National Customs Automation Program Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue, 9826-9828 [E9-4844]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
9826
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 43 / Friday, March 6, 2009 / Notices
C. Meeting Procedure
This meeting is open to the public. At
the discretion of the Chair, members of
the public may make oral presentations
during the meeting. If you would like to
make an oral presentation at the
meeting, please notify Mr. Jeff Ludwig
as described in the ADDRESSES section
above. If you would like a copy of your
material distributed to each member of
the Council in advance of the meeting,
please submit thirty (30) of copies to Mr.
Jeff Ludwig by March 13, 2009.
Please note that the meeting may
conclude early if all business is
finished.
D. Information on Services for
Individuals With Disabilities
For information on facilities or
services for individuals with disabilities
or to request special assistance at the
meeting, contact Mr. Jeff Ludwig as
described in the ADDRESSES section
above as soon as possible.
Dated: February 27, 2009.
J.A. Watson,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of
Prevention Policy.
[FR Doc. E9–4810 Filed 3–5–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
National Communications System
[Docket No. NCS–2009–0001]
President’s National Security
Telecommunications Advisory
Committee
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES
AGENCY: National Communications
System, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of an open advisory
committee meeting.
SUMMARY: The President’s National
Security Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC) will be meeting by
teleconference; the meeting will be open
to the public.
DATES: March 11, 2009, from 2 p.m.
until 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
by teleconference. For access to the
conference bridge and meeting
materials, contact Ms. Sue Daage at
(703) 235–5526 or by e-mail at
sue.daage@dhs.gov by 5 p.m. March 6,
2009. If you desire to submit comments
regarding the March 11, 2009, meeting
they must be submitted by April 1,
2009. This deadline provides additional
time for comments in consideration of
this notice being provided less than 15
days prior to the meeting. Comments
VerDate Nov<24>2008
16:20 Mar 05, 2009
Jkt 217001
must be identified by NCS–2009–0001
and may be submitted by one of the
following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: NSTAC1@dhs.gov. Include
docket number in the subject line of the
message.
Mail: Office of the Manager, National
Communications System (Customer
Service Branch), Department of
Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane,
SW., Washington, DC 20598–0615; Fax:
1–866–466–5370.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and NCS–2009–
0001, the docket number for this action.
Comments received will be posted
without alteration at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received by the NSTAC, go to
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sue Daage, Customer Service Branch at
(703) 235–5526, e-mail:
sue.daage@dhs.gov or write the Deputy
Manager, National Communications
System, Department of Homeland
Security, 245 Murray Lane, SW.,
Washington, DC 20598–0615.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
compliance with 41 CFR 102–3.150(b),
notice is hereby provided that less than
15 calendar days notice of this meeting
is being provided due to exceptional
circumstances, namely, that the
NSTAC’s input on the above issues has
been requested by March 12, 2009, in
order to inform in a timely manner the
President’s ongoing review of Federal
cybersecurity policy.
NSTAC advises the President on
issues and problems related to
implementing national security and
emergency preparedness
telecommunications policy. Notice of
this meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public
Law 92–463 (1972), as amended
appearing in 5 U.S.C. App. 2.
At the upcoming open meeting, the
NSTAC Principals will discuss the
following four issues:
1. The government’s role(s) in
securing and protecting the critical
infrastructures and private sector
networks.
2. The adequacy of related Federal
laws, regulations, and policies.
3. Organizational structures needed to
support national security and
emergency preparedness
communications needs in a converged
environment.
PO 00000
Frm 00048
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
4. Actions related to the above issues
which require immediate attention.
Persons with disabilities who require
special assistance should indicate this
when arranging access to the
teleconference and are encouraged to
identify anticipated special needs as
early as possible.
Dated: March 2, 2009.
Nicholas E. Andre,
Acting Director, National Communications
System.
[FR Doc. E9–4806 Filed 3–5–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4410–10–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
National Customs Automation
Program Test Concerning Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry
Summary, Accounts, and Revenue
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) will be conducting a
National Customs Automation Program
(NCAP) test concerning Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry
Summary, Accounts, and Revenue
(ESAR II) capabilities. These new
capabilities will include functionality
specific to the filing and processing of
formal consumption entries and
informal entries. This entry summary
processing will include Automated
Broker Interface (ABI) Census Warning
Overrides and will accommodate the
issuance of certain CBP forms through
the ACE Portal. Other new functionality
will enhance Portal Account
Management and allow for ACE Secure
Data Portal reporting. This document
announces the deployment schedule for
this test.
DATES: The test will begin no earlier
than March 15, 2009, at each port
identified in this notice as part of the
first cluster of ports designated for
deployment. The test will continue until
concluded by way of announcement in
the Federal Register. Comments
concerning this notice and all aspects of
the announced test may be submitted at
any time during the test period.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be submitted via e-mail to
Janet Pence at ESARinfoinbox@dhs.gov.
Please indicate ‘‘ESAR II Federal
Register Notice’’ in the subject line of
your e-mail.
E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM
06MRN1
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 43 / Friday, March 6, 2009 / Notices
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
policy-related questions, please contact
Cynthia Whittenburg at
cynthia.whittenburg@dhs.gov. For
technical questions that are non-ABI
related, please contact Katrina Marbley
at (703) 650–3285. For technical
questions related to ABI transmissions,
please contact your assigned client
representative. Parties without an
assigned client representative should
direct their questions to the Client
Representative Branch at (703) 650–
3500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES
Background
On August 26, 2008, CBP published a
General Notice in the Federal Register
(73 FR 50337) announcing the agency’s
plan to conduct a new test concerning
ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and
Revenue (ESAR II) capabilities that will
provide new Portal and Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) capabilities specific to
Entry Summary filing and processing of
consumption and informal entries. The
notice stated that functionality will
include ABI Census Warning Overrides
and issuance of CBP requests for
information and notices of action
through the ACE Portal, and that new
functionality will enhance Portal
Account Management and allow for
ACE Secure Data Portal reporting. The
notice indicated that this release of
ESAR II initially will be limited only to
formal entries, commonly referred to in
the Automated Commercial System
(ACS) as type 01 entries, and informal
entries, commonly referred to in ACS as
type 11 entries. The notice listed the
ports where the test was expected to be
deployed and requested that interested
ABI participants wishing to submit type
01 and 11 entries for this test provide
to CBP, within 60 days of the date of
publication of the notice, the number of
expected ACE entry summaries that will
be submitted to the listed ports.
Importer and broker volunteers
wishing to benefit from Portal
functionality available in this test were
also advised that they must have an
ACE Portal Account. ABI volunteers
wishing to participate in this test were
advised that they must have the ability
to:
• File entries on a statement, i.e., no
non-statement; single pay entry
summaries will be allowed; and
• Use a software package that has
completed ABI certification testing for
ACE.
Changes to the Test
The August 26, 2008, notice indicated
that participating importer, broker, and
VerDate Nov<24>2008
16:20 Mar 05, 2009
Jkt 217001
carrier Portal Account types will be able
to maintain certain declarations in the
ACE Secure Data Portal. The notice
stated that declarations that will be
supported via the Portal would include:
Affidavits of manufacturers; North
American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) Certificates of Origin; NonReimbursement Blanket Statements
(Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duty
(AD/CVD)); certain marking rulings; and
importer certifying statements. CBP is
announcing in this notice that the ACE
Portal will not be supporting ‘‘certain
marking rulings.’’ All other declarations
will be supported as noted in the
August notice.
Additionally, CBP is announcing in
this notice that, although this ESAR II
test will support type 01 and 11 entry
types filed through remote location
filing, this will not be available on the
first day of the test. CBP will support
remote location filing at some point
following the ‘‘go live’’ date of the test.
CBP will issue a message to the trade via
the ‘‘Cargo Systems Message System’’
alerting the trade that they may begin
filing type 01 and 11 entries remotely.
Implementation of the Test
CBP received comments from 39
interested ABI participants in response
to the August 26, 2008, notice. ABI
respondents provided a breakdown of
the anticipated type 01 and 11 ACE
entry summaries to be submitted to the
ports listed in the August 26, 2008,
notice. All 39 ABI filers will receive email notifications confirming their
acceptance into the test.
Additionally, 17 software developers
contacted their client representative
with regard to their interest in ABI
certification testing for ACE. All 17
software developers will be contacted
by their client representative and will be
advised as to the start of certification
testing.
For purposes of this test, the system
of origin (ACS or ACE) will determine
the system of record for that entry
summary. For example, if the entry
summary is submitted in ACS, the
system of record for that entry summary
will be ACS. If the entry summary is
submitted in ACE, the system of record
for that entry summary will be ACE.
Based on the feedback received by
CBP to the August 26, 2008, notice, CBP
has determined that it will conduct the
ESAR II test in a phased approach as set
forth below.
I. Initial Stage—No Earlier Than March
15, 2009
At the initial stage of the test,
transmission of ACE entry summaries
will be limited to the following ports:
PO 00000
Frm 00049
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
9827
• Buffalo, New York;
• Chicago, Illinois;
• Long Beach, California; and
• Laredo, Texas.
Any of the 39 respondents who
anticipate transmitting type 01 and 11
entries at the above indicated ports
should do so no earlier than March 15,
2009.
For purposes of clarification, the port
of Long Beach, California includes Long
Beach (port code 2709) and Los Angeles
(port code 2704), but does not include
the Los Angeles Airport (port code
2720).
II. Second Stage—No Earlier Than
April 15, 2009
During the second stage of the test,
transmission of ACE entry summaries
will be expanded to the following ports:
• Miami, Florida;
• New Orleans, Louisiana;
• Houston, Texas;
• San Francisco, California;
• Seattle, Washington;
• El Paso, Texas;
• Boston, Massachusetts;
• San Diego, California;
• Newark, New Jersey;
• J.F.K. Airport, New York;
• Baltimore, Maryland;
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
• Cleveland, Ohio;
• Tucson, Arizona;
• Tampa, Florida;
• Detroit, Michigan; and
• Atlanta, Georgia.
Any of the 39 respondents who
anticipate transmitting type 01 and 11
entries at the above indicated ports
should do so no earlier than April 15,
2009.
III. Third Stage—No Earlier Than June
15, 2009
During the third and final stage of the
test, transmission of ACE entry
summaries will be expanded
nationwide to all remaining ports.
Expansion of Participation
At this time, CBP would also like to
invite any additional interested ABI
applicants meeting the eligibility
criteria specified in the August 26, 2008,
notice to participate in the ESAR II test.
Eligible ABI trade volunteers interested
in submitting type 01 and 11 entries for
this test to the ports identified above
should contact their assigned client
representative directly. Interested
parties without an assigned client
representative should contact the Client
Representative Branch at (703) 650–
3500. Filers will receive an e-mail
notification confirming their acceptance
into the test.
Interested software developers should
similarly contact their client
E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM
06MRN1
9828
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 43 / Friday, March 6, 2009 / Notices
representative with regard to their
interest in ABI certification testing for
ACE. All software developers will be
contacted by their client representative
and will be advised as to the start of
certification testing.
Acceptance into this test does not
guarantee eligibility for, or acceptance
into, future technical tests. Participation
in the ESAR II test will be expanded in
the future as funding allows; however,
the eligibility criteria may differ from
the criteria listed in this and the August
26, 2008, notice. Additionally,
expansion of this test to allow
participation by future applicants may
be delayed due to funding or
technological constraints.
As stated in previous notices,
participation in this or any of the
previous ACE tests is not confidential
and upon a written Freedom of
Information Act request, a name(s) of an
approved participant(s) will be
disclosed by CBP in accordance with 5
U.S.C. 552. If necessary, CBP will
reserve the right to limit the number of
participants and locations during the
initial stages of the test.
Previous Notices
All requirements and aspects of the
ESAR II test discussed in the August 26,
2008, notice as well as in any other
previous notices, except to the extent
expressly modified by this notice, are
hereby incorporated by reference and
continue to be applicable.
Dated: March 3, 2009.
Daniel Baldwin,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of
International Trade.
[FR Doc. E9–4844 Filed 3–5–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111–14–P
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5280–N–08]
Federal Property Suitable as Facilities
To Assist the Homeless
mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This Notice identifies
unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
surplus Federal property reviewed by
HUD for suitability for possible use to
assist the homeless.
Effective Date: March 6, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC
VerDate Nov<24>2008
16:20 Mar 05, 2009
Jkt 217001
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
administrative record and may be made
available to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, see ADDRESSES, (telephone:
760–431–9440; fax: 760–431–9624).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following applicants have applied for
scientific research permits to conduct
certain activities with endangered
species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A)
of the Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (‘‘we’’) solicits review
and comment from local, State, and
Federal agencies, and the public on the
following permit requests. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Permit No. TE–205600
20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY
number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565, (these
telephone numbers are not toll-free), or
call the toll-free Title V information line
at 800–927–7588.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the December 12, 1988
court order in National Coalition for the
Homeless v. Veterans Administration,
No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD
publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,
identifying unutilized, underutilized,
excess and surplus Federal buildings
and real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the
purpose of announcing that no
additional properties have been
determined suitable or unsuitable this
week.
Dated: February 26, 2009.
Mark R. Johnston,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs.
[FR Doc. E9–4530 Filed 3–5–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
[FWS–R8–ES–2009–N0052; 80221–1113–
0000–F5]
Endangered Species Recovery Permit
Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comment.
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
prohibits activities with endangered and
threatened species unless a Federal
permit allows such activity. The Act
also requires that we invite public
comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: Comments on these permit
applications must be received on or
before April 6, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments
should be submitted to the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Endangered
Species Program Manager, Region 8,
2800 Cottage Way, Room W–2606,
Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916–
414–6464; fax: 916–414–6486). Please
refer to the respective permit number for
each application when submitting
comments. All comments received,
including names and addresses, will
become part of the official
PO 00000
Frm 00050
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Applicant: Bonnie E. Peterson,
Sacramento, California.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture, collect, and kill) the
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta longiantenna), the
Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus
wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the
vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus
packardi) in conjunction with surveys
throughout the range of each species in
California for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
Permit No. TE–797267
Applicant: H. T. Harvey and Associates,
Los Gatos, California.
The applicant requests an amendment
to take (capture, collect, and kill) the
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta longiantenna), the
Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus
wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the
vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus
packardi) in conjunction with surveys
throughout the range of each species in
California for the purpose of enhancing
their survival.
Permit No. TE–804203
Applicant: Stephen J. Meyers,
Victorville California.
E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM
06MRN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 43 (Friday, March 6, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9826-9828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4844]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
National Customs Automation Program Test Concerning Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be conducting a
National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR
II) capabilities. These new capabilities will include functionality
specific to the filing and processing of formal consumption entries and
informal entries. This entry summary processing will include Automated
Broker Interface (ABI) Census Warning Overrides and will accommodate
the issuance of certain CBP forms through the ACE Portal. Other new
functionality will enhance Portal Account Management and allow for ACE
Secure Data Portal reporting. This document announces the deployment
schedule for this test.
DATES: The test will begin no earlier than March 15, 2009, at each port
identified in this notice as part of the first cluster of ports
designated for deployment. The test will continue until concluded by
way of announcement in the Federal Register. Comments concerning this
notice and all aspects of the announced test may be submitted at any
time during the test period.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be submitted via e-
mail to Janet Pence at ESARinfoinbox@dhs.gov. Please indicate ``ESAR II
Federal Register Notice'' in the subject line of your e-mail.
[[Page 9827]]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For policy-related questions, please
contact Cynthia Whittenburg at cynthia.whittenburg@dhs.gov. For
technical questions that are non-ABI related, please contact Katrina
Marbley at (703) 650-3285. For technical questions related to ABI
transmissions, please contact your assigned client representative.
Parties without an assigned client representative should direct their
questions to the Client Representative Branch at (703) 650-3500.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 26, 2008, CBP published a General Notice in the Federal
Register (73 FR 50337) announcing the agency's plan to conduct a new
test concerning ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR II)
capabilities that will provide new Portal and Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) capabilities specific to Entry Summary filing and
processing of consumption and informal entries. The notice stated that
functionality will include ABI Census Warning Overrides and issuance of
CBP requests for information and notices of action through the ACE
Portal, and that new functionality will enhance Portal Account
Management and allow for ACE Secure Data Portal reporting. The notice
indicated that this release of ESAR II initially will be limited only
to formal entries, commonly referred to in the Automated Commercial
System (ACS) as type 01 entries, and informal entries, commonly
referred to in ACS as type 11 entries. The notice listed the ports
where the test was expected to be deployed and requested that
interested ABI participants wishing to submit type 01 and 11 entries
for this test provide to CBP, within 60 days of the date of publication
of the notice, the number of expected ACE entry summaries that will be
submitted to the listed ports.
Importer and broker volunteers wishing to benefit from Portal
functionality available in this test were also advised that they must
have an ACE Portal Account. ABI volunteers wishing to participate in
this test were advised that they must have the ability to:
File entries on a statement, i.e., no non-statement;
single pay entry summaries will be allowed; and
Use a software package that has completed ABI
certification testing for ACE.
Changes to the Test
The August 26, 2008, notice indicated that participating importer,
broker, and carrier Portal Account types will be able to maintain
certain declarations in the ACE Secure Data Portal. The notice stated
that declarations that will be supported via the Portal would include:
Affidavits of manufacturers; North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) Certificates of Origin; Non-Reimbursement Blanket Statements
(Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD)); certain marking rulings;
and importer certifying statements. CBP is announcing in this notice
that the ACE Portal will not be supporting ``certain marking rulings.''
All other declarations will be supported as noted in the August notice.
Additionally, CBP is announcing in this notice that, although this
ESAR II test will support type 01 and 11 entry types filed through
remote location filing, this will not be available on the first day of
the test. CBP will support remote location filing at some point
following the ``go live'' date of the test. CBP will issue a message to
the trade via the ``Cargo Systems Message System'' alerting the trade
that they may begin filing type 01 and 11 entries remotely.
Implementation of the Test
CBP received comments from 39 interested ABI participants in
response to the August 26, 2008, notice. ABI respondents provided a
breakdown of the anticipated type 01 and 11 ACE entry summaries to be
submitted to the ports listed in the August 26, 2008, notice. All 39
ABI filers will receive e-mail notifications confirming their
acceptance into the test.
Additionally, 17 software developers contacted their client
representative with regard to their interest in ABI certification
testing for ACE. All 17 software developers will be contacted by their
client representative and will be advised as to the start of
certification testing.
For purposes of this test, the system of origin (ACS or ACE) will
determine the system of record for that entry summary. For example, if
the entry summary is submitted in ACS, the system of record for that
entry summary will be ACS. If the entry summary is submitted in ACE,
the system of record for that entry summary will be ACE.
Based on the feedback received by CBP to the August 26, 2008,
notice, CBP has determined that it will conduct the ESAR II test in a
phased approach as set forth below.
I. Initial Stage--No Earlier Than March 15, 2009
At the initial stage of the test, transmission of ACE entry
summaries will be limited to the following ports:
Buffalo, New York;
Chicago, Illinois;
Long Beach, California; and
Laredo, Texas.
Any of the 39 respondents who anticipate transmitting type 01 and 11
entries at the above indicated ports should do so no earlier than March
15, 2009.
For purposes of clarification, the port of Long Beach, California
includes Long Beach (port code 2709) and Los Angeles (port code 2704),
but does not include the Los Angeles Airport (port code 2720).
II. Second Stage--No Earlier Than April 15, 2009
During the second stage of the test, transmission of ACE entry
summaries will be expanded to the following ports:
Miami, Florida;
New Orleans, Louisiana;
Houston, Texas;
San Francisco, California;
Seattle, Washington;
El Paso, Texas;
Boston, Massachusetts;
San Diego, California;
Newark, New Jersey;
J.F.K. Airport, New York;
Baltimore, Maryland;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Cleveland, Ohio;
Tucson, Arizona;
Tampa, Florida;
Detroit, Michigan; and
Atlanta, Georgia.
Any of the 39 respondents who anticipate transmitting type 01 and 11
entries at the above indicated ports should do so no earlier than April
15, 2009.
III. Third Stage--No Earlier Than June 15, 2009
During the third and final stage of the test, transmission of ACE
entry summaries will be expanded nationwide to all remaining ports.
Expansion of Participation
At this time, CBP would also like to invite any additional
interested ABI applicants meeting the eligibility criteria specified in
the August 26, 2008, notice to participate in the ESAR II test.
Eligible ABI trade volunteers interested in submitting type 01 and 11
entries for this test to the ports identified above should contact
their assigned client representative directly. Interested parties
without an assigned client representative should contact the Client
Representative Branch at (703) 650-3500. Filers will receive an e-mail
notification confirming their acceptance into the test.
Interested software developers should similarly contact their
client
[[Page 9828]]
representative with regard to their interest in ABI certification
testing for ACE. All software developers will be contacted by their
client representative and will be advised as to the start of
certification testing.
Acceptance into this test does not guarantee eligibility for, or
acceptance into, future technical tests. Participation in the ESAR II
test will be expanded in the future as funding allows; however, the
eligibility criteria may differ from the criteria listed in this and
the August 26, 2008, notice. Additionally, expansion of this test to
allow participation by future applicants may be delayed due to funding
or technological constraints.
As stated in previous notices, participation in this or any of the
previous ACE tests is not confidential and upon a written Freedom of
Information Act request, a name(s) of an approved participant(s) will
be disclosed by CBP in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552. If necessary, CBP
will reserve the right to limit the number of participants and
locations during the initial stages of the test.
Previous Notices
All requirements and aspects of the ESAR II test discussed in the
August 26, 2008, notice as well as in any other previous notices,
except to the extent expressly modified by this notice, are hereby
incorporated by reference and continue to be applicable.
Dated: March 3, 2009.
Daniel Baldwin,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Trade.
[FR Doc. E9-4844 Filed 3-5-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-14-P
