[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 169 (Wednesday, August 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54193-54194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22242]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2011-0076]
Fiscal Year 2012 Veterinary Import/Export, Diagnostic Services,
and Export Certification for Plants and Plant Products User Fees
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice pertains to user fees charged for Veterinary
Services animal quarantine and other import- and export-related
services that we provide for animals, animal products, birds, germ
plasm, organisms, and vectors; for certain veterinary diagnostic
services; and for export certification of plants and plant products.
The purpose of this notice is to remind the public of the user fees for
fiscal year 2012 (October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on user fee rate
development, contact Mrs. Kris Caraher, Accountant, Financial Services
Branch, FMD, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 55, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;
(301) 734-0882.
For information on Veterinary Services animal quarantine and other
import and export program operations, contact Ms. Carol A. Tuszynski,
Director, Planning, Finance, and Strategy, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 58, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-0832.
For information on plant and plant product export certification
program operations, contact Mr. Marcus McElvaine, Senior Export
Specialist, Phytosanitary Issues Management, Plant Health Programs,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 50, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301)
734-8414.
For information concerning veterinary diagnostic program
operations, contact Dr. Elizabeth Lautner, Director, National
Veterinary Services Laboratories, VS, APHIS, 1800 Dayton Ave., Ames, IA
50010; (501) 663-7301.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Veterinary Import/Export User Fees
The regulations in 9 CFR part 130 (referred to below as the
regulations) list user fees for import- and export-related services
provided by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for
animals, animal products, birds, germ plasm, organisms, and vectors.
These user fees are authorized by section 2509(c)(1) of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as amended (21 U.S.C.
136a), which provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may establish
and collect fees that will cover the cost of providing import- and
export-related services for animals, animal products, birds, germ
plasm, organisms, and vectors.
The veterinary import/export user fees are found in Sec. Sec.
130.2 through 130.11 and Sec. Sec. 130.20 through 130.30 of the
regulations and cover the following:
Any service rendered by an APHIS representative for each
animal or bird receiving standard housing, care, feed, and handling
while quarantined in an APHIS-owned or -operated animal import center
or quarantine facility;
Birds or poultry, including zoo birds or poultry,
receiving nonstandard housing, care, or handling to meet special
requirements while quarantined in an APHIS-owned or -operated animal
import center or quarantine facility;
Exclusive use of space at APHIS Animal Import Centers;
Processing import permit applications;
Any service rendered by an APHIS representative for live
animals presented for importation or entry into the United States
through a land border port along the United States-Mexico border;
Any service rendered for live animals at land border ports
along the United States-Canada border;
Miscellaneous services;
Pet birds quarantined in an animal import center or other
APHIS-owned or -supervised quarantine facility;
The inspection of various import and export facilities and
establishments;
The endorsement of export health certificates that do not
require the verification of tests or vaccinations;
The endorsement of export health certificates that require
the verification of tests and vaccinations; and
Hourly rate and minimum user fees.
On October 1, 2011, the veterinary import/export user fees for
fiscal year 2012 will take effect. You may view the regulations in 9
CFR part 130, which includes charts showing all of the fiscal year 2012
veterinary import/export user fees, on the Internet at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_11/9cfr130_11.html.
Veterinary Diagnostic Services User Fees
User fees to reimburse APHIS for the costs of providing veterinary
diagnostic services are also contained in 9 CFR part 130. These user
fees are authorized in section 2509(c) of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as amended (21 U.S.C. 136a), which
provides that the Secretary of Agriculture may, among other things,
prescribe regulations and collect fees to recover the costs of
veterinary diagnostics relating to the control and eradication of
communicable diseases of livestock and poultry within the United
States.
Veterinary diagnostics is the work performed in a laboratory to
determine whether a disease-causing organism or chemical agent is
present in body tissues or cells and, if so, to identify those
organisms or agents. Services in this category include: (1) Performing
identification, serology, and pathobiology tests and providing
diagnostic reagents and other veterinary diagnostic materials and
services for the National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) in
Ames, IA; and (2) performing laboratory tests and providing reagents
and other veterinary diagnostic materials and services at the NVSL
Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (NVSL FADDL) in Greenport,
NY.
The veterinary diagnostic services user fees are found in
Sec. Sec. 130.14 through 130.19 and cover the following:
Bacteriology isolation and identification tests performed
at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized sites;
Virology identification tests performed at NVSL (excluding
FADDL) or other authorized sites;
Bacteriology serology tests performed at NVSL (excluding
FADDL) or other authorized sites;
Virology serology tests performed at NVSL (excluding
FADDL) or other authorized sites;
Veterinary diagnostic tests performed at the Pathobiology
Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized sites;
Bacteriology reagents produced by the Diagnostic
Bacteriology Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized
sites;
Virology reagents produced by the Diagnostic Virology
Laboratory at NVSL (excluding FADDL) or other authorized sites; and
Other veterinary diagnostic services or materials
available from NVSL (excluding FADDL).
On October 1, 2011, the veterinary diagnostic services user fees
for fiscal year 2012 will take effect. You may view the regulations in
9 CFR part 130, which includes charts showing all of the fiscal year
2012 veterinary import/export user fees, on the Internet at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_11/9cfr130_11.html.
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User Fees for Export Certification of Plants and Plant Products
User fees for the issuance of export certificates for plants and
plant products are contained in 7 CFR part 354. Export certificates
issued in accordance with the regulations certify agricultural products
as being considered free from plant pests, according to the
phytosanitary requirements of the foreign countries to which the plants
and plant products may be exported. Export certificates are also issued
to certify that reexported plants or plant products conform to the most
current phytosanitary requirements of the importing country and that,
during storage in the United States, the consignment has not been
subjected to risk of infestation or infection. These export
certificates must be issued in accordance with 7 CFR part 353 to be
accepted in international commerce.
In a final rule published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2009
(74 FR 32391-32400, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0137), and effective October
1, 2009, we established, for fiscal years 2007 through 2012 and beyond,
user fees charged for export certification of plants and plant
products. Services for this category include: (1) Certification for
export or reexport of a commercial shipment; (2) certification for
export or reexport of a low-value commercial or noncommercial shipment;
and (3) replacement of any certificate for export or reexport.
The user fees charged for export certification of plants and plant
products are found in Sec. 354.3(g) and cover the following:
Administrative fee for exporters who receive a certificate
issued on behalf of APHIS by a designated State or county inspector;
Fee for export or reexport certification of a commercial
shipment;
Fee for export or reexport certification of a low-value
commercial shipment;
Fee for export or reexport certification of a
noncommercial shipment; and
Fee for replacing any certificate.
On October 1, 2011, the user fees charged for export certificates
for plants and plant products for fiscal year 2012 will take effect.
You may view the regulations in 7 CFR part 354, which includes charts
showing all of the fiscal year 2012 user fees charged for export
certificates for plants and plant products, on the Internet at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_11/7cfr354_11.html.
Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of August 2011.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-22242 Filed 8-30-11; 8:45 am]
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