We are amending the foreign quarantine and user fee regulations by removing the exemptions from inspection for imported fruits and vegetables grown in Canada and the exemptions from user fees for commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international air passengers entering the United States from Canada. As a result of this action, all agricultural products imported from Canada will be subject to inspection, and commercial conveyances, as well as airline passengers arriving on flights from Canada, will be subject to inspection and user fees. We are taking this action in part because we are not recovering the costs of our current inspection activities at the U.S./Canada border. In addition, our data show an increasing number of interceptions on the U.S./Canada border of prohibited material that originated in regions other than Canada that presents a high risk of introducing plant pests or animal diseases into the United States. These findings, combined with additional Canadian airport preclearance data on interceptions of ineligible agricultural products approaching the U.S. border from Canada, strongly indicate that we need to expand and strengthen our pest exclusion and smuggling interdiction efforts at that border. In order to do this and to recover the costs of our existing inspection activity, we need to collect user fees for inspection of commercial conveyances and international air passengers entering the United States from Canada.
Document Subtype:
Interim rule
Received Date:
August 25 2006, at 07:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Start-End Page:
50320 - 50328
Comment Start Date:
August 25 2006, at 09:12 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date:
November 24 2006, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Agricultural Inspection and AQI User Fees Along the U.S./Canada Border
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View AllSubmitter: Van Horn, John Posted: 09/20/2006 ID: APHIS-2006-0096-0004
Nov 24,2006 11:59 PM ET
Submitter: simpson, greg Posted: 09/22/2006 ID: APHIS-2006-0096-0005
Nov 24,2006 11:59 PM ET
Submitter: Thomas, Martin Posted: 09/22/2006 ID: APHIS-2006-0096-0006
Nov 24,2006 11:59 PM ET
Submitter: Dopp, Mark Posted: 09/28/2006 ID: APHIS-2006-0096-0007
Nov 24,2006 11:59 PM ET
Submitter: Donald, Ross Posted: 10/05/2006 ID: APHIS-2006-0096-0009
Nov 24,2006 11:59 PM ET
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