(a) Official inspection and weighing services. The fees shown in Schedule A apply to official inspection and weighing services performed by FGIS in the U.S. and Canada. The fees shown in Schedule B apply to official domestic inspection and weighing services performed by delegated States and designated agencies, including land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico. The fees charged to delegated States by the Service are set forth in the State's Delegation of Authority document. Failure of a delegated State or designated agency to pay the appropriate fees to the Service within 30 days after becoming due will result in an automatic termination of the delegation or designation. The delegation or designation may be reinstated by the Service if fees that are due, plus interest and any further expenses incurred by the Service because of the termination, are paid within 60 days of the termination. Schedule A--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services Performed
in the United States and Canada \1\
Effective May 1, 2013 Through September 30, 2013
(Fiscal Year 2013)
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \2\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday to Monday to Saturday,
Friday (6 a.m. Friday (6 p.m. Sunday, and Holidays
(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly
Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour)................ $37.80 $39.50 $45.20 $67.20
Noncontract ($ per hour).................... 67.20 67.20 67.20 67.20----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): \4\
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)....................................................... 10.50
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\........................... 8.50
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method).......................................... 19.50
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\................ 17.50
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.)........................................ 2.40
(vi) Waxy corn (per test)................................................................... 2.40
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate
(viii) Other services:
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier):
(1) Truck/container................................................................. 0.40
(2) Railcar......................................................................... 1.40
(3) Barge........................................................................... 2.70(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one
administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the
same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City......................................................................... 0.180
(b) New Orleans......................................................................... 0.088
(c) Portland............................................................................ 0.179
(d) Toledo.............................................................................. 0.288
(e) Delegated States \6\................................................................ 0.055
(f) Designated Agencies \6\............................................................. 0.055----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Canada fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual
cost of travel.\2\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include,
but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying
results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be
charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).\3\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant
scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing
staffing.\4\ Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.
\5\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by
the test kit manufacturer.\6\ Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico.
Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an
FGIS Laboratory \1 2\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X)
Services:
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, &
checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)..... $21.00
(b) Railcar (per carrier)..................... 31.20
(c) Barge (per carrier)....................... 196.90
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.05
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT).........................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling
charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)..... 12.60
(b) Railcar (per carrier)..................... 26.30
(c) Barge (per carrier)....................... 134.60
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.05
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT).........................
(iv) Other services:
(a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and 12.60
factor)......................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)...... 22.10
(c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 6.00
factors).....................................
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use 0.05
hourly rates from Table 1, plus an
administrative fee per hundredweight if not
previously assessed) (CWT)...................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. 13.70
Sampling service additional, item (i) above).
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 67.20
representative)..............................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)......... 31.50
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 29.50
provides kit) \3\............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 40.50
method)......................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 38.50
method-applicant provides kit) \3\...........
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 10.50
etc.)........................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test)...................... 10.50
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test)............. 10.50
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)........ 226.80
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 120.80
availability)............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate from Table 1(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing
service.\5\
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor).. 86.10
(a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors)... 45.20
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional
(hourly rates from Table 1).
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all
other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)......... 31.50
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 29.50
provides kit) \3\............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 49.40
method)......................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 47.40
method-applicant provides kit) \3\...........
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 18.60
etc.)........................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test).................. 18.60
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC)................. 148.10
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)........ 226.80
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 120.80
availability)............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 86.80
representative)..................................(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): \4\
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $268.00 per 53.60
ship)............................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as 53.60
original) (minimum $160.80 per ship).............
(iii) Barge (per examination)..................... 43.10
(iv) All other carriers (per examination)......... 16.80------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and
appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to,
sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations,
and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's
assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for
service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).\2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the
services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec.
800.72(b).\3\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware,
calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit
manufacturer.\4\ If performed outside of normal business, 1\1/2\ times the applicable
unit fee will be charged.\5\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and
forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed
at the rate of $3.20 per sample by the Service.
Table 3--Miscellaneous Services \1\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $67.20
representative) \2\..................................(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers 67.20
(per hour per service representative) \2\............(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service
representative): \2\
(i) Scale testing and certification............... 87.40
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad 87.40
track scales.....................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling 87.40
systems..........................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than 87.40
Railroad Track Scales)...........................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track 87.40
Scale............................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test 525.00
equipment per facility for each requested
service. (Track scales tested under the
Association of American Railroads agreement are
exempt.).........................................
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re- 87.40
verification.....................................
(viii) Special projects........................... 87.40(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) \3\................... 87.40(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year............. 525.00
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year........... 315.00(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per 3.20
sample)..............................................(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate)........ 1.90(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate).... 1.90(9) Faxing (per page)................................. 1.90(10) Special mailing.................................. Actual cost(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other
than normal business hours (use hourly rates from
Table 1).------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $67.20
per hour.\2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at
other than regular business hours will be charged at 1\1/2\ times the
applicable hourly rate. (See Sec. 800.0(b)(14) for definition of
``business day.'')\3\ Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $87.40 plus travel, per diem,
and related expenditures.
Schedule B--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the Service is $0.011 per metric ton of domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) The nature of your business will determine the fees that your business must pay for registration certificates and renewals:
(1) The nature of your business will determine the fees that your business must pay for registration certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in foreign commerce, you must pay $135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in foreign commerce and you are also in a control relationship (see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of the Act) with respect to a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in interstate commerce, you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of registration certificates, you must pay $1.90 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you submit an application to amend a designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to operate as a scale testing organization, you must pay $250.00. Schedule A--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services Performed
in the United States and Canada \1\
Effective October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014
(Fiscal Year 2014)
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \2\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday to Monday to Saturday,
Friday (6 a.m. Friday (6 p.m. Sunday, and Holidays
(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly
Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour)................ $38.60 $40.30 $46.20 $68.60
Noncontract ($ per hour).................... 68.60 68.60 68.60 68.60----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): \4\
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)....................................................... 10.80
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\........................... 8.80
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method).......................................... 19.90
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\................ 17.90
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.)........................................ 2.50
(vi) Waxy corn (per test)................................................................... 2.50
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate.
(viii) Other services
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier):
(1) Truck/container................................................................. 0.50
(2) Railcar......................................................................... 1.50
(3) Barge........................................................................... 2.80(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one
administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the
same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City......................................................................... 0.184
(b) New Orleans......................................................................... 0.090
(c) Portland............................................................................ 0.183
(d) Toledo.............................................................................. 0.294
(e) Delegated States \6\................................................................ 0.057
(f) Designated Agencies \6\............................................................. 0.057----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Canada fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual
cost of travel.\2\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include,
but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying
results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be
charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).\3\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant
scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing
staffing.\4\ Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.\5\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by
the test kit manufacturer.\6\ Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico
Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an
FGIS Laboratory \1 2\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X)
Services:
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1).
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, &
checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)..... $21.50
(b) Railcar (per carrier)..................... 31.90
(c) Barge (per carrier)....................... 200.90
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.06
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT).........................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling
charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)..... 12.90
(b) Railcar (per carrier)..................... 26.90
(c) Barge (per carrier)....................... 137.30
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.06
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT).........................
(iv) Other services:
(a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and 12.90
factor)......................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)...... 22.60
(c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 6.20
factors).....................................
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use 0.06
hourly rates from Table 1, plus an
administrative fee per hundredweight if not
previously assessed) (CWT)...................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. 14.00
Sampling service additional, item (i) above).
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 68.60
representative)..............................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)......... 32.20
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 30.20
provides kit) \3\............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 41.40
method)......................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 39.40
method-applicant provides kit) \3\...........
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 10.80
etc.)........................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test)...................... 10.80
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test)............. 10.80
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)........ 231.40
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 123.30
availability)............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will be
based on the lowest noncontract hourly rate from
Table 1..........................................(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing
service.\5\
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor).. 87.90
(a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors)... 46.20
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional
(hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all
other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)......... 32.20
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 30.20
provides kit) \3\............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 50.40
method)......................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 48.40
method-applicant provides kit) \3\...........
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 19.00
etc.)........................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test).................. 19.00
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC)................. 151.10
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)........ 231.40
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 123.30
availability)............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate from Table 1............................
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 88.60
representative)..................................(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): \4\
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $273.50 per 54.70
ship)............................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as 54.70
original) (minimum $164.10 per ship).............
(iii) Barge (per examination).................... 44.00
(iv) All other carriers (per examination)......... 17.20------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and
appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to,
sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations,
and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's
assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for
service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).\2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the
services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec.
800.72(b).\3\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware,
calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit
manufacturer.\4\ If performed outside of normal business, 1\1/2\ times the applicable
unit fee will be charged.\5\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and
forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed
at the rate of $3.30 per sample by the Service.
Table 3--Miscellaneous Services \1\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $68.60
representative) \2\..................................(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers 68.60
(per hour per service representative) \2\............(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service
representative): \2\
(i) Scale testing and certification............... 89.20
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad 89.20
track scales.....................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling 89.20
systems..........................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than 89.20
Railroad Track Scales)...........................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track 89.20
Scale............................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test 535.50
equipment per facility for each requested
service. (Track scales tested under the
Association of American Railroads agreement are
exempt.).........................................
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re- 89.20
verification.....................................
(viii) Special projects........................... 89.20(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) \3\................... 89.20(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year............. 535.50
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year........... 321.30(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per 3.30
sample)..............................................(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate)........ 2.00(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate).... 2.00(9) Faxing (per page)................................. 2.00(10) Special mailing.................................. Actual cost(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other
than normal business hours (use hourly rates from
Table 1).............................................------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $68.60
per hour.\2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at
other than regular business hours will be charged at 1\1/2\ times the
applicable hourly rate. (See Sec. 800.0(b)(14) for definition of
``business day.'')\3\ Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $89.20 plus travel, per diem,
and related expenditures.
Schedule B--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the Service is $0.011 per metric ton of domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) The nature of your business will determine the fees that your business must pay for registration certificates and renewals:
(1) The nature of your business will determine the fees that your business must pay for registration certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in foreign commerce, you must pay $135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in foreign commerce and you are also in a control relationship (see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of the Act) with respect to a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in interstate commerce, you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of registration certificates, you must pay $2.00 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you submit an application to amend a designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to operate as a scale testing organization, you must pay $250.00. Schedule A--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services Performed
in the United States and Canada \1\
Effective October 1, 2014 Through September 30, 2015
(Fiscal Year 2015)
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \2\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday to Monday to Saturday,
Friday (6 a.m. Friday (6 p.m. Sunday, and Holidays
(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly
Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour)................ $39.40 $41.20 $47.20 $70.00
Noncontract ($ per hour).................... 70.00 70.00 70.00 70.00----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): \4\
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)....................................................... 11.10
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\........................... 9.10
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method).......................................... 20.30
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\................ 18.30
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.)........................................ 2.60
(vi) Waxy corn (per test)................................................................... 2.60
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate:
(viii) Other services:
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier):
(1) Truck/container................................................................. 0.60
(2) Railcar......................................................................... 1.60
(3) Barge........................................................................... 2.90(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one
administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the
same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City......................................................................... 0.188
(b) New Orleans......................................................................... 0.092
(c) Portland............................................................................ 0.187
(d) Toledo.............................................................................. 0.300
(e) Delegated States \6\................................................................ 0.059
(f) Designated Agencies \6\............................................................. 0.059----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Canada fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual
cost of travel.\2\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include,
but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying
results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be
charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).\3\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant
scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing
staffing.\4\ Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.\5\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by
the test kit manufacturer.\6\ Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico.
Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an
FGIS Laboratory \1\ \2\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X)
Services:
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1).
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, &
checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)..... $22.00
(b) Railcar (per carrier)..................... 32.60
(c) Barge (per carrier)....................... 205.00
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.07
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT).........................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling
charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)..... 13.20
(b) Railcar (per carrier)..................... 27.50
(c) Barge (per carrier)....................... 140.10
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.07
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT).........................
(iv) Other services
(a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and 13.20
factor)......................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)...... 23.10
(c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 6.40
factors).....................................
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use 0.07
hourly rates from Table 1, plus an
administrative fee per hundredweight if not
previously assessed) (CWT)...................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. 14.30
Sampling service additional, item (i) above).
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 70.00
representative)..............................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)......... 32.90
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 30.90
provides kit) \3\............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 42.30
method)......................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 40.30
method-applicant provides kit) \3\...........
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 11.10
etc.)........................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test)...................... 11.10
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test)............. 11.10
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)........ 236.10
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 125.80
availability)............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate from Table 1............................(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing
service.\5\
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor).. 89.70
(a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors)... 47.20
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional
(hourly rates from Table 1)..................
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all
other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)......... 32.90
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 30.90
provides kit) \3\............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 51.50
method)......................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 49.50
method-applicant provides kit) \3\...........
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 19.40
etc.)........................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test).................. 19.40
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC)................. 154.20
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)........ 236.10
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 125.80
availability)............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate from Table 1............................
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 90.40
representative)..................................(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): \4\
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $279.00 per 55.80
ship)............................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as 55.80
original) (minimum $167.40 per ship).............
(iii) Barge (per examination).................... 44.90
(iv) All other carriers (per examination)......... 17.60------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and
appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to,
sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations,
and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's
assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for
service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).\2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the
services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec.
800.72(b).\3\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware,
calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit
manufacturer.\4\ If performed outside of normal business, 1\1/2\ times the applicable
unit fee will be charged.\5\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and
forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed
at the rate of $3.40 per sample by the Service.
Table 3--Miscellaneous Services \1\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $70.00
representative) \2\..................................(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers 70.00
(per hour per service representative) \2\............
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service
representative): \2\
(i) Scale testing and certification............... 91.00
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad 91.00
track scales.....................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling 91.00
systems..........................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than 91.00
Railroad Track Scales)...........................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track 91.00
Scale............................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test 546.30
equipment per facility for each requested
service. (Track scales tested under the
Association of American Railroads agreement are
exempt.).........................................
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re- 91.00
verification.....................................
(viii) Special projects........................... 91.00(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) \3\................... 91.00(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year............. 546.30
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year........... 327.80(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per 3.40
sample)..............................................(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate)........ 2.10(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate).... 2.10(9) Faxing (per page)................................. 2.10(10) Special mailing.................................. Actual Cost(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other
than normal business hours (use hourly rates from
Table 1).............................................------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $70.00
per hour.\2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at
other than regular business hours will be charged at 1\1/2\ times the
applicable hourly rate. (See Sec. 800.0(b)(14) for definition of
``business day.'')\3\ Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $91.00 plus travel, per diem,
and related expenditures.
Schedule B--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the Service is $0.011 per metric ton of domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) The nature of your business will determine the fees that your business must pay for registration certificates and renewals:
(1) The nature of your business will determine the fees that your business must pay for registration certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in foreign commerce, you must pay $135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in foreign commerce and you are also in a control relationship (see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of the Act) with respect to a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in interstate commerce, you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of registration certificates, you must pay $2.10 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you submit an application to amend a designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to operate as a scale testing organization, you must pay $250.00. Schedule A--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services Performed
in the United States and Canada \1\
Effective October 1, 2015 Through September 30, 2016
(Fiscal Year 2016)
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \2\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday to Monday to Saturday,
Friday (6 a.m. Friday (6 p.m. Sunday, and Holidays
(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly
Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour)................ $40.20 $42.10 $48.20 $71.40
Noncontract ($ per hour).................... 71.40 71.40 71.40 71.40----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): \4\
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)....................................................... 11.40
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\........................... 9.40
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method).......................................... 20.80
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\................ 18.80
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.)........................................ 2.70
(vi) Waxy corn (per test)................................................................... 2.70
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate.......................................................................................
(viii) Other services.......................................................................
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier):
(1) Truck/container................................................................. 0.70
(2) Railcar......................................................................... 1.70
(3) Barge........................................................................... 3.00(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one
administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the
same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City......................................................................... 0.192
(b) New Orleans......................................................................... 0.094
(c) Portland............................................................................ 0.191
(d) Toledo.............................................................................. 0.306
(e) Delegated States \6\................................................................ 0.061
(f) Designated Agencies \6\............................................................. 0.061----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Canada fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual
cost of travel.\2\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include,
but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying
results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be
charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).\3\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant
scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing
staffing.\4\ Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.\5\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by
the test kit manufacturer.\6\ Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico.
Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an
FGIS Laboratory \1 2\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X)
Services:
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, &
checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)..... $22.50
(b) Railcar (per carrier)..................... 33.30
(c) Barge (per carrier)....................... 209.10
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.08
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT).........................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling
charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)..... 13.50
(b) Railcar (per carrier)..................... 28.10
(c) Barge (per carrier)....................... 143.00
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.08
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT).........................
(iv) Other services:
(a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and 13.50
factor)......................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)...... 23.60
(c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 6.60
factors).....................................
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use 0.08
hourly rates from Table 1, plus an
administrative fee per hundredweight if not
previously assessed) (CWT)...................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. 14.60
Sampling service additional, item (i) above).
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 71.40
representative)..............................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)......... 33.60
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 31.60
provides kit)\3\.............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 43.20
method)......................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 41.20
method-applicant provides kit)\3\............
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 11.40
etc.)........................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test)...................... 11.40
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test)............. 11.40
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing:\4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)........ 240.90
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 128.40
availability)............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate from Table 1............................
(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing
service.\5\
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor).. 91.50
(a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors)... 48.20
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional
(hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all
other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)......... 33.60
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 31.60
provides kit)\3\.............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 52.60
method)......................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 50.60
method-applicant provides kit)\3\............
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 19.80
etc.)........................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test).................. 19.80
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC)................. 157.30
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)........ 240.90
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 128.40
availability)............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 92.30
representative)..................................(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): \4\
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $285.00 per 57.00
ship)............................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as 57.00
original) (minimum $171.00 per ship).............
(iii) Barge (per examination)..................... 45.80
(iv) All other carriers (per examination)......... 18.00------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and
appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to,
sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations,
and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's
assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for
service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).\2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the
services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec.
800.72(b).\3\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware,
calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit
manufacturer.\4\ If performed outside of normal business, 1\1/2\ times the applicable
unit fee will be charged.\5\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and
forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed
at the rate of $3.50 per sample by the Service.
Table 3--Miscellaneous Services \1\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $71.40
representative) \2\..................................(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers 71.40
(per hour per service representative) \2\............(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service
representative): \2\
(i) Scale testing and certification............... 92.90
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad 92.90
track scales.....................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling 92.90
systems..........................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than 92.90
Railroad Track Scales)...........................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track 92.90
Scale............................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test 557.30
equipment per facility for each requested
service. (Track scales tested under the
Association of American Railroads agreement are
exempt.).........................................
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re- 92.90
verification.....................................
(viii) Special projects........................... 92.90(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) \3\................... 92.90(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year............. 557.30
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year........... 334.40(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per 3.50
sample)..............................................(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate)........ 2.20(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate).... 2.20(9) Faxing (per page)................................. 2.20(10) Special mailing.................................. Actual Cost(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other
than normal business hours (use hourly rates from
Table 1).------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $71.40
per hour.\2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at
other than regular business hours will be charged at 1\1/2\ times the
applicable hourly rate. (See Sec. 800.0(b)(14) for definition of
``business day.'')\3\ Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $92.90 plus travel, per diem,
and related expenditures.
Schedule B--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the U.S.
The supervision fee charged by the Service is $0.011 per metric ton of domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) The nature of your business will determine the fees that your business must pay for registration certificates and renewals:
(1) The nature of your business will determine the fees that your business must pay for registration certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in foreign commerce, you must pay $135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in foreign commerce and you are also in a control relationship (see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of the Act) with respect to a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in interstate commerce, you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of registration certificates, you must pay $2.20 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you submit an application to amend a designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to operate as a scale testing organization, you must pay $250.00. Schedule A--Fees for Official Inspection and Weighing Services Performed
in the United States and Canada \1\
Effective October 1, 2016 Through September 30, 2017
(Fiscal Year 2017)
Table 1--Fees for Official Services Performed at an Applicant's Facility in an Onsite FGIS Laboratory \2\----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday to Monday to Saturday,
Friday (6 a.m. Friday (6 p.m. Sunday, and Holidays
(1) Inspection and Weighing Services Hourly
Rates (per service representative):
1-year contract ($ per hour)................ $41.10 $43.00 $49.20 $72.90
Noncontract ($ per hour).................... 72.90 72.90 72.90 72.90----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) Additional Tests (cost per test, assessed in addition to the hourly rate): \4\
(i) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)....................................................... 11.70
(ii) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\........................... 9.70
(iii) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method).......................................... 21.30
(iv) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit method-applicant provides kit) \5\................ 19.30
(v) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, etc.)........................................ 2.80
(vi) Waxy corn (per test)................................................................... 2.80
(vii) Fees for other tests not listed above will be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate
(viii) Other services
(a) Class Y Weighing (per carrier)
(1) Truck/container................................................................. 0.80
(2) Railcar......................................................................... 1.80
(3) Barge........................................................................... 3.10(3) Administrative Fee (assessed in addition to all other applicable fees, only one
administrative fee will be assessed when inspection and weighing services are performed on the
same carrier):
(i) All outbound carriers serviced by the specific field office (per-metric ton):
(a) League City......................................................................... 0.196
(b) New Orleans......................................................................... 0.096
(c) Portland............................................................................ 0.195
(d) Toledo.............................................................................. 0.313
(e) Delegated States \6\................................................................ 0.063
(f) Designated Agencies \6\............................................................. 0.063----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Canada fees include the noncontract hourly rate, the Toledo field office administrative fee, and the actual
cost of travel.\2\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and appeal inspection service and include,
but are not limited to, sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations, and certifying
results performed within 25 miles of an employee's assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be
charged for service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).\3\ Overtime rates will be assessed for all hours in excess of 8 consecutive hours that result from an applicant
scheduling or requesting service beyond 8 hours, or if requests for additional shifts exceed existing
staffing.\4\ Appeal and re-inspection services will be assessed the same fee as the original inspection service.\5\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware, calibration control, and all supplies required by
the test kit manufacturer.\6\ Administrative fee is assessed on export grain inspected and/or weighed, excluding land carrier shipments to
Canada and Mexico.
Table 2--Services Performed at Other Than an Applicant's Facility in an
FGIS Laboratory \1\ \2\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Original Inspection and Weighing (Class X)
Services:
(i) Sampling only (use hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Stationary lots (sampling, grade/factor, &
checkloading):
(a) Truck/trailer/container (per carrier)..... $23.00
(b) Railcar (per carrier)..................... 34.00
(c) Barge (per carrier)....................... 213.30
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.09
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT).........................
(iii) Lots sampled online during loading (sampling
charge under (i) above, plus):
(a) Truck/trailer container (per carrier)..... 13.80
(b) Railcar (per carrier)..................... 28.70
(c) Barge (per carrier)....................... 145.90
(d) Sacked grain (per hour per service 0.09
representative plus an administrative fee per
hundredweight) (CWT).........................
(iv) Other services:
(a) Submitted sample (per sample--grade and 13.80
factor)......................................
(b) Warehouseman inspection (per sample)...... 24.10
(c) Factor only (per factor--maximum 2 6.80
factors).....................................
(d) Checkloading/condition examination (use 0.09
hourly rates from Table 1, plus an
administrative fee per hundredweight if not
previously assessed) (CWT)...................
(e) Re-inspection (grade and factor only. 14.90
Sampling service additional, item (i) above).
(f) Class X Weighing (per hour per service 72.90
representative)..............................
(v) Additional tests (excludes sampling):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)......... 34.30
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 32.30
provides kit) \3\............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 44.10
method)......................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 42.10
method-applicant provides kit) \3\...........
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 11.70
etc.)........................................
(f) Waxy corn (per test)...................... 11.70
(g) Canola (per test-00 dip test)............. 11.70
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)........ 245.80
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 131.00
availability)............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate from Table 1.(2) Appeal inspection and review of weighing
service.\5\
(i) Board Appeals and Appeals (grade and factor).. 93.40
(a) Factor only (per factor--max 2 factors)... 49.20
(b) Sampling service for Appeals additional
(hourly rates from Table 1)
(ii) Additional tests (assessed in addition to all
other applicable tests):
(a) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method)......... 34.30
(b) Aflatoxin (rapid test kit method-applicant 32.30
provides kit) \3\............................
(c) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 53.70
method)......................................
(d) All other Mycotoxins (rapid test kit 51.70
method-applicant provides kit) \3\...........
(e) NIR or NMR Analysis (protein, oil, starch, 20.20
etc.)........................................
(f) Sunflower oil (per test).................. 20.20
(g) Mycotoxin (per test-HPLC)................. 160.50
(h) Pesticide Residue Testing: \4\
(1) Routine Compounds (per sample)........ 245.80
(2) Special Compounds (Subject to 131.00
availability)............................
(i) Fees for other tests not listed above will
be based on the lowest noncontract hourly
rate from Table 1.
(iii) Review of weighing (per hour per service 94.20
representative)..................................(3) Stowage examination (service-on-request): \4\
(i) Ship (per stowage space) (minimum $291.00 per 58.20
ship)............................................
(ii) Subsequent ship examinations (same as 58.20
original) (minimum $174.60 per ship).............
(iii) Barge (per examination).................... 46.80
(iv) All other carriers (per examination)......... 18.40------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Fees apply to original inspection and weighing, re-inspection, and
appeal inspection service and include, but are not limited to,
sampling, grading, weighing, prior to loading stowage examinations,
and certifying results performed within 25 miles of an employee's
assigned duty station. Travel and related expenses will be charged for
service outside 25 miles as found in Sec. 800.72(a).\2\ An additional charge will be assessed when the revenue from the
services in Schedule A, Table 2, does not cover what would have been
collected at the applicable hourly rate as provided in Sec.
800.72(b).\3\ Applicant must provide the test kit, instrument hardware,
calibration control, and all supplies required by the test kit
manufacturer.\4\ If performed outside of normal business, 1\1/2\ times the applicable
unit fee will be charged.\5\ If, at the request of the Service, a file sample is located and
forwarded by the Agency, the Agency may, upon request, be reimbursed
at the rate of $3.60 per sample by the Service.
Table 3--Miscellaneous Services \1\------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Grain grading seminars (per hour per service $72.90
representative) \2\..................................(2) Certification of diverter-type mechanical samplers 72.90
(per hour per service representative) \2\............
(3) Special weighing services (per hour per service
representative): \2\
(i) Scale testing and certification............... 94.80
(ii) Scale testing and certification of railroad 94.80
track scales.....................................
(iii) Evaluation of weighing and material handling 94.80
systems..........................................
(iv) NTEP Prototype evaluation (other than 94.80
Railroad Track Scales)...........................
(v) NTEP Prototype evaluation of Railroad Track 94.80
Scale............................................
(vi) Use of GIPSA railroad track scale test 568.50
equipment per facility for each requested
service. (Track scales tested under the
Association of American Railroads agreement are
exempt.).........................................
(vii) Mass standards calibration and re- 94.80
verification.....................................
(viii) Special projects........................... 94.80(4) Foreign travel (hourly fee) \3\................... 94.80(5) Online customized data service:
(i) One data file per week for 1 year............. 568.50
(ii) One data file per month for 1 year........... 341.10(6) Samples provided to interested parties (per 3.60
sample)..............................................(7) Divided-lot certificates (per certificate)........ 2.30(8) Extra copies of certificates (per certificate).... 2.30(9) Faxing (per page)................................. 2.30(10) Special mailing.................................. Actual Cost(11) Preparing certificates onsite or during other
than normal business hours (use hourly rates from
Table 1).------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Any requested service that is not listed will be performed at $72.90
per hour.\2\ Regular business hours--Monday through Friday--service provided at
other than regular business hours will be charged at \1/2\ times the
applicable hourly rate. (See Sec. 800.0(b)(14) for definition of
``business day.'')\3\ Foreign travel charged hourly fee of $94.80 plus travel, per diem,
and related expenditures.
Schedule B--Fees for FGIS Supervision of Official Inspection and
Weighing Services Performed by Delegated States and/or Designated
Agencies in the United States
The supervision fee charged by the Service is $0.011 per metric ton of domestic U.S. grain shipments inspected and/or weighed, including land carrier shipments to Canada and Mexico.
(a) Registration certificates and renewals. (1) The nature of your business will determine the fees that your business must pay for registration certificates and renewals:
(1) The nature of your business will determine the fees that your business must pay for registration certificates and renewals:
(i) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in foreign commerce, you must pay $135.00.
(ii) If you operate a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in foreign commerce and you are also in a control relationship (see definition in section 17A(b)(2) of the Act) with respect to a business that buys, handles, weighs, or transports grain for sale in interstate commerce, you must pay $270.00.
(2) If you request extra copies of registration certificates, you must pay $2.30 for each copy.
(b) Designation amendments. If you submit an application to amend a designation, you must pay $75.00.
(c) If you submit an application to operate as a scale testing organization, you must pay $250.00. [78 FR 22155, Apr. 15, 2013]