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Modification of the National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal
Accounts To Establish the Protest Filer
Account and Clarification That the
Terms and Conditions for Account
Access Apply to All ACE Portal
Accounts
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U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
This document announces
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s
(CBP’s) plan to modify the National
Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
test concerning Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Portal Accounts to
establish the ACE Protest Filer Account.
After CBP deploys the ACE Protest
Module test at a later date, participants
with an ACE Protest Filer Account will
be able to file an electronic protest in
ACE. This document also clarifies that
CBP’s previously published terms and
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conditions governing access to and use
of the NCAP test of ACE Portal
Accounts apply to all ACE Portal
Accounts, including all ACE Portal
Account types created after the
previously published terms and
conditions. All other aspects of the ACE
Portal Accounts Test remain the same as
set forth in previously published
Federal Register notices.
DATES: The modifications and
clarifications of the ACE Portal Account
Test made by this notice are effective on
August 8, 2016.
The clarification to the terms and
conditions applies to all ACE Portal
Accounts regardless of when the
account was created.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice and any aspect of the modified
ACE Portal Account Test may be
submitted at any time during the testing
period via email to Josephine
Baiamonte, ACE Business Office (ABO),
Office of Trade at josephine.baiamonte@
cbp.dhs.gov. In the subject line of your
email, please indicate, ‘‘Comment on
ACE Portal Account Test FRN’’.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical questions related to the
application or requests for an ACE
Portal Account, including ACE Protest
Filer Accounts, contact the ACE
Account Service Desk by calling 1–866–
530–4172, selecting option 1, then
option 2, or by emailing ACE.Support@
cbp.dhs.gov for assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE)
A. The National Customs Automation
Program
The National Customs Automation
Program (NCAP) was established by
Subtitle B of Title VI—Customs
Modernization in the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Implementation Act (Customs
Modernization Act) (Pub. L. 103–182,
107 Stat. 2057, 2170, December 8, 1993)
(19 U.S.C. 1411). Through NCAP, the
thrust of customs modernization was on
trade compliance and the development
of ACE, the planned successor to the
Automated Commercial System (ACS).
ACE is an automated and electronic
system for commercial trade processing
which is intended to streamline
business processes, facilitate growth in
trade, ensure cargo security, and foster
participation in global commerce, while
ensuring compliance with U.S. laws and
regulations and reducing costs for CBP
and all of its communities of interest.
The ability to meet these objectives
depends on successfully modernizing
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CBP’s business functions and the
information technology that supports
those functions. CBP’s modernization
efforts are accomplished through phased
releases of ACE component
functionality designed to replace
specific legacy ACS functions and add
new functionality.
The procedures and criteria
applicable to participation in the ACE
Portal Account Test remain in effect
unless otherwise explicitly changed by
this notice.
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B. ACE Portal Accounts
On May 1, 2002, the former U.S.
Customs Service, now CBP, published a
general notice in the Federal Register
(67 FR 21800) announcing a plan to
conduct an NCAP test of the first phase
of ACE. The test was described as the
first step toward the full electronic
processing of commercial importations
with a focus on defining and
establishing an importer’s account
structure. That general notice
announced that importers and
authorized parties would be allowed to
access their customs data via an
Internet-based Portal Account. The
notice also set forth eligibility criteria
for companies interested in establishing
ACE Portal Accounts.
Subsequent general notices expanded
the types of ACE Portal Accounts. On
February 4, 2004, CBP published a
general notice in the Federal Register
(69 FR 5360) that established ACE Truck
Carrier Accounts. On September 8,
2004, CBP published a general notice in
the Federal Register (69 FR 54302)
inviting customs brokers to participate
in the ACE Portal Account Test
generally and informing interested
parties that once they had been notified
by CBP that their request to participate
in the ACE Portal Account Test had
been accepted, they would be asked to
sign and submit a ‘‘Terms and
Conditions’’ document. CBP
subsequently contacted those
participants and asked them to also sign
and submit an ACE Power of Attorney
form and an Additional Account/
Account Owner Information form. On
October 18, 2007, CBP published a
general notice in the Federal Register
(72 FR 59105) announcing the
expansion of the ACE Portal Account
Test to include the additional following
ACE account types: Carriers (all modes:
Air, rail, sea); Cartman; Lighterman;
Driver/Crew; Facility Operator; Filer;
Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Operator;
Service Provider; and Surety. More
recently, on October 21, 2015, CBP
published a general notice in the
Federal Register (80 FR 63817)
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announcing the creation of the Exporter
Portal Account.
C. Terms and Conditions for Access to
the ACE Portal Account
On May 16, 2007, CBP published a
general notice in the Federal Register
(72 FR 27632) announcing changes to
the terms and conditions that must be
followed as a condition for access to the
ACE Portal Account and announcing
that the terms and conditions in that
notice superseded and replaced the
‘‘Terms and Conditions’’ document
previously signed and submitted to CBP
by all ACE Portal Account Owners. The
principal changes to the ACE ‘‘Terms
and Conditions’’ included a revised
definition of ‘‘Account Owner’’ to
permit either an individual or a legal
entity to serve in this capacity, new
requirements relating to providing
notice to CBP when there has been a
material change in the status of the
Account and/or Account Owner, and
explanatory provisions as to how the
information from a particular account
may be accessed through the ACE Portal
when that account is transferred to a
new owner. Prior to the publication of
the May 16, 2007 Notice, all parties
wishing to establish an ACE Portal
Account had to sign and submit to CBP
a ‘‘Terms and Conditions’’ document
prior to accessing the ACE Portal. The
‘‘Terms and Conditions’’ document set
forth the obligations and responsibilities
of all parties establishing and accessing
an ACE Portal Account. Because the
‘‘Terms and Conditions’’ document that
all ACE Portal Accounts had to execute
was standard and identical, and due to
the burden on the trade to sign and
submit the document to CBP and on
CBP to track and maintain the
documents submitted, CBP decided to
replace the ‘‘Terms and Conditions’’
document and instead publish the terms
and conditions in the May 16, 2007
Notice. That notice made the terms and
conditions therein applicable to all ACE
Portal Accounts. The terms and
conditions published in that notice
superseded, replaced and rendered null
and void all previously signed and
submitted ‘‘Terms and Conditions’’
documents. The terms and conditions
set forth in the notice also appear on the
introductory screen for the ACE Portal
and must be accepted by any party
seeking access to an ACE Portal
Account.
On July 7, 2008, CBP published a
general notice in the Federal Register
(73 FR 38464) which revised the terms
and conditions set forth in the May 16,
2007 Notice regarding the period of
Portal inactivity which will result in
termination of ACE Portal Account
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access for the inactive user. The July 7,
2008 Notice provided that if forty-five
(45) consecutive days elapse without an
Account Owner, Proxy Account Owner,
or an Account User accessing the ACE
Portal Account, access to the ACE Portal
Account will be terminated. The time
period for allowable ACE Portal
Account inactivity was previously
ninety (90) days.
The failure of a Proxy Account Owner
or an Account User to access the ACE
Portal for a period of forty-five (45) days
consecutively will result in the
termination of access to the ACE Portal
for the Proxy Account Owner or
Account User. Inactivity will not result
in termination of the ACE Portal
Account, but will terminate ACE Portal
Account access for the inactive user.
Access may be restored by calling the
Help Desk or by following the ‘‘forgot
your password’’ prompt found on the
ACE Portal log-in page. Access may only
be restored upon re-authorization by the
Account Owner.
D. ACE Non-Portal Accounts
CBP has also permitted certain parties
to participate in ACE without
establishing ACE Portal Accounts, i.e.,
‘‘Non-Portal Accounts’’. On October 24,
2005, CBP published a general notice in
the Federal Register (70 FR 61466)
announcing that CBP would no longer
require importers to establish ACE
Portal Accounts in order to deposit
estimated duties and fees as a part of a
Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS). CBP
decided it would only require importers
to establish a Non-Portal Account to
participate in PMS.
On March 29, 2006, CBP published
another general notice in the Federal
Register (71 FR 15756) announcing that
truck carriers who do not have ACE
Portal Accounts may use third parties to
transmit truck manifest information on
their behalf electronically in the ACE
Truck Manifest system via Electronic
Data Interface (EDI) messaging. Truck
carriers who elect to use this
transmission method will not have
access to operating data and will not
receive status messages on ACE
transactions, nor will they have access
to integrated ACE Portal Account data
from multiple system sources.
II. Protest
Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1514, certain
parties may file a protest to challenge a
CBP decision regarding the
classification, appraisement, rate and
amount of duties chargeable, certain
charges and exactions, the exclusion of
merchandise, the liquidation of an
entry, and the refusal to pay a claim for
drawback, within 180 days of the date
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of liquidation, i.e., the date on which
CBP’s decision becomes final. The CBP
regulations implementing the protest
statute are codified in part 174 of title
19 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(19 CFR 174).
Parties authorized to file a protest
include importers or consignees for an
entry, or their sureties; persons paying
any charge or exaction; persons seeking
entry or delivery; persons filing a claim
for drawback; exporters or producers of
the merchandise subject to a
determination of origin under section
202 of the NAFTA Implementation Act,
if the exporter or producer completed
and signed a NAFTA Certificate of
Origin covering the merchandise; or the
authorized agent of any of these
persons. See 19 CFR 174.12(a). When a
protest is filed by a person acting as an
agent for the principal that agent must
have a power of attorney that grants
authority to the agent to make, sign and
file a protest on behalf of the protesting
party in accordance with 19 CFR 174.3.
III. Authorization for the ACE Portal
Account Test
The Customs Modernization Act
authorizes the Commissioner of CBP to
conduct limited test programs or
procedures designed to evaluate
planned components of the NCAP. The
ACE Portal Account Test, as modified in
this notice, is authorized pursuant to 19
CFR 101.9(b), which provides for the
testing of NCAP programs or
procedures. See Treasury Decision
(T.D.) 95–21.
IV. Modification of the ACE Portal
Account Test
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A. Protest Filer Account
This document announces the
modification of the ACE Portal Account
Test to establish the Protest Filer
Account. CBP will conduct a test of the
ACE Protest Module functionality at a
later date in which a party with an
established Protest Filer Account will be
able to submit an electronic protest to
ACE for processing by CBP. CBP
anticipates publishing a subsequent
notice in the Federal Register to
announce initiation of the ACE Protest
Module test.
The owner of an ACE Protest Filer
Account will have the ability to create
and maintain through the ACE Portal
information regarding the name,
address, and contact information for the
corporate and individual account owner
for the Protest Filer Account. Protest
filers will use the existing account
structure established for other accounts
within the ACE Portal.
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New ACE users without an existing
Portal Account will be required to apply
to establish a new ACE Protest Filer
Account, as explained in Section B.1
below. An application to establish an
ACE Protest Filer Account by new ACE
users requires the account owner to
provide information required to
complete the account setup process.
Existing ACE Portal Account owners
should follow instructions in Section
B.2 below. Current ACE account holders
must request a protest filer account view
within their existing Portal Account to
access the ACE Protest Module
functions.
ACE Portal Account Test participants
must agree to the previously published
‘‘Terms and Conditions for Account
Access of the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Portal,’’ as clarified
by this notice. See 72 FR 27632 (May 16,
2007) and 73 FR 38464 (July 7, 2008).
New ACE users will be prompted to
accept these Terms and Conditions
during the application process. Upon
completion of the application process,
the applicant will receive an email
message and be prompted to log in with
the protest filer’s username and
password which will create the ACE
Protest Filer Account. Once an account
is created, the protest filer will be
provided with ‘‘protest filer view’’ from
the protest filer home page.
B. Establishing a Protest Filer Account
1. New ACE Portal Account Owner
Parties who do not have an ACE
Portal Account may apply for a Protest
Filer Account according to the
instructions online at: https://
www.cbp.gov/trade/automated/gettingstarted/using-ace-secure-data-portal.
Applicants will be required to complete
an on-line application and provide the
‘‘Organization Information’’ and ‘‘ACE
Account Owner’’ information listed
below and certify that the applicant has
read and agrees to the Terms and
Conditions. The account validation
process will begin once all steps have
been completed.
Organization Information:
(1) Protest Filer Number (Employer
Identification Number, Social
Security Number, or CBP Assigned
Number)
(2) Organization Name
(3) Organization Type
(4) End of Fiscal Year (month and day)
(5) Mailing Address
ACE Account Owner:
(1) Name
(2) Date of Birth
(3) Email Address
(4) Telephone Number
(5) Fax Number (optional)
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Once the applicant completes and
submits the Protest Filer Account
application, the applicant will receive
an email message to confirm submission
of the application and direct the
applicant how to log on to ACE to
complete the account. Applicants who
have not received an email message
within 24 hours should contact the ACE
Account Service Desk. The
‘‘Application to Use the Automated
Commercial Environment’’ is an
approved information collection under
OMB control number 1651–0105.
Comments are currently being accepted
concerning the renewal of this
information collection. See 81 FR 38727
(June 14, 2016).
2. Existing ACE Portal Account Owners
Parties that have an existing ACE
Portal Account may request a Protest
Filer Account through their established
ACE Portal Account. A Protest Filer
Account may be created under existing
accounts by navigating to the Protest
Filer view under the Accounts tab of the
ACE Portal (available in all existing ACE
Portal Accounts), selecting Create a
Protest Filer, and following the step by
step guided creation process to
complete the account set up. Additional
training materials on general account
maintenance are available at https://
www.cbp.gov/trade/ace/training-andreference-guides. For additional
assistance on ACE Accounts, contact the
ACE Service Desk.
V. Clarification of the ACE Portal
Account Test
At the time CBP published the May
16, 2007 Notice setting forth the terms
and conditions governing the
administration, access, and use of ACE
Portal Accounts and the responsibilities
and obligations applicable to all parties
accessing ACE Portal Accounts, there
were three types of ACE Portal
Accounts: Importer; broker; and carrier.
Subsequently, CBP created additional
account types, such as the surety,
foreign trade zone operator, and
exporter accounts, and as established by
this notice, the Protest Filer Account.
This notice clarifies that the terms and
conditions that CBP has published
governing ACE Portal Account access
and use, and any modifications thereof
that CBP publishes, apply to all ACE
Portal Accounts and account types
regardless of when the account was
established or the account type created.
All other aspects of the ACE Portal
Accounts Test remain the same as set
forth in previously published Federal
Register notices.
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VI. Comments
All interested parties are invited to
comment on any aspect of this
modification and clarification of the
ACE Portal Account Test for the
duration of the test. CBP requests
comments and feedback on all aspects
of this test and this clarification in order
to determine whether to modify, alter,
expand, limit, continue, end, or fully
implement this test.
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VII. Misconduct Under the Test
A test participant may be subject to
civil and criminal penalties,
administrative sanctions, liquidated
damages, or discontinuance from
participation in the ACE Portal Account
Test, as modified by this notice, for any
of the following:
(1) Failure to follow the terms and
conditions of this test;
(2) Failure to exercise reasonable care
in the execution of participant
obligations;
(3) Failure to abide by applicable laws
and regulations that have not been
waived; or
(4) Failure to deposit duties, taxes or
fees in a timely manner.
If the Director, Business
Transformation Division, ACE Business
Office (ABO), Office of Trade, finds that
there is a basis for discontinuance of test
participation privileges, the test
participant will be provided a written
notice proposing the discontinuance
with a description of the facts or
conduct warranting the action. The test
participant will be offered the
opportunity to appeal the Director’s
decision in writing within 10 calendar
days of receipt of the written notice. The
appeal must be submitted to the
Executive Director, ABO, Office of
Trade, by emailing Deborah.Augustin@
cbp.dhs.gov.
The Executive Director will issue a
decision in writing on the proposed
action within 30 working days after
receiving a timely filed appeal from the
test participant. If no timely appeal is
received, the proposed notice becomes
the final decision of the Agency as of
the date that the appeal period expires.
A proposed discontinuance of a test
participant’s privileges will not take
effect unless the appeal process under
this paragraph has been concluded with
a written decision adverse to the test
participant.
In the case of willfulness or those in
which public health, interest, or safety
so requires, the Director, Business
Transformation Division, ABO, Office of
Trade, may immediately discontinue the
test participant’s privileges upon
written notice to the test participant.
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The notice will contain a description of
the facts or conduct warranting the
immediate action. The test participant
will be offered the opportunity to appeal
the Director’s decision within 10
calendar days of receipt of the written
notice providing for immediate
discontinuance. The appeal must be
submitted to the Executive Director,
ABO, Office of Trade, by emailing
Deborah.Augustin@cbp.dhs.gov. The
immediate discontinuance will remain
in effect during the appeal period. The
Executive Director will issue a decision
in writing on the discontinuance within
15 working days after receiving a timely
filed appeal from the test participant. If
no timely appeal is received, the notice
becomes the final decision of the
Agency as of the date that the appeal
period expires.
VIII. Development of ACE Prototypes
A chronological listing of Federal
Register publications detailing ACE test
developments is set forth below.
• ACE Portal Accounts and
Subsequent Revision Notices: 67 FR
21800 (May 1, 2002); 69 FR 5360 and 69
FR 5362 (February 4, 2004); 69 FR
54302 (September 8, 2004); 70 FR 5199
(February 1, 2005).
• ACE System of Records Notice: 71
FR 3109 (January 19, 2006).
• Terms/Conditions for Access to the
ACE Portal and Subsequent Revisions:
72 FR 27632 (May 16, 2007); 73 FR
38464 (July 7, 2008).
• ACE Non-Portal Accounts and
Related Notice: 70 FR 61466 (October
24, 2005); 71 FR 15756 (March 29,
2006).
• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and
Revenue (ESAR I) Capabilities: 72 FR
59105 (October 18, 2007).
• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and
Revenue (ESAR II) Capabilities: 73 FR
50337 (August 26, 2008); 74 FR 9826
(March 6, 2009).
• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and
Revenue (ESAR III) Capabilities: 74 FR
69129 (December 30, 2009).
• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and
Revenue (ESAR IV) Capabilities: 76 FR
37136 (June 24, 2011).
• Post-Entry Amendment (PEA)
Processing Test: 76 FR 37136 (June 24,
2011).
• ACE Announcement of a New Start
Date for the National Customs
Automation Program Test of Automated
Manifest Capabilities for Ocean and Rail
Carriers: 76 FR 42721 (July 19, 2011).
• ACE Simplified Entry: 76 FR 69755
(November 9, 2011).
• National Customs Automation
Program (NCAP) Tests Concerning
Automated Commercial Environment
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(ACE) Document Image System (DIS): 77
FR 20835 (April 6, 2012).
• National Customs Automation
Program (NCAP) Tests Concerning
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) Simplified Entry: Modification of
Participant Selection Criteria and
Application Process: 77 FR 48527
(August 14, 2012).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Regarding Reconciliation for Filing
Certain Post-Importation Preferential
Tariff Treatment Claims under Certain
FTAs: 78 FR 27984 (May 13, 2013).
• Modification of Two National
Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Tests Concerning Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE)
Document Image System (DIS) and
Simplified Entry (SE): 78 FR 44142 (July
23, 2013).
• Modification of Two National
Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Tests Concerning Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE)
Document Image System (DIS) and
Simplified Entry (SE); Correction: 78 FR
53466 (August 29, 2013).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program Test Concerning
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) Cargo Release (formerly known as
Simplified Entry): 78 FR 66039
(November 4, 2013).
• Post-Summary Corrections to Entry
Summaries Filed in ACE Pursuant to the
ESAR IV Test: Modifications and
Clarifications: 78 FR 69434 (November
19, 2013).
• National Customs Automation
Program (NCAP) Test Concerning the
Submission of Certain Data Required by
the Environmental Protection Agency
and the Food Safety and Inspection
Service Using the Partner Government
Agency Message Set Through the
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE): 78 FR 75931 (December 13,
2013).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Cargo Release for
Ocean and Rail Carriers: 79 FR 6210
(February 3, 2014).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Cargo Release to
Allow Importers and Brokers to Certify
From ACE Entry Summary: 79 FR 24744
(May 1, 2014).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Cargo Release for
Truck Carriers: 79 FR 25142 (May 2,
2014).
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• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Document Image
System: 79 FR 36083 (June 25, 2014).
• Announcement of eBond Test: 79
FR 70881 (November 28, 2014).
• eBond Test Modifications and
Clarifications: Continuous Bond
Executed Prior to or Outside the eBond
Test May Be Converted to an eBond by
the Surety and Principal, Termination of
an eBond by Filing Identification
Number, and Email Address Correction:
80 FR 899 (January 7, 2015).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Document Image
System Relating to Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Document Submissions: 80 FR 5126
(January 30, 2015).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning the use of Partner
Government Agency Message Set
through the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) for the Submission
of Certain Data Required by the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA): 80 FR 6098 (February 4, 2015).
• Announcement of Modification of
ACE Cargo Release Test to Permit the
Combined Filing of Cargo Release and
Importer Security Filing (ISF) Data: 80
FR 7487 (February 10, 2015).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning ACE Cargo Release for Type
03 Entries and Advanced Capabilities
for Truck Carriers: 80 FR 16414 (March
27, 2015).
• Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for
Air Cargo Test: 80 FR 39790 (July 10,
2015).
• National Customs Automation
Program (NCAP) Concerning Remote
Location Filing Entry Procedures in the
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) and the Use of the Document
Image System for the Submission of
Invoices and the Use of eBonds for the
Transmission of Single Transaction
Bonds: 80 FR 40079 (July 13, 2015).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Partner Government
Agency (PGA) Message Set Regarding
Types of Transportation Modes and
Certain Data Required by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA): 80 FR 47938 (August 10,
2015).
• Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for
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Vessel Cargo Test: 80 FR 50644 (August
20, 2015).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning the Submission of Certain
Data Required by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) Using the Partner
Government Agency Message Set
through the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE): 80 FR 52051
(August 27, 2015).
• Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for
Rail Cargo Test: 80 FR 54305
(September 9, 2015).
• International Trade Data System
Test Concerning the Electronic
Submission to the Automated
Commercial Environment of Data Using
the Partner Government Agency
Message Set: 80 FR 59721 (October 2,
2015).
• Modification of the National
Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE)
Document Image System (DIS)
Regarding Future Updates and New
Method of Submission of Accepted
Documents: 80 FR 62082 (October 15,
2015).
• Modification of the National
Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo
Release for Entry Type 52 and Certain
Other Modes of Transportation: 80 FR
63576 (October 20, 2015).
• Modification of the National
Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry
Summary, Accounts and Revenue
(ESAR) Test of Automated Entry
Summary Types 51 and 52 and Certain
Modes of Transportation: 80 FR 63815
(October 21, 2015).
• Modification of the National
Customs Automation Program Test
Concerning the Automated Commercial
Environment Portal Account to
Establish the Exporter Portal Account:
80 FR 63817 (October 21, 2015).
• Modification of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Partner Government
Agency (PGA) Message Set Regarding
the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) Certification Required by the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA): 81 FR 7133 (February 10, 2016).
• Notice Announcing the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) as the
Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) System for Processing
Certain Electronic Entry and Entry
Summary Filings: 81 FR 10264
(February 29, 2016).
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• Modification of the National
Customs Automation Program (NCAP);
Test Concerning the Partner
Government Agency Message Set for
Certain Data Required by the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA): 81 FR 13399 (March 14, 2016).
• Cessation of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) Test
Concerning the Submission of Certain
Data Required by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) Using the Partner
Government Agency (PGA) Message Set
Through the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE): 81 FR 18634
(March 31, 2016).
• Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE); Announcement of
National Customs Automation Program
Test of the In-Transit Manifest Pilot
Program: 81 FR 24837 (April 27, 2016).
• Announcement of National
Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the Submission
through the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) of Certain Import
Data and Documents Required by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 81 FR
27149 (May 5, 2016).
• Notice Announcing the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) as the
Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) System for Processing
Certain Electronic Entry and Entry
Summary Filings Accompanied by Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) Data: 81
FR 30320 (May 16, 2016).
• Notice Announcing the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) as the
Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) System for Processing
Electronic Entry and Entry Summary
Filings: 81 FR 32339 (May 23, 2016).
• Notice Announcing the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Protest
Module as the Sole CBP-Authorized
Method for Filing Electronic Protests: 81
FR 49685 (July 28, 2016).
Dated: August 2, 2016.
Brenda B. Smith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of
Trade.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Modification of the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal
Accounts To Establish the Protest Filer Account and Clarification That
the Terms and Conditions for Account Access Apply to All ACE Portal
Accounts
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces U.S. Customs and Border Protection's
(CBP's) plan to modify the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
test concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal Accounts
to establish the ACE Protest Filer Account. After CBP deploys the ACE
Protest Module test at a later date, participants with an ACE Protest
Filer Account will be able to file an electronic protest in ACE. This
document also clarifies that CBP's previously published terms and
conditions governing access to and use of the NCAP test of ACE Portal
Accounts apply to all ACE Portal Accounts, including all ACE Portal
Account types created after the previously published terms and
conditions. All other aspects of the ACE Portal Accounts Test remain
the same as set forth in previously published Federal Register notices.
DATES: The modifications and clarifications of the ACE Portal Account
Test made by this notice are effective on August 8, 2016.
The clarification to the terms and conditions applies to all ACE
Portal Accounts regardless of when the account was created.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice and any aspect of the
modified ACE Portal Account Test may be submitted at any time during
the testing period via email to Josephine Baiamonte, ACE Business
Office (ABO), Office of Trade at josephine.baiamonte@cbp.dhs.gov. In
the subject line of your email, please indicate, ``Comment on ACE
Portal Account Test FRN''.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions related to the
application or requests for an ACE Portal Account, including ACE
Protest Filer Accounts, contact the ACE Account Service Desk by calling
1-866-530-4172, selecting option 1, then option 2, or by emailing
ACE.Support@cbp.dhs.gov for assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
A. The National Customs Automation Program
The National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) was established by
Subtitle B of Title VI--Customs Modernization in the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act (Customs Modernization
Act) (Pub. L. 103-182, 107 Stat. 2057, 2170, December 8, 1993) (19
U.S.C. 1411). Through NCAP, the thrust of customs modernization was on
trade compliance and the development of ACE, the planned successor to
the Automated Commercial System (ACS). ACE is an automated and
electronic system for commercial trade processing which is intended to
streamline business processes, facilitate growth in trade, ensure cargo
security, and foster participation in global commerce, while ensuring
compliance with U.S. laws and regulations and reducing costs for CBP
and all of its communities of interest. The ability to meet these
objectives depends on successfully modernizing
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CBP's business functions and the information technology that supports
those functions. CBP's modernization efforts are accomplished through
phased releases of ACE component functionality designed to replace
specific legacy ACS functions and add new functionality.
The procedures and criteria applicable to participation in the ACE
Portal Account Test remain in effect unless otherwise explicitly
changed by this notice.
B. ACE Portal Accounts
On May 1, 2002, the former U.S. Customs Service, now CBP, published
a general notice in the Federal Register (67 FR 21800) announcing a
plan to conduct an NCAP test of the first phase of ACE. The test was
described as the first step toward the full electronic processing of
commercial importations with a focus on defining and establishing an
importer's account structure. That general notice announced that
importers and authorized parties would be allowed to access their
customs data via an Internet-based Portal Account. The notice also set
forth eligibility criteria for companies interested in establishing ACE
Portal Accounts.
Subsequent general notices expanded the types of ACE Portal
Accounts. On February 4, 2004, CBP published a general notice in the
Federal Register (69 FR 5360) that established ACE Truck Carrier
Accounts. On September 8, 2004, CBP published a general notice in the
Federal Register (69 FR 54302) inviting customs brokers to participate
in the ACE Portal Account Test generally and informing interested
parties that once they had been notified by CBP that their request to
participate in the ACE Portal Account Test had been accepted, they
would be asked to sign and submit a ``Terms and Conditions'' document.
CBP subsequently contacted those participants and asked them to also
sign and submit an ACE Power of Attorney form and an Additional
Account/Account Owner Information form. On October 18, 2007, CBP
published a general notice in the Federal Register (72 FR 59105)
announcing the expansion of the ACE Portal Account Test to include the
additional following ACE account types: Carriers (all modes: Air, rail,
sea); Cartman; Lighterman; Driver/Crew; Facility Operator; Filer;
Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Operator; Service Provider; and Surety. More
recently, on October 21, 2015, CBP published a general notice in the
Federal Register (80 FR 63817) announcing the creation of the Exporter
Portal Account.
C. Terms and Conditions for Access to the ACE Portal Account
On May 16, 2007, CBP published a general notice in the Federal
Register (72 FR 27632) announcing changes to the terms and conditions
that must be followed as a condition for access to the ACE Portal
Account and announcing that the terms and conditions in that notice
superseded and replaced the ``Terms and Conditions'' document
previously signed and submitted to CBP by all ACE Portal Account
Owners. The principal changes to the ACE ``Terms and Conditions''
included a revised definition of ``Account Owner'' to permit either an
individual or a legal entity to serve in this capacity, new
requirements relating to providing notice to CBP when there has been a
material change in the status of the Account and/or Account Owner, and
explanatory provisions as to how the information from a particular
account may be accessed through the ACE Portal when that account is
transferred to a new owner. Prior to the publication of the May 16,
2007 Notice, all parties wishing to establish an ACE Portal Account had
to sign and submit to CBP a ``Terms and Conditions'' document prior to
accessing the ACE Portal. The ``Terms and Conditions'' document set
forth the obligations and responsibilities of all parties establishing
and accessing an ACE Portal Account. Because the ``Terms and
Conditions'' document that all ACE Portal Accounts had to execute was
standard and identical, and due to the burden on the trade to sign and
submit the document to CBP and on CBP to track and maintain the
documents submitted, CBP decided to replace the ``Terms and
Conditions'' document and instead publish the terms and conditions in
the May 16, 2007 Notice. That notice made the terms and conditions
therein applicable to all ACE Portal Accounts. The terms and conditions
published in that notice superseded, replaced and rendered null and
void all previously signed and submitted ``Terms and Conditions''
documents. The terms and conditions set forth in the notice also appear
on the introductory screen for the ACE Portal and must be accepted by
any party seeking access to an ACE Portal Account.
On July 7, 2008, CBP published a general notice in the Federal
Register (73 FR 38464) which revised the terms and conditions set forth
in the May 16, 2007 Notice regarding the period of Portal inactivity
which will result in termination of ACE Portal Account access for the
inactive user. The July 7, 2008 Notice provided that if forty-five (45)
consecutive days elapse without an Account Owner, Proxy Account Owner,
or an Account User accessing the ACE Portal Account, access to the ACE
Portal Account will be terminated. The time period for allowable ACE
Portal Account inactivity was previously ninety (90) days.
The failure of a Proxy Account Owner or an Account User to access
the ACE Portal for a period of forty-five (45) days consecutively will
result in the termination of access to the ACE Portal for the Proxy
Account Owner or Account User. Inactivity will not result in
termination of the ACE Portal Account, but will terminate ACE Portal
Account access for the inactive user. Access may be restored by calling
the Help Desk or by following the ``forgot your password'' prompt found
on the ACE Portal log-in page. Access may only be restored upon re-
authorization by the Account Owner.
D. ACE Non-Portal Accounts
CBP has also permitted certain parties to participate in ACE
without establishing ACE Portal Accounts, i.e., ``Non-Portal
Accounts''. On October 24, 2005, CBP published a general notice in the
Federal Register (70 FR 61466) announcing that CBP would no longer
require importers to establish ACE Portal Accounts in order to deposit
estimated duties and fees as a part of a Periodic Monthly Statement
(PMS). CBP decided it would only require importers to establish a Non-
Portal Account to participate in PMS.
On March 29, 2006, CBP published another general notice in the
Federal Register (71 FR 15756) announcing that truck carriers who do
not have ACE Portal Accounts may use third parties to transmit truck
manifest information on their behalf electronically in the ACE Truck
Manifest system via Electronic Data Interface (EDI) messaging. Truck
carriers who elect to use this transmission method will not have access
to operating data and will not receive status messages on ACE
transactions, nor will they have access to integrated ACE Portal
Account data from multiple system sources.
II. Protest
Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1514, certain parties may file a protest to
challenge a CBP decision regarding the classification, appraisement,
rate and amount of duties chargeable, certain charges and exactions,
the exclusion of merchandise, the liquidation of an entry, and the
refusal to pay a claim for drawback, within 180 days of the date
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of liquidation, i.e., the date on which CBP's decision becomes final.
The CBP regulations implementing the protest statute are codified in
part 174 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 174).
Parties authorized to file a protest include importers or
consignees for an entry, or their sureties; persons paying any charge
or exaction; persons seeking entry or delivery; persons filing a claim
for drawback; exporters or producers of the merchandise subject to a
determination of origin under section 202 of the NAFTA Implementation
Act, if the exporter or producer completed and signed a NAFTA
Certificate of Origin covering the merchandise; or the authorized agent
of any of these persons. See 19 CFR 174.12(a). When a protest is filed
by a person acting as an agent for the principal that agent must have a
power of attorney that grants authority to the agent to make, sign and
file a protest on behalf of the protesting party in accordance with 19
CFR 174.3.
III. Authorization for the ACE Portal Account Test
The Customs Modernization Act authorizes the Commissioner of CBP to
conduct limited test programs or procedures designed to evaluate
planned components of the NCAP. The ACE Portal Account Test, as
modified in this notice, is authorized pursuant to 19 CFR 101.9(b),
which provides for the testing of NCAP programs or procedures. See
Treasury Decision (T.D.) 95-21.
IV. Modification of the ACE Portal Account Test
A. Protest Filer Account
This document announces the modification of the ACE Portal Account
Test to establish the Protest Filer Account. CBP will conduct a test of
the ACE Protest Module functionality at a later date in which a party
with an established Protest Filer Account will be able to submit an
electronic protest to ACE for processing by CBP. CBP anticipates
publishing a subsequent notice in the Federal Register to announce
initiation of the ACE Protest Module test.
The owner of an ACE Protest Filer Account will have the ability to
create and maintain through the ACE Portal information regarding the
name, address, and contact information for the corporate and individual
account owner for the Protest Filer Account. Protest filers will use
the existing account structure established for other accounts within
the ACE Portal.
New ACE users without an existing Portal Account will be required
to apply to establish a new ACE Protest Filer Account, as explained in
Section B.1 below. An application to establish an ACE Protest Filer
Account by new ACE users requires the account owner to provide
information required to complete the account setup process. Existing
ACE Portal Account owners should follow instructions in Section B.2
below. Current ACE account holders must request a protest filer account
view within their existing Portal Account to access the ACE Protest
Module functions.
ACE Portal Account Test participants must agree to the previously
published ``Terms and Conditions for Account Access of the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal,'' as clarified by this notice. See
72 FR 27632 (May 16, 2007) and 73 FR 38464 (July 7, 2008). New ACE
users will be prompted to accept these Terms and Conditions during the
application process. Upon completion of the application process, the
applicant will receive an email message and be prompted to log in with
the protest filer's username and password which will create the ACE
Protest Filer Account. Once an account is created, the protest filer
will be provided with ``protest filer view'' from the protest filer
home page.
B. Establishing a Protest Filer Account
1. New ACE Portal Account Owner
Parties who do not have an ACE Portal Account may apply for a
Protest Filer Account according to the instructions online at: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/automated/getting-started/using-ace-secure-data-portal. Applicants will be required to complete an on-line application
and provide the ``Organization Information'' and ``ACE Account Owner''
information listed below and certify that the applicant has read and
agrees to the Terms and Conditions. The account validation process will
begin once all steps have been completed.
Organization Information:
(1) Protest Filer Number (Employer Identification Number, Social
Security Number, or CBP Assigned Number)
(2) Organization Name
(3) Organization Type
(4) End of Fiscal Year (month and day)
(5) Mailing Address
ACE Account Owner:
(1) Name
(2) Date of Birth
(3) Email Address
(4) Telephone Number
(5) Fax Number (optional)
Once the applicant completes and submits the Protest Filer Account
application, the applicant will receive an email message to confirm
submission of the application and direct the applicant how to log on to
ACE to complete the account. Applicants who have not received an email
message within 24 hours should contact the ACE Account Service Desk.
The ``Application to Use the Automated Commercial Environment'' is an
approved information collection under OMB control number 1651-0105.
Comments are currently being accepted concerning the renewal of this
information collection. See 81 FR 38727 (June 14, 2016).
2. Existing ACE Portal Account Owners
Parties that have an existing ACE Portal Account may request a
Protest Filer Account through their established ACE Portal Account. A
Protest Filer Account may be created under existing accounts by
navigating to the Protest Filer view under the Accounts tab of the ACE
Portal (available in all existing ACE Portal Accounts), selecting
Create a Protest Filer, and following the step by step guided creation
process to complete the account set up. Additional training materials
on general account maintenance are available at https://www.cbp.gov/trade/ace/training-and-reference-guides. For additional assistance on
ACE Accounts, contact the ACE Service Desk.
V. Clarification of the ACE Portal Account Test
At the time CBP published the May 16, 2007 Notice setting forth the
terms and conditions governing the administration, access, and use of
ACE Portal Accounts and the responsibilities and obligations applicable
to all parties accessing ACE Portal Accounts, there were three types of
ACE Portal Accounts: Importer; broker; and carrier. Subsequently, CBP
created additional account types, such as the surety, foreign trade
zone operator, and exporter accounts, and as established by this
notice, the Protest Filer Account. This notice clarifies that the terms
and conditions that CBP has published governing ACE Portal Account
access and use, and any modifications thereof that CBP publishes, apply
to all ACE Portal Accounts and account types regardless of when the
account was established or the account type created. All other aspects
of the ACE Portal Accounts Test remain the same as set forth in
previously published Federal Register notices.
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VI. Comments
All interested parties are invited to comment on any aspect of this
modification and clarification of the ACE Portal Account Test for the
duration of the test. CBP requests comments and feedback on all aspects
of this test and this clarification in order to determine whether to
modify, alter, expand, limit, continue, end, or fully implement this
test.
VII. Misconduct Under the Test
A test participant may be subject to civil and criminal penalties,
administrative sanctions, liquidated damages, or discontinuance from
participation in the ACE Portal Account Test, as modified by this
notice, for any of the following:
(1) Failure to follow the terms and conditions of this test;
(2) Failure to exercise reasonable care in the execution of
participant obligations;
(3) Failure to abide by applicable laws and regulations that have
not been waived; or
(4) Failure to deposit duties, taxes or fees in a timely manner.
If the Director, Business Transformation Division, ACE Business
Office (ABO), Office of Trade, finds that there is a basis for
discontinuance of test participation privileges, the test participant
will be provided a written notice proposing the discontinuance with a
description of the facts or conduct warranting the action. The test
participant will be offered the opportunity to appeal the Director's
decision in writing within 10 calendar days of receipt of the written
notice. The appeal must be submitted to the Executive Director, ABO,
Office of Trade, by emailing Deborah.Augustin@cbp.dhs.gov.
The Executive Director will issue a decision in writing on the
proposed action within 30 working days after receiving a timely filed
appeal from the test participant. If no timely appeal is received, the
proposed notice becomes the final decision of the Agency as of the date
that the appeal period expires. A proposed discontinuance of a test
participant's privileges will not take effect unless the appeal process
under this paragraph has been concluded with a written decision adverse
to the test participant.
In the case of willfulness or those in which public health,
interest, or safety so requires, the Director, Business Transformation
Division, ABO, Office of Trade, may immediately discontinue the test
participant's privileges upon written notice to the test participant.
The notice will contain a description of the facts or conduct
warranting the immediate action. The test participant will be offered
the opportunity to appeal the Director's decision within 10 calendar
days of receipt of the written notice providing for immediate
discontinuance. The appeal must be submitted to the Executive Director,
ABO, Office of Trade, by emailing Deborah.Augustin@cbp.dhs.gov. The
immediate discontinuance will remain in effect during the appeal
period. The Executive Director will issue a decision in writing on the
discontinuance within 15 working days after receiving a timely filed
appeal from the test participant. If no timely appeal is received, the
notice becomes the final decision of the Agency as of the date that the
appeal period expires.
VIII. Development of ACE Prototypes
A chronological listing of Federal Register publications detailing
ACE test developments is set forth below.
ACE Portal Accounts and Subsequent Revision Notices: 67 FR
21800 (May 1, 2002); 69 FR 5360 and 69 FR 5362 (February 4, 2004); 69
FR 54302 (September 8, 2004); 70 FR 5199 (February 1, 2005).
ACE System of Records Notice: 71 FR 3109 (January 19,
2006).
Terms/Conditions for Access to the ACE Portal and
Subsequent Revisions: 72 FR 27632 (May 16, 2007); 73 FR 38464 (July 7,
2008).
ACE Non-Portal Accounts and Related Notice: 70 FR 61466
(October 24, 2005); 71 FR 15756 (March 29, 2006).
ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR I)
Capabilities: 72 FR 59105 (October 18, 2007).
ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR II)
Capabilities: 73 FR 50337 (August 26, 2008); 74 FR 9826 (March 6,
2009).
ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR III)
Capabilities: 74 FR 69129 (December 30, 2009).
ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR IV)
Capabilities: 76 FR 37136 (June 24, 2011).
Post-Entry Amendment (PEA) Processing Test: 76 FR 37136
(June 24, 2011).
ACE Announcement of a New Start Date for the National
Customs Automation Program Test of Automated Manifest Capabilities for
Ocean and Rail Carriers: 76 FR 42721 (July 19, 2011).
ACE Simplified Entry: 76 FR 69755 (November 9, 2011).
National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Tests
Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document Image System
(DIS): 77 FR 20835 (April 6, 2012).
National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Tests
Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Simplified Entry:
Modification of Participant Selection Criteria and Application Process:
77 FR 48527 (August 14, 2012).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Regarding Reconciliation for Filing Certain Post-Importation
Preferential Tariff Treatment Claims under Certain FTAs: 78 FR 27984
(May 13, 2013).
Modification of Two National Customs Automation Program
(NCAP) Tests Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document
Image System (DIS) and Simplified Entry (SE): 78 FR 44142 (July 23,
2013).
Modification of Two National Customs Automation Program
(NCAP) Tests Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document
Image System (DIS) and Simplified Entry (SE); Correction: 78 FR 53466
(August 29, 2013).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program Test
Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release
(formerly known as Simplified Entry): 78 FR 66039 (November 4, 2013).
Post-Summary Corrections to Entry Summaries Filed in ACE
Pursuant to the ESAR IV Test: Modifications and Clarifications: 78 FR
69434 (November 19, 2013).
National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Test Concerning
the Submission of Certain Data Required by the Environmental Protection
Agency and the Food Safety and Inspection Service Using the Partner
Government Agency Message Set Through the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE): 78 FR 75931 (December 13, 2013).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release
for Ocean and Rail Carriers: 79 FR 6210 (February 3, 2014).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release to
Allow Importers and Brokers to Certify From ACE Entry Summary: 79 FR
24744 (May 1, 2014).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release
for Truck Carriers: 79 FR 25142 (May 2, 2014).
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Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document Image
System: 79 FR 36083 (June 25, 2014).
Announcement of eBond Test: 79 FR 70881 (November 28,
2014).
eBond Test Modifications and Clarifications: Continuous
Bond Executed Prior to or Outside the eBond Test May Be Converted to an
eBond by the Surety and Principal, Termination of an eBond by Filing
Identification Number, and Email Address Correction: 80 FR 899 (January
7, 2015).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document Image
System Relating to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Document Submissions: 80 FR 5126 (January 30, 2015).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the use of Partner Government Agency Message Set
through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) for the Submission
of Certain Data Required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):
80 FR 6098 (February 4, 2015).
Announcement of Modification of ACE Cargo Release Test to
Permit the Combined Filing of Cargo Release and Importer Security
Filing (ISF) Data: 80 FR 7487 (February 10, 2015).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning ACE Cargo Release for Type 03 Entries and Advanced
Capabilities for Truck Carriers: 80 FR 16414 (March 27, 2015).
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for
Air Cargo Test: 80 FR 39790 (July 10, 2015).
National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Concerning
Remote Location Filing Entry Procedures in the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) and the Use of the Document Image System for the
Submission of Invoices and the Use of eBonds for the Transmission of
Single Transaction Bonds: 80 FR 40079 (July 13, 2015).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Partner
Government Agency (PGA) Message Set Regarding Types of Transportation
Modes and Certain Data Required by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA): 80 FR 47938 (August 10, 2015).
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for
Vessel Cargo Test: 80 FR 50644 (August 20, 2015).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the Submission of Certain Data Required by the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) Using the Partner Government Agency Message
Set through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): 80 FR 52051
(August 27, 2015).
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for
Rail Cargo Test: 80 FR 54305 (September 9, 2015).
International Trade Data System Test Concerning the
Electronic Submission to the Automated Commercial Environment of Data
Using the Partner Government Agency Message Set: 80 FR 59721 (October
2, 2015).
Modification of the National Customs Automation Program
(NCAP) Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Document Image System (DIS) Regarding Future Updates and New Method of
Submission of Accepted Documents: 80 FR 62082 (October 15, 2015).
Modification of the National Customs Automation Program
(NCAP) Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo
Release for Entry Type 52 and Certain Other Modes of Transportation: 80
FR 63576 (October 20, 2015).
Modification of the National Customs Automation Program
(NCAP) Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry
Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR) Test of Automated Entry Summary
Types 51 and 52 and Certain Modes of Transportation: 80 FR 63815
(October 21, 2015).
Modification of the National Customs Automation Program
Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment Portal Account to
Establish the Exporter Portal Account: 80 FR 63817 (October 21, 2015).
Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Partner
Government Agency (PGA) Message Set Regarding the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA) Certification Required by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA): 81 FR 7133 (February 10, 2016).
Notice Announcing the Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) as the Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
System for Processing Certain Electronic Entry and Entry Summary
Filings: 81 FR 10264 (February 29, 2016).
Modification of the National Customs Automation Program
(NCAP); Test Concerning the Partner Government Agency Message Set for
Certain Data Required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): 81
FR 13399 (March 14, 2016).
Cessation of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the Submission of Certain Data Required by the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) Using the Partner Government Agency (PGA)
Message Set Through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): 81 FR
18634 (March 31, 2016).
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE); Announcement of
National Customs Automation Program Test of the In-Transit Manifest
Pilot Program: 81 FR 24837 (April 27, 2016).
Announcement of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
Test Concerning the Submission through the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) of Certain Import Data and Documents Required by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 81 FR 27149 (May 5, 2016).
Notice Announcing the Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) as the Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
System for Processing Certain Electronic Entry and Entry Summary
Filings Accompanied by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Data: 81 FR
30320 (May 16, 2016).
Notice Announcing the Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) as the Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
System for Processing Electronic Entry and Entry Summary Filings: 81 FR
32339 (May 23, 2016).
Notice Announcing the Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) Protest Module as the Sole CBP-Authorized Method for Filing
Electronic Protests: 81 FR 49685 (July 28, 2016).
Dated: August 2, 2016.
Brenda B. Smith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
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