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1 riod ending on June 30, 1994, and the permittee's 



2 proforma average ski area permit fee (ASF) under 



3 subsection (a) for each year of that period. Both the 



4 AEF and ASF shall be determined by adding to- 



5 gether the fee payment made by the ski area or the 



6 estimated pajonent that would have been paid under 



7 subsection (a) for each year of that period and divid- 



8 ing by three. 



9 "(2) Determination of transitional 



10 FEES. — To calculate the ski area permit fee required 



11 by subsection (a) for each year in the five-year pe- 



12 riod ending on June 30, 1999, the Secretary of Ag- 



13 riculture shall divide the ski area permit fee required 



14 by subsection (a) by the ASF and then multiply by 



15 the AEF. The resulting fee shall be called the Ad- 



16 justed Base Fee (ABF). After June 30, 1999, all ski 



17 areas will pay the ski area permit fee required by 



18 subsection (a) without regard to pre\ious fees or 



19 rates paid. 



20 ''(3) Effect of low arf.— Should the ABF 



21 be less than the ski area permit fee required by sub- 



22 section (a), the ski area permittee shall pay the less- 



23 er of the fee required by subsection (a) or the ABF, 



24 which shall be adjusted by multiphing the ABF 



25 by— 



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