7 CFR § 340.9 - Costs and charges.

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title: "7 CFR § 340.9 - Costs and charges."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "340.9"
section_name: "Costs and charges."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "340"
part_name: "INTRODUCTION OF ORGANISMS AND PRODUCTS ALTERED OR PRODUCED THROUGH GENETIC ENGINEERING WHICH ARE PLANT PESTS OR WHICH THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE ARE PLANT PESTS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3."
regulatory_source: "90 FR 25124, June 16, 2025, unless otherwise noted."
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# 340.9 Costs and charges.

The services of the inspector during regularly assigned hours of duty and at the usual places of duty shall be furnished without cost.
<sup>13</sup>
[^] The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not be responsible for any costs or charges incident to inspections or compliance with the provisions of this part, other than for the services of the inspector.

<sup>13</sup> The Department's provisions relating to overtime charges for an inspector's services are set forth in 7 CFR part 354.