[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53229-53230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17663]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[ATSDR 213]


Fees for Sanitation Inspections of Cruise Ships

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces fees for vessel sanitation inspections 
for

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fiscal year 2006 (October 1, 2005, through September 30, 2006).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Forney, Chief, Vessel Sanitation 
Program, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services 
(EEHS), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), telephone 
(770) 488-7333 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose and Background

    The fee schedule for sanitation inspections of passenger cruise 
ships inspected under the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) was first 
published in the Federal Register on November 24, 1987 (52 FR 45019), 
and CDC began collecting fees on March 1, 1988. Since then, CDC has 
published the fee schedule annually. This notice announces fees 
effective October 1, 2005. The formula used to determine the fees is as 
follows:

Average Cost Per Inspection = Total Cost of VSP / Weight Number of 
Annual Inspection

    The average cost per inspection is multiplied by a size/cost factor 
to determine the fee for vessels in each size category. The size/cost 
factor was established in the proposed fee schedule published in the 
Federal Register on July 17, 1987 (52 FR 27060), and revised in a 
schedule published in the Federal Register on November 28, 1989 (54 FR 
48942). The revised size/cost factor is presented in Appendix A.

Fees

    The fee schedule (Appendix A) will be effective October 1, 2005, 
through September 30, 2006. The fee schedule, which became effective 
October 1, 2001, will remain the same in Fiscal year 2006. If travel 
expenses continue to increase, the fees may be adjusted before 
September 30, 2006, since travel constitutes a sizable portion of VSP's 
costs. If an adjustment is necessary, a notice will be published in the 
Federal Register 30 days before the effective date.

Applicability

    The fees will apply to all passenger cruise vessels for which 
inspections are conducted as part of CDC's VSP.

    Dated: August 30, 2005.
Kenneth Rose,
Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
NCEH/ATSDR Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation.

Appendix A

                            Size/Cost Factor
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                                                               Average
                                                                 cost
               Vessel size                     GRT \1\       ($U.S.) per
                                                                 GRT
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Extra Small.............................            > 3,001         0.25
Small...................................       3,001-15,000         0.50
Medium..................................      15,001-30,000         1.00
Large...................................      30,001-60,000         1.50
Extra Large.............................           > 60,000         2.00
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             Fee Schedule October 1, 2005-September 30, 2006
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               Vessel size                     GRT \1\           Fee
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Extra Small.............................            > 3,001        1,150
Small...................................       3,001-15,000        2,300
Medium..................................      15,001-30,000        4,600
Large...................................      30,001-60,000        6,900
Extra Large.............................           > 60,000        9,200
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    Inspections and reinspections involve the same procedure, 
require the same amount of time, and are therefore charged at the 
same rate.
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    \1\ Gross register tonnage in cubic feet, as shown in Lloyd's 
Register of Shipping.
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[FR Doc. 05-17663 Filed 9-6-05; 8:45 am]
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