Schedule of Fees Authorized by 49 U.S.C. 30141

This document adopts fees for Fiscal Year 2001 and until further notice, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 30141, relating to the registration of importers and the importation of motor vehicles not certified as conforming to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS). We are increasing the fee for the registration of a new importer from $491 to $584, and the annual fee authorized by statute from $350 to $416. These fees include the costs of maintaining the registered importer (RI) program. The fee required to reimburse the U.S. Customs Service for conformance bond processing costs will increase from $5.40 to $5.75 per bond. The fee payable for a petition seeking a determination that a nonconforming vehicle is capable of conversion to meet the FMVSS will be reduced from $199 to $175 if the nonconforming vehicle is substantially similar to conforming vehicles. With respect to vehicles that have no substantially similar counterpart, the petition fee increases from $721 to $800. In addition, the fee payable by the importer of each "substantially similar" vehicle that benefits from an eligibility determination will be reduced to $105 but remain at $125 for vehicles not "substantially similar," regardless of whether the determination is made pursuant to a petition or by NHTSA on its own initiative. This fee does not apply to vehicles imported from Canada admitted under VSA 80-83, or to vehicles imported on and after October 1, 2000 that are covered by determinations that were made on the agency's own initiative before October 1, 2000, for which all costs have now been recovered. Finally, the $16 fee that a RI must pay as a processing cost for review of each conformity package that it submits will remain at $16. However, if the RI files the HS-7 Declaration form for the vehicle electronically with the U.S. Customs Service though the Automated Broker Interface, and the RI has an e-mail address and pays by credit card, the present fee of $13 will be reduced to $6 per vehicl