In the October 29, 2015, Federal Register, USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ("APHIS") issued a final rule amending the user fee regulations by adding new fee categories and adjusting current fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine and inspection services that are provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, trucks, railroad cars and aircraft, and international passengers arriving at ports in the customs territory of the United States. APHIS is also adjusting or removing the fee caps associated with commercial trucks, vessels, and railcars. This is necessary to recover the costs of the current level of activity, to account for actual increases in the cost of doing business, and to more accurately align fees with the costs associated with each fee service. The rule is effective December 28, 2015.

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