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

This document adopts fees for Fiscal Year 1999 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). NHTSA is reducing the fee for the registration of a new importer from $501 to $491, and increasing the fee for annual renewal of registration from $332 to $350. These fees include the costs of maintaining the registered importer program. The fee required to reimburse the U.S. Customs Service for bond processing costs is increased by $0.25, from $5.15 to $5.40 per bond. The fee payable for a petition seeking a determination that a nonconforming vehicle is capable of conversion to meet the FMVSS remains at $199 if the petition claims that the nonconforming vehicle is substantially similar to conforming vehicles. With respect to vehicles that have no substantially similar counterpart, the petition fee remains at $721. In addition, the fee payable by the importer of each vehicle that benefits from an eligibility determination is reduced from $134 to $125, regardless of whether the determination is made pursuant to a petition or by NHTSA on its own initiative (this does not apply to vehicles imported from Canada admitted under VSA 80-83). Finally, the new fee adopted in 1997 under which a registered importer must pay a processing cost of $14 for review of each conformity package that it submits is increased to $16. However, if the HS-7 Declaration form for the vehicle is filed electronically with the U.S. Customs Service though the Automated Broker Interface, and the Registered Importer has an e-mail address and pays by credit card, the fee is reduced to $13 per vehicle.