[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43289-43290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X98-10813]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

7 CFR Part 800


Fees for Official Inspection and Official Weighing Services

CFR Correction

    In Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 700 to 899, 
revised as of January 1, 1998, make the following correction:
    On page 476, in Sec. 800.71, in the paragraph (a) tables, following 
Schedule A, Table 3, Schedules B and C were inadvertently omitted. The 
reinstated text reads as follows:


Sec. 800.71  Fees assessed by the Service.

    (a)* * *


     Schedule B--Fees for Official Inspection, Weighing, and Appeal     
               Inspection Services Performed in Canada\1\               
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Regular   Nonregular
                                                    workday     workday 
 Inspection and weighing service (bulk or sacked    (Monday     (Sunday 
                      grain)                          thru        and   
                                                   Saturday)   holiday) 
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(1) Original inspection services and official                           
 weighing services: \2\ \3\                                             
  (i) Contract services (per hour per service                           
   representative)...............................    $103.00    $130.00 
  (ii) Noncontract service (per hour per service                        
   representative)...............................     137.00     172.00 
(2) Extra copies of certificates (per copy)......       3.00       3.00 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Official inspection and weighing services include, but are not      
  limited to grading, weighing, sampling, stowage examination, equipment
  testing, scale testing and certification, test weight reverification, 
  evaluation of inspection and weighing equipment demonstrating official
  inspection and weighing functions, furnishing standard illustrations, 
  and certifying inspection and weighing results.                       
\2\ Fees for reinspection and appeal inspection services shall be       
  assessed at the applicable contract or noncontract hourly rate as the 
  original inspection. However, if additional personnel are required to 
  perform the reinspection or appeal inspection service, the applicant  
  will be assessed the noncontract original inspection hourly fee.      
\3\ Board appeal inspections are based on file samples. See Sec.        
  800.71, Schedule A for Board Appeal fees.                             


    Schedule C--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and    
    Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated   
                    Agencies in the United States\1\                    
                                 Table 1                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Offical  
                                                             inspection 
        Inspection services (bulk or sacked grain)               or     
                                                            reinspection
                                                              services  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Official sample-lot inspection service (white                       
 certificate):                                                          
    (i) For official grade and official factor                          
     determinations:......................................              
        (A) Truck or trailer (per inspection \2\..........       $0.30  
        (B) Boxcar or hopper car (per inspection\2\.......        0.95  
        (C) Barge (per inspection)\2\.....................        6.15  
        (D) Ship (per ship)\3\............................       49.20  
        (E) All other lots (per inspection)\2\ \4\........        0.30  
    (ii) For official factor or official criteria                       
     determinations:......................................              
        (A) Factor determination (per inspection) (maximum              
         2 factors)\5\....................................        0.20  
        (B) Official criteria\2\ \6\......................        0.20  
(2) Stowage examination services:                                       
    (i) Ship (per stowage certificate)....................        3.00  
    (ii) Other carriers (per stowage certificate).........        0.20  

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(3) Warehouseman's sample-lot inspection service (yellow                
 certificate) or submitted sample inspection service (pink              
 certificate):                                                          
    (i) For official grade and official factor                          
     determinations (per inspection)......................        0.30  
    (ii) For official factor or official criteria                       
     determinations:......................................              
        (A) Factor determination (per inspection) (maximum              
         2 factors)\5\....................................        0.20  
        (B) Official criteria\2\ \6\......................        0.20  
(4) Reinspection services:                                              
    (i) Truck, boxcar, hopper car, barge, ship,                         
     warehouseman's sample-lot, submitted sample, factor                
     determination, and all other lots (per sample                      
     inspected)...........................................        0.30  
    (ii) Official criteria\2\ \6\.........................        0.20  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: The footnotes for Table 1 are shown at the end of Table 2.        


                                 Table 2                                
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                                                    Official weighing   
                                                        services        
   Official services (bulk or sacked grain)    -------------------------
                                                 (class X)    (class Y) 
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Official weighing services:                                             
  (i) Truck or trailer (per carrier)..........        $0.30        $0.20
  (ii) Boxcar or hopper car (per carrier).....          .95          .25
  (iii) Barge (per carrier)...................         6.15         1.55
  (iv) Ship (per carrier) \3\ \7\.............        49.20        12.30
  (v) All other lots (per lot or part lot) \4\          .30          .20
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ The fees include the cost of supervision functions performed by the 
  Service for official inspection and weighing services performed by    
  delegated States and/or designated agencies.                          
\2\ A fee shall be assessed for each carrier or sample inspected if a   
  combined lot certificate is issued or a uniform loading plan is used  
  to determine grade.                                                   
\3\ A fee shall be assessed per ship regardless of the number of lots or
  sublots loaded at a specific service point. A fee shall not be        
  assessed for divided-lot certificates.                                
\4\ Inspection services for all other lots include, but are not limited 
  to, sampling service, condition examinations, and examination of grain
  in bins and containers. For weighing services, all other lots include,
  but are not limited to, seavans and inhouse bin transfers.            
\5\ Fees shall be assessed for a maximum of two factors. If more than   
  two factors are determined, fees are assessed at rates in Table 1     
  (1)(i) or (3)(i) above, as applicable, based on carrier or type sample
  represented.                                                          
\6\ Official criteria includes, but is not limited to, protein and oil  
  analyses. A fee shall be assessed for each sample tested.             
\7\ A Class Y ship fee shall be assessed for shipments destined for     
  domestic markets only.                                                

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