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CPOs, and their principals. This is
because the only burden that will be
imposed by the Amendments will be in
furtherance of the obligation to comply
with the antifraud provisions of Section
4o of the Act when presenting the past
performance of CTAs, CPOs, and their
principals—whether by way of actual,
simulated or hypothetical performance
or through the use of testimonials.
Assuming arguendo, however, that
compliance with Section 4o will
constitute a significant burden, the
burden is neither new nor additional,
because the Amendments are consistent
with the Commission’s longstanding
interpretation of Section 4o as
applicable to all advertisements by
CTAs, CPOs, and their principals,
including advertisements that are
viewed electronically, and with the
requirement that such advertisements
must not be false or misleading.
The Commission did not receive any
comments relative to its analysis of the
application of the RFA to the Proposal.
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B. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) 27 imposes certain requirements
on Federal agencies (including the
Commission) in connection with their
conducting or sponsoring any collection
of information as defined by the PRA.
The Amendments do not require a new
collection of information on the part of
any entities.
The Commission did not receive any
comments relative to its analysis of the
application of the PRA to the Proposal.
C. Cost-Benefit Analysis
Section 15(a) of the Act 28 requires the
Commission to consider the costs and
benefits of its action before issuing a
new regulation under the Act. By its
terms, Section 15(a) does not require the
Commission to quantify the costs and
benefits of a new regulation or to
determine whether the benefits of the
proposed regulation outweigh its costs.
Rather, Section 15(a) simply requires
the Commission to ‘‘consider the costs
and benefits’’ of its action.
Section 15(a) further specifies that
costs and benefits shall be evaluated in
light of five broad areas of market and
public concern: Protection of market
participants and the public; efficiency,
competitiveness, and financial integrity
of futures markets; price discovery;
sound risk management practices; and
other public interest considerations.
Accordingly, the Commission could in
its discretion give greater weight to any
one of the five enumerated areas and
27 44
28 7
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
U.S.C. 19(a) (2000).
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could in its discretion determine that,
notwithstanding its costs, a particular
regulation was necessary or appropriate
to protect the public interest or to
effectuate any of the provisions or to
accomplish any of the purposes of the
Act.
The Commission did not receive any
comments relative to its cost-benefit
analysis of the Proposal.
List of Subjects in 17 CFR Part 4
Advertising, Commodity pool
operators, Commodity trading advisors,
Commodity futures, Commodity
options, Customer protection, Reporting
and Recordkeeping.
I For the reasons presented above, the
Commission hereby amends chapter I of
Title 17 of the Code of Federal
Regulations as follows:
PART 4—COMMODITY POOL
OPERATORS AND COMMODITY
TRADING ADVISORS
1. The authority citation for part 4
continues to read as follows:
I
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 4, 6b, 6c, 6l, 6m,
6n, 6o, 12a, and 23.
2. Section 4.41 is amended by
removing ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(a)(1), removing the period and adding
a semi-colon and ‘‘or’’ at the end of
paragraph (a)(2), adding new paragraph
(a)(3), and revising paragraphs (b)(1)(i),
(b)(2), and (c)(1) to read as follows:
I
§ 4.41 Advertising by commodity pool
operators, commodity trading advisors, and
the principals thereof.
(a) * * *
(3) Refers to any testimonial, unless
the advertisement or sales literature
providing the testimonial prominently
discloses:
(i) That the testimonial may not be
representative of the experience of other
clients;
(ii) That the testimonial is no
guarantee of future performance or
success; and
(iii) If, more than a nominal sum is
paid, the fact that it is a paid
testimonial.
(b) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) The following statement: ‘‘These
results are based on simulated or
hypothetical performance results that
have certain inherent limitations.
Unlike the results shown in an actual
performance record, these results do not
represent actual trading. Also, because
these trades have not actually been
executed, these results may have underor over-compensated for the impact, if
any, of certain market factors, such as
lack of liquidity. Simulated or
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hypothetical trading programs in
general are also subject to the fact that
they are designed with the benefit of
hindsight. No representation is being
made that any account will or is likely
to achieve profits or losses similar to
these being shown.’’ ; or
*
*
*
*
*
(2) If the presentation of such
simulated or hypothetical performance
is other than oral, the prescribed
statement must be prominently
disclosed and in immediate proximity
to the simulated or hypothetical
performance being presented.
(c) * * *
(1) To any publication, distribution or
broadcast of any report, letter, circular,
memorandum, publication, writing,
advertisement or other literature or
advice, whether by electronic media or
otherwise, including information
provided via internet or e-mail, the texts
of standardized oral presentations and
of radio, television, seminar or similar
mass media presentations; and
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Issued in Washington, DC, on February 16,
2007, by the Commission.
Eileen A. Donovan,
Acting Secretary of the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection
19 CFR Part 123
Advance Electronic Presentation of
Cargo Information for Truck Carriers
Required To Be Transmitted Through
ACE Truck Manifest at Ports in the
States of Michigan and New York
Customs and Border Protection,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 343(a) of
the Trade Act of 2002 and implementing
regulations, truck carriers and other
eligible parties are required to transmit
advance electronic truck cargo
information to the Bureau of Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) through a
CBP-approved electronic data
interchange. In a previous notice, CBP
designated the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) Truck Manifest
System as the approved interchange and
announced that the requirement that
advance electronic cargo information be
transmitted through ACE would be
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phased in by groups of ports of entry.
This notice announces that at all land
border ports in Michigan and New York,
truck carriers will be required to file
electronic manifests through the ACE
Truck Manifest System.
DATES: Trucks entering the United
States through land border ports of entry
in the states of Michigan and New York
will be required to transmit the advance
information through the ACE Truck
Manifest system effective May 24, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
James Swanson, via e-mail at
james.d.swanson@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Section 343(a) of the Trade Act of
2002, as amended (the Act; 19 U.S.C.
2071 note), required that CBP
promulgate regulations providing for the
mandatory transmission of electronic
cargo information by way of a CBPapproved electronic data interchange
(EDI) system before the cargo is brought
into or departs the United States by any
mode of commercial transportation (sea,
air, rail or truck). The cargo information
required is that which is reasonably
necessary to enable high-risk shipments
to be identified for purposes of ensuring
cargo safety and security and preventing
smuggling pursuant to the laws enforced
and administered by CBP.
On December 5, 2003, CBP published
in the Federal Register (68 FR 68140) a
final rule to effectuate the provisions of
the Act. In particular, a new section
123.92 (19 CFR 123.92) was added to
the regulations to implement the
inbound truck cargo provisions. Section
123.92 describes the general
requirement that, in the case of any
inbound truck required to report its
arrival under section 123.1(b), if the
truck will have commercial cargo
aboard, CBP must electronically receive
certain information regarding that cargo
through a CBP-approved EDI system no
later than 1 hour prior to the carrier’s
reaching the first port of arrival in the
United States. For truck carriers arriving
with shipments qualified for clearance
under the FAST (Free and Secure Trade)
program, section 123.92 provides that
CBP must electronically receive such
cargo information through the CBPapproved EDI system no later than 30
minutes prior to the carrier’s reaching
the first port of arrival in the United
States.
ACE Truck Manifest Test
On September 13, 2004, CBP
published a notice in the Federal
Register (69 FR 55167) announcing a
test allowing participating Truck Carrier
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Accounts to transmit electronic manifest
data for inbound cargo through ACE,
with any such transmissions
automatically complying with advance
cargo information requirements as
provided in section 343(a) of the Trade
Act of 2002. Truck Carrier Accounts
participating in the test were given the
ability to electronically transmit the
truck manifest data and obtain release of
their cargo, crew, conveyances, and
equipment via the ACE Portal or
electronic data interchange messaging.
A series of notices announced
additional deployments of the test, with
deployment sites being phased in as
clusters. Clusters were announced in the
following notices published in the
Federal Register: 70 FR 30964 (May 31,
2005); 70 FR 43892 (July 29, 2005); 70
FR 60096 (October 14, 2005); 71 FR
3875 (January 24, 2006); 71 FR 23941
(April 25, 2006); 71 FR 42103 (July 25,
2006); 71 FR 77404 (December 26, 2006)
and 72 FR 7058 (February 14, 2007).
CBP continues to test ACE at various
ports. CBP will continue, as necessary,
to announce in subsequent notices in
the Federal Register the deployment of
the ACE truck manifest system test at
additional ports.
ACE Mandated at Land Border Ports of
Entry in Michigan and New York
Designation of ACE Truck Manifest
System as the Approved Data
Interchange System
Compliance Sequence
In a notice published October 27,
2006, (71 FR 62922), CBP designated the
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) Truck Manifest System as the
approved EDI for the transmission of
required data and announced that the
requirement that advance electronic
cargo information be transmitted
through ACE would be phased in by
groups of ports of entry.
ACE will be phased in as the required
transmission system at some ports even
while it is still being tested at other
ports. However, the use of ACE to
transmit advance electronic truck cargo
information will not be required in any
port in which CBP has not first
conducted the test.
The October 27, 2006, document
identified all land border ports in the
states of Washington and Arizona and
the ports of Pembina, Neche, Walhalla,
Maida, Hannah, Sarles, and Hansboro in
North Dakota as the first group of ports
where use of the ACE Truck Manifest
System is mandated. Subsequently, CBP
announced on January 19, 2007 (72 FR
2435) that, after 90 days notice, the use
of the ACE Truck Manifest System will
be mandatory at all land border ports in
the states of California, Texas and New
Mexico, as well.
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Applicable regulations (19 CFR
123.92(e)) require CBP, 90 days prior to
mandating advance electronic
information at a port of entry, to publish
notice in the Federal Register informing
affected carriers that the EDI system is
in place and fully operational.
Accordingly, CBP is announcing in this
document that, effective 90 days from
the date of publication of this notice,
truck carriers entering the United States
at any land border port of entry in the
states of Michigan and New York will be
required to present advance electronic
cargo information regarding truck cargo
through the ACE Truck Manifest
System.
Although other systems that have
been deemed acceptable by CBP for
transmitting advance truck manifest
data will continue to operate and may
still be used in the normal course of
business for purposes other than
transmitting advance truck manifest
data, use of systems other than ACE will
no longer satisfy advance electronic
cargo information requirements at a port
of entry in Michigan and New York as
of May 24, 2007.
CBP will be publishing subsequent
notices in the Federal Register as it
phases in the requirement that truck
carriers utilize the ACE system to
present advance electronic truck cargo
information at other ports. ACE will be
phased in as the mandatory EDI system
at the ports identified below in the
sequential order in which they are
listed. The sequential order provided
below is somewhat different than that
announced in the October 27, 2006,
notice. Although further changes to this
order are not currently anticipated, CBP
will state in future notices if changes do
occur. In any event, as mandatory ACE
is phased in at these remaining ports,
CBP will always provide 90 days’ notice
through publication in the Federal
Register prior to requiring the use of
ACE for the transmission of advance
electronic truck cargo information at a
particular group of ports.
The remaining ports at which the
mandatory use of ACE will be phased
in, listed in sequential order, are as
follows:
1. The remaining land border ports in
the state of North Dakota and all land
border ports in the state of Vermont.
2. All land border ports in the states
of Idaho and Montana.
3. All land border ports in the states
of Maine, New Hampshire, and
Minnesota.
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4. All land border ports in the state of
Alaska.
Dated: February 20, 2007.
Deborah J. Spero,
Acting Commissioner, Customs and Border
Protection.
[FR Doc. 07–829 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
21 CFR Parts 71 and 171
[Docket No. 1995N–0220 (formerly 95N–
0220)]
Substances Approved for Use in the
Preparation of Meat and Poultry
Products; Announcement of Effective
Date
Food and Drug Administration,
HHS.
Final rule; announcement of
effective date.
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing the
effective date for the information
collection requirements contained in a
final rule published in the Federal
Register of August 25, 2000 (65 FR
51758). The rule amended FDA’s
regulations on food additive and color
additive petitions to permit an efficient
joint review by both FDA and the Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), of petitions for approval to use
a food ingredient or source of radiation
in or on meat or poultry products. An
information collection requirement
cannot be instituted unless it is
reviewed by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA),
approved by OMB, and assigned an
OMB control number. OMB’s approval
of the information collection
requirements of the August 25, 2000,
final rule was announced in the Federal
Register of March 1, 2001 (66 FR
12938), and these requirements are
currently approved under OMB control
number 0910–0016. Accordingly, FDA
is announcing that the information
collection requirements of the August
25, 2000, final rule will go into effect on
March 26, 2007.
DATES: Effective Date: The amendments
to §§ 71.1 and 171.1 (21 CFR 71.1 and
171.1), published in the Federal
Register of August 25, 2000, are
effective as of March 26, 2007.
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Ellen M. Waldron, Center for Food
Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS–
206), Food and Drug Administration,
5100 Paint Branch Pkwy., College Park,
MD 20740–3835, 301–436–1256.
On August
25, 2000, FDA published a final rule
entitled, ‘‘Substances Approved for Use
in the Preparation of Meat and Poultry
Products,’’ which, in part, amended its
regulations to permit an efficient joint
review by both FDA and FSIS of USDA,
of petitions for approval to use a food
ingredient or source of radiation in or
on meat or poultry products. The final
rule requires applicants petitioning for
approval for the use of substances in
meat and poultry products to provide
four copies of the petition to FDA,
rather than the three copies previously
specified in §§ 71.1 and 171.1. FDA will
then forward a copy of the petition or
relevant portions of the petition to FSIS
so that both agencies can perform the
necessary reviews simultaneously, thus
reducing the time it takes to authorize
a food additive or color additive for use
in meat and poultry products. The rule
does not require petitioners to submit
any new information to either FDA or
FSIS. This final rule resulted from a
coordinated effort by the two agencies to
ease the paperwork burden on regulated
industries through streamlining the
Government’s approval process for
substances used as food additives or
color additives in meat and poultry
products (§§ 71.1 and 171.1).
At the time of publication of the final
rule, the information collection
requirements contained in §§ 71.1 and
171.1 had been submitted to, but not yet
approved by, OMB under the PRA (44
U.S.C. 3501–3520). Under the PRA, an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to,
a collection of information unless and
until the collection displays a valid
OMB control number.
FDA announced OMB approval of the
information collection requirements in
§§ 71.1 and 171.1, as amended by FDA’s
August 25, 2000, final rule, in the
Federal Register of March 1, 2001. The
agency is now announcing that these
requirements will become effective on
March 26, 2007. The information
collection requirements at §§ 71.1 and
171.1 were originally assigned OMB
control number 0910–0461. In
December 2003, OMB control number
0910–0016 replaced OMB control
number 0910–0461 as the valid control
number that authorizes the information
collection requirements. OMB control
number 0910–0016 remains the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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currently approved control number for
§§ 71.1 and 171.1.
Dated: February 14, 2007.
Jeffrey Shuren,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 07–801 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[CGD01–07–017]
Drawbridge Operation Regulations;
Cheesequake Creek, Morgan, NJ
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of temporary deviation
from regulations.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Commander, First Coast
Guard District, has issued a temporary
deviation from the regulation governing
the operation of the New Jersey Transit
Rail Operation (NJTRO) Railroad Bridge
across Cheesequake Creek, mile 0.2, at
Morgan, New Jersey. Under this
temporary deviation, the bridge may
remain in the closed position for two
24-hour time periods between February
20, 2007 and February 24, 2007. The
exact two 24-hour closure dates will be
determined based upon favorable
weather necessary to perform the
scheduled repairs. This deviation is
necessary to facilitate scheduled bridge
maintenance.
DATES: This deviation is effective from
February 20, 2007 through February 24,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Materials referred to in this
document are available for inspection or
copying at the First Coast Guard
District, Bridge Branch Office, One
South Street, New York, New York
10004, between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The telephone number is (212)
668–7165. The First Coast Guard
District Bridge Branch Office maintains
the public docket for this temporary
deviation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe
Arca, Project Officer, First Coast Guard
District, at (212) 668–7069.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The NJTRO Railroad Bridge, across
Cheesequake Creek, mile 0.2, at Morgan,
New Jersey, has a vertical clearance in
the closed position of 3 feet at mean
high water and 8 feet at mean low water.
The existing drawbridge operation
regulations are listed at 33 CFR
117.709(b).
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
19 CFR Part 123
Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information for Truck
Carriers Required To Be Transmitted Through ACE Truck Manifest at Ports
in the States of Michigan and New York
AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002 and
implementing regulations, truck carriers and other eligible parties are
required to transmit advance electronic truck cargo information to the
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through a CBP-approved
electronic data interchange. In a previous notice, CBP designated the
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Truck Manifest System as the
approved interchange and announced that the requirement that advance
electronic cargo information be transmitted through ACE would be
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phased in by groups of ports of entry. This notice announces that at
all land border ports in Michigan and New York, truck carriers will be
required to file electronic manifests through the ACE Truck Manifest
System.
DATES: Trucks entering the United States through land border ports of
entry in the states of Michigan and New York will be required to
transmit the advance information through the ACE Truck Manifest system
effective May 24, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Swanson, via e-mail at
james.d.swanson@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002, as amended (the Act; 19
U.S.C. 2071 note), required that CBP promulgate regulations providing
for the mandatory transmission of electronic cargo information by way
of a CBP-approved electronic data interchange (EDI) system before the
cargo is brought into or departs the United States by any mode of
commercial transportation (sea, air, rail or truck). The cargo
information required is that which is reasonably necessary to enable
high-risk shipments to be identified for purposes of ensuring cargo
safety and security and preventing smuggling pursuant to the laws
enforced and administered by CBP.
On December 5, 2003, CBP published in the Federal Register (68 FR
68140) a final rule to effectuate the provisions of the Act. In
particular, a new section 123.92 (19 CFR 123.92) was added to the
regulations to implement the inbound truck cargo provisions. Section
123.92 describes the general requirement that, in the case of any
inbound truck required to report its arrival under section 123.1(b), if
the truck will have commercial cargo aboard, CBP must electronically
receive certain information regarding that cargo through a CBP-approved
EDI system no later than 1 hour prior to the carrier's reaching the
first port of arrival in the United States. For truck carriers arriving
with shipments qualified for clearance under the FAST (Free and Secure
Trade) program, section 123.92 provides that CBP must electronically
receive such cargo information through the CBP-approved EDI system no
later than 30 minutes prior to the carrier's reaching the first port of
arrival in the United States.
ACE Truck Manifest Test
On September 13, 2004, CBP published a notice in the Federal
Register (69 FR 55167) announcing a test allowing participating Truck
Carrier Accounts to transmit electronic manifest data for inbound cargo
through ACE, with any such transmissions automatically complying with
advance cargo information requirements as provided in section 343(a) of
the Trade Act of 2002. Truck Carrier Accounts participating in the test
were given the ability to electronically transmit the truck manifest
data and obtain release of their cargo, crew, conveyances, and
equipment via the ACE Portal or electronic data interchange messaging.
A series of notices announced additional deployments of the test,
with deployment sites being phased in as clusters. Clusters were
announced in the following notices published in the Federal Register:
70 FR 30964 (May 31, 2005); 70 FR 43892 (July 29, 2005); 70 FR 60096
(October 14, 2005); 71 FR 3875 (January 24, 2006); 71 FR 23941 (April
25, 2006); 71 FR 42103 (July 25, 2006); 71 FR 77404 (December 26, 2006)
and 72 FR 7058 (February 14, 2007).
CBP continues to test ACE at various ports. CBP will continue, as
necessary, to announce in subsequent notices in the Federal Register
the deployment of the ACE truck manifest system test at additional
ports.
Designation of ACE Truck Manifest System as the Approved Data
Interchange System
In a notice published October 27, 2006, (71 FR 62922), CBP
designated the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Truck Manifest
System as the approved EDI for the transmission of required data and
announced that the requirement that advance electronic cargo
information be transmitted through ACE would be phased in by groups of
ports of entry.
ACE will be phased in as the required transmission system at some
ports even while it is still being tested at other ports. However, the
use of ACE to transmit advance electronic truck cargo information will
not be required in any port in which CBP has not first conducted the
test.
The October 27, 2006, document identified all land border ports in
the states of Washington and Arizona and the ports of Pembina, Neche,
Walhalla, Maida, Hannah, Sarles, and Hansboro in North Dakota as the
first group of ports where use of the ACE Truck Manifest System is
mandated. Subsequently, CBP announced on January 19, 2007 (72 FR 2435)
that, after 90 days notice, the use of the ACE Truck Manifest System
will be mandatory at all land border ports in the states of California,
Texas and New Mexico, as well.
ACE Mandated at Land Border Ports of Entry in Michigan and New York
Applicable regulations (19 CFR 123.92(e)) require CBP, 90 days
prior to mandating advance electronic information at a port of entry,
to publish notice in the Federal Register informing affected carriers
that the EDI system is in place and fully operational. Accordingly, CBP
is announcing in this document that, effective 90 days from the date of
publication of this notice, truck carriers entering the United States
at any land border port of entry in the states of Michigan and New York
will be required to present advance electronic cargo information
regarding truck cargo through the ACE Truck Manifest System.
Although other systems that have been deemed acceptable by CBP for
transmitting advance truck manifest data will continue to operate and
may still be used in the normal course of business for purposes other
than transmitting advance truck manifest data, use of systems other
than ACE will no longer satisfy advance electronic cargo information
requirements at a port of entry in Michigan and New York as of May 24,
2007.
Compliance Sequence
CBP will be publishing subsequent notices in the Federal Register
as it phases in the requirement that truck carriers utilize the ACE
system to present advance electronic truck cargo information at other
ports. ACE will be phased in as the mandatory EDI system at the ports
identified below in the sequential order in which they are listed. The
sequential order provided below is somewhat different than that
announced in the October 27, 2006, notice. Although further changes to
this order are not currently anticipated, CBP will state in future
notices if changes do occur. In any event, as mandatory ACE is phased
in at these remaining ports, CBP will always provide 90 days' notice
through publication in the Federal Register prior to requiring the use
of ACE for the transmission of advance electronic truck cargo
information at a particular group of ports.
The remaining ports at which the mandatory use of ACE will be
phased in, listed in sequential order, are as follows:
1. The remaining land border ports in the state of North Dakota and
all land border ports in the state of Vermont.
2. All land border ports in the states of Idaho and Montana.
3. All land border ports in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and
Minnesota.
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4. All land border ports in the state of Alaska.
Dated: February 20, 2007.
Deborah J. Spero,
Acting Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection.
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