[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43289-43290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X98-10813]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
7 CFR Part 800
Fees for Official Inspection and Official Weighing Services
CFR Correction
In Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 700 to 899,
revised as of January 1, 1998, make the following correction:
On page 476, in Sec. 800.71, in the paragraph (a) tables, following
Schedule A, Table 3, Schedules B and C were inadvertently omitted. The
reinstated text reads as follows:
Sec. 800.71 Fees assessed by the Service.
(a)* * *
Schedule B--Fees for Official Inspection, Weighing, and Appeal
Inspection Services Performed in Canada\1\
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Regular Nonregular
workday workday
Inspection and weighing service (bulk or sacked (Monday (Sunday
grain) thru and
Saturday) holiday)
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(1) Original inspection services and official
weighing services: \2\ \3\
(i) Contract services (per hour per service
representative)............................... $103.00 $130.00
(ii) Noncontract service (per hour per service
representative)............................... 137.00 172.00
(2) Extra copies of certificates (per copy)...... 3.00 3.00
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\1\ Official inspection and weighing services include, but are not
limited to grading, weighing, sampling, stowage examination, equipment
testing, scale testing and certification, test weight reverification,
evaluation of inspection and weighing equipment demonstrating official
inspection and weighing functions, furnishing standard illustrations,
and certifying inspection and weighing results.
\2\ Fees for reinspection and appeal inspection services shall be
assessed at the applicable contract or noncontract hourly rate as the
original inspection. However, if additional personnel are required to
perform the reinspection or appeal inspection service, the applicant
will be assessed the noncontract original inspection hourly fee.
\3\ Board appeal inspections are based on file samples. See Sec.
800.71, Schedule A for Board Appeal fees.
Schedule C--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the United States\1\
Table 1
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Offical
inspection
Inspection services (bulk or sacked grain) or
reinspection
services
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(1) Official sample-lot inspection service (white
certificate):
(i) For official grade and official factor
determinations:......................................
(A) Truck or trailer (per inspection \2\.......... $0.30
(B) Boxcar or hopper car (per inspection\2\....... 0.95
(C) Barge (per inspection)\2\..................... 6.15
(D) Ship (per ship)\3\............................ 49.20
(E) All other lots (per inspection)\2\ \4\........ 0.30
(ii) For official factor or official criteria
determinations:......................................
(A) Factor determination (per inspection) (maximum
2 factors)\5\.................................... 0.20
(B) Official criteria\2\ \6\...................... 0.20
(2) Stowage examination services:
(i) Ship (per stowage certificate).................... 3.00
(ii) Other carriers (per stowage certificate)......... 0.20
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(3) Warehouseman's sample-lot inspection service (yellow
certificate) or submitted sample inspection service (pink
certificate):
(i) For official grade and official factor
determinations (per inspection)...................... 0.30
(ii) For official factor or official criteria
determinations:......................................
(A) Factor determination (per inspection) (maximum
2 factors)\5\.................................... 0.20
(B) Official criteria\2\ \6\...................... 0.20
(4) Reinspection services:
(i) Truck, boxcar, hopper car, barge, ship,
warehouseman's sample-lot, submitted sample, factor
determination, and all other lots (per sample
inspected)........................................... 0.30
(ii) Official criteria\2\ \6\......................... 0.20
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Note: The footnotes for Table 1 are shown at the end of Table 2.
Table 2
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Official weighing
services
Official services (bulk or sacked grain) -------------------------
(class X) (class Y)
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Official weighing services:
(i) Truck or trailer (per carrier).......... $0.30 $0.20
(ii) Boxcar or hopper car (per carrier)..... .95 .25
(iii) Barge (per carrier)................... 6.15 1.55
(iv) Ship (per carrier) \3\ \7\............. 49.20 12.30
(v) All other lots (per lot or part lot) \4\ .30 .20
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\1\ The fees include the cost of supervision functions performed by the
Service for official inspection and weighing services performed by
delegated States and/or designated agencies.
\2\ A fee shall be assessed for each carrier or sample inspected if a
combined lot certificate is issued or a uniform loading plan is used
to determine grade.
\3\ A fee shall be assessed per ship regardless of the number of lots or
sublots loaded at a specific service point. A fee shall not be
assessed for divided-lot certificates.
\4\ Inspection services for all other lots include, but are not limited
to, sampling service, condition examinations, and examination of grain
in bins and containers. For weighing services, all other lots include,
but are not limited to, seavans and inhouse bin transfers.
\5\ Fees shall be assessed for a maximum of two factors. If more than
two factors are determined, fees are assessed at rates in Table 1
(1)(i) or (3)(i) above, as applicable, based on carrier or type sample
represented.
\6\ Official criteria includes, but is not limited to, protein and oil
analyses. A fee shall be assessed for each sample tested.
\7\ A Class Y ship fee shall be assessed for shipments destined for
domestic markets only.
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BILLING CODE 1505-01-D
