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(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 

Dated: February 28, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB863] 

Adjustment of Fees for Seafood 

Inspection Services 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a revised fee schedule 

for seafood inspection services. 

SUMMARY: The NMFS Seafood 

Inspection Program is notifying program 

participants of a revised fee schedule. 

DATES: The revised fee schedule applies 

to services rendered as of April 1, 2022, 

until notified otherwise. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Wilson, Office of International 

Affairs and Seafood Inspection, 301– 

427–8350 or at steven.wilson@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) operates a fee-for-service 

seafood inspection program (Program) 

under the authorities of the Agricultural 

Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, the 

Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, and the 

Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970. The 

regulations implementing the Program 

are contained in 50 CFR parts 260 and 

261. The Program offers inspection, 

grading, and certification services, 

including the use of official quality 

grade marks which indicate that specific 

products have been Federally inspected. 

Those wishing to participate in the 

program must request the services and 

submit specific compliance information. 

Since 1992, NMFS has offered 

inspection services based on guidelines 

recommended by the National Academy 

of Sciences, known as Hazard Analysis 

Critical Control Point (HACCP). 

Under the implementing regulations 

for the Program, fees are reviewed at 

least annually to ascertain that the 

hourly fees charged are adequate to 

recover the costs of the services 

rendered. Any necessary adjustments to 

fees are made in accordance with the 

requirements of 50 CFR 260.81 and are 

notified to program participants as 

stipulated at 50 CFR 260.70. This 

Federal Register notice serves to inform 

program participants of an adjusted fee 

schedule, which applies to services 

rendered as of April 1, 2022, until 

notified otherwise. 

NMFS will adjust its fees as outlined 

in this notice, which will apply until 

notified otherwise. Fees will be charged 

to contract and non-contract customers 

requesting services as listed below. The 

cost of other applicable services 

rendered will be recovered through fee 

collection using the base rate of $164 

per hour. 

NMFS will continue to monitor 

revenues and expenses and will use 

adaptive adjustments to react to 

changing levels of demand and 

expenses. NMFS expects to announce 

additional changes to fees within the 

next year to recover the cost of the 

Program as nearly as possible. 

Additional fee increases may need to 

occur regularly to promote full cost 

recovery and to ensure the level and 

structure of reasonable fees are 

consistent with the cost of the services 

rendered and in accordance with 

accounting requirements. 

Revised Fees and Charges for the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (USDC) 

Seafood Inspection Program 

Effective April 1, 2022, per hour fees 

and charges for fishery products 

inspection services will be as follows. 

The base contract and non-contract rates 

will increase by 15 percent from the 

current established rate and will apply 

until notified otherwise. The rate for 

certificate requests will remain at the 

established rate in effect as of June 2021. 

The rate for HACCP/Quality 

Management Program (QMP) contract 

services will decrease by 12 percent 

based on current estimates of the direct 

cost of delivering the services. 

Contract Rates 

Regular time: Services provided 

during any 8-hour shift. 

Overtime: Services provided outside 

the inspector’s normal work schedule. 

In addition to any hourly service 

charge, a night differential fee equal to 

10 percent of the employee’s hourly 

salary will be charged for each hour of 

service provided after 6:00 p.m. and 

before 6:00 a.m. A guarantee of payment 

is required for all contracts equal to 

three months of service or $10,000, 

whichever is greater. 

Non-Contract Rates 

Regular time: Services provided 

within the inspector’s normal work 

schedule, Monday through Friday. 

Overtime: Services provided outside 

the inspector’s normal work schedule. 

Any services under contract in excess 

of the contracted hours will be charged 

at the non-contract rate. 

Contract Rates 

Non-HACCP Contracts 

Regular Time: $164.00 

Overtime: $246.00 

Sunday & Holidays: $328.00 

HACCP/QMP Contracts 

HACCP Regular: $271.00 

HACCP Overtime: $407.00 

HACCP Sunday & Holidays: $542.00 

All Non-Contract Work Rates 

Regular Time: $248.00 

Overtime: $372.00 

Sunday & Holidays: $496.00 

Certificates 

All certificate requests, whether or not 

a product inspection was conducted, 

will be billed at a set flat rate of $99 per 

request. 

Additional information about, and 

applications for, Program services and 

fees may be obtained from NMFS (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Dated: February 25, 2022. 

Alexa Cole, 

Director, Office of International Affairs and 

Seafood Inspection, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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