[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 71744-71750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24602]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

9 CFR Part 130

[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0161]
RIN 0579-AC52


Veterinary Diagnostic Services User Fees

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We are amending the regulations to increase the user fees for 
the veterinary diagnostic services to reflect changes in our operating 
costs and expenses. We are also setting rates for multiple fiscal 
years. These actions are necessary to ensure that we recover the actual 
costs of providing these services. We are also providing for a 
reasonable balance, or reserve, in the veterinary diagnostics user fee 
account. The Food, Agriculture, and Conservation Act of 1990, as 
amended, authorizes us to set and collect these user fees.

DATES: Effective Date: January 18, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning Veterinary 
Services (VS) Management Support,

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contact Ms. Inez Hockaday, Director, Management Support Staff, VS, 
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 44, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-
7517.
    For information concerning VS Program Operations at the National 
Veterinary Services Laboratory, contact Dr. Elizabeth Lautner, 
Director, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, 1800 Dayton Road, 
P.O. Box 844, Ames, IA 50010; (515) 633-7357.
    For information concerning user fee rate development, contact Mrs. 
Kris Caraher, User Fees Section Head, Financial Management Division, 
MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737-1232; (301) 
734-5901.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    User fees to reimburse the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) for the costs of providing veterinary diagnostic 
services and import and export related services for live animals and 
birds and animal products are contained in 9 CFR part 130 (referred to 
below as the regulations). These user fees are authorized by section 
2509(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, 
as amended (21 U.S.C. 136a), which provides that the Secretary of 
Agriculture may, among other things, prescribe regulations and collect 
fees to recover the costs of veterinary diagnostics relating to the 
control and eradication of communicable diseases of livestock or 
poultry within the United States.
    On July 23, 2007, we published in the Federal Register (72 FR 
40082-40090, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0161) a proposal \1\ to amend the 
regulations by increasing the user fees for veterinary diagnostic 
services to reflect changes in our operating costs and changes in 
calculating our costs, and to establish rates for multiple fiscal 
years.
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    \1\ To view the proposed rule and the comment we received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2006-0161.
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    We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 
September 22, 2007. We received one comment by that date, from a 
private citizen. The commenter supported the proposed rule. Therefore, 
for the reasons given in the proposed rule, we are adopting the 
proposed rule as a final rule.
    In this final rule, we have made a minor change to the fiscal year 
2011 user fees for complement fixation and enzyme-linked immunosorbent 
assay in Sec.  130.16(a). In the proposed rule, we mistakenly stated 
that those two fees would be $17 for that year. The correct fee for 
both tests is $18.

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory Flexibility Act

    This rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12866. The rule 
has been determined to be not significant for the purposes of Executive 
Order 12866 and, therefore, has not been reviewed by the Office of 
Management and Budget.
    Below is a summary of the economic analysis for the changes in 
APHIS user fees in this final rule. The economic analysis provides a 
cost-benefit analysis and an analysis of the potential economic effects 
on small entities as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act. A copy 
of the full economic analysis, which includes comparisons of the change 
in each user fee, may be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site (see 
footnote 1 for instructions for accessing Regulations.gov) and may be 
obtained from the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    APHIS is updating the user fees covering the costs of providing 
veterinary diagnostics services to take into account the routine 
increases in the cost of doing business. The costs to operate the 
Veterinary Services Veterinary Diagnostics Program at National 
Veterinary Services Laboratory increase slightly from year to year due 
to increases in employee costs (cost of living increases, etc.) and 
other operational costs. These fees are necessary to provide for full-
cost recovery of Agency activities.
    Calculating the potential impacts of these changes to the 
veterinary diagnostics user fees is hindered by the difficulty in 
determining the elasticities of demand for the covered services. 
Therefore, Government savings are assumed equivalent to the total user 
fee collections for each category associated with the rule.
    Veterinary diagnostic services and products are provided to animal 
importers and exporters, veterinarians, State and Federal agencies and 
laboratories, commercial laboratories, educational institutions, and 
foreign governments.
    There is reason to believe that the impact on most users of the 
changes in this rule would be small. About 76 percent of the fees 
change in total by $10 or less. The majority should also make only 
small contributions to the total additional collections and therefore 
have a minor impact on the users of those materials and services. This 
is either because the change is small or the projected volume 
associated with the user fee is small, or both. In addition, user fees 
are not charged when tests are provided in the context of disease 
control or eradication programs. Also, in addition to the role they 
play in protecting American agriculture, veterinary diagnostic services 
and products facilitate international trade and thereby enhance the 
business interests of many of those requesting these services.
    Nearly 80 percent of the total projected change in collections 
would come from changes in only 13 of the 146 fees. Only these 13 fee 
changes are projected to generate $10,000 or more in additional annual 
collections by the end of the period covered in this rule. Several 
factors suggest, however, that these fees should also not have a 
significant impact on users. These fees include small fees applied to a 
large annual volume of users, large fees but very small volume of 
users, fees that represent a small percentage of the overall costs 
associated with a user's output, single fees for reagents with numerous 
final users, and fees that enhance the marketability of the user's 
final output.
    To the extent that the changes in user fees would impact 
operational costs, any entity that utilizes APHIS veterinary diagnostic 
services and materials could be impacted by the changes. The degree to 
which an entity could be affected depends on its market power, that is, 
the extent to which costs are either absorbed or can be passed on to 
its buyers. Without information on either profit margins or operational 
expenses of the affected entities, or the effects of changes in 
operating costs on the affected industry, the scale of the impacts 
cannot be precisely predicted. However, some conclusions on the overall 
impacts to domestic and international commerce can be drawn.
    If the user fees cannot be passed on, the profit margins of some 
entities may decline as user fees for veterinary diagnostic services 
and materials are increased. However, the impacts are expected to be 
muted. The majority of the changes to the user fees are either small, 
associated with few users, or both. Over the period covered by the 
rule, more than 51 percent of the individual increases are $5 or less, 
more than 76 percent increase by less than $10, and more than 83 
percent are associated with fewer than 500 users. The majority should 
also make only small contributions to the total additional collections 
and therefore have a minor impact on the users of those services. This 
is either because the change is small or the projected volume 
associated with the user fee is small, or both. Even in those instances 
in which the change in a user fee generates a

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larger total increase in collections, the impact should not be 
significant. This is because they are small fees applied to a large 
annual volume of users, large fees but applied to a very small volume 
of users, fees that represent a small percentage of the overall costs 
associated with a user's output, single fees for reagents with numerous 
final users, or fees that enhance the marketability of the user's final 
outputs. Therefore, the increases are not generally expected to 
substantially reduce profits or impede trade. Indeed, the full burden 
of the user fee changes is not likely to be borne entirely by the 
purchasers of veterinary diagnostic services and materials.
    Under these circumstances, the Administrator of the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service has determined that this action will 
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities.

Executive Order 12372

    This program/activity is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance under No. 10.025 and is subject to Executive Order 12372, 
which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local 
officials. (See 7 CFR part 3015, subpart V.)

Executive Order 12988

    This final rule has been reviewed under Executive Order 12988, 
Civil Justice Reform. This rule: (1) Preempts all State and local laws 
and regulations that are inconsistent with this rule; (2) has no 
retroactive effect; and (3) does not require administrative proceedings 
before parties may file suit in court challenging this rule.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This final rule contains no new information collection or 
recordkeeping requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

List of Subjects in 9 CFR Part 130

    Animals, Birds, Diagnostic reagents, Exports, Imports, Poultry and 
poultry products, Quarantine, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Tests.

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Accordingly, we are amending 9 CFR part 130 as follows:

PART 130--USER FEES

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1. The authority citation for part 130 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5542; 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301-8317; 21 U.S.C. 
136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3716, 3717, 3719, and 3720A; 7 CFR 
2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

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2. In Sec.  130.15, paragraphs (a) and (b), the tables are revised to 
read as follows:


Sec.  130.15  User fees for veterinary diagnostic isolation and 
identification tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other 
authorized site.

    (a) * * *

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                                                                             User fee
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             Test                    Unit          Jan. 18,     Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,     Beginning
                                                  2008-Sept.   2008-Sept.   2009-Sept.   2010-Sept.    Oct. 1,
                                                   30, 2008     30, 2009     30, 2010     30, 2011       2011
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Bacterial identification,      Isolate.........       $53.00       $54.00       $55.00       $57.00       $58.00
 automated.
Bacterial identification, non- Isolate.........        90.00        92.00        94.00        96.00        98.00
 automated.
Bacterial isolation..........  Sample..........        36.00        37.00        38.00        39.00        40.00
Bacterial serotyping, all      Isolate.........        55.00        56.00        56.00        57.00        58.00
 other.
Bacterial serotyping,          Isolate.........        18.00        19.00        19.00        19.00        20.00
 Pasteurella multocida.
Bacterial serotyping,          Isolate.........        36.00        37.00        38.00        39.00        40.00
 Salmonella.
Bacterial toxin typing.......  Isolate.........       120.00       123.00       126.00       128.00       131.00
Bacteriology requiring         Test............        92.00        94.00        96.00        98.00       101.00
 special characterization.
DNA fingerprinting...........  Test............        59.00        61.00        62.00        63.00        64.00
DNA probe....................  Test............        83.00        85.00        86.00        88.00        89.00
Fluorescent antibody.........  Test............        19.00        19.00        20.00        20.00        20.00
Mycobacterium identification   Isolate.........       115.00       117.00       120.00       122.00       125.00
 (biochemical).
Mycobacterium identification   Procedure.......        96.00        99.00       101.00       103.00       105.00
 (gas chromatography).
Mycobacterium isolation,       Submission......       844.00       852.00       868.00       884.00       900.00
 animal inoculations.
Mycobacterium isolation, all   Submission......       151.00       154.00       158.00       161.00       165.00
 other.
Mycobacterium                  Submission......        72.00        74.00        75.00        77.00        79.00
 paratuberculosis isolation.
Phage typing, all other......  Isolate.........        42.00        43.00        44.00        45.00        46.00
Phage typing, Salmonella       Isolate.........        24.00        24.00        25.00        25.00        26.00
 enteritidis.
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                                                                             User fee
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             Test                    Unit          Jan. 18,     Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,     Beginning
                                                  2008-Sept.   2008-Sept.   2009-Sept.   2010-Sept.    Oct. 1,
                                                   30, 2008     30, 2009     30, 2010     30, 2011       2011
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Fluorescent antibody tissue    Test............       $29.00       $30.00       $30.00       $31.00       $31.00
 section.
Virus isolation..............  Test............        48.00        49.00        50.00        51.00        52.00
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3. In Sec.  130.16, paragraphs (a) and (b), the tables are revised to 
read as follows:


Sec.  130.16  User fees for veterinary diagnostic serology tests 
performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or at authorized sites.

    (a) * * *

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                                                                             User fee
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             Test                    Unit          Jan. 18,     Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,     Beginning
                                                  2008-Sept.   2008-Sept.   2009-Sept.   2010-Sept.    Oct. 1,
                                                   30, 2008     30, 2009     30, 2010     30, 2011       2011
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Brucella ring (BRT)..........  Test............       $36.00       $37.00       $38.00       $39.00       $40.00
Brucella ring, heat            Test............        36.00        37.00        38.00        39.00        40.00
 inactivated (HIRT).
Brucella ring, serial (Serial  Test............        54.00        56.00        57.00        58.00        59.00
 BRT).
Buffered acidified plate       Test............         7.00         7.25         7.50         7.50         8.00
 antigen presumptive.
Card.........................  Test............         4.00         4.00         4.25         4.25         4.50
Complement fixation..........  Test............        16.00        17.00        17.00        18.00        18.00
Enzyme linked immunosorbent    Test............        16.00        17.00        17.00        18.00        18.00
 assay.
Indirect fluorescent antibody  Test............        14.00        15.00        15.00        15.00        16.00
Microscopic agglutination--    Sample..........        24.00        24.00        25.00        25.00        26.00
 includes up to 5 serovars.
Microscopic agglutination--    Sample..........         4.25         4.50         4.50         4.50         4.75
 each serovar in excess of 5
 serovars.
Particle concentration         Test............        36.00        37.00        38.00        38.00        39.00
 fluorescent immunoassay
 (PCFIA).
Plate........................  Test............         7.00         7.25         7.50         7.50         7.75
Rapid automated presumptive..  Test............         7.00         7.00         7.25         7.25         7.25
Rivanol......................  Test............         7.00         7.25         7.50         7.50         7.75
Tube agglutination...........  Test............         7.00         7.25         7.50         7.50         7.75
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                                                                             User fee
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             Test                    Unit          Jan. 18,     Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,     Beginning
                                                  2008-Sept.   2008-Sept.   2009-Sept.   2010-Sept.    Oct. 1,
                                                   30, 2008     30, 2009     30, 2010     30, 2011       2011
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Agar gel immunodiffusion.....  Test............       $16.00       $17.00       $17.00       $17.00       $18.00
Complement fixation..........  Test............        16.00        17.00        17.00        18.00        18.00
Enzyme linked immunosorbent    Test............        16.00        17.00        17.00        18.00        18.00
 assay.
Hemagglutination inhibition..  Test............        14.00        15.00        15.00        15.00        16.00
Indirect fluorescent antibody  Test............        14.00        15.00        15.00        15.00        16.00
Latex agglutination..........  Test............        16.00        17.00        17.00        17.00        18.00
Peroxidase linked antibody...  Test............        15.00        16.00        16.00        16.00        17.00
Plaque reduction               Test............        18.00        18.00        19.00        19.00        19.00
 neutralization.
Rabies fluorescent antibody    Test............        45.00        46.00        47.00        49.00        50.00
 neutralization.
Virus neutralization.........  Test............        13.00        13.00        14.00        14.00        14.00
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4. In Sec.  130.17, paragraph (a), the table is revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  130.17  User fees for other veterinary diagnostic laboratory 
tests performed at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or at authorized sites.

    (a) * * *

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             Test                    Unit          Jan. 18,     Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,     Beginning
                                                  2008-Sept.   2008-Sept.   2009-Sept.   2010-Sept.    Oct. 1,
                                                   30, 2008     30, 2009     30, 2010     30, 2011       2011
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Aflatoxin quantitation.......  Test............       $30.00       $31.00       $32.00       $32.00       $33.00
Aflatoxin screen.............  Test............        29.00        29.00        30.00        30.00        31.00
Agar gel immunodiffusion spp.  Test............        13.00        13.00        13.00        14.00        14.00
 identification.
Antibiotic (bioautography)     Test............        66.00        67.00        68.00        70.00        72.00
 quantitation.
Antibiotic (bioautography)     Test............       119.00       122.00       125.00       128.00       130.00
 screen.
Antibiotic inhibition........  Test............        66.00        67.00        68.00        70.00        72.00
Arsenic......................  Test............        17.00        18.00        18.00        19.00        19.00
Ergot alkaloid screen........  Test............        66.00        67.00        68.00        70.00        72.00
Ergot alkaloid confirmation..  Test............        86.00        88.00        89.00        91.00        94.00
Feed microscopy..............  Test............        66.00        67.00        68.00        70.00        72.00
Fumonisin only...............  Test............        37.00        38.00        39.00        40.00        40.00
Gossypol.....................  Test............        98.00       100.00       103.00       105.00       107.00
Mercury......................  Test............       145.00       148.00       151.00       155.00       158.00
Metals screen................  Test............        44.00        45.00        46.00        47.00        48.00
Metals single element          Test............        13.00        13.00        13.00        14.00        14.00
 confirmation.
Mycotoxin: aflatoxin-liver...  Test............       119.00       122.00       125.00       128.00       130.00
Mycotoxin screen.............  Test............        48.00        49.00        50.00        51.00        52.00
Nitrate/nitrite..............  Test............        66.00        67.00        68.00        70.00        72.00

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Organic compound confirmation  Test............        88.00        90.00        92.00        94.00        96.00
Organic compound screen......  Test............       151.00       155.00       158.00       161.00       165.00
Parasitology.................  Test............        29.00        29.00        30.00        30.00        31.00
Pesticide quantitation.......  Test............       132.00       135.00       138.00       141.00       144.00
Pesticide screen.............  Test............        60.00        62.00        63.00        64.00        66.00
pH...........................  Test............        26.00        27.00        28.00        28.00        29.00
Plate cylinder...............  Test............        98.00       100.00       103.00       105.00       107.00
Selenium.....................  Test............        44.00        45.00        46.00        47.00        48.00
Silicate/carbonate             Test............        66.00        67.00        68.00        70.00        72.00
 disinfectant.
Temperature disks............  Test............       130.00       133.00       136.00       139.00       142.00
Toxicant quantitation, other.  Test............       110.00       112.00       115.00       117.00       120.00
Toxicant screen, other.......  Test............        33.00        33.00        34.00        35.00        36.00
Vomitoxin only...............  Test............        53.00        54.00        55.00        56.00        58.00
Water activity...............  Test............        33.00        33.00        34.00        35.00        36.00
Zearaleone quantitation......  Test............        53.00        54.00        55.00        56.00        58.00
Zearaleone screen............  Test............        29.00        29.00        30.00        30.00        31.00
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5. In Sec.  130.18, paragraphs (a) and (b), the tables are revised to 
read as follows:


Sec.  130.18  User fees for veterinary diagnostic reagents produced at 
NVSL or other authorized site (excluding FADDL).

    (a) * * *

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           Reagent                   Unit          Jan. 18,     Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,     Beginning
                                                  2008-Sept.   2008-Sept.   2009-Sept.   2010-Sept.    Oct. 1,
                                                   30, 2008     30, 2009     30, 2010     30, 2011       2011
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Anaplasma card test antigen..  2 mL............       $95.00       $97.00       $99.00      $101.00      $103.00
Anaplasma card test kit        Kit.............       127.00       130.00       133.00       136.00       139.00
 without antigen.
Anaplasma CF antigen.........  2 mL............        46.00        46.00        46.00        47.00        47.00
Anaplasma stabilate..........  4.5 mL..........       175.00       178.00       181.00       185.00       188.00
Avian origin bacterial         1 mL............        48.00        49.00        50.00        51.00        52.00
 antiserums.
Bacterial agglutinating        5 mL............        54.00        55.00        57.00        58.00        59.00
 antigens other than brucella
 and salmonella pullorum.
Bacterial conjugates.........  1 mL............        96.00        99.00       101.00       103.00       105.00
Bacterial disease CF           1 mL............        29.00        30.00        30.00        31.00        32.00
 antigens, all other.
Bacterial ELISA antigens.....  1 mL............        29.00        30.00        31.00        31.00        32.00
Bacterial or protozoal         1 mL............        60.00        61.00        63.00        64.00        66.00
 antiserums, all other.
Bacterial reagent culture\1\.  Culture.........        73.00        74.00        76.00        78.00        79.00
Bacterial reference            Culture.........       228.00       233.00       239.00       244.00       249.00
 culture\2\.
Bacteriophage reference        Culture.........       172.00       176.00       180.00       183.00       188.00
 culture.
Bovine serum factor..........  1 mL............        18.00        18.00        19.00        19.00        19.00
Brucella abortus CF antigen..  60 mL...........       151.00       154.00       158.00       161.00       165.00
Brucella agglutination         60 mL...........       151.00       154.00       158.00       161.00       165.00
 antigens, all other.
Brucella buffered plate        60 mL...........       172.00       176.00       180.00       183.00       188.00
 antigen.
Brucella canis tube antigen..  25 mL...........       114.00       116.00       119.00       121.00       124.00
Brucella card test antigen     Package.........        90.00        92.00        94.00        96.00        98.00
 (packaged).
Brucella card test kit         Kit.............       113.00       114.00       116.00       117.00       119.00
 without antigen.
Brucella cells...............  Gram............        19.00        19.00        19.00        20.00        20.00
Brucella cells, dried........  Pellet..........         6.00         6.00         6.25         6.25         6.25
Brucella ring test antigen...  60 mL...........       241.00       246.00       252.00       257.00       263.00
Brucella rivanol solution....  60 mL...........        29.00        30.00        31.00        31.00        32.00
Dourine CF antigen...........  1 mL............        89.00        91.00        93.00        95.00        97.00
Dourine stabilate............  4.5 mL..........       109.00       111.00       112.00       114.00       116.00
Equine and bovine origin       1 mL............       127.00       130.00       133.00       136.00       139.00
 babesia species antiserums.
Equine negative control CF     1 mL............       282.00       283.00       286.00       290.00       293.00
 antigen.
Flazo-orange.................  3 mL............        13.00        13.00        13.00        13.00        14.00
Glanders CF antigen..........  1 mL............        77.00        79.00        81.00        82.00        84.00
Hemoparasitic disease CF       1 mL............       541.00       553.00       565.00       577.00       590.00
 antigens, all other.
Leptospira transport medium..  10 mL...........         4.25         4.50         4.50         4.50         4.75
Monoclonal antibody..........  1 mL............        95.00        97.00        99.00       101.00       103.00
Mycobacterium spp. old         1 mL............        24.00        24.00        25.00        25.00        26.00
 tuberculin.
Mycobacterium spp. PPD.......  1 mL............        18.00        19.00        19.00        19.00        20.00
Mycoplasma hemagglutination    5 mL............       180.00       184.00       188.00       192.00       197.00
 antigens.
Negative control serums......  1 mL............        18.00        19.00        19.00        19.00        20.00
Rabbit origin bacterial        1 mL............        52.00        53.00        54.00        55.00        56.00
 antiserum.
Salmonella pullorum            5 mL............        15.00        16.00        16.00        16.00        17.00
 microagglutination antigen.

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Stabilates, all other........  4.5 mL..........       684.00       690.00       703.00       716.00      730.00
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\1\ A reagent culture is a bacterial culture that has been subcultured one or more times after being tested for
  purity and identity. It is intended for use as a reagent with a diagnostic test such as the leptospiral
  agglutination test.
\2\ A reference culture is a bacterial culture that has been thoroughly tested for purity and identity. It
  should be suitable as a master seed for future cultures.

    (b) * * *

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           Reagent                   Unit          Jan. 18,     Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,     Beginning
                                                  2008-Sept.   2008-Sept.   2009-Sept.   2010-Sept.    Oct. 1,
                                                   30, 2008     30, 2009     30, 2010     30, 2011       2011
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Antigen, except avian          2 mL............       $61.00       $62.00       $64.00       $65.00       $67.00
 influenza and chlamydia
 psittaci antigens, any.
Avian antiserum except avian   2 mL............        48.00        49.00        51.00        52.00        53.00
 influenza antiserum, any.
Avian influenza antigen, any.  2 mL............        33.00        34.00        35.00        36.00        36.00
Avian influenza antiserum,     6 mL............       103.00       105.00       108.00       110.00       113.00
 any.
Bovine or ovine serum, any...  2 mL............       127.00       130.00       133.00       136.00       139.00
Cell culture.................  Flask...........       151.00       154.00       158.00       161.00       165.00
Chlamydia psittaci spp. of     Panel...........        95.00        96.00        98.00        99.00       101.00
 origin monoclonal antibody
 panel.
Conjugate, any...............  1 mL............        73.00        75.00        76.00        78.00        80.00
Diluted positive control       2 mL............        24.00        25.00        25.00        26.00        27.00
 serum, any.
Equine antiserum, any........  2 mL............        45.00        46.00        47.00        48.00        49.00
Monoclonal antibody..........  1 mL............       102.00       104.00       106.00       108.00       110.00
Other spp. antiserum, any....  1 mL............        52.00        52.00        52.00        53.00        53.00
Porcine antiserum, any.......  2 mL............       105.00       108.00       110.00       113.00       115.00
Porcine tissue sets..........  Tissue set......       157.00       157.00       158.00       159.00       161.00
Positive control tissues, all  2 cm\2\ section.        60.00        62.00        63.00        65.00        66.00
Rabbit origin antiserum......  1 mL............        52.00        53.00        54.00        55.00        56.00
Reference virus, any.........  0.6 mL..........       180.00       184.00       188.00       193.00       197.00
Viruses (except reference      0.6 mL..........        30.00        31.00        32.00        32.00        33.00
 viruses), chlamydia psittaci
 agent or chlamydia psittaci
 antigen, any.
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6. In Sec.  130.19, paragraph (a), the table is revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  130.19  User fees for other veterinary diagnostic services or 
materials provided at NVSL (excluding FADDL).

    (a) * * *

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                                                                             User fee
                                                ----------------------------------------------------------------
           Service                   Unit          Jan. 18,     Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,      Oct. 1,     Beginning
                                                  2008-Sept.   2008-Sept.   2009-Sept.   2010-Sept.    Oct. 1,
                                                   30, 2008     30, 2009     30, 2010     30, 2011       2011
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Antimicrobial susceptibility   Isolate.........      $105.00      $107.00      $109.00      $112.00      $114.00
 test.
Avian safety test............  Test............     4,082.00     4,090.00     4,099.00     4,109.00     4,180.00
Check tests, culture.........  Kit \1\.........       176.00       179.00       182.00       185.00       189.00
Check tests, serology........  Kit \1\.........       361.00       369.00       377.00       385.00       394.00
Fetal bovine serum safety      Verification....     1,119.00     1,122.00     1,134.00     1,147.00     1,160.00
 test.
Hourly user fees: \2\
    Hour.....................  Hour............       104.00       104.00       108.00       112.00       112.00
    Quarter hour.............  Quarter Hour....        26.00        26.00        27.00        28.00        28.00
    Minimum..................  ................        30.00        31.00        32.00        33.00        33.00
    Manual, brucellosis        1 copy..........       115.00       117.00       120.00       122.00       125.00
     culture.
    Manual, tuberculosis       1 copy..........       172.00       176.00       180.00       183.00       188.00
     Culture (English or
     Spanish).
    Manual, Veterinary         1 copy..........       172.00       176.00       180.00       183.00       188.00
     mycology.
    Manuals or standard        1 copy..........        34.00        35.00        36.00        37.00        37.00
     operating procedure
     (SOP), all other.
    Manuals or SOP, per page.  1 page..........         2.25         2.50         2.50         2.75         2.75
    Training (school or        Per person per         332.00       339.00       346.00       354.00      362.00
     technical assistance).     day.
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\1\ Any reagents required for the check test will be charged separately.

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\2\ For veterinary diagnostic services for which there is no flat user fee the Hourly rate user fee will be
  calculated for the actual time required to provide the service.

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    Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of December 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
 [FR Doc. E7-24602 Filed 12-18-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-34-P