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[FR Doc No: 94-18380]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
46 CFR Parts 502, 503, 510, 514, 540, and 583
[Docket No. 94-14]
Update of Existing Filing and Service Fees
AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Maritime Commission (``Commission'') proposes to
revise its existing fees for filing petitions, complaints, and special
docket applications; various public information services, such as
record searches, document copying, and admissions to practice; filing
freight forwarder applications; various ATFI-related services; filing
applications by cruise operators for performance and casualty
certificates; and providing NVOCC listings. This proposal will update
existing fees to reflect current costs to the Commission.
DATES: Comments due September 12, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Comments (original and fifteen copies) to: Joseph C.
Polking, Secretary, Federal Maritime Commission, 800 North Capitol
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20573-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremiah D. Hospital or George S.
Smolik, Bureau of Trade Monitoring and Analysis, Federal Maritime
Commission, 800 North Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC 20573-001,
(202) 523-5790.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission is authorized under the
Independent Offices Appropriation Act (``IOAA''), 31 U.S.C. 9701, to
establish fees for services and benefits that it provides to specific
recipients. The IOAA provides:
(a) . . . that each service or thing of value provided by an
agency . . . to a person . . . be self-sustaining to the extent
possible.
(b) . . . each charge shall be--
(1) fair; and
(2) based on--
(A) the costs to the Government;
(B) the value of the service or thing to the recipient;
(C) public policy or interest served; and
(D) other relevant facts.
31 U.S.C. 9701.
The primary guidance for implementation of IOAA is Office of
Management and Budget (``OMB'') Circular A-25, as revised July 8, 1993.
OMB Circular A-25 requires that a reasonable charge be made to each
recipient for a measurable unit or amount of Government service from
which the recipient derives a benefit, in order that the Government
recover the full cost of rendering that service.
OMB Circular A-25 further provides that costs be determined or
estimated from the best available records in the agency, and that cost
computations shall cover the direct and indirect costs to the
Government of carrying out the activity, including but not limited to:
(a) Direct and indirect personnel costs, including salaries and
fringe benefits such as medical insurance and retirement. . . .;
(b) Physical overhead, consulting, and other indirect costs
including material and supply costs, utilities, insurance, travel
and rent . . . .;
(c) The management and supervisory costs.
(d) The costs of enforcement, collection, research,
establishment of standards, and regulations, including any required
environmental impact statements.
OMB Circular A-25, paragraphs 6 d. (a), (b), (c), and (d). OMB Circular
A-25 also calls for a periodic reassessment of costs, with related
adjustment of fees, if necessary, and the establishment of new fees
where none exists.1
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\1\In a companion rulemaking proceeding Docket No. 94-15, New
Filing Fees, the Commission is proposing implementing new fees for
tariff and agreement filings; applications for filing alternate
data, for extension of time to file, and for waiver of detailed
filing of financial data in the domestic offshore trades; and the
filing of general rate increases in the domestic offshore trades.
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The Commission's current filing and service fees have been in
effect since 1983. The fees established at that time are no longer
representative of the Commission's actual costs for providing such
services. The Commission, accordingly, proposes to update its fees to
reflect current costs to the Commission.
The Commission has reviewed its current fees and developed data on
the time and cost involved in providing particular services to arrive
at the updated direct labor costs for those services. The direct labor
costs included clerical, professional, supervisory, and executive time
expended on an activity, plus a check processing cost of $1.00.
Indirect costs (overhead and other assignable costs) were added to
direct labor costs to arrive at fully distributed costs for providing
each service. The indirect costs include Government overhead costs,
which are fringe benefits and other wage-related Government
contributions contained in OMB Circular A-76;2 Commission general
and administrative expenses;3 and office general and
administrative overhead expenses.4 The sum of these indirect cost
components gives an indirect cost factor that is added to the direct
labor costs of an activity to arrive at the fully distributed cost.
Appendix A is a detailed explanation of how the indirect cost factor
was computed.
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\2\These include leave and holidays, retirement, workmen's
compensation awards, health and life insurance, and Medicare. These
are expressed as a percentage of basic pay.
\3\These costs include all salaries and overhead, such as rent,
utilities, supplies, and equipment, allocated to the Offices of the
Commissioners, Managing Director, General Counsel, and the Bureau of
Administration. The percentage of these costs to the total agency
budget is allocated across all Commission programs.
\4\These expenses are limited to the overhead expenses allocated
to those bureaus and offices involved in fee-generating activities,
and is derived from dividing allocated overhead expenses by the
total funding for these fee-generating offices.
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All current fees, except as noted, are being revised to reflect the
higher costs to the Commission in providing its services. A summary
schedule of revised fees is provided in Appendix B. A detailed summary
of the data used to arrive at the proposed fees is available from the
Secretary of the Commission upon written request.
Proposed Fees
Part 502 Fees
The Commission assesses a number of fees under its Rules of
Practice and Procedure codified at 46 CFR Part 502. The fees contained
in Part 502 are being revised to reflect the current cost to the
Commission of providing particular services. General petitions and
petitions for declaratory orders filed with the Commission are
currently assessed a filing fee of $50. The Commission proposes to
raise this amount to $162.5 The formal complaint filing fee is
increased to $166 from $50. The fee for filing special docket
applications is increased to $86 from $25. The filing fee for informal
complaints is increased to $68 from $25. Persons using the Commission's
conciliation services will be assessed a $61 fee, up from $25.
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\5\All proposed revised fees have been rounded down to the
nearest dollar.
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Part 503 Fees
The Commission's rules on public information, 46 CFR Part 503,
contain fees to be charged for certain services provided to the public.
These fees also are being updated to reflect the current cost to the
Commission. Record search services performed by Commission staff will
be increased from $11 to $15 per hour for clerical staff, and from $23
to $30 per hour for professional staff; the minimum charge for a record
search will increase from $11 to $15. The charge for reviewing
documents to determine whether they are exempt from disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act is being increased to $63 per hour from
$38. While the per-page copying charge of five cents per page (one
side) is not being revised, the service charge for copying performed by
Commission staff will increase to $15 per hour. The minimum service fee
for copying remains unchanged at $3.50. The fee for validating and
certifying documents is increased to $70 per certificate. Annual
subscription services for Commission publications will be increased as
follows: $278 for initial and final orders in all formal proceedings,
and $223 for final orders only in all formal proceedings. Subscription
fees for copies of Commission rules and regulations are increased as
follows: $83 for initial set of the rules and regulations, and $7 for
an annual subscription for all amendments to existing rules and new
rules issued during the year. The latter fee is a decrease from the
current fee of $8.25. The fee to have one's name placed on a mailing
list of a specific docket to receive all issuances pertaining to the
proceeding is increased to $7 per proceeding, up from $3. The fee for
copies of the Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure will be $9 and
an annual subscription to amendments will be $7; these are increased
from $4.25 and $4, respectively. The fee for applications for admission
to practice before the Commission for persons not attorneys at law will
increase from $13 to $77.
Under its rules regarding access to records of personal
information, the Commission assesses fees for copying, certifying, and
validating documents. The Commission is reducing its per-page copying
charge under these rules from 30 cents a page to 5 cents a page; this
is consistent with the Commission's general copying charge. The
Commission is increasing its fee for certification and validation of
documents under these rules to $70 per document; this is also
consistent with similar fees assessed elsewhere.
The Commission is also clarifying and updating its policy contained
in 46 CFR Part 503 regarding the waiver or reduction of service and
filing fees. It is the general policy of the Commission not to waive or
reduce service or filing fees. The Commission will, however, entertain
requests for waiving or reducing fees based on public interest grounds
or undue hardship.
In a somewhat related matter, the Commission no longer publishes a
guide on the shipping of automobiles, entitled Automobile Manufacturers
Measurements. Therefore, the Commission proposes to delete the obsolete
reference to this guide in 46 CFR Part 503.
Freight Forwarder Fees
Part 510 of the Commission's regulations, 46 CFR Part 510, contains
fees associated with the filing of applications for ocean freight
forwarder licenses. The Commission proposes to revise its fees under
these regulations as follows: increase the license application fee to
$687 from $350, increase the fee for reissuance of a license or status
change application to $365 from $100, and increase the fee for
supplemental investigations of pending license applications to $213
from $100.
ATFI Fees
The Commission's regulations on tariff filing, 46 CFR Part 514,\6\
contain fees for filing applications requesting special permission to
depart from established rules, and fees related to the Commission's
Automated Tariff Filing and Information System (``ATFI''). The
application fee for special permission requests will increase to $146
from $100. ATFI-related fees will go up as follows:
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\6\The Commission is not proposing any changes to Parts 550,
Publishing, Filing, and Posting of Tariffs in Domestic Offshore
Commerce, and 580, Publishing and Filing Tariffs by Common Carriers
in the Foreign Commerce of the United States, because these parts
are obsolete, are subsumed in Part 514, and will be removed in the
near future.
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Dollars
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ATFI Registration........................................... $162
Registration Changes........................................ 136
Certification of Software Functionality..................... 359
Initial Set of ATFI Tapes................................... 336
Daily Update of ATFI Tapes.................................. 61
Weekly Update of ATFI Tapes................................. 86
Monthly Update of ATFI Tapes................................ 136
Miscellaneous Tapes......................................... 61
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Updates of ATFI tapes include a set number of tapes; if more tapes
are required, the fee will increase by $25 per additional tape. The
Commission currently charges the public, under section 502 of Public
Law 102-582, 46 U.S.C. 1707a, 46 cents per minute for data retrieval
from the ATFI database.\7\ The Commission is not proposing any change
in this charge at this time. Likewise, the Commission is not proposing
any change in fees for ATFI user manuals. The Commission is studying
its costs in these areas, and will propose revised fees in the future.
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\7\The Commission's authority to assess an ATFI retrieval fee,
under section 502 of Pub. L. 102-582, expires on September 30, 1995.
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Financial Responsibility Certificate Fees
Under 46 CFR Part 540, Security for the Protection of the Public,
passenger vessel operators file applications for certificates to show
that they have sufficient coverage to (1) Indemnify passengers for
nonperformance of transportation, and (2) meet any liability incurred
for death or injury. The Commission proposes to increase the filing
fees for these certificates as follows: for certificate of performance,
$1,874, and for certificate of casualty, $830.
NVOCC List Fee
The Commission provides, upon request, a listing of tariffed and
bonded non-vessel-operating common carriers (``NVOCCs''). This list is
used as proof by common carriers that listed NVOCCs are in compliance
with the Commission's regulations, i.e., that they are tariffed and
bonded. The Commission proposes to increase the charge for providing
this list to $122. Those requesting the list can have the information
in several forms: hard paper copy, diskette, or tape.
In keeping with OMB guidelines, the Commission intends to update
its fees on an annual basis. In updating its fees, the Commission will
incorporate changes in the wages and salaries of its employees into
direct labor costs associated with its services, and recalculate its
indirect costs (overhead) based on current level costs.
The Commission, in its latest amendment to 46 CFR Part 502, omitted
a reference to Public Law 88-777 in its Authority statement (58 FR
36848, July 19, 1993). This omission is proposed to be corrected in
this document.
The Commission certifies pursuant to section 605(b) of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 605(b), that this rule will not
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities, including small businesses, small organizational units, and
small governmental jurisdictions. The Commission recognizes that these
proposed fees may have some impact on the shipping industry, but not of
the magnitude that would be contrary to the requirements of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act. For the most part, entities impacted by the
proposed increases are ocean common carriers, who traditionally have
not been viewed as small entities. Fees collected from the general
public for Commission information recover the total cost to the
Commission for providing specific services. Fees for filing petitions,
formal and informal complaints, in the Commission's view, do not impose
an undue burden nor have a chilling effect on filers. Furthermore,
Commission regulations provide for waiver of fees for those entities
that can make the required showing of undue hardship.
This proposed rule does not contain any collection of information
requirements as defined by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as
amended. Therefore, OMB review is not required.
List of Subjects
46 CFR Part 502
Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Equal access to
justice, Investigations, Lawyers, and Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
46 CFR Part 503
Classified information, Freedom of information, Privacy, and
Sunshine Act.
46 CFR Part 510
Freight forwarders, Maritime carriers, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, and Surety bonds.
46 CFR Part 514
Freight, Harbors, Maritime carriers, and Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
46 CFR Part 540
Insurance, Maritime carriers, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, and Surety bonds.
46 CFR Part 583
Freight, Maritime carriers, reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, and Surety bonds.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, the Independent Offices Appropriations
Act, 31 U.S.C. 9701, and section 17 of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46
U.S.C. app. 1716, the Commission proposes to amend title 46 of the Code
of Federal Regulations as follows:
PART 502--RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
1. The authority citation for Part 502 is revised to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504, 551, 552, 553, 556(c), 559, 561-569,
571-596; 12 U.S.C. 1141j(a); 18 U.S.C. 207; 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3); 28
U.S.C. 2112(a); 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. app. 817, 820, 826, 841a,
1114(b), 1705, 1707-1711, 1713-1716; E.O. 11222 of May 8, 1965 (30
FR 6469); 21 U.S.C. 853a; and Pub. L. 88-777 (46 U.S.C. app. 817d,
817e).
Subpart E--Proceedings; Pleadings; Motions; Replies
2. Section 502.62(f) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.62 Complaints and fee.
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(f) The complaint shall be accompanied by remittance of a $166
filing fee.
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3. Section 502.68(a)(3) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.68 Declaratory orders and fee.
(a) * * *
(3) Petitions shall be accompanied by remittance of a $162 filing
fee.
* * * * *
4. Section 502.69(b) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.69 Petitions--general and fee.
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(b) Petitions shall be accompanied by remittance of a $162 filing
fee. [Rule 69.]
Subpart F--Settlement; Prehearing Procedure
5. Section 502.92(a)(3)(ii) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.92 Special docket applications and fee.
(a) * * *
(3)(i) * * *
(ii) The application for refund or waiver must be accompanied by
remittance of an $86 filing fee.
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Subpart K--Shortened Procedure
6. The last sentence of Sec. 502.182 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 502.182 Complaint and memorandum of facts and arguments and
filing fee.
* * * The complaint shall be accompanied by remittance of a $166
filing fee. [Rule 182.]
Subpart S--Informal Procedure for Adjudication of Small Claims
7. The last sentence of Sec. 502.304(b) is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 502.304 Procedure and filing fee.
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(b) * * * Such claims shall be accompanied by remittance of a $68
filing fee.
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Subpart U--Conciliation Service
8. The last sentence of Sec. 502.404(a) is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 502.404 Procedure and fee.
(a) * * * The request shall be accompanied by remittance of a $61
service fee.
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PART 503--PUBLIC INFORMATION
9. The authority citation for Part 503 is revised to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552a, 552b, 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; E.O.
12356, 47 FR 14874, 15557, 3 CFR 1982 Comp., p. 167.
Subpart E--Fees
10. The introductory paragraph of Sec. 503.41 is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 503.41 Policy and services available.
Pursuant to policies established by the Congress, the Government's
costs for services provided to identifiable persons are to be recovered
by the payment of fees (Independent Office Appropriations Act, 31
U.S.C. 9701 and Freedom of Information Reform Act of 1986, October 27,
1986, 5 U.S.C. 552). Except as otherwise noted, it is the general
policy of the Commission not to waive or reduce service and filing fees
contained in this Chapter. In extraordinary situations, the Commission
will accept requests for waivers or fee reductions. Such requests are
to be made to the Secretary of the Commission at the time of the
information request or the filing of documents and must demonstrate
that the waiver or reduction of a fee is in the best interest of the
public, or that payment of a fee would impose an undue hardship. The
Secretary will notify the requestor of the decision to grant or deny
the request for waiver or reduction.
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11. In Sec. 503.43, paragraphs (c)(1) (i) and (ii), the first
sentence of paragraph (c)(2), paragraph (c)(3)(ii), paragraph (c)(4),
paragraphs (d) (1), (2), and (3), and paragraph (e) are revised;
paragraphs (f) and (i) are removed; paragraphs (g), (h), and (j) are
redesignated paragraphs (f), (g), and (h); and newly designated
paragraphs (f) and (g) are revised to read as follows: Sec. 503.43 Fees
for services.
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(c) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) Search will be performed by clerical/administrative personnel
at a rate of $15.00 per hour and by professional/executive personnel at
a rate of $30.00 per hour.
(ii) Minimum charge for record search is $15.00.
(2) Charges for review of records to determine whether they are
exempt from disclosure under Sec. 503.35 shall be assessed to recover
full costs at the rate of $63.00 per hour. * * *
(3) * * *
(i) * * *
(ii) By Commission personnel, at the rate of five cents per page
(one side) plus $15.00 per hour.
(iii) * * *
(4) The certification and validation (with Federal Maritime
Commission seal) of documents filed with or issued by the Commission
will be available at $70.00 for each certification.
(d) * * *
(1) Orders, notices, rulings, and decisions (initial and final)
issued by Administrative Law Judges and by the Commission in all formal
docketed proceedings before the Federal Maritime Commission are
available at an annual subscription rate of $278.
(2) Final decisions (only) issued by the Commission in all formal
docketed proceedings before the Commission are available at an annual
subscription rate of $223.
(3) General rules and regulations of the Commission are available
at the following rates: (i) Initial set including all current
regulations for a fee of $83, and (ii) an annual subscription rate of
$6 for all amendments to existing regulations and any new regulations
issued.
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(e) To have one's name and address placed on the mailing list of a
specific docket as an interested party to receive all issuances
pertaining to that docket: $7 per proceeding.
(f) Loose-leaf reprint of the Commission's complete, current Rules
of Practice and Procedure, part 502 of this chapter, for an initial fee
of $9. Future amendments to the reprint are available at an annual
subscription rate of $7.
(g) Applications for admission to practice before the Commission
for persons not attorneys at law must be accompanied by a fee of $77
pursuant to Sec. 502.27 of this chapter.
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Subpart G--Access to Any Record of Identifiable Personal
Information
12. In section 503.69, paragraphs (b) (1) and (2) are revised to
read as follows:
Sec. 503.69 Fees.
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(b) * * *
(1) The copying of records and documents will be available at the
rate of five cents per page (one side), limited to size 8\1/4\'' x 14''
or smaller.
(2) The certification and validation (with Federal Maritime
Commission seal) of documents filed with or issued by the Commission
will be available at $70 for each certification.
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PART 510--LICENSING OF OCEAN FREIGHT FORWARDERS
13. The authority citation for Part 510 is revised to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. app. 1702,
1707, 1709, 1710, 1712, 1714, 1716, and 1718; 21 U.S.C. 853a.
Subpart B--Eligibility and Procedure for Licensing; Bond
Requirements
14. Section 510.12(b) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 510.12 Application for license.
(a) * * *
(b) Fee. The application shall be accompanied by a money order,
certified check or cashier's check in the amount of $687 made payable
to the Federal Maritime Commission.
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15. The penultimate sentence in section 510.14(b) is revised to
read as follows:
Sec. 510.14 Surety bond requirements.
(a) * * *
(b) * * * The fee for such supplementary investigation shall be
$213 payable by money order, certified check or cashier's check to the
Federal Maritime Commission. * * *
16. The first sentence of section 510.19(e) is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 510.19 Changes in organization.
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(e) Application form and fee. Applications for Commission approval
of status changes or for license transfers under paragraph (a) of this
section shall be filed in duplicate with the Director, Bureau of
Tariffs, Certification and Licensing, Federal Maritime Commission, on
form FMC-18 Rev., together with a processing fee of $365, made payable
by money order, certified check or cashier's check to the Federal
Maritime Commission. * * *
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PART 514--TARIFFS AND SERVICE CONTRACTS
17. The authority citation for Part 514 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 and 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. app.
804, 812, 814-817(a), 820, 833a, 841a, 843, 844, 845, 845a, 845b,
847, 1702-1712, 1714-1716, 1718, 1721, and 1722; and sec. 2(b) of
Public Law 101-92, 103 Stat. 601.
Subpart C--Form, Content and Use of Tariff Data
18. In Sec. 514.21, paragraphs (c), (e) introductory text and
(e)(1), (f), (j), and (k) are revised to read as follows:
Sec. 514.21 User charges.
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(c) Registration for user (filer and/or retriever ID and password
(see exhibit 1 to this part and Secs. 514.4(d), 514.8(f) and 514.20)):
$162 for initial registration for firm and one individual; $136 for
additions and changes.
(d) * * *
(e) Certification of batch filing capability (by appointment
through the Bureau of Administration) (Sec. 514.8(l)).
(1) User charge: $359 per certification submission (covers all
types of tariffs for which the applicant desires to be certified as
well as recertification required by substantial changes to the ATFI
system).
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(f) Application for special permission (Sec. 514.18): $146.
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(j) Database tapes (Sec. 514.20(d)). The fees for subscriber tapes,
similar to other fees in this section, reflect the cost of providing
those copies, including staff time, the cost of duplication,
distribution, and user-dedicated equipment, and are:
(1) Initial set of full database tapes: $336.
(2) Daily updates: $61.
(3) Weekly updates: $86.
(4) Monthly updates: $136.
Updates of ATFI tapes include a set number of tapes; if more tapes
are required, the fee will increase by $25 per additional tape.
(k) Miscellaneous tapes. The fee for tape data, other than the ATFI
database described in paragraph (j) of this section, shall be $61 for
the initial tape plus $25 for each additional tape required.
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PART 540--SECURITY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC
19. The authority citation for Part 540 is revised to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; secs. 2 and 3,
Public Law 89-777, 80 Stat. 1356-1358 (46 U.S.C. app. 817e, 817d);
sec. 43 of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 U.S.C. app. 841a); sec. 17 of
the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. 1716).
Subpart A--Proof of Financial Responsibility, Bonding and
Certification of Financial Responsibility for Indemnification of
Passengers for Nonperformance of Transportation
20. The last sentence in Sec. 540.4(b) is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 540.4 Procedure for establishing financial responsibility.
* * * * *
(b) * * * An application for a Certificate (Performance) shall be
accompanied by a filing fee remittance of $1,874.
* * * * *
Subpart B--Proof of Financial Responsibility, Bonding and
Certification of Financial Responsibility to Meet Liability
Incurred for Death or Injury to Passengers or Other Persons on
Voyages
21. The last sentence of section 540.23(b) is revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 540.23 Procedure for establishing financial responsibility.
* * * * *
(b) * * * An application for a Certificate (Casualty) shall be
accompanied by a filing fee remittance of $830.
* * * * *
PART 583--SURETY FOR NON-VESSEL-OPERATING COMMON CARRIERS
22. The authority citation for Part 583 is revised to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 46 U.S.C. app. 1702,
1707, 1709, 1710-1712, 1716, and 1721.
23. A new paragraph (d) is added to section 583.7 to read as
follows:
Sec. 583.7 Proof of compliance.
* * * * *
(d) The fee for providing the list of tariffed and bonded NVOCCs
referred to in paragraph (b)(1) of this section is $122. The list is
available in several forms: hard paper copy, diskette, or tape.
By the Commission.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
Appendix A to the Proposed Rule
Indirect Cost Calculations
[Applied to Direct Cost]
A. Government Overhead Costs
Fringe benefits and
other wage-related
government
contributions from
OMB Circular A-76:
Leave and
Holidays...... 19.70%
Retirement..... 21.70%
Workmen's Comp.
Awards........ 1.70%
Health, Life
Insurance..... 4.70%
Medicare....... 1.45%
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Total........ 49.25%
B. Commission General and Administrative
Expenses allocated
to the offices of
the Commissioners,
Managing Director,
General Counsel,
and Bureau of
Administration (FY
1994 amounts from
FY 1995 OMB
Budget):
1. Personnel
Costs......... $4,155,500
2. Rent,
Communications
and Utilities. 1,009,468
3. Annual
Report........ 3,000
4. Data
Information... 20,000
5. Printing.... 9,619
6. Equipment
Maintenance... 24,878
7. Leasehold
Improvements.. 20,000
8. Supplies and
Materials..... 43,784
9. ADP Supplies 7,297
10. Furniture &
Equipment..... 9,288
11. Postage.... 16,790
12. Fiscal
Services...... 24,878
13. Health
Services...... 8,127
14. Protective
Services...... 32,122
15. Duplicating
Supplies...... 7,982
16. Travel..... 42,000
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Total........ $5,434,733
Calculation of
overhead
percentage:
Commiss
ion
G&AAge
ncy Funding=.. % Overhead
Total
Agency Funding
for FY 1994... $18,900,000
Commiss
ion G&A....... 5,434,733
Overhea
d Percentage
($5,434,733Overhea
d
ExpensesFunding
for Bureaus/
Offices (FY
1994 amounts
from FY 1995
OMB Budget):..
Secretary.. $910,000
Trade
Monitoring
and
Analysis.. 1,846,000
Tariffs,
Certificat
ion and
Licensing. 2,730,000
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Total...... 5,486,000
Office
G&A:.......... $1,179,101
Overhea
d Percentage
($1,179,101