United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2025_register executive 2025-08-15 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1d628a4fe D09002ee1d62eba43 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency On May 7, 2024, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published in the Federal Register a final rule amending the user fee regulations associated with the agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) program. The final rule went into effect on October 1, 2024, with the exception of the removal of an exemption from paying the AQI user fee for commercial aircraft with 64 or fewer seats meeting certain conditions. The removal of the exemption would have taken effect on April 1, 2025. On March 21, 2025, we published a notice in the Federal Register delaying the effective date of the removal of the exemption from paying the AQI user fee for small commercial passenger aircraft, until June 2, 2025, and requesting information. As a result of the comments we received on that notice, we decided to delay implementation of the removal of the exemption indefinitely. However, as a result of an editorial error, the exemption had already been removed from the regulations. In this document, we are amending the regulations to restore the exemption from paying the AQI user fee for commercial aircraft with 64 or fewer seats meeting certain conditions. 90 FR 39307 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-08-15/2025-15539 2025-15539 fr15au25-1 RIN 0579-AE71 3410-34-P Docket No. APHIS-2022-0023 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-08-15/2025-15539 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-15/html/2025-15539.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-15/pdf/2025-15539.pdf Exports Government Employees Plant Diseases and Pests Quarantine Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Travel and Transportation Expenses 2 p. 39307 39308 90 FR 39307 Title 7 Part 354 7 CFR Part 354 RIN 0579-AE71 User Fees: Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services; Technical Amendment; Federal Register Vol. 90, Issue RULE 2025-15539 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 2025-08-15 Docket No. APHIS-2022-0023 3410-34-P 2025-15539 Final rule; technical amendment.

On May 7, 2024, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published in the Federal Register a final rule amending the user fee regulations associated with the agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) program. The final rule went into effect on October 1, 2024, with the exception of the removal of an exemption from paying the AQI user fee for commercial aircraft with 64 or fewer seats meeting certain conditions. The removal of the exemption would have taken effect on April 1, 2025. On March 21, 2025, we published a notice in the Federal Register delaying the effective date of the removal of the exemption from paying the AQI user fee for small commercial passenger aircraft, until June 2, 2025, and requesting information. As a result of the comments we received on that notice, we decided to delay implementation of the removal of the exemption indefinitely. However, as a result of an editorial error, the exemption had already been removed from the regulations. In this document, we are amending the regulations to restore the exemption from paying the AQI user fee for commercial aircraft with 64 or fewer seats meeting certain conditions.

Effective August 15, 2025. Mr. George Balady, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 67 Thomas Johnson Drive Ste. 2, Frederick, MD 21702-4865; (301) 851-2338; aqi.user.fees@usda.gov. Exports Government Employees Plant Diseases and Pests Quarantine Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Travel and Transportation Expenses User Fees Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services, aqi.user.fees@usda.gov https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/regulatory-freeze-pending-review/ Regulations.gov Vol. 90, no. 156 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2025-08-15 continuing daily deposited born digital 723 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-08-15 P0b002ee1d62eb416 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr15au25 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-08-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-15/pdf/FR-2025-08-15.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-15/xml/FR-2025-08-15.xml fdlp 39307 40023 DGPO 2025-08-15 2025-08-15 FR-2025-08-15 machine generated eng FR FR-2025-08-15 90 156