APHIS Withdraws Rule Increasing AQI User Fees Effective November 1st
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a notice, effective October 30, 2009, withdrawing its interim rule which was to raise fiscal year 2010 user fees on November 1, 2009, for agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) services provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international airline passengers arriving at ports in the customs territory of the U.S.
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(APHIS was originally scheduled to increase the AQI user fees by 10-14% effective October 1, 2009, but later decided to delay the increase until November 1, 2009.)
APHIS Withdraws Rule to Explore Other Regulatory Alternatives
APHIS states that it has decided to withdraw its interim rule in order to explore other regulatory alternatives.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 09/29/09 news, 09092920, for BP summary of APHIS' interim rule.
See ITT's Online Archives or 10/01/09 news, 09100105, for BP summary of APHIS' delay, until November 1, 2009, the AQI fee increase.
See ITT's Online Archives or 10/26/09 news, 09102699 8, for BP summary of APHIS' announcement of an October 27, 2009 meeting on the AQI fee increases.)
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APHIS notice (D/N APHIS-2009-0048, FR Pub 11/04/09) available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2009-26518_PI.pdf