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Dated: March 7, 2007.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, Information
Services Branch.
[FR Doc. E7–4764 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am]
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Proposed Collection; Comment
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on an information collection
requirement concerning the
Application—Alternative Inspection
Services/FAST Commercial Driver
Application. This request for comment
is being made pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before May 14, 2007, to
be assured of consideration.
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to Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection, Information Services Group,
Attn.: Tracey Denning, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room
3.2.C, Washington, DC 20229.
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should be directed to Bureau of Customs
and Border Protection, Attn.: Tracey
Denning, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Room 3.2C, Washington, DC
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Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13;
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collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimates of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden including
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the use of automated collection
techniques or the use of other forms of
information technology; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and
costs of operations, maintenance, and
purchase of services to provide
information. The comments that are
submitted will be summarized and
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of Management and Budget (OMB)
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matter of public record. In this
document CBP is soliciting comments
concerning the following information
collection:
Title: Application—Alternative
Inspection Services/FAST Commercial
Driver Application.
OMB Number: 1651–0121.
Form Number: CBP Forms I–823 and
823F.
Abstract: The purpose of the
Alternative Inspection Services and
FAST Programs are to prescreen
applicants and their vehicles in order to
expedite travelers seeking admission to
the United States. CBP plans to institute
a web-based system for applicants to
apply for Alternative Inspection
Services and the FAST Program, and to
phase out the paper versions of the I–
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Current Actions: This submission is
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Type of Review: Extension (without
change to the burden hours).
Affected Public: Businesses,
Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
275,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1
hour and 6 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 304,000.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost on
the Public: $7,740,000.
Dated: March 7, 2007.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, Information
Services Branch.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE): Ability of Third Parties To
Submit Manifest Information on Behalf
of Truck Carriers Via the ACE Secure
Data Portal in the Test of the ACE
Truck Manifest System
Customs and Border Protection,
Department of Homeland Security.
AGENCY:
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General notice.
SUMMARY: This document announces
that truck carriers participating in the
ACE Truck Manifest Test and electing to
use third parties to submit manifest
information to the Bureau of Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) via the
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) Secure Data Portal are no longer
required to have ACE portal accounts.
Thus, truck carriers without ACE portal
accounts, while participating in the test
of the ACE truck manifest system, may
now use third parties (such as Customs
brokers or other truck carriers) with
ACE portal accounts to electronically
transmit truck manifest information, via
the ACE portal, on their behalf.
DATES: Truck carriers participating in
the ACE Truck Manifest Test without
ACE portal accounts may use third
parties with ACE portal accounts to
electronically transmit truck manifest
information via the ACE portal, on their
behalf, beginning March 15, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
James Swanson, via e-mail at
james.d.swanson@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 4, 2004 and September
13, 2004, CBP published general notices
in the Federal Register (69 FR 55167
and 69 FR 5360) announcing a test, in
conjunction with the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA),
allowing participating truck carriers to
transmit electronic manifest data in
ACE, including advance cargo
information as required by section
343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002, as
amended by the Maritime
Transportation Security Act of 2002.
The advance cargo information
requirements are detailed in the final
rule published in the Federal Register at
68 FR 68140 on December 5, 2003.
Truck carriers participating in the test
opened up Truck Carrier [Portal]
Accounts which provided them with the
ability to electronically transmit truck
manifest data and obtain release of their
cargo, crew, conveyances, and
equipment via the ACE Portal or
electronic data interchange (EDI)
messaging.
In the September 13, 2004, notice,
CBP stated that, in order to be eligible
for participation in this test, a carrier
must have:
1. Submitted an application (i.e.,
statement of intent to establish an ACE
[Portal] Account and to participate in
the testing of electronic truck manifest
functionality) as set forth in the
February 4, 2004, notice;
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2. Provided a Standard Carrier Alpha
Code(s) (SCAC); and
3. Provided the name, address, and email of a point of contact to receive
further information.
In addition, the notice provided that
participants intending to use the ACE
Secure Data Portal as the means to file
the manifest must submit a statement
certifying the ability to connect to the
Internet. Participants intending to use
an EDI interface are required to first test
their ability to send and receive
electronic messages in either American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) X12
or United Nations/Directories for
Electronic Data Interchange for
Administration, Commerce and
Transport (UN/EDIFACT) format with
CBP. The September 13, 2004, notice
indicated that acceptance into this test
does not guarantee eligibility for, or
acceptance into, future technical tests.
Subsequently, in a Federal Register
notice published on March 29, 2006 (71
FR 15756), CBP announced a change
advising truck carriers that they were no
longer required to open ACE Truck
Carrier [Portal] Accounts to participate
in the ACE test. Specifically, truck
carriers were advised that they could
elect to use a third party to submit
electronic manifest information to CBP
via EDI. Truck carriers participating in
this fashion would not have access to
operational data and would not receive
status messages on ACE Accounts, nor
would they have access to integrated
Account data from multiple system
sources. These truck carriers would be
able to obtain release of their cargo,
crew, conveyances, and equipment via
EDI messaging back to the transmitter of
the information. A truck carrier using a
third party to transmit via EDI cargo,
crew, conveyance and equipment
information to CBP would be required
to have a Standard Carrier Alpha Code
(SCAC). Any truck carrier with a SCAC
could arrange to have a third party
transmit manifest information to CBP
via EDI consistent with the
requirements of the ACE Truck Manifest
Test. Due to limited functionality
available via the portal at that time,
truck carriers were advised that if they
elected to use a third party to transmit
the truck manifest information to CBP
via the ACE portal (rather than EDI), the
truck carrier who is submitting that
information to the third party (for
transmission to CBP) would be required
to have an ACE Truck Carrier Account
as described in the February 4, 2004,
notice. In clarification of the March 29,
2006, notice, if a truck carrier elects to
use a third party to transmit the truck
manifest information to CBP via EDI, the
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truck carrier would need to have a nonportal account.
Implementation
Since the publication of the March 29,
2006, notice, additional functionality
has been deployed in the ACE portal so
that a party with an ACE portal account
now has the ability to transmit the
manifest information via the ACE portal
on behalf of other truck carriers. As a
result, CBP announces in this document
that truck carriers participating in the
ACE Truck Manifest Test and electing to
use a third party to submit manifest
information to CBP via the ACE portal
are no longer required to have ACE
portal accounts as previously set forth
in the March 29, 2006, notice.
By making this change, CBP is
opening the ACE Truck Manifest Test to
parties previously ineligible to
participate. Truck carriers who do not
have ACE portal accounts and who elect
to use third parties to submit manifest
information to CBP will no longer be
restricted to electronic data interchange
(EDI) messaging only.
Any party, whether a truck carrier or
other entity, planning to transmit
electronic truck manifest information on
behalf of other truck carriers must
establish or have established an ACE
portal account. Interested parties must
submit an application as set forth in the
February 4, 2004, notice. Eligibility
requirements specified in that notice
include providing CBP with a Standard
Carrier Alpha Code(s) (SCAC), if
applicable, and providing the name,
address, and e-mail of a point of contact
to receive further information. Current
portal truck carrier accounts wishing to
transmit a manifest on behalf of another
carrier will be able to do so through
their existing accounts.
Carriers who use a third party to
transmit manifest information will not
have access to their manifest data unless
they establish their own ACE Secure
Data Portal Accounts. Truck carriers
who elect to use the third party
transmitter method will not receive
status messages on ACE transactions.
Those messages will be provided to the
party transmitting the manifest
information. Carriers without portal
accounts who use a third party to
transmit manifest information will need
to have a non-portal account.
Previous Notices Continue To Be
Applicable
All of the other aspects of the ACE
Truck Manifest Test as set forth in the
September 13, 2004, notice (69 FR
55167), as modified by the general
notice published in the Federal Register
(70 FR 13514) on March 21, 2005,
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continue to be applicable. The March
21, 2005, notice clarified that all
relevant data elements are required to be
submitted in the automated truck
manifest submission. All of the aspects
of the February 4, 2004, notice (69 FR
5360) also continue to be applicable,
except as revised in this notice.
Dated: March 5, 2007.
Jayson P. Ahern,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field
Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): Ability of Third Parties
To Submit Manifest Information on Behalf of Truck Carriers Via the ACE
Secure Data Portal in the Test of the ACE Truck Manifest System
AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that truck carriers participating in
the ACE Truck Manifest Test and electing to use third parties to submit
manifest information to the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) via the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Secure Data Portal
are no longer required to have ACE portal accounts. Thus, truck
carriers without ACE portal accounts, while participating in the test
of the ACE truck manifest system, may now use third parties (such as
Customs brokers or other truck carriers) with ACE portal accounts to
electronically transmit truck manifest information, via the ACE portal,
on their behalf.
DATES: Truck carriers participating in the ACE Truck Manifest Test
without ACE portal accounts may use third parties with ACE portal
accounts to electronically transmit truck manifest information via the
ACE portal, on their behalf, beginning March 15, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Swanson, via e-mail at
james.d.swanson@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 4, 2004 and September 13, 2004, CBP published general
notices in the Federal Register (69 FR 55167 and 69 FR 5360) announcing
a test, in conjunction with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), allowing participating truck carriers to
transmit electronic manifest data in ACE, including advance cargo
information as required by section 343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002, as
amended by the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. The
advance cargo information requirements are detailed in the final rule
published in the Federal Register at 68 FR 68140 on December 5, 2003.
Truck carriers participating in the test opened up Truck Carrier
[Portal] Accounts which provided them with the ability to
electronically transmit truck manifest data and obtain release of their
cargo, crew, conveyances, and equipment via the ACE Portal or
electronic data interchange (EDI) messaging.
In the September 13, 2004, notice, CBP stated that, in order to be
eligible for participation in this test, a carrier must have:
1. Submitted an application (i.e., statement of intent to establish
an ACE [Portal] Account and to participate in the testing of electronic
truck manifest functionality) as set forth in the February 4, 2004,
notice;
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2. Provided a Standard Carrier Alpha Code(s) (SCAC); and
3. Provided the name, address, and e-mail of a point of contact to
receive further information.
In addition, the notice provided that participants intending to use
the ACE Secure Data Portal as the means to file the manifest must
submit a statement certifying the ability to connect to the Internet.
Participants intending to use an EDI interface are required to first
test their ability to send and receive electronic messages in either
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) X12 or United Nations/
Directories for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration,
Commerce and Transport (UN/EDIFACT) format with CBP. The September 13,
2004, notice indicated that acceptance into this test does not
guarantee eligibility for, or acceptance into, future technical tests.
Subsequently, in a Federal Register notice published on March 29,
2006 (71 FR 15756), CBP announced a change advising truck carriers that
they were no longer required to open ACE Truck Carrier [Portal]
Accounts to participate in the ACE test. Specifically, truck carriers
were advised that they could elect to use a third party to submit
electronic manifest information to CBP via EDI. Truck carriers
participating in this fashion would not have access to operational data
and would not receive status messages on ACE Accounts, nor would they
have access to integrated Account data from multiple system sources.
These truck carriers would be able to obtain release of their cargo,
crew, conveyances, and equipment via EDI messaging back to the
transmitter of the information. A truck carrier using a third party to
transmit via EDI cargo, crew, conveyance and equipment information to
CBP would be required to have a Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC). Any
truck carrier with a SCAC could arrange to have a third party transmit
manifest information to CBP via EDI consistent with the requirements of
the ACE Truck Manifest Test. Due to limited functionality available via
the portal at that time, truck carriers were advised that if they
elected to use a third party to transmit the truck manifest information
to CBP via the ACE portal (rather than EDI), the truck carrier who is
submitting that information to the third party (for transmission to
CBP) would be required to have an ACE Truck Carrier Account as
described in the February 4, 2004, notice. In clarification of the
March 29, 2006, notice, if a truck carrier elects to use a third party
to transmit the truck manifest information to CBP via EDI, the truck
carrier would need to have a non-portal account.
Implementation
Since the publication of the March 29, 2006, notice, additional
functionality has been deployed in the ACE portal so that a party with
an ACE portal account now has the ability to transmit the manifest
information via the ACE portal on behalf of other truck carriers. As a
result, CBP announces in this document that truck carriers
participating in the ACE Truck Manifest Test and electing to use a
third party to submit manifest information to CBP via the ACE portal
are no longer required to have ACE portal accounts as previously set
forth in the March 29, 2006, notice.
By making this change, CBP is opening the ACE Truck Manifest Test
to parties previously ineligible to participate. Truck carriers who do
not have ACE portal accounts and who elect to use third parties to
submit manifest information to CBP will no longer be restricted to
electronic data interchange (EDI) messaging only.
Any party, whether a truck carrier or other entity, planning to
transmit electronic truck manifest information on behalf of other truck
carriers must establish or have established an ACE portal account.
Interested parties must submit an application as set forth in the
February 4, 2004, notice. Eligibility requirements specified in that
notice include providing CBP with a Standard Carrier Alpha Code(s)
(SCAC), if applicable, and providing the name, address, and e-mail of a
point of contact to receive further information. Current portal truck
carrier accounts wishing to transmit a manifest on behalf of another
carrier will be able to do so through their existing accounts.
Carriers who use a third party to transmit manifest information
will not have access to their manifest data unless they establish their
own ACE Secure Data Portal Accounts. Truck carriers who elect to use
the third party transmitter method will not receive status messages on
ACE transactions. Those messages will be provided to the party
transmitting the manifest information. Carriers without portal accounts
who use a third party to transmit manifest information will need to
have a non-portal account.
Previous Notices Continue To Be Applicable
All of the other aspects of the ACE Truck Manifest Test as set
forth in the September 13, 2004, notice (69 FR 55167), as modified by
the general notice published in the Federal Register (70 FR 13514) on
March 21, 2005, continue to be applicable. The March 21, 2005, notice
clarified that all relevant data elements are required to be submitted
in the automated truck manifest submission. All of the aspects of the
February 4, 2004, notice (69 FR 5360) also continue to be applicable,
except as revised in this notice.
Dated: March 5, 2007.
Jayson P. Ahern,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations.
[FR Doc. E7-4773 Filed 3-14-07; 8:45 am]
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