Fees for Sanitation Inspection of Cruise Ships
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 20, 2018)
Notices
Page 28650
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2018-13216
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fees for Sanitation Inspection of Cruise Ships
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces fees for vessel sanitation inspections for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. These inspections are conducted by HHS/CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). VSP helps the cruise line industry fulfill its responsibility for developing and implementing comprehensive sanitation programs to minimize the risk for acute gastroenteritis. Every vessel that has a foreign itinerary and carries 13 or more passengers is subject to twice-yearly unannounced inspections and, when necessary, reinspection.
DATES: These fees are effective October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CDR Aimee Treffiletti, Chief, Vessel Sanitation Program, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS F-59, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3717; phone: 800-323-2132, 770-488-7070, or 954-
356-6650; email: email protected.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Background
HHS/CDC established the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) in the 1970s as a cooperative activity with the cruise ship industry. VSP helps the cruise ship industry prevent and control the introduction, transmission, and spread of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships. VSP operates under the authority of the Public Health Service Act (Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act; 42 U.S.C. 264, ``Control of Communicable Diseases''). Regulations found at 42 CFR 71.41 (Foreign Quarantine--Requirements Upon Arrival at U.S. Ports: Sanitary Inspection; General Provisions) state that carriers arriving at U.S. ports from foreign areas are subject to sanitary inspections to determine whether rodent, insect, or other vermin infestations exist, contaminated food or water, or other sanitary conditions requiring measures for the prevention of the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases are present.
The fee schedule for sanitation inspections of passenger cruise ships by VSP was first published in the Federal Register on November 24, 1987 (52 FR 45019). HHS/CDC began collecting fees on March 1, 1988. This notice announces fees that are effective for FY 2019, beginning on October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019.
The following formula will be used to determine the fees:
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Total cost of VSP = Total cost of operating the program, such as administration, travel, staffing, sanitation inspections, and outbreak response. Weighted number of annual inspections = Total number of ships and inspections per year accounting for vessel size, number of inspectors needed for vessel size, travel logistics to conduct inspections, and vessel location and arrivals in U.S. jurisdiction per year.
The fee schedule was originally established and published in the Federal Register on July 17, 1987 (52 FR 27060). It was most recently published in the Federal Register on July 17, 2017 (82 FR 32707). The fee schedule for FY 2019 is presented in Appendix A.
Fee
The fee schedule (Appendix A) will be effective October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019.
Applicability
The fees will apply to all passenger cruise vessels for which inspections are conducted as part of HHS/CDC's VSP. Inspections and reinspections involve the same procedures, require the same amount of time, and are therefore charged at the same rates.
Dated: June 14, 2018.
Sandra Cashman,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Appendix A
Fee Schedule for Each Vessel Size
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Inspection fee
Vessel size (GRT\1\) (U.S.)
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Extra Small (120,001 GRT)..................................... 17,940
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\1\ Gross register tonnage in cubic feet, as shown in Lloyd's Register
of Shipping.
FR Doc. 2018-13216 Filed 6-19-18; 8:45 am
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