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USDA/APHIS

RIN: 0579-AD77

Publication ID: Spring 2013

Title: ●User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend the user fee regulations by adding new fee categories and adjusting current fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine and inspection services that are provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international passengers arriving at ports in the customs territory of the United States. It would also adjust the fee caps associated with commercial vessels, commercial trucks, and commercial railcars. Based on the conclusions of a third party assessment of the user fee program and on other considerations, we have determined that revised user fee categories and revised user fees are necessary to recover the costs of the current level of activity, to account for actual and projected increases in the cost of doing business, and to more accurately align fees with the costs associated with each fee service.
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Economically Significant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: Yes	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 354
Legal Authority: 7 USC 7701 to 7772 7 USC 7781 to 7786 7 USC 8301 to 8317 21 USC 136 and 136a 49 USC 80503

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	09/00/2013
NPRM Comment Period End	11/00/2013

Additional Information: Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: William E Thomas Senior Agriculturist, Office of the Deputy Administrator, PPQ Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Unit 140, 4700 River Road, Unit 130, Riverdale, MD 20737 Phone:301 851-2306 Michael Peranio Chief, User Fees, Financial Services Branch, FMD, MRPBS Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 4700 River Road, Unit 55, Riverdale, MD 20737 Phone:301 851-2852