Fees for Sanitation Inspections of Cruise Ships and Consultation Services for Ship Construction and Renovation

Resumen

This notice announces fees for vessel sanitation inspections effective January 1, 1998. The Public Health Service (PHS) proposes an additional vessel size category for ships >90,000 gross register tonnage. The purpose of the new ``Mega'' size category is to more accurately recover costs of the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) for conducting sanitary inspections of these super-large ships. The PHS also proposes to begin charging fees for consultation services for ship construction and renovation. The purpose of these charges would be to recover costs of conducting the consultation services for ship construction and renovation. Public comment is requested on the proposed administrative policies to add the new size category for inspections, and to charge for consultation services for ship construction and renovation.