Docket Number: AMS-FGIS-24-0027
Comments Due: November 22, 2024
Summary
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS or Service) proposes to amend its user fee regulations to establish standardized formulas the agency would use to calculate hourly and unit fees. The proposed changes would allow FGIS to charge reasonable fees sufficient to cover the costs of providing official services and re-establish a 3-to 6-month operating reserve, as required by the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA). This proposed rulemaking would also make specified conforming changes and minor technical changes to the regulations to correct two typographical errors.
Submit Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on this proposed rulemaking. AMS encourages comments to be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. Please go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions at that site for submitting comments for AMS-FGIS-24-0027. All comments submitted in response to this proposal are part of the public record and will be posted for public viewing without change at https://www.regulations.gov.
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Contact
Denise Ruggles, Executive Program Analyst, USDA, AMS, FGIS, Telephone: 816-702-3897, Email: Denise.M.Ruggles@usda.gov; or Anthony Goodeman, Senior Policy Advisor, USDA, AMS, FGIS, Telephone: 202-720-2091, Email: Anthony.T.Goodeman@usda.gov.
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