7 CFR § 504.2 - Fees for deposit and requisition of microbial cultures.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s504.2"
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title: "7 CFR § 504.2 - Fees for deposit and requisition of microbial cultures."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "504.2"
section_name: "Fees for deposit and requisition of microbial cultures."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "504"
part_name: "USER FEES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 9701."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 5365, Feb. 8, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "504"
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# 504.2 Fees for deposit and requisition of microbial cultures.
(a) Depositors of microbial cultures must pay a one-time $670 user fee for each culture deposited on or after December 1, 2015.
(b) For cultures deposited on or after December 1, 2015, requestors must pay a $40 user fee for each culture distributed.
[80 FR 74966, Dec. 1, 2015]