bushels above 10,000,000 or fraction thereof.
** Plus $90 per million bushels above 10,000,000 or fraction thereof.
Inspection fees will be charged at the rate of $16 for each 10,000
bushels of licensed capacity, or fraction thereof, but in no case less
than $160 nor more than $1,600.
Dry Beans
[In hundredweight]
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Licensed capacity Annual fee
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100-90,000...................................... $800
90,001-150,000.................................. 1,115
150,001-300,000................................. 1,445
300,001-450,000................................. 1,765
450,001-600,000................................. 2,080
600,001-720,000................................. 2,395
720,001-900,000................................. 2,725
900,001-1,200,000............................... 3,045
1,200,001-1,500,000............................. 3,355
1,500,001-3,000,000............................. 3,675
3,000,001+...................................... 4,000
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Inspection fees will be charged at the rate of $16 for each 1,000
hundredweight of licensed capacity, or fraction thereof, but in no case
less than $160 nor more than $1,600.
Tobacco and Wool
Annual fee: $16 for each 100,000 pounds of licensed capacity, or
fraction thereof, but in no case less than $645.
Inspection fee: $16 for each 100,000 pounds of licensed capacity,
or fraction thereof, but in no case less than $160 nor more than
$1,600.
Nuts
Annual fee: $14 for each 100 short tons of licensed capacity, or
fraction thereof, but in no case less than $645.
Inspection fee: $8 for each 100 short tons of licensed capacity, or
fraction thereof, of peanuts and $14 for each 1,000 hundredweight, or
fraction thereof, of other nuts, but in no case less than $160 nor more
than $1,600.
Syrup
Annual fee: $6 for each 5,000 gallons of licensed capacity, or
fraction thereof, but in no case less than $645.
Inspection fee: $6 for each 5,000 gallons of licensed capacity, or
fraction thereof, but in no case less than $160 nor more than $1,600.
Cottonseed
Annual fee: $16 for each 1,000 short tons of licensed capacity, or
fraction thereof, but in no case less than $645.
Inspection fee: $16 for each 1,000 short tons of licensed capacity,
or fraction thereof, but in no case less than $160 nor more than
$1,600.
Signed at Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2000.
George Arredondo,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 00-16060 Filed 6-23-00; 8:45 am]
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