[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 198 (Monday, October 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58283-58284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20224]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0113]


Fiscal Year 2008 Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection User Fees

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice pertains to user fees charged for agricultural 
quarantine and inspection services provided in connection with certain 
commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, 
commercial aircraft, and international airline passengers arriving at 
ports in the customs territory of the United States. The purpose of 
this notice is to remind the public of the user fees for fiscal year 
2008 (October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning AQI program 
operations, contact Mr. William E. Thomas, Director for Quarantine 
Policy, Analysis and Support, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 60, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-5214. For information concerning 
user fee rate development, contact Mrs. Kris Caraher, Section Head, 
User Fees Section, Financial Services Branch, FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 
River Road Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737-1232, (301) 734-5901.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: User fees to recover the costs of providing 
inspections of certain commercial conveyances are found in 7 CFR part 
354 (referred to below as the regulations). These user fees are 
authorized by Section 2509(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation 
and Trade Act of 1990, as amended (21 U.S.C. 136a), which authorizes 
the collection of user fees for agricultural quarantine and inspection 
(AQI) services.
    In an interim rule published in the Federal Register on December 9, 
2004 (69 FR 71660-71683, Docket No. 04-042-1), and effective January 1, 
2005, we established, for fiscal years 2005 through 2010 and beyond, 
user fees for many of the types of conveyances or persons to whom AQI 
services are provided, i.e., commercial vessels (watercraft), 
commercial trucks, loaded commercial railroad cars, commercial 
aircraft, and international airline passengers. The regulations provide 
specific information regarding the applicability of, and exceptions to, 
AQI user fees. As specified in 7 CFR 354.3, the user fees for these AQI 
services for fiscal year 2008 are as follows:

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           Service                       Unit                 Amount
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Inspection of commercial      Per arrival \1\...........         $492.00
 vessels of 100 net tons or
 more (see 7 CFR 354.3(b).
Inspection of commercial      Per arrival \2\...........            5.25
 trucks (see 7 CFR 354.3(c)).
Inspection of commercial      Per arrival \3\...........            7.75
 railroad cars (see 7 CFR
 354.3(d)).
Inspection of commercial      Per arrival...............           70.50
 aircraft (see 7 CFR
 354.3(e)).
Inspection of international   Per arrival...............           5.00
 aircraft passengers (see 7
 CFR 354.3(f)).
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\1\ Not to exceed 15 payments in a calendar year (i.e., no additional
  fee will be charged for a 16th or subsequent arrival in a calendar
  year).
\2\ A prepaid AQI permit valid for one calendar year may be obtained for
  an amount 20 times the AQI user fee for each arrival ($105 from
  October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008).
\3\ The AQI user fee may be prepaid for all arrivals of a commercial
  railroad car during the calendar year for an amount 20 times the AQI
  user fee for each arrival ($155 from October 1, 2007, through
  September 30, 2008).



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    Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of October 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-20224 Filed 10-12-07; 8:45 am]
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