Agency Information Collection Activities: Exportation of Used Self-Propelled Vehicles, 60134 [2012-24238]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 60134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24238]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Agency Information Collection Activities: Exportation of Used 
Self-Propelled Vehicles

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for comments; Extension of an 
existing collection of information.

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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of 
Homeland Security will be submitting the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: 
Exportation of Used Self-Propelled Vehicles. This is a proposed 
extension of an information collection that was previously approved. 
CBP is proposing that this information collection be extended with no 
change to the burden hours. This document is published to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies. This proposed 
information collection was previously published in the Federal Register 
(76 FR 44258) on June 27, 2012, allowing for a 60-day comment period. 
One comment was received. This notice allows for an additional 30 days 
for public comments. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 
1320.10.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before November 1, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
this proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs and Border Protection, 
Department of Homeland Security, and sent via electronic mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, 799 
9th Street NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177, at 202-325-0265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information 
collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)). The comments should address: (a) Whether 
the 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 the use of automated collection 
techniques or the use of other forms of information technology; and (e) 
the annual costs burden to respondents or record keepers from the 
collection of information (a total capital/startup costs and operations 
and maintenance costs). The comments that are submitted will be 
summarized and included in the CBP request for Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. In this document CBP is soliciting comments concerning the 
following information collection:
    Title: Exportation of Used-Propelled Vehicles.
    OMB Number: 1651-0054.
    Form Number: None.
    Abstract: The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations 
require an individual attempting to export a used self propelled 
vehicle to furnish documentation to CBP at the port of export. 
Exportation of a vehicle is permitted only upon compliance with these 
requirements. The required documentation includes, but is not limited 
to, a Certificate of Title or a Salvage Title, the Vehicle 
Identification Number (VIN), a Manufacturer's Statement of Origin, etc. 
CBP will accept originals or certified copies of Certificate of Title. 
The purpose of this information is to help ensure that stolen vehicles 
or vehicles associated with other criminal activity are not exported.
    Collection of this information is authorized by 19 U.S.C.1627a 
which provides CBP with authority to impose export reporting 
requirements on all used self-propelled vehicles. It is also authorized 
by Title IV, Section 401 of the Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992, 19 U.S.C. 
1646(c) which requires all persons or entities exporting a used self-
propelled vehicle to provide to CBP, at least 72 hours prior to export, 
the VIN and proof of ownership of each automobile. This information 
collection is provided for by 19 CFR Part 192. Further guidance 
regarding these requirements is provided at: https://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/basic_trade/export_docs/motor_vehicle.xml.
    Action: CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this 
information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the 
information collected.
    Type of Review: Extension (without change).
    Affected Public: Individuals and Businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 750,000.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 750,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 125,000.

    Dated: September 27, 2012.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2012-24238 Filed 10-1-12; 8:45 am]
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