[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 37231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15480]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

7 CFR Part 354

[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0021]
RIN 0579-AD77


User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for our proposed rule to 
amend the user fee regulations by adding new fee categories and 
adjusting current fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine and 
inspection services that are provided in connection with certain 
commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, 
commercial aircraft, and international passengers arriving at ports in 
the customs territory of the United States. This action will allow 
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.

DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published April 25, 
2014 (79 FR 22895) is reopened. We will consider all comments that we 
receive on or before July 24, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0021.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2013-0021, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
    Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may 
be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-
0021 or in our reading room, which is located in room 1141 of the USDA 
South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, 
DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, 
please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning program 
operations, contact Mr. William E. Thomas, AQI Coordinator, PPQ, APHIS, 
4700 River Road, Unit 131, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-2306. 
For information concerning rate development, contact Mrs. Kris Caraher, 
Chief, Review and Analysis Branch, FMD, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, 
Unit 55, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2852.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 25, 2014, we published in the 
Federal Register (79 FR 22895-22908, Docket No. APHIS-2013-0021) a 
proposal to amend the user fee regulations by adding new fee categories 
and adjusting current fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine 
and inspection services that are provided in connection with certain 
commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, 
commercial aircraft, and international passengers arriving at ports in 
the customs territory of the United States. We also proposed to adjust 
or remove the fee caps associated with commercial trucks, commercial 
vessels, and commercial railcars.
    Comments on the proposed rule were required to be received on or 
before June 24, 2014. We are reopening the comment period on Docket No. 
APHIS-2013-0021 for an additional 30 days. This action will allow 
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments. We 
will also consider all comments received between June 25, 2014 (the day 
after the close of the original comment period) and the date of this 
notice.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772, 7781-7786, and 8301-8317; 21 
U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 49 U.S.C. 80503; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of June 2014.
Michael C. Gregoire,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-15480 Filed 6-30-14; 8:45 am]
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