Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records, 24759-24762 [2014-09906]
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Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff
regarding the psychological foundation
for HRA and an Integration Decisiontree Human Event Analysis System
(IDHEAS) methodology for generic
nuclear power plant (NPP) operations.
10:45 a.m.–11:45 a.m.: Overview of
the Early Site Permit (ESP) Process
(Open)—The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff
regarding the ESP process.
12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.: Meeting with
Commissioner Magwood (Open)—The
Committee will discuss items of mutual
interest with Commissioner Magwood.
2:15 p.m.–4:15 p.m.: SECY–14–0016,
‘‘Ongoing Staff Activities to Assess
Regulatory Considerations for Power
Reactor Subsequent License Renewal’’
(Open)—The Committee will hear
presentations by and hold discussions
with representatives of the NRC staff
regarding ongoing activities related to
Subsequent License Renewal.
4:15 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of
ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee
will discuss proposed ACRS reports on
matters discussed during this meeting.
The Committee will also consider a
response to the February 24, 2014, letter
from the Executive Director for
Operations regarding Chapters 6 and 7
of the Safety Evaluation Report with
Open Items for Certification of the US–
APWR design and related long term core
cooling issues.
Friday, May 9, 2014, Conference Room
T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland
8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Future ACRS
Activities/Report of the Planning and
Procedures Subcommittee (Open/
Closed)—The Committee will discuss
the recommendations of the Planning
and Procedures Subcommittee regarding
items proposed for consideration by the
Full Committee during future ACRS
Meetings, and matters related to the
conduct of ACRS business, including
anticipated workload and member
assignments. [Note: A portion of this
meeting may be closed pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 552b (c) (2) and (6) to discuss
organizational and personnel matters
that relate solely to internal personnel
rules and practices of ACRS, and
information the release of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.]
10:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.: Reconciliation
of ACRS Comments and
Recommendations (Open)—The
Committee will discuss the responses
from the NRC Executive Director for
Operations to comments and
recommendations included in recent
ACRS reports and letters.
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10:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of
ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee
will continue its discussion of proposed
ACRS reports on matters discussed
during this meeting. The Committee
will also consider a response to the
February 24, 2014, letter from the
Executive Director for Operations
regarding Chapters 6 and 7 of the Safety
Evaluation Report with Open Items for
Certification of the US–APWR design
and related long term core cooling
issues.
Saturday, May 10, 2014, Conference
Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.: Preparation of
ACRS Reports (Open)—The Committee
will continue its discussion of proposed
ACRS reports on matters discussed
during this meeting. The Committee
will also consider a response to the
February 24, 2014, letter from the
Executive Director for Operations
regarding Chapters 6 and 7 of the Safety
Evaluation Report with Open Items for
Certification of the US–APWR design
and related long term core cooling
issues.
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Miscellaneous
(Closed)—The Committee will discuss
matters related to the conduct of
Committee activities and specific issues
that were not completed during
previous meetings, as time and
availability of information permit.
Procedures for the conduct of and
participation in ACRS meetings were
published in the Federal Register on
November 8, 2013 (78 FR 67205–67206).
In accordance with those procedures,
oral or written views may be presented
by members of the public, including
representatives of the nuclear industry.
Persons desiring to make oral statements
should notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant
ACRS Staff (Telephone: 301–415–5844,
Email: Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov), five
days before the meeting, if possible, so
that appropriate arrangements can be
made to allow necessary time during the
meeting for such statements. In view of
the possibility that the schedule for
ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the
Chairman as necessary to facilitate the
conduct of the meeting, persons
planning to attend should check with
the Cognizant ACRS staff if such
rescheduling would result in major
inconvenience.
Thirty-five hard copies of each
presentation or handout should be
provided 30 minutes before the meeting.
In addition, one electronic copy of each
presentation should be emailed to the
Cognizant ACRS Staff one day before
meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be
provided within this timeframe,
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presenters should provide the Cognizant
ACRS Staff with a CD containing each
presentation at least 30 minutes before
the meeting.
In accordance with Subsection 10(d)
Public Law 92–463, and 5 U.S.C.
552b(c), certain portions of this meeting
may be closed, as specifically noted
above. Use of still, motion picture, and
television cameras during the meeting
may be limited to selected portions of
the meeting as determined by the
Chairman. Electronic recordings will be
permitted only during the open portions
of the meeting.
ACRS meeting agenda, meeting
transcripts, and letter reports are
available through the NRC Public
Document Room at
pdr.resource@nrc.gov, or by calling the
PDR at 1–800–397–4209, or from the
Publicly Available Records System
(PARS) component of NRC’s document
system (Agencywide Documents Access
and Management System) which is
accessible from the NRC Web site at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html or https://www.nrc.gov/
reading-rm/doc-collections/ACRS/.
Video teleconferencing service is
available for observing open sessions of
ACRS meetings. Those wishing to use
this service should contact Mr. Theron
Brown, ACRS Audio Visual Technician
(301–415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and
3:45 p.m. (ET), at least 10 days before
the meeting to ensure the availability of
this service. Individuals or
organizations requesting this service
will be responsible for telephone line
charges and for providing the
equipment and facilities that they use to
establish the video teleconferencing
link. The availability of video
teleconferencing services is not
guaranteed.
Date: April 25, 2014.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
POSTAL SERVICE
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Notice of modification to
existing systems of records.
AGENCY:
The United States Postal
Service® (Postal Service) is proposing to
modify a Customer Privacy Act System
of Records (SOR) to support the
enforcement of United States customs,
export control, and export statistics laws
SUMMARY:
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with regards to mailpieces exported
from the United States.
Additionally, the Postal Service is
establishing a new Customer Privacy
Act SOR to enable the collection and
maintenance of electronic customs
information received from foreign postal
operators with regard to inbound,
international mail pieces. Such
information is intended to support
domestic customs, operations, and other
processes related to the international
exchange of mail.
DATES: These revisions will become
effective without further notice on June
2, 2014 unless comments received on or
before that date result in a contrary
determination.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed
or delivered to the Privacy and Records
Office, United States Postal Service, 475
L’Enfant Plaza SW., Room 9517,
Washington, DC 20260–1101. Copies of
all written comments will be available
at this address for public inspection and
photocopying between 8 a.m. and 4
p.m., Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Matthew J. Connolly, Chief Privacy
Officer, Privacy and Records Office,
202–268–8582 or privacy@usps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is in accordance with the Privacy
Act requirement that agencies publish
their systems of records in the Federal
Register when there is a revision,
change, or addition, or when the agency
establishes a new system of records. The
Postal ServiceTM has determined that
one Customer Privacy Act System of
Records should be revised to modify
categories of individuals covered by the
system, categories of records in the
system, authority for maintenance of the
system, purpose(s), routine uses of
records in the system, including
categories of users and the purpose of
such uses, retrievability, and system
manager(s) and address. Additionally,
the Postal Service is creating a new
Customer Privacy Act System of
Records for customs data on inbound
international mailpieces mailed from
international locations to the United
States.
I. Background
The Postal Service currently collects,
stores, and retrieves electronic customs
declaration information on mailpieces
exported from the United States. This
information is provided to domestic
customs officials to support United
States export requirements. To facilitate
the entry and movement of mail
throughout the world, the Postal Service
also intends to send customs declaration
information to postal operators as well
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as intermediary companies involved in
electronic data exchanges.
Furthermore, to facilitate the
importation of items into the United
States through customs control, the
Postal Service is entering into
agreements with foreign postal operators
that will permit parties to the
agreements (i.e., postal operators) to
exchange information on international
shipments. To enable the Postal Service
to maintain and use data received from
foreign postal operators pursuant to
these agreements, and to ensure that
such information is maintained in
accordance with the restrictions
contained in those agreements, the
Postal Service is establishing a new
SOR, USPS 900.100, Customs Data
Received from Foreign Posts.
II. Rationale for Changes to USPS
Privacy Act Systems of Records
The Postal Service is proposing
several modifications to SOR 900.000.
First, the SOR is being amended to
reflect that the Postal Service intends to
maintain information on customers
shipping to or from international
locations as well as customers receiving
items shipped to or from international
locations. Second, the Postal Service is
updating the categories of records in the
SOR to account for the collection of
additional types of shipment-specific
information that is supplied by
customers on current customs
declaration forms. To complement these
changes, the Postal Service is also
clarifying that records may be retrieved
by any information supplied by the
customer on such forms.
Third, the Postal Service is modifying
the SOR to enable information
maintained in this system to be used to
facilitate the enforcement of domestic
customs, export control, and export
statistics laws. Finally, the Postal
Service is amending standard routine
use (a) to permit the sharing of
information in this system with foreign
postal operators and intermediary
companies involved in electronic data
exchanges with those foreign customs
agencies and postal operators.
Additional clarifications specify that
records are shared with domestic export
control agencies. Collectively, these
changes are intended to enhance the
Postal Service’s role in facilitating the
movement of cross-border mail, while
ensuring that customs and export
requirements, as well as governmental
objectives for trade statistics reporting,
are fulfilled. Technical corrections are
also being made to the sections on legal
authority and system managers.
As mentioned above, the Postal
Service is entering into agreements with
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foreign postal operators that will permit
parties to the agreements (i.e., postal
operators) to exchange information on
international shipments. SOR 900.100,
Customs Data Received from Foreign
Posts, will allow the Postal Service to
receive and maintain electronic
information supplied by foreign posts
on mailings sent from foreign
jurisdictions to domestic recipients. To
facilitate enforcement of domestic
customs laws and regulations, the Postal
Service intends to disclose such
information to domestic customs
officials, subject to the conditions of any
agreement between the Postal Service
and a foreign postal operator
transmitting customs data to the Postal
Service.
III. Description of Changes to Systems
of Records
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11),
interested persons are invited to submit
written data, views, or arguments on
this proposal. A report of the proposed
modifications has been sent to Congress
and to the Office of Management and
Budget for their evaluations. The Postal
Service does not expect this amended
system of records to have any adverse
effect on individual privacy rights. The
affected systems are as follows:
USPS 900.000
SYSTEM NAME: International Services
IV. Description of New System of
Records
The United States Postal Service is
adding a new system of records to its
Customer Privacy Act Systems of
Records Management System. This new
system of records is being established to
account for information being collected
and stored for inbound international
mail and packages. The Postal Service
proposes adding the system as shown
below:
USPS 900.100
SYSTEM NAME: Customs Data Received
from Foreign Posts
Accordingly, for the reasons stated,
the Postal Service proposes changes in
the existing system of records as
follows:
USPS 900.000
SYSTEM NAME:
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USPS International Services
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
[CHANGE TO READ]
USPS customers shipping to or from
international locations. Customers
receiving items shipped to or from
international locations.
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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
USPS 900.100
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[CHANGE TO READ]
3. Information pertaining to mailings:
Information supplied through customs
declaration forms: Contents, quantity,
order number, volume, destination,
weight, country of origin, value,
Harmonized Commodity Description
and Coding System (HS) Tariff number,
license or certificate number,
Automated Export System (AES)
internal transaction number or
exemption, signature, date, postage and
fees, and type of mailing.
4. Customs barcode scan data.
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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM,
INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
SYSTEM NAME:
Customs Data Received From Foreign
Posts
SYSTEM LOCATION:
USPS Headquarters, Integrated
Business Solutions Services Centers,
and USPS facilities.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Customers shipping from
international locations. Customers
receiving items shipped from
international locations.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
[CHANGE TO READ]
39 U.S.C. 401, 403, 404, and 407; 13
U.S.C. 301–307; Section 343(a) of the
Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210,
and 50 U.S.C. 1702.
1. The S10 13-character item
identifier or any bilaterally agreed
identifier.
2. The full name and postal address
of the mailer.
3. The name and postal address of the
intended recipient.
4. The gross weight of the item.
5. The total value of the item with the
currency used.
6. The nature of the content (gift,
document, a commercial sample, or
some other content).
7. For each distinct type of content of
the item: Its description, the quantity
and unit of measurement, its value, and
its net weight.
8. For commercial items: The HS tariff
number, the country of origin of the
goods.
9. For items that require a Universal
Postal Union (UPU) customs declaration
form CN23: The importer’s reference
and details; the type and identifier of
each document accompanying the item
(invoice, certificate, license,
authorization for goods subject to
quarantine or other documents
depending on the content and origin
and destination of the item); other
information and observations provided
by the mailer and relevant for customs
control, including, but not limited to,
information about quarantine
restrictions and the numbers of any
licenses related to the item.
PURPOSE:
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4. To satisfy reporting requirements
for customs purposes.
5. To support enforcement of U.S.
customs, export control, and export
statistics laws.
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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM,
INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
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a. Customs declaration records may be
disclosed to domestic export control
and customs agencies and foreign
customs agencies and postal operators,
as well as intermediary companies
involved in electronic data exchanges.
RETRIEVABILITY:
[CHANGE TO READ]
By customer name(s) or address(es)
(sender or recipient), ID number(s),
information supplied through customs
declaration forms, and barcode tracking
number(s).
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SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
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Vice President, Global Business,
United States Postal Service, 475
L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC
20260.
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Vice President, Network Operations,
United States Postal Service, 475
L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC
20260.
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AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
39 U.S.C. 401, 404, and 407; Section
343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002, P.L.
107–210, and international agreements
or regulations.
PURPOSE(S):
1. To collect data necessary for
customs purposes.
2. To support processes related to the
international exchange of mail.
3. To support operational purposes.
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Standard routine uses 1. through 7.,
10., and 11.
In addition:
Customs declaration records may be
disclosed to domestic customs officials.
When USPS has executed an agreement
with a foreign postal operator for the
exchange of customs declaration
records, discretionary routine use
disclosures for records exchanged in
accordance with the agreement may be
further restricted to extent provided by
the agreement.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM
STORAGE:
Automated databases, computer
storage media, and digital and paper
files.
RETRIEVABILITY:
1. The S10 13-character item
identifier or any bilaterally agreed
identifier.
2. The full name and postal address
of the mailer.
3. The name and postal address of the
intended recipient.
4. The gross weight of the item.
5. The total value of the item with the
currency used.
6. The nature of the content (gift,
document, a commercial sample, or
some other content).
7. For each distinct type of content of
the item: Its description, the quantity
and unit of measurement, its value, and
its net weight.
8. For commercial items: The HS tariff
number, the country of origin of the
goods.
9. For items that require a Universal
Postal Union (UPU) customs declaration
form CN23: The importer’s reference
and details; the type and identifier of
each document accompanying the item
(invoice, certificate, license,
authorization for goods subject to
quarantine or other documents
depending on the content and origin
and destination of the item); other
information and observations provided
by the mailer and relevant for customs
control, including, but not limited to,
information about quarantine
restrictions and the numbers of any
licenses related to the item.
SAFEGUARDS:
Paper records, computers, and
computer storage media are located in
controlled-access areas under
supervision of program personnel.
Access to these areas is limited to
authorized personnel, who must be
identified with a badge.
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Access to records is limited to
individuals whose official duties require
such access. Contractors and licensees
are subject to contract controls and
unannounced on-site audits and
inspections.
Computers are protected by
mechanical locks, card key systems, or
other physical access control methods.
The use of computer systems is
regulated with installed security
software, computer logon
identifications, and operating system
controls including access controls,
terminal and transaction logging, and
file management software.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Customs declaration records stored in
electronic data systems are retained 5
years, and then purged according to the
requirements of domestic and foreign
customs services.
Records existing on computer storage
media are destroyed according to the
applicable USPS media sanitization
practice.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Vice President, Network Operations,
United States Postal Service, 475
L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC
20260.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Customers wanting to know if other
information about them is maintained in
this system of records must address
inquiries in writing to the system
manager, and include their name and
address.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Requests for access must be made in
accordance with the Notification
Procedure above and USPS Privacy Act
regulations regarding access to records
and verification of identity under 39
CFR 266.6.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
See Notification Procedure and
Record Access Procedures above.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Customers and USPS personnel.
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Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.
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BILLING CODE 7710–12–P
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Summary: In accordance with the
requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data
collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Title and purpose of information
collection: Pension Plan Reports; OMB
3220–0089.
Under Section 2(b) of the Railroad
Retirement Act (RRA), the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) pays
supplemental annuities to qualified RRB
employee annuitants. A supplemental
annuity, which is computed according
to Section 3(e) of the RRA, can be paid
at age 60 if the employee has at least 30
years of creditable railroad service or at
age 65 if the employee has 25–29 years
of railroad service. In addition to 25
years of service, a ‘‘current connection’’
with the railroad industry is required.
Eligibility is further limited to
employees who had at least one month
of rail service before October 1981 and
were awarded regular annuities after
June 1966. Further, if an employee’s
65th birthday was prior to September 2,
1981, he or she must not have worked
in rail service after certain closing dates
(generally the last day of the month
following the month in which age 65 is
attained). Under Section 2(h)(2) of the
RRA, the amount of the supplemental
annuity is reduced if the employee
receives monthly pension payments, or
a lump-sum pension payment from a
private pension from a railroad
employer, to the extent the payments
are based on contributions from that
employer. The employee’s own
contribution to their pension account
does not cause a reduction. A private
railroad employer pension is defined in
20 CFR 216.42.
The RRB requires the following
information from railroad employers to
calculate supplemental annuities: (a)
The current status of railroad employer
pension plans and whether such plans
cause reductions to the supplemental
annuity; (b) whether the employee
receives monthly payments from a
private railroad employer pension,
elected to receive a lump-sum in lieu of
month pension payments from such a
plan; (c) the date monthly pension
payments began or a lump-sum payment
was received; and (d) the amount of the
payments attributable to the railroad
employer’s contributions. The
requirement that railroad employers
furnish pension information to the RRB
is contained in 20 CFR 209.2.
The RRB currently utilizes Form G–
88p, Employer’s Supplemental Pension
Report, and Form G–88r, Request for
Information About New or Revised
Employer Pension Plan, to obtain the
necessary information from railroad
employers. One response is requested of
each respondent. Completion is
mandatory.
The RRB proposes to revise Forms G–
88p and G–88r to remove information
related to the reporting of 401(k) savings
plans and to make other editorial
changes. The RRB also proposes the
implementation of an Internet
equivalent version of Form G–88p that
can be submitted through the Employer
Reporting System.
ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL RESPONDENT BURDEN
Annual
responses
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Form No.
Time
(minutes)
Burden
(hours)
G–88p ..........................................................................................................................................
G–88p (Internet) ..........................................................................................................................
G–88r ...........................................................................................................................................
100
200
10
8
6
8
13
20
1
Total ......................................................................................................................................
310
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[FR Doc No: 2014-09906]
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POSTAL SERVICE
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
AGENCY: Postal ServiceTM.
ACTION: Notice of modification to existing systems of records.
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SUMMARY: The United States Postal Service[supreg] (Postal Service) is
proposing to modify a Customer Privacy Act System of Records (SOR) to
support the enforcement of United States customs, export control, and
export statistics laws
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with regards to mailpieces exported from the United States.
Additionally, the Postal Service is establishing a new Customer
Privacy Act SOR to enable the collection and maintenance of electronic
customs information received from foreign postal operators with regard
to inbound, international mail pieces. Such information is intended to
support domestic customs, operations, and other processes related to
the international exchange of mail.
DATES: These revisions will become effective without further notice on
June 2, 2014 unless comments received on or before that date result in
a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or delivered to the Privacy and
Records Office, United States Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza SW.,
Room 9517, Washington, DC 20260-1101. Copies of all written comments
will be available at this address for public inspection and
photocopying between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew J. Connolly, Chief Privacy
Officer, Privacy and Records Office, 202-268-8582 or privacy@usps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is in accordance with the
Privacy Act requirement that agencies publish their systems of records
in the Federal Register when there is a revision, change, or addition,
or when the agency establishes a new system of records. The Postal
ServiceTM has determined that one Customer Privacy Act
System of Records should be revised to modify categories of individuals
covered by the system, categories of records in the system, authority
for maintenance of the system, purpose(s), routine uses of records in
the system, including categories of users and the purpose of such uses,
retrievability, and system manager(s) and address. Additionally, the
Postal Service is creating a new Customer Privacy Act System of Records
for customs data on inbound international mailpieces mailed from
international locations to the United States.
I. Background
The Postal Service currently collects, stores, and retrieves
electronic customs declaration information on mailpieces exported from
the United States. This information is provided to domestic customs
officials to support United States export requirements. To facilitate
the entry and movement of mail throughout the world, the Postal Service
also intends to send customs declaration information to postal
operators as well as intermediary companies involved in electronic data
exchanges.
Furthermore, to facilitate the importation of items into the United
States through customs control, the Postal Service is entering into
agreements with foreign postal operators that will permit parties to
the agreements (i.e., postal operators) to exchange information on
international shipments. To enable the Postal Service to maintain and
use data received from foreign postal operators pursuant to these
agreements, and to ensure that such information is maintained in
accordance with the restrictions contained in those agreements, the
Postal Service is establishing a new SOR, USPS 900.100, Customs Data
Received from Foreign Posts.
II. Rationale for Changes to USPS Privacy Act Systems of Records
The Postal Service is proposing several modifications to SOR
900.000. First, the SOR is being amended to reflect that the Postal
Service intends to maintain information on customers shipping to or
from international locations as well as customers receiving items
shipped to or from international locations. Second, the Postal Service
is updating the categories of records in the SOR to account for the
collection of additional types of shipment-specific information that is
supplied by customers on current customs declaration forms. To
complement these changes, the Postal Service is also clarifying that
records may be retrieved by any information supplied by the customer on
such forms.
Third, the Postal Service is modifying the SOR to enable
information maintained in this system to be used to facilitate the
enforcement of domestic customs, export control, and export statistics
laws. Finally, the Postal Service is amending standard routine use (a)
to permit the sharing of information in this system with foreign postal
operators and intermediary companies involved in electronic data
exchanges with those foreign customs agencies and postal operators.
Additional clarifications specify that records are shared with domestic
export control agencies. Collectively, these changes are intended to
enhance the Postal Service's role in facilitating the movement of
cross-border mail, while ensuring that customs and export requirements,
as well as governmental objectives for trade statistics reporting, are
fulfilled. Technical corrections are also being made to the sections on
legal authority and system managers.
As mentioned above, the Postal Service is entering into agreements
with foreign postal operators that will permit parties to the
agreements (i.e., postal operators) to exchange information on
international shipments. SOR 900.100, Customs Data Received from
Foreign Posts, will allow the Postal Service to receive and maintain
electronic information supplied by foreign posts on mailings sent from
foreign jurisdictions to domestic recipients. To facilitate enforcement
of domestic customs laws and regulations, the Postal Service intends to
disclose such information to domestic customs officials, subject to the
conditions of any agreement between the Postal Service and a foreign
postal operator transmitting customs data to the Postal Service.
III. Description of Changes to Systems of Records
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11), interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, or arguments on this proposal. A report of
the proposed modifications has been sent to Congress and to the Office
of Management and Budget for their evaluations. The Postal Service does
not expect this amended system of records to have any adverse effect on
individual privacy rights. The affected systems are as follows:
USPS 900.000
SYSTEM NAME: International Services
IV. Description of New System of Records
The United States Postal Service is adding a new system of records
to its Customer Privacy Act Systems of Records Management System. This
new system of records is being established to account for information
being collected and stored for inbound international mail and packages.
The Postal Service proposes adding the system as shown below:
USPS 900.100
SYSTEM NAME: Customs Data Received from Foreign Posts
Accordingly, for the reasons stated, the Postal Service proposes
changes in the existing system of records as follows:
USPS 900.000
SYSTEM NAME:
[CHANGE TO READ]
USPS International Services
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
[CHANGE TO READ]
USPS customers shipping to or from international locations.
Customers receiving items shipped to or from international locations.
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CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
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[CHANGE TO READ]
3. Information pertaining to mailings: Information supplied through
customs declaration forms: Contents, quantity, order number, volume,
destination, weight, country of origin, value, Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System (HS) Tariff number, license or
certificate number, Automated Export System (AES) internal transaction
number or exemption, signature, date, postage and fees, and type of
mailing.
4. Customs barcode scan data.
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AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
[CHANGE TO READ]
39 U.S.C. 401, 403, 404, and 407; 13 U.S.C. 301-307; Section 343(a)
of the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107-210, and 50 U.S.C. 1702.
PURPOSE:
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[CHANGE TO READ]
4. To satisfy reporting requirements for customs purposes.
5. To support enforcement of U.S. customs, export control, and
export statistics laws.
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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS
AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
* * * * *
[CHANGE TO READ]
a. Customs declaration records may be disclosed to domestic export
control and customs agencies and foreign customs agencies and postal
operators, as well as intermediary companies involved in electronic
data exchanges.
RETRIEVABILITY:
[CHANGE TO READ]
By customer name(s) or address(es) (sender or recipient), ID
number(s), information supplied through customs declaration forms, and
barcode tracking number(s).
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SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
[DELETE TEXT]
Vice President, Global Business, United States Postal Service, 475
L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20260.
[ADD NEW TEXT]
Vice President, Network Operations, United States Postal Service,
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20260.
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[ADD NEW TEXT/SYSTEM OF RECORD]
USPS 900.100
SYSTEM NAME:
Customs Data Received From Foreign Posts
SYSTEM LOCATION:
USPS Headquarters, Integrated Business Solutions Services Centers,
and USPS facilities.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Customers shipping from international locations. Customers
receiving items shipped from international locations.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
1. The S10 13-character item identifier or any bilaterally agreed
identifier.
2. The full name and postal address of the mailer.
3. The name and postal address of the intended recipient.
4. The gross weight of the item.
5. The total value of the item with the currency used.
6. The nature of the content (gift, document, a commercial sample,
or some other content).
7. For each distinct type of content of the item: Its description,
the quantity and unit of measurement, its value, and its net weight.
8. For commercial items: The HS tariff number, the country of
origin of the goods.
9. For items that require a Universal Postal Union (UPU) customs
declaration form CN23: The importer's reference and details; the type
and identifier of each document accompanying the item (invoice,
certificate, license, authorization for goods subject to quarantine or
other documents depending on the content and origin and destination of
the item); other information and observations provided by the mailer
and relevant for customs control, including, but not limited to,
information about quarantine restrictions and the numbers of any
licenses related to the item.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
39 U.S.C. 401, 404, and 407; Section 343(a) of the Trade Act of
2002, P.L. 107-210, and international agreements or regulations.
PURPOSE(S):
1. To collect data necessary for customs purposes.
2. To support processes related to the international exchange of
mail.
3. To support operational purposes.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS
AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
Standard routine uses 1. through 7., 10., and 11.
In addition:
Customs declaration records may be disclosed to domestic customs
officials. When USPS has executed an agreement with a foreign postal
operator for the exchange of customs declaration records, discretionary
routine use disclosures for records exchanged in accordance with the
agreement may be further restricted to extent provided by the
agreement.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING,
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM STORAGE:
Automated databases, computer storage media, and digital and paper
files.
RETRIEVABILITY:
1. The S10 13-character item identifier or any bilaterally agreed
identifier.
2. The full name and postal address of the mailer.
3. The name and postal address of the intended recipient.
4. The gross weight of the item.
5. The total value of the item with the currency used.
6. The nature of the content (gift, document, a commercial sample,
or some other content).
7. For each distinct type of content of the item: Its description,
the quantity and unit of measurement, its value, and its net weight.
8. For commercial items: The HS tariff number, the country of
origin of the goods.
9. For items that require a Universal Postal Union (UPU) customs
declaration form CN23: The importer's reference and details; the type
and identifier of each document accompanying the item (invoice,
certificate, license, authorization for goods subject to quarantine or
other documents depending on the content and origin and destination of
the item); other information and observations provided by the mailer
and relevant for customs control, including, but not limited to,
information about quarantine restrictions and the numbers of any
licenses related to the item.
SAFEGUARDS:
Paper records, computers, and computer storage media are located in
controlled-access areas under supervision of program personnel. Access
to these areas is limited to authorized personnel, who must be
identified with a badge.
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Access to records is limited to individuals whose official duties
require such access. Contractors and licensees are subject to contract
controls and unannounced on-site audits and inspections.
Computers are protected by mechanical locks, card key systems, or
other physical access control methods. The use of computer systems is
regulated with installed security software, computer logon
identifications, and operating system controls including access
controls, terminal and transaction logging, and file management
software.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Customs declaration records stored in electronic data systems are
retained 5 years, and then purged according to the requirements of
domestic and foreign customs services.
Records existing on computer storage media are destroyed according
to the applicable USPS media sanitization practice.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Vice President, Network Operations, United States Postal Service,
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 20260.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Customers wanting to know if other information about them is
maintained in this system of records must address inquiries in writing
to the system manager, and include their name and address.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
Requests for access must be made in accordance with the
Notification Procedure above and USPS Privacy Act regulations regarding
access to records and verification of identity under 39 CFR 266.6.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:
See Notification Procedure and Record Access Procedures above.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Customers and USPS personnel.
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Stanley F. Mires,
Attorney, Legal Policy & Legislative Advice.
[FR Doc. 2014-09906 Filed 4-30-14; 8:45 am]
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