D26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 9,1982 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to increase some and lower other federal grain in spection fees and will hold a public meeting to discuss the changes, a USDA officials said. The proposed increases from 6 to 28 percent are for original inspection, official weighing and supervision of weighing services in the United States and Canada. The proposed decreases are for supervision of truck inspections and protein reinspection. The public meeting is scheduled for Oct. 13 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in Room 1072-S of USDA’s South Building, Washington, D.C. “Even though the Federal Gram (Inspection Service has significantly decreased ex penditures this past year by more than $l2 million, revenue still does not adequately cover the current or projected costs of providing most of the services,” said Ken ALFALFA For Premium Yields Top Dressed And Spray For Insects Call us for your soybean weed control Bulk blends to your specifications Spreaders & spreading service Limestone SALT - Water softener & feeding salt F.H. KREIDER • COMPLETE RADIAL INVENTORY • TRUCK TIRES IN ALL SIZES COMPLETE ON THE FARM TRUCK AND TRACTOR TIRE SERVICE Leola Tire Service, Inc. 258 W. Main St., Leola 656-6181 or 656-2574 Open 7tosMon. Wed, Jues.Thu,s-7 toNqoriS a ;. USDA proposes neth A. Gilles, administrator of USDA’s Federal Grain Inspection Service. “Basic fees under the U.S. Grain Standards Act have not been increased since December 1980. ’ ’ In the past year, the Federal Gram Inspection Service has cut its workforce from 1,452 to 1,013, closed its five regional offices and five field offices, reduced travel costs and other discretionary expenses, Gilles said. “We plan further cost reductions for fiscal year 1983, and we will continue to monitor costs and revenues to determine if fees are at the minimum level necessary to assure effective services,” he said. Under the proposal: —Fees for providing inspection services under contract m the U.S. during regular workdays would be increased from $18.60 to $21.80 per hour and from $22 to $25.20 per hour for a non-regular mght, weekend and holiday workday. In Canada, the fees under contract 2400 Dairy Rd. 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E*»- —Hourly fees, rather than a per unit carrier fee, for some original inspection services; —A separate fee for travel tune and costs for special services related to original inspection and official weighing and all appeal and reinspecton services perfomed more than 20 miles from a service representative’s assigned duty station; —A fee for standby time when it is not feasible to reassign a service representative to perform service at a different location; —A fee for all equipment and scale testing services; and —"Factor only” inspection fees for a maximum of two factors for USDA supervision of official state and private agencies. USDA is proposing also to reduce fees for supervision of truck in spection and protein reinspection services provided by official state and private agencies. Truck in spections would decrease from $1 to 75 cents and protein reinspection from 75 cents to 25 cents. 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