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 Champaign-Danville Grain Inspection Departments INC

 Phone: (217)344-9306

 2002 N. Linview Ave Urbana, IL 61801

Effective Date: January 1st, 2024. “Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) must approve all fees for official 

services and official agencies will assess only fees appearing on their current approved fee schedule.

Regular hours: Monday thru Friday except holidays

7:00am-3:30pm Urbana, Hoopeston, Curran, Marshall, Reddick, IL offices

7:00am-3:30pm Morocco, IN office (local time zone)

All requests for service should be ordered by 3:00 pm the preceding day or the proceeding Friday for the 

weekend and Monday.

Sampling fees during regular hours in addition to unit fees below:

Hourly Rates: Sampler / Technician Inspector Weigher

Regular Time $25.00 $27.50 $25.00

Overtime $37.50 $41.25 $37.50

Sunday / Holiday $50.00 $55.00 $50.00

Hourly rates will be charged in quarter hour increments. All overtime, Sunday, and holiday rates will be assessed 

in addition to unit fees. Overtime will be assessed for all work performed outside regular hours. A minimum call 

out charge of four (4) hours will be assessed at applicable hourly rate outside regular business hours. 

Personnel Safety:

It is the customer’s responsibility to make the grain, commodity, or stowage area safely accessible. Agency 

employees do not open or close doors or lids on railcars or shipping containers. There must be a minimum of 

two people at all times on top of railcars and in the immediate vicinity at facilities where 

services are being performed. This can be two agency employees or one agency 

employee and one customer employee. This is to “render aid if needed” or to 

call for assistance.

Weather Policy: 

Agency will adhere to the following inclement weather policy: Sampling and 

stowage examination requests may be delayed, curtailed, or dismissed when 

any of the following conditions exist: High winds, rainfall, snow, ice and other 

conditions that are dangerous to employee and/or facility specific conditions that 
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could put employees providing services in jeopardy. Adequate lighting must be provided when onsite services 

are requested after sunset. 

Holidays:

New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, 

Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Holidays which fall on Saturday will be it celebrated on the 

preceding Friday, those which fall on Sunday will be celebrated on the following Monday.

On call charges:

On call charges occur when an applicant requests personnel to be available outside regular business hours. 

Elevator must establish a start / notification time for agency personnel to be available for work. If the work is 

not performed at this time and personnel are requested to continue on call waiting for a return notification of 

work, a charge of two (2) hours at the applicable rate of pay will be charged to the requesting facility.

Travel time will be charged for all travel during regular business hours. Applicable hourly rate per employee, per 

trip, in quarter hour increments or fraction of based on mileage traveled.

Mileage Rate:

The IRS standard mileage rate will be assessed for all services performed basis portal to portal. Any change to

the mileage rate is effective when the IRS changes their standard mileage rate. Mileage will be prorated when 

more than one elevator per trip. 

• FGIS Administrative Tonnage Fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, FGIS administrative tonnage fees 

for export grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to Canada and 

Mexico, will be assessed at the current per metric ton rate identified in FGIS Directive 9180.74 Service Fees 

and Billing Codes, Attachment 1. Invoices will identify assessed administrative tonnage fees as separate line 

items per applicable carrier/unit type.

• FGIS Supervision Fees. In addition to all other applicable fees, FGIS supervision fees for domestic U.S. grain 

shipments inspected and/or weighed, including land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico, will be 

assessed at the current per metric ton rate identified in FGIS Directive 9180.74 Service Fees and Billing 

Codes, Attachment 2. Invoices will identify assessed supervision fees as separate line items per applicable 

carrier/unit type. 

On-site inspection service:

Applicable hourly rate per person plus unit fee if personnel are available. 

Champaign Danville Grain Inspection reserves the right to determine the 

number of personnel to properly service the customer. Elevator will be 

charged at the hourly rate of one (1) railcar per quarter (1/4) hour of standby 

time. 
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Official Service Fees: Includes sampling charges except as indicated 

Service: 

Railcars, per car, mechanical diverter (plus applicable hourly rate) $19.50

Railcars, per car, probe/pelican (plus applicable hourly rate) $20.50

Truck/Trailer per unit (plus applicable hourly rate) $15.25

Container per unit (plus applicable hourly rate) $20.00

Barge D/T, probe sample, per 1000 bu, or fraction of

(plus, applicable hourly rate) $4.50

Sacks, per metric ton or fraction of (plus applicable hourly rate) $1.50

Submitted sample $12.00

Reinspection:

File sample of official unit $12.00

New sample, same as original fee (plus applicable hourly rate)

Submitted sample same as original unit fee $12.00

Aflatoxin/Fumonison/ Vomitoxin/ per test $35.00

Ochratoxin per test $36.00

Stress crack testing $12.50

Waxy corn test-per determination $15.00

SBOC- per determination $2.50

Fax reporting of results $1.50

Insect damage kernel count $4.00

Official weighing service per carrier (plus applicable hourly rate) $5.25

Official weighing service barge with inspection $26.00

Official weighing service barge without inspection

(plus, applicable hourly rate, minimum of 4 hours) $26.00

Sampling only, barge $100.00

Sampling only per unit $13.00

Stowage examination-when physically on cars (plus applicable hourly rate) $3.50

Duplicate/Resending/Correction of certificate

(if incorrect information is supplied by customer) $2.50

NIRT (protein and oil) $12.00

Phyto only grain $15.00

Check testing D/T sampler & Check testing onsite lab equipment-

$35.00 per hour per person plus mileage and travel time at applicable rate.

 

Services not covered by above fees will be assessed at applicable hourly 

rates.Official Commercial Inspection Services are available. Contact Urbana

office for information.

Service charges for unpaid balances in the amount of 1.5% per month will be 

assessed. This fee would be effective on all balances not paid or postmarked by 

the 25th of the month following the invoice date.
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Unofficial Services:

Weight Supervision per carrier included in certification process / supervision $ 3.50

GMO Testing - per strip $ 15.00

Sample preparation-per sample $ 6.00

Mycotoxin $35.00