User Fees for Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Services
plant-animal-health · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Rule · Published 2023-03-17 · Effective 2023-03-17 · 88 FR 16371
Document
Document number
2023-05280
Federal Register citation
88 FR 16371
CFR reference
7 CFR 354
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
plant-animal-health
Sub-agency
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Publication date
2023-03-17
Effective date
2023-03-17
USDA docket
Docket No. APHIS-2013-0021
Abstract
We are amending our regulations governing the user fees charged for certain Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection (AQI) services. We are reducing the fees charged to remove surcharges that were intended to fund a reserve. This action is necessary in order to ensure the regulations reflect an operational reduction of AQI fees that was announced through a November 1, 2022, Stakeholder Registry announcement, issued to comply with a September 15, 2022, judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and which took effect on December 1, 2022.