APHIS to Hold Webinars on Proposed Agricultural Inspection Fee Increases
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said it will hold two webinars on May 29 on proposed changes to agricultural quarantine inspection (AQI) and overtime fees at ports of entry. The briefings, one of which will start at 10…
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a.m. and the other at 3 p.m., “will provide a detailed overview of the changes APHIS is proposing to make to recoup the costs of conducting agricultural quarantine inspections (AQI) at U.S. ports of entry,” it said. APHIS proposed the changes to its fees in April. The proposed rule would for the first time add a $375 fee for each treatment conducted under the AQI program, including those conducted by private companies, and remove annual caps on fees for vessels and railcars (see 14042321). Registration is available (here).