2016-20647: Update of Existing and Addition of New User Fees
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The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is amending its user fees to more accurately align fees with the costs associated with each service provided by the Commission. Specifically, the Commission is increasing fees for: Filing complaints and certain petitions; records searches, document copying, and admissions to practice; paper filing of ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) applications; filing applications for special permission; and filing agreements. The Commission is also lowering fees for: Reviewing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests; revising clerical errors on service contracts; revising clerical errors on non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC) service arrangements; and Commission services to passenger vessel operators (PVOs). In addition, the Commission is repealing four existing fees for: Adding interested parties to a specific docket mailing list; the Regulated Persons Index database; database reports on Effective Carrier Agreements; and filing petitions for rulemaking, and adding a new fee for requests for expedited review of an agreement filing.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 11 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 46 CFR 502 Rules of Practice and Procedure
- 46 CFR 503 Public Information
- 46 CFR 515 Licensing, Registration, Financial Responsibility Requirements and General Duties for Ocean Transportation Intermediaries
- 46 CFR 520 Carrier Automated Tariffs
- 46 CFR 530 Service Contracts
- 46 CFR 531 NVOCC Service Arrangements
- 46 CFR 535 Ocean Common Carrier and Marine Terminal Operator Agreements Subject to the Shipping Act of 1984
- 46 CFR 540 Passenger Vessel Financial Responsibility
- 46 CFR 550 Regulations to Adjust or Meet Conditions Unfavorable to Shipping in the Foreign Trade of the United States
- 46 CFR 555 Actions to Address Adverse Conditions Affecting U.S.-Flag Carriers That Do Not Exist for Foreign Carriers in the United States
- 46 CFR 560 Actions to Address Conditions Unduly Impairing Access of U.S.-Flag Vessels to Ocean Trade Between Foreign Ports
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