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Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 14,000. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 14,000. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents (hours): 14,000. 

Estimate of Burden: The public 

reporting burden of the insurance 

companies for the Appendix I collection 

of Controlled Business information is 

estimated to average 24 hours per 

response. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Insurance companies reinsured by FCIC. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 14. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 14. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents (hours): 336. 

Appendix II—Plan of Operations 

Estimate of Burden: The public 

reporting burden of the insurance 

companies for the collection of 

Appendix II information is estimated to 

average 128 hours per response. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Insurance companies reinsured by FCIC. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 14. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 14. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents (hours): 1,792. 

Appendix IV—Quality Control and 

Program Integrity 

Quality Control and Training Plan and 

Report 

Estimate of Burden: The public 

reporting burden of the insurance 

companies for the collection of 

Appendix IV information is estimated to 

average 74 hours per response. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Insurance companies reinsured by FCIC. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 14. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 14. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents (hours): 1,036. 

Agent Training Requirements 

Estimate of Burden: The public 

reporting burden of agents the 

Appendix IV training requirements is 

estimated to average 4 hours per 

response. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Insurance company agents. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 14,000. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 14,000. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents (hours): 56,000. 

Loss Adjuster Training Requirements 

Estimate of Burden: The public 

reporting burden of loss adjusters for the 

Appendix IV training requirements is 

estimated to average 17 hours per 

response. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Insurance company loss adjusters. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 5,500. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 5,500. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents (hours): 93,500. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Martin R. Barbre, 

Manager, Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket Number FSIS–2020–0033] 

2021 Rate Changes for the Basetime, 

Overtime, Holiday, Laboratory 

Services, and Export Application Fees 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

the 2021 rates it will charge meat and 

poultry establishments, egg products 

plants, and importers and exporters for 

providing voluntary, overtime, and 

holiday inspection and identification, 

certification, and laboratory services. 

Additionally, FSIS is announcing that 

there will be no changes to the fee FSIS 

assesses to exporters that choose to 

apply for export certificates 

electronically through the export 

component of the Agency’s Public 

Health Information System. 

The 2021 basetime, overtime, holiday, 

and laboratory services rates will be 

applied on January 3, 2021. 

DATES: FSIS will charge the rates 

announced in this notice beginning 

January 3, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Michael 

Toner, Director, Budget Division, Office 

of the Chief Financial Officer, FSIS, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 2159, 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 

3700; Telephone: (202) 690–8398, Fax: 

(202) 690–4155. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 12, 2011, FSIS published a 

final rule amending its regulations to 

establish formulas for calculating the 

rates it charges meat and poultry 

establishments, egg products plants, and 

importers and exporters for providing 

voluntary, overtime, and holiday 

inspection and identification, 

certification, and laboratory services (76 

FR 20220). 

In the final rule, FSIS stated that it 

would use the formulas to calculate the 

annual rates, publish the rates in 

Federal Register notices prior to the 

start of each calendar year, and apply 

the rates on the first FSIS pay period at 

the beginning of the calendar year. This 

notice provides the 2021 rates, which 

will be applied starting on January 3, 

2021. 

Public Health Information System 

Export Application Fee 

On June 29, 2016, FSIS published the 

final rule, ‘‘Electronic Export 

Application and Certification Charge; 

Flexibility in the Requirements for 

Export Inspection Marks, Devices, and 

Certificates; Egg Products Export 

Certification’’ (81 FR 42225). The 

preamble to the final rule explained that 

FSIS would implement an electronic 

export application and certification 

system available through the Agency’s 

Public Health Information System 

(PHIS) export component. 

The electronic export application and 

certification process provides service 

options to U.S. exporters, enabling them 

to electronically submit, track, and 

manage their export applications. To 

cover the costs of providing this service, 

the final rule established a formulabased fee for electronic export 

applications. The final rule stated that, 

on an annual basis, the Agency would 

update the fee and publish the new fee 

in the Federal Register. 

On September 6, 2017, FSIS 

published a Federal Register notice, 

‘‘Public Health Information System 

(PHIS) Export Component Country 

Implementation’’ (FR 82 42056). The 


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notice announced the delayed 

implementation of the export 

component to ensure sufficient testing 

and outreach to stakeholders and that 

the application fee would be 

recalculated based on available costs 

and number of applications, but would 

not be assessed prior to January 1, 2019. 

In addition, FSIS announced that it 

would implement the PHIS Export 

Component with a limited number of 

countries and gradually expand 

implementation to additional countries. 

On April 29, 2019, FSIS published a 

Federal Register notice, ‘‘Public Health 

Information System Export Component 

Fee’’ (84 FR 17999). This notice 

announced that starting June 1, 2019, 

FSIS would assess a fee of $4.01 to 

exporters that chose to apply for export 

certificates electronically through the 

export component of PHIS. As noted 

below, that fee remains unchanged since 

2019. The 2021 export component fee 

will be applied starting on January 3, 

2021. 

2021 Rates and Calculations 

The following table lists the 2021 

Rates per hour, per employee, by type 

of service: 

Service 

2021 Rate 

(estimates 

rounded to reflect billable 

quarters) 

Basetime ............................... $66.56 

Overtime ............................... 81.72 

Holiday .................................. 96.88 

Laboratory ............................. 84.64 

Export Application ................. * 4.01 

* Per application 

The regulations that cover these fees 

(other than the export application fee) 

state that FSIS will calculate the rates 

using formulas that include the Office of 

Field Operations (OFO) inspection 

program personnel’s previous fiscal 

year’s regular direct pay and regular 

hours (9 CFR 391.2, 391.3, 391.4, 

590.126, 590.128, 592.510, 592.520, and 

592.530). In 2013, an Agency 

reorganization eliminated the Office of 

International Affairs program office and 

transferred all of its inspection program 

personnel to OFO. Therefore, inspection 

program personnel’s pay and hours are 

identified in the calculations as ‘‘OFO 

inspection program personnel’s’’ pay 

and hours. 

FSIS determined the 2021 rates using 

the following calculations: 

Basetime Rate = The quotient of 

dividing the Office of Field Operations 

(OFO) inspection program personnel’s 

previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay 

by the previous fiscal year’s regular 

hours, plus the quotient multiplied by 

the calendar year’s percentage of cost of 

living increase, plus the benefits rate, 

plus the travel and operating rate, plus 

the overhead rate, plus the allowance 

for bad debt rate. 

The calculation for the 2021 basetime 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2020 OFO Regular Direct Pay 

divided by the previous fiscal year’s 

Regular Hours ($434,649,264/ 

14,468,095)] = $30.04 + ($30.04 * 1.0% 

(calendar year 2020 Cost of Living 

Increase)) = $30.34 + $11.15 (benefits 

rate) + $2.67 (travel and operating rate) 

+ $22.39 (overhead rate) + $0.00 (bad 

debt allowance rate) = $66.55, rounded 

up to $66.56, so that it is divisible by 

4. 

Overtime Rate = The quotient of 

dividing the Office of Field Operations 

(OFO) inspection program personnel’s 

previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay 

by the previous fiscal year’s regular 

hours, plus that quotient multiplied by 

the calendar year’s percentage of cost of 

living increase, multiplied by 1.5 (for 

overtime), plus the benefits rate, plus 

the travel and operating rate, plus the 

overhead rate, plus the allowance for 

bad debt rate. 

The calculation for the 2021 overtime 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2020 OFO Regular Direct Pay 

divided by previous fiscal year’s Regular 

Hours ($434,649,264/14,468,065)] = 

$30.04 + ($30.04 * 1.0% (calendar year 

2021 Cost of Living Increase)) = $30.34 

* 1.5 = $45.51 + $11.15 (benefits rate) 

+ $2.67 (travel and operating rate) + 

$22.39 (overhead rate) + $0.00(bad debt 

allowance rate) = $81.72, which is 

divisible by 4. 

Holiday Rate = The quotient of 

dividing the Office of Field Operations 

(OFO) inspection program personnel’s 

previous fiscal year’s regular direct pay 

by the previous fiscal year’s regular 

hours, plus that quotient multiplied by 

the calendar year’s percentage of cost of 

living increase, multiplied by 2 (for 

holiday pay), plus the benefits rate, plus 

the travel and operating rate, plus the 

overhead rate, plus the allowance for 

bad debt rate. 

The calculation for the 2021 holiday 

rate per hour per program employee 

calculation is: 

[FY 2020 OFO Regular Direct Pay 

divided by Regular Hours 

($434,649,264/14,468,095)] = $30.04 + 

($30.04 * 1.0% (calendar year 2020 Cost 

of Living Increase)) = $30.34 * 2 = 

$60.68 + $11.15(benefits rate) + $2.67 

(travel and operating rate) + $22.39 

(overhead rate) + $0.00 (bad debt 

allowance rate) = $96.89, rounded down 

to 96.88, so that it is divisible by 4. 

Laboratory Services Rate = The 

quotient of dividing the Office of Public 

Health Science (OPHS) previous fiscal 

year’s regular direct pay by the OPHS 

previous fiscal year’s regular hours, plus 

the quotient multiplied by the calendar 

year’s percentage cost of living increase, 

plus the benefits rate, plus the travel 

and operating rate, plus the overhead 

rate, plus the allowance for bad debt 

rate. 

The calculation for the 2021 

laboratory services rate per hour per 

program employee is: 

[FY 2020 OPHS Regular Direct Pay/ 

OPHS Regular hours ($24,151,169/ 

503,692)] = $47.95 + ($47.95 * 1.0% 

(calendar year 2020 Cost of Living 

Increase)) = $48.43 + $11.15 (benefits 

rate) + $2.67 (travel and operating rate) 

+ $22.39 (overhead rate) + $0.00 (bad 

debt allowance rate) = $84.64, which is 

already divisible by 4. 

Calculations for the Benefits, Travel 

and Operating, Overhead, and 

Allowance for Bad Debt Rates 

These rates are components of the 

basetime, overtime, holiday, and 

laboratory services rates formulas. 

Benefits Rate: The quotient of 

dividing the previous fiscal year’s direct 

benefits costs by the previous fiscal 

year’s total hours (regular, overtime, and 

holiday), plus that quotient multiplied 

by the calendar year’s percentage cost of 

living increase. Some examples of direct 

benefits are health insurance, 

retirement, life insurance, and Thrift 

Savings Plan basic and matching 

contributions. 

The calculation for the 2021 benefits 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2020 Direct Benefits/(Total 

Regular hours + Total Overtime hours + 

Total Holiday hours) ($197,034,144/ 

17,848,090)] = $11.04 + ($11.04* 1.0% 

(calendar year 2020 Cost of Living 

Increase)) = $11.15. 

Travel and Operating Rate: The 

quotient of dividing the previous fiscal 

year’s total direct travel and operating 

costs by the previous fiscal year’s total 

hours (regular, overtime, and holiday), 

plus that quotient multiplied by the 

calendar year’s percentage of inflation. 

The calculation for the 2021 travel 

and operating rate per hour per program 

employee is: 

[FY 2020 Total Direct Travel and 

Operating Costs/(Total Regular hours + 

Total Overtime hours + Total Holiday 

hours) ($46,500,647/17,848,090)] = 

$2.61 + ($2.61 * 2.3% (2021 Inflation) 

= $2.67. 

Overhead Rate: The quotient of 

dividing the previous fiscal year’s 

indirect costs plus the previous fiscal 

year’s information technology (IT) costs 


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in the Public Health Data 

Communication Infrastructure System 

Fund plus the provision for the 

operating balance less any Greenbook 

costs (i.e., costs of USDA support 

services prorated to the service 

component for which fees are charged) 

that are not related to food inspection by 

the previous fiscal year’s total hours 

(regular, overtime, and holiday) worked 

across all funds, plus the quotient 

multiplied by the calendar year’s 

percentage of inflation. 

The calculation for the 2021 overhead 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2020 Total Overhead/(Total 

Regular hours + Total Overtime hours + 

Total Holiday hours) ($ 390,719,959/ 

17,848,090)] = $21.89 + ($21.89 * 2.3% 

(2020 Inflation) = $22.39. 

Allowance for Bad Debt Rate = 

Previous fiscal year’s total allowance for 

bad debt (for example, debt owed that 

is not paid in full by plants and 

establishments that declare bankruptcy) 

divided by previous fiscal year’s total 

hours (regular, overtime, and holiday) 

worked. 

The 2021 calculation for bad debt rate 

per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2020 Total Bad Debt/(Total 

Regular hours + Total Overtime hours + 

Total Holiday hours) = ($49,837/ 

17,848,090)] = $0.00. 

2021 Electronic Export Application 

Fee The 2021 Electronic Export 

Application Fee: 

Labor Cost ($560,901.60+ ($337,369))+ IT Cost ($1,414,285.60+$0) 

576,192 

= $4.01 

As published in the 2016 final rule, 

the Electronic Export Application Fee 

Formula is: 

Labor Cost (Technical Support + Export Library Maintenance) + IT Cost (Ongoing Operations and Maintenance + eAuthentication) 

Number of Export Applications 

The 2021 electronic export 

application fee remains unchanged 

since 2019. FSIS stated in the 2016 final 

rule (81 FR 42225) and the 2017 Federal 

Register notice (FR 82 42056) that it 

would update and recalculate the fee 

based on the best available estimates for 

costs and number of applications; 

however, the number of export 

applications (the denominator in the 

formula) cannot be accurately assessed 

until a majority of countries are 

included in the export component. 

Therefore, because a majority of 

countries are not yet included in the 

PHIS Export component, the cost 

estimates and projected export 

applications in the final rule remain the 

best estimate for 2021, leaving the 

electronic export application fee 

unchanged. 

Additional Public Notification 

FSIS will make copies of this Federal 

Register publication available through 

the FSIS Constituent Update, which is 

used to provide information regarding 

FSIS policies, procedures, regulations, 

Federal Register notices, FSIS public 

meetings, and other types of information 

that could affect or would be of interest 

to our constituents and stakeholders. 

The Constituent Update is available on 

the FSIS web page. Through the web 

page, FSIS can provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an email 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at: 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information, regulations, directives, and 

notices. Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

No agency, officer, or employee of the 

USDA shall, on the grounds of race, 

color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity, sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, or political 

beliefs, exclude from participation in, 

deny the benefits of, or subject to 

discrimination any person in the United 

States under any program or activity 

conducted by the USDA. 

How to File a Complaint of 

Discrimination 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, which 

may be accessed online at http://

www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ 

docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_

12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you 

or your authorized representative. 

Send your completed complaint form 

or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: 

Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410, Fax: (202) 690–7442. 

Email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), 

should contact USDA’s TARGET Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Done at Washington, DC. 

Paul Kiecker, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–905] 

4th Tier Cigarettes From the Republic 

of Korea: Final Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, and Final Negative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 4th tier 

cigarettes from the Republic of Korea 

(Korea) are being, or are likely to be, 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV) during the period of 

investigation (POI), October 1, 2018 

through September 30, 2019. The final 

weighted-average dumping margins are 

listed below in the section entitled 

‘‘Final Determination.’’ 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Martin, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 


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