User fees for certain international services.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (b) (2) The following categories of commercial vessels are exempt from paying an AQI user fee: (i) Foreign passenger vessels making at least three trips a week from a port in the United States to the high seas (including “cruises to nowhere”) and returning to the same port in the United States, not having touched any foreign port or place, or taken on any stores; (ii) Any vessel which, at the time of arrival, is being used solely as a tugboat; (iii) Vessels used exclusively in the governmental service of the United States or a foreign government, including any agency or political subdivision of the United States or a foreign government, so long as the vessel is not carrying persons or merchandise for commercial purposes; (iv) Vessels arriving in distress or to take on fuel, sea stores, or ship's stores; and (v) Tugboats towing vessels on the Great Lakes. (vi) Barges traveling solely between the United States and Canada that do not carry cargo originating from countries other than the United States or Canada and do not carry plants or plant products, or animals or animal products, and that do not carry soil or quarry products from areas in Canada listed in § 319.77-3 of this chapter as being infested with gypsy moth. (vii) Vessels returning to the United States after traveling to Canada solely to take on fuel. (c) (2) [Reserved] (3) Prepayment. (i) The owner or operator of a commercial truck, (A) Vehicle make, model, and model year. (B) Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 354.3