Notice2023-17392
Fees for Cruise Ship Operational Sanitation, Construction, and Renovation Inspections
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Published
August 14, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces fees for vessel sanitation, construction, and renovation inspections for fiscal year (FY) 2024. These inspections are conducted by HHS/CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). VSP helps the cruise industry fulfill its responsibility for developing and implementing comprehensive sanitation programs to minimize the risk for acute gastroenteritis. Every passenger cruise vessel that has a foreign itinerary involving a U.S. port and carries 13 or more passengers is subject to twice-yearly unannounced operational sanitation inspections and, when necessary, reinspection. Cruise vessel design and equipment must meet VSP's sanitary design criteria standards and routine operational inspection requirements. Cruise vessel owners or shipyards that build or renovate cruise vessels can request construction or renovation inspections of new or renovated vessels before their first or next operational inspection.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 155 (Monday, August 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55048-55049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17392]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fees for Cruise Ship Operational Sanitation, Construction, and
Renovation Inspections
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, construction, and renovation inspections
for fiscal year (FY) 2024. These inspections are conducted by HHS/CDC's
Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). VSP helps the cruise industry fulfill
its responsibility for developing and implementing comprehensive
sanitation programs to minimize the risk for acute gastroenteritis.
Every passenger cruise vessel that has a foreign itinerary involving a
U.S. port and carries 13 or more passengers is subject to twice-yearly
unannounced operational sanitation inspections and, when necessary,
reinspection. Cruise vessel design and equipment must meet VSP's
sanitary design criteria standards and routine operational inspection
requirements. Cruise vessel owners or shipyards that build or renovate
cruise vessels can request construction or renovation inspections of
new or renovated vessels before their first or next operational
inspection.
DATES: These fees apply to inspections conducted from October 1, 2023,
through September 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CAPT Luis Rodriguez, Acting Chief,
Vessel Sanitation Program, National Center for Environmental Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS
106-6, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3717; phone: 800-323-2132; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#55232625153631367b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec9a9f9cac8f888fc28b839a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Background
HHS/CDC established the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) in the
1970s as a cooperative activity with the cruise industry. VSP helps the
cruise 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). 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 there exists rodent, insect, or other vermin
infestations; contaminated food or water; or other insanitary
conditions requiring measures for the prevention of the introduction,
transmission, or spread of communicable diseases.
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 for inspections conducted during FY 2024
(beginning on October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024).
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The following formula will be used to determine the fees:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN14AU23.000
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 most recently published in the Federal
Register on December 1, 2022 (87 FR 73767). The fee schedule for FY
2024 is presented in Appendix A.
Fee
The fee schedule (Appendix A) applies to inspections conducted from
October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
Applicability
The fees will apply to all passenger cruise vessels for which
inspections are conducted as part of HHS/CDC's Vessel Sanitation
Program.
Tiffany Brown,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Appendix A
Fee Schedule For Each Vessel Size--Operational Sanitation Inspections
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Inspection
Vessel size (GRT \1\) fee (US$)
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Extra Small (<3,000 GRT)................................... 1,495
Small (3,001-15,000 GRT)................................... 2,990
Medium (15,001-30,000 GRT)................................. 5,980
Large (30,001-60,000 GRT).................................. 8,970
Extra Large (60,001-120,000 GRT)........................... 11,960
Mega (120,001-140,000 GRT)................................. 17,940
Super Mega (<140,001 GRT).................................. 23,920
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\1\ Gross register tonnage in cubic feet, as shown in Lloyd's Register
of Shipping (<a href="https://www.lr.org/en/">https://www.lr.org/en/</a>).
Operational sanitation inspections and re-inspections involve
the same procedures and require the same amount of time, so they are
charged at the same rates.
Fee Schedule For Each Vessel Size--Construction and Renovation
Inspections
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Inspection
Vessel size (GRT\1\) fee (US$)
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Extra Small (<3,000 GRT)................................... 2,990
Small (3,001-15,000 GRT)................................... 5,980
Medium (15,001-30,000 GRT)................................. 11,960
Large (30,001-60,000 GRT).................................. 17,940
Extra Large (60,001-120,000 GRT)........................... 23,920
Mega (120,001-140,000 GRT)................................. 35,880
Super Mega (>140,001 GRT).................................. 47,840
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\1\ Gross register tonnage in cubic feet, as shown in Lloyd's Register
of Shipping (<a href="https://www.lr.org/en/">https://www.lr.org/en/</a>).
Construction and renovation inspections require at least twice
the amount of time as operational sanitation inspections, so they
are charged double the rates.
[FR Doc. 2023-17392 Filed 8-11-23; 8:45 am]
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