APHIS Announces User Fee Program Web Site
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces the availability of a Web site that contains information about the Agency’s user fees to recover the costs of providing certain goods and services: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/userfees/index.shtml.
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For each of the following user fee programs, the Web site provides a description of the services or goods for which a fee is charged, the statutory authority for APHIS to collect and retain the fees, the current rates, how APHIS determined the amount of the fees, any scheduled rate changes, and other information pertinent to that user fee program.
- Agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) services;
- Export certification of plants and plant products;
- Veterinary services for imports and exports of live animals and products;
- Veterinary diagnostic goods and services; and
- Reimbursable overtime services.