[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-2595]
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[Federal Register: February 4, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 940111-4011; #I.D. 123093B]
Inspection and Certification Fees and Charges
agency: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
action: Notice of 1994 inspection fees.
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summary: NMFS announces changes in its fees and charges, effective
January 1, 1994. However, since the regulations are being amended to
allow for review and revision of inspection fees and charges as needed,
rather than annually as currently written, the identified fees and
charges will apply until further notice. NMFS is anticipating no
further changes in fees and charges until October 1994. The change in
fees and charges represents an increase of 6.0 percent in the basic
hourly rates and results from higher operating costs such as salaries,
transportation, and supplies.
effective date: January 1, 1994.
for further information contact: Richard V. Cano, Chief, Inspection
Services Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, MD
20910, Phone 301/713-2355.
supplementary information: Regulations at 50 CFR 260.70 authorize the
Secretary of Commerce to review and revise annually the rates for
voluntary fishery products inspection, grading, and certification
services by publishing a notice of fee changes in the Federal Register.
The regulations are being amended to allow for review and revision of
inspection fees and charges as needed, rather than annually as
currently written. Therefore, the identified fees and charges,
effective January 1, 1994, will apply until further notice. NMFS is
anticipating no further changes in fees and charges until October 1994.
The change in fees and charges represents an increase of 6.0 percent in
the basic hourly rates and results from higher operating costs such as
salaries, transportation, and supplies.
Below is the schedule of fees effective January 1, 1994. The fees
outlined for the State of Alaska are for services provided by cross-
licensed State of Alaska inspectors. Charges for services provided in
Alaska by NMFS inspectors will be at the rates specified immediately
below, plus cost of living allowances.
(a) Type I--Official establishment and product inspection--contract
basis:
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Per hour
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Regular (except Alaska)....................................... $36.40
Overtime (except Alaska)...................................... 54.60
Sunday and legal holidays (2 hrs. minimum) (except Alaska).... 72.80
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(1) The contracting party will be charged at an hourly rate of
$36.40 per hour for regular time;
(2) $54.60 per hour for overtime in excess of 8 hours per shift per
day; and
(3) $72.80 per hour for Sunday and national legal holidays for
services performed by inspectors at official establishment(s) operating
under Federal inspection.
In addition to any hourly service charge, a night differential fee
equal to 10 percent of the employee's hourly salary will be charged for
each hour of service provided after 6:00 p.m. and before 6:00 a.m. The
contracting party will be billed monthly for services rendered in
accordance with contractual provisions at the rates prescribed in this
section. Products designated in a contract will be inspected during
processing at the hourly rate for regular time, plus overtime, when
appropriate.
(b) Type II--Lot inspection--Official and unofficially drawn
samples:
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Per hour
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Regular (except Alaska)....................................... $50.96
Overtime (except Alaska)...................................... 76.44
Sunday and legal holidays (2 hrs. minimum) (except Alaska).... 101.92
Minimum fee (except Alaska)................................... 38.22
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(1) For lot inspection services performed between the hours of 7:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday--$50.96 per hour.
(2) For lot inspection services performed at times Monday through
Friday other than between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and on Saturdays (2
hrs. minimum)--$76.44 per hour.
(3) Sunday and national legal holidays (2 hrs. minimum)--$101.92
per hour.
(4) The minimum service fee to be charged and collected for
inspection of any lot or lots of products requiring less than 1 hour
will be $38.22.
(c) Type III--Miscellaneous inspection and consultative services.
When any inspection or related service such as, but not limited to,
initial and final establishment surveys, appeal inspections, contract
lot inspections, sanitation evaluations, Sanitary Inspected Fish
Establishment (SIFE) inspections, sampling, product evaluations, and
label and product specification reviews, requires charges to which the
foregoing sections are clearly inapplicable, charges will be based on
the rates set forth below:
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Per hour
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Regular (except Alaska)....................................... $45.50
Overtime (except Alaska)...................................... 68.25
Sunday and legal holidays (2 hrs. minimum) (except Alaska).... 91.00
Minimum fee (except Alaska)................................... 34.13
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In keeping with the intent of the authorizing legislation and the
policies of the Inspection Program to charge fees to recover, as nearly
as possible, the costs of providing inspection services, the hourly
rates charged to contract lot inspection users who provide complete and
acceptable facilities that are used by U.S. Department of Commerce
(USDC) inspectors to conduct the necessary official contract functions
will be those delineated under Type I. In all other cases, contract lot
inspection users will be charged Type III rates.
In addition to the hourly fee charges for inspection services, all
users of voluntary seafood inspection services should note that charges
will be assessed for sampling and laboratory analysis that will be
performed randomly on a limited frequency, depending on the health risk
of the end product to consumers. This sampling and analysis protocol,
conducted as a surveillance mechanism of the NSIP and the industry,
will provide added verification that the consumer receives safe
products. The details of the surveillance sampling and billing
procedures are available upon request.
For current participants and interested parties in the Hazard
Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) -based service, modifications
in determining the charges for HACCP plan review have been completed
and are available, as well as more specific program requirements for
vessel, retail, and food service establishments.
(1) For miscellaneous inspection and consultative services
performed between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday--$45.50 per hour.
(2) For miscellaneous inspection and consultative services
performed Monday through Friday, other than between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
and on Saturdays (2 hrs. minimum)--$68.25 per hour.
(3) For miscellaneous inspection and consultative services
performed on Sunday and national legal holidays (2 hrs. minimum)--
$91.00 per hour.
(4) The minimum service fee to be charged and collected for
miscellaneous inspection and consultative services requiring less than
1 hour will be $34.13.
(d) The hourly rates for the State of Alaska as performed by cross-
licensed State of Alaska inspectors are as follows:
Charges for services provided in Alaska by NMFS inspectors will be
at the rate stated previously, plus cost of living allowances. For Type
I inspection, in addition to any hourly service charge, a night
differential fee equal to 10 percent of the employee's hourly salary
will be charged for each hour of service provided after 6 p.m. and
before 6 a.m.
State of Alaska-Area
[Per hour]
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South east
Aleutian and south
chain central Remainder
Bristol Anchorage, of
Bay Kenai, Alaska,
Dillingham Juneau, Kodiak
Ketchikan
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Type I:
Regular time....................... $49.45 $40.80 $43.70
Overtime........................... 68.30 56.35 60.35
Sunday and legal holidays.......... 85.15 70.20 75.20
Type II:
Regular time....................... 62.90 52.65 55.55
Overtime........................... 86.75 74.85 78.90
Sunday and legal holidays.......... 113.75 96.40 102.15
Minimum Fee........................ 51.60 43.20 45.55
Type III:
Regular time....................... 54.90 45.65 58.55
Overtime........................... 73.05 61.25 65.60
Sunday and legal holidays.......... 93.95 78.65 85.00
Minimum fee........................ 48.90 40.65 43.70
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(e) Analytical services: Applicants requesting specific analyses to
be performed in a NMFS laboratory, or participants who are required to
have product analyzed periodically, will be charged at the rates
identified below. Sample shipping costs will be the responsibility of
the applicant.
Analyses performed in a private laboratory will be charged at the
current rate of that laboratory. Charges based on these fees will be in
addition to any hourly rates charged For lot, miscellaneous, and
consultative inspection service, as well as to any hourly rates charged
for inspection services provided under a contract.
Microbiology:
Total aerobic plate count........................... $16.00.
Total coliform...................................... $12.00.
Fecal coliform...................................... $12.00
additional.
E. coli............................................. $12.00
additional.
Staph. aureus....................................... $45.00.
Salmonella BAM Method Step 1........................ $33.00.
Step 2............................................ $15.00
additional.
Step 3............................................ $22.00
additional.
Listeria
Presumptive....................................... $23.00.
Confirmed......................................... $35.00
additional.
Chemistry:
Histamine........................................... $90.00.
Indole.............................................. $75.00.
Ammonia............................................. $55.00.
Sodium bisulfite.................................... $90.00.
Isoelectric focusing (species identification)....... $75.000.
Methylmercury....................................... $90.00.
Chlorinated pesticides.............................. $250.00.
Polychlorinated biphenyls........................... $250.00
Domoic acid......................................... $75.00.
Bioasay:
Paralytic shellfish poison.......................... $85.00 per
sample (minimum
of 3 samples).
Notes: The above costs are for analyses only. Sampling and
travel time will be assessed using the Type II rates. Mileage costs
will be assessed at the current rate. For other analyses not shown
or not frequently requested, the charge will be assessed at the Type
III hourly rate of $45.50.
All charges are per sample. An administrative surcharge of 20
percent of the total cost will also be assessed.
Classification
This action is taken under the authority of 50 CFR 260.70.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 742e and 7 U.S.C. 1622, 1624)
Dated: January 31, 1944.
Nancy Foster,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 94-2595 Filed 2-3-94; 8:45 am]
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