Cost of Remittance.

EP 1130-2-550

Change 3

15 Aug 02

Corps personnel or contract gate attendants are directly involved in fee collection.

Personnel costs for duties other than fee collection will not be charged to this account. The

portion of the gate attendant contract to be charged to direct costs will depend on the

language of the contract which delegates duties and responsibilities. Indirect costs of

collection are efforts of project office and District office personnel associated with the

program. Also, indirect costs should include district overhead distribution to the program.

This analysis should be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the recreation use fee program

and should be retained for 2 years.

c. Revenue Reporting. All income derived from fee collection will be deposited into

Special Receipt Account 96-145005.4 (96X5007) and reported in accordance with ER 37-

2-10.

d. Refunds. No refunds for recreation use fees may be made at the project. No

credit voucher or refund will be given for day use fees or for fees for other equipment,

facilities and services as described in paragraph 9-7 above.

(1) Refunds within the NRRSTM are processed according to the current NRRSTM

Operating Procedure Manual.

(2) Other refunds may be requested upon presentation, either in person or by mail, of

the recreation use fee receipt which has been appropriately marked as eligible for a refund

by the Operations Project Manager/Ranger and mailed to the servicing finance and

accounting office along with a completed copy of the Use Fee Refund Request, ENG

FORM 6013-R, AUG 2002, shown in Appendix T. A reproducible copy of this form is

posted on the Natural Resources Management Gateway.

e. Cost of Remittance. Various options exist to pay for the cost of remitting use fee

collections as follows:

(1) Contract fee collectors may be responsible for remittance costs in accordance

with the terms of their contract.

(2) Utilize a VISA check program at field offices.

(3) Make contractual arrangements at a local bank where cashier's checks, bank

drafts or money orders are purchased to pay for remittances.

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