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assessed. There will be no recur-
ring fee since the original per-
NIT for a structure, such as a
pier, carries with it the authority
to keep the structure in proper
repair. In waters where areas
have been established within
which permits for fishing struc-
lures are not required, no fee
will be levied under the proposed
schedule. Any fishing facilities
which do not require structure
being placed in navigable waters
have not in the past, and will not
in the future, require a permit.
Accordingly these facilities will
not be included in the schedule
and no fees will be levied"
Brig. Gen. c. H. Chorpening,
Assistant Chief of Engineers for
Civil Works. provided the follow
ing information:
1T is now apparent that the
originally proposed schedule
must be revised to insure that
such fees as will be charged shall
properly reflect the public inter
est in assessing the administrat-
i've costs of processing the var
ious permits; and, further, that
they shall be applicable, on an
equitable and fair basis, through
out the country. Specifically, the
value of structures or work COW
cred by a permit will not be used
to determine the fee, since the
administrative actions required
prior to issuance are a more prop
er measure of the appropriate
fee.
ut has been particularly noted
that many comments have been
received with regard to the I'M
fairness of charging a fee per
bumper trip and the examples
cited have been sucicient to show
that such a basis for fees is not
widely applicable. An adjust
ment in this respect is contem-
plated.
considerable misrepresentation
has been expressed that, through
these proposed fees, the Federal
Government would establish a
tax ON fishing. Where permits are
not required, as is the case in nu-
merous instances, no fee would
be imposed. Where permits sre
required, one fee would be az
sessed when new permits are is
sued or old permits are revised
or extended. The fees will not be
retroactive.
The applicability of any fees
to permits issued to state and To-
cal government agencies is being
reconsidered. Consideration in
this regard is being given to the
comments furnished by many
such agencies in response to the
publication of the proposed
schedule in the Federal Register.
while it is not possible to
give categorical answers covering
all possible eventualities at this
time much of the concern of in
terested parties has been unWar-
ranted based on the misappre-
hension that the Department was
to extend its jurisdiction and re-
quire permits where none had
been required before or to
change its past practice and pro-
cedure. Fishermen, for example,
seem to have the general impress
sion that a form of licensing tax
is being proposed. The fact is, of
course, that the Department is
concerned only where structures,
such as piles, are placed in the
water, and the Department has
no intention of requiring a per-
NIT now where no permit was
ever required in the past. SINH
larly, in the case of permits for
dredging and dumping, where it
had been the practice to issue a
single permit for the entire work,
that practice would remain I'M
changed and no separate permit
would be required for the dump
ing"