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vessels of over 200 gross registered tons
(GRT) is authorized to serve as master
on inspected vessels of less than 100
GRT within any restrictions on their
merchant mariner credential (MMC).
The Coast Guard will use the Policy
Letter ‘‘Issuance of Endorsements for
Master of Self-Propelled Vessels of Less
Than 100 GRT to Mariners Holding
Endorsements as Mate of Self-Propelled
Vessels of 200 GRT or More’’ and 46
CFR 15.901 in issuing endorsements for
mariners to serve as a master on vessels
less than 100 GRT. The Coast Guard
issued this policy letter to clarify the
process for the issuance of national
officer endorsements for master of selfpropelled vessels of less than 100 GRT
for mariners who hold national
endorsements for mate of inspected selfpropelled vessels of 200 GRT or more.
For mariners holding a MMC
endorsement that authorizes service as
mate on inspected self-propelled vessels
of 200 GRT or more, the Coast Guard
may include in the mariner’s MMC a
national endorsement as master of selfpropelled vessels of less than 100 GRT.
This will apply to the following national
endorsements:
(1) Chief Mate of Self-Propelled
Vessels of Unlimited Tonnage;
(2) Second Mate of Self-Propelled
Vessels of Unlimited Tonnage;
(3) Third Mate of Self-Propelled
Vessels of Unlimited Tonnage;
(4) Mate of Self-Propelled Vessels of
Less Than 1,600 GRT;
(5) Mate of Self-Propelled Vessels of
Less Than 500 GRT;
(6) Chief Mate (OSV);
(7) Mate (OSV); and
(8) Mate (Pilot) of Towing Vessels.
Mariners holding one of the
endorsements above authorizing service
on either near-coastal waters or oceans
will be issued an endorsement as Master
of Near Coastal Self-Propelled Vessels of
Less Than 100 GRT. Mariners holding
one of the endorsements above for
inland waters or for Great Lakes and
inland waters will be issued a master
less than 100 GRT endorsement with the
same route as their mate endorsement.
Mariners holding endorsements as Chief
Mate (OSV) and Mate (OSV) will be
issued endorsements as master of less
than 100 GRT that are not restricted to
offshore supply vessels. Mariners
holding endorsements as Mate (Pilot) of
Towing Vessels will be issued
endorsements as master of less than 100
GRT that are not restricted to towing
vessels. All other restrictions on the
mariner’s mate endorsement will apply
to the endorsement for master for less
than 100 GRT.
Mariners seeking to add the master
less than 100 GRT endorsement to their
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MMCs, must specifically apply for it in
order for the Coast Guard to add the
endorsement to their credential.
However, mariners holding one of the
endorsements listed in above are not
required to have the endorsement as
master in their MMC in order to serve
as master on an inspected vessel of less
than 100 GRT. As specified in 46 CFR
15.901(a), any mariner holding an
endorsement authorizing service as
mate on an inspected vessel of 200 GRT
or more may serve as master on a vessel
of less than 100 GRT on the same route
as their equivalent mate endorsement.
This notice is issued under authority
of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
Dated: August 18, 2021.
J.G. Lantz,
U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Commercial
Regulations and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2021–18090 Filed 8–20–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Uruguay Beef Imports Approved for
the Electronic Certification System
(eCERT)
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
General notice.
This document announces
that the export certification requirement
for certain imports of beef from the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Uruguay)
subject to a tariff-rate quota will be
accomplished through the Electronic
Certification System (eCERT). All
imports of beef from Uruguay that are
subject to the tariff-rate quota must have
a valid export certificate with a
corresponding eCERT transmission at
the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption. The
United States Government (USG) has
approved the request from Uruguay to
transition, from the way the USG
currently receives export certificates
from Uruguay, to eCERT as the method
of transmission. The transition to eCERT
will not change the tariff-rate quota
filing process or requirements.
Importers will continue to provide the
export certificate numbers from
Uruguay in the same manner as when
currently filing entry summaries with
U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The format of the export certificate
numbers will remain the same for the
corresponding eCERT transmissions.
SUMMARY:
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The use of the eCERT process for
certain Uruguayan beef importations
subject to a tariff-rate quota will be
effective for beef entered, or withdrawn
from a warehouse, for consumption on
or after August 30, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Peterson, Chief, Quota and Agriculture
Branch, Trade Policy and Programs,
Office of Trade, (202) 384–8905, or
HQQUOTA@cbp.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Background
There is an existing tariff-rate quota
on certain beef from the Oriental
Republic of Uruguay (Uruguay)
pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 3 of
Chapter 2 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
The tariff-rate quota for beef from
Uruguay was established by section 6 of
the Presidential Proclamation No. 6763
(December 23, 1994), as a result of the
Uruguay Round Agreements, approved
by Congress in section 101 of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19
U.S.C. 3511(a), Pub. L. 103–465, 108
Stat. 4814). Tariff-rate quotas permit a
specified quantity of merchandise to be
entered or withdrawn for consumption
at a reduced duty rate during a specified
period. Furthermore, section 2012.3 of
title 15 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) states that beef may
only be entered as a product of an
eligible country for a tariff-rate quota if
the importer makes a declaration to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
that a valid export certificate is in effect
with respect to the beef. In addition, the
CBP regulations, at 19 CFR 132.15, set
forth provisions relating to the
requirement that an importer must
possess a valid export certificate at the
time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, to claim
the in-quota tariff rate of duty on entries
of beef subject to the tariff-rate quota.
The Electronic Certification System
(eCERT) is a system developed by CBP
that uses electronic data transmissions
of information normally associated with
a required export document, such as a
license or certificate, to facilitate the
administration of quotas and ensure that
the proper restraint levels are charged
without being exceeded. Uruguay
currently submits export certificates to
CBP via email, and in the
administration of the quota, CBP
validates these certificates with the
certificate numbers provided by
importers on their entry summaries.
Uruguay requested to participate in the
eCERT process to comply with the
United States’ tariff-rate quota for beef
exported from Uruguay for importation
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into the United States. CBP has
coordinated with Uruguay to implement
the eCERT process, and now Uruguay is
ready to participate in this process by
transmitting its export certificates to
CBP via eCERT.
Foreign countries participating in
eCERT transmit information via a global
network service provider, which allows
connectivity to CBP’s automated
electronic system for commercial trade
processing, the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE). Specific data
elements are transmitted to CBP by the
importer of record (or an authorized
customs broker) when filing an entry
summary with CBP, and those data
elements must match eCERT data from
the foreign country before an importer
may claim any applicable in-quota tariff
rate of duty. An importer may claim an
in-quota tariff rate when merchandise is
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption, only if the information
transmitted by the importer matches the
information transmitted by the foreign
government. If there is no transmission
by the foreign government upon entry,
an importer must claim the higher overquota tariff rate.1 An importer may
subsequently claim the in-quota tariff
rate under certain limited conditions.2
This document announces that
Uruguay will be implementing the
eCERT process for transmitting export
certificates for beef entries subject to the
tariff-rate quota. Imported merchandise
that is entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
August 30, 2021, must match the eCERT
transmission of an export certificate
from Uruguay in order for an importer
to claim the in-tariff quota rate. The
transition to eCERT will not change the
tariff-rate quota filing process or
requirements. Importers will continue to
provide the export certificate numbers
from Uruguay in the same manner as
when currently filing entry summaries
with CBP. The format of the export
certificate numbers will not change as a
result of the transition to eCERT. CBP
1 If there is no associated foreign government
eCERT transmission available upon entry of the
merchandise, an importer may enter the
merchandise for consumption subject to the overquota tariff rate or opt not to enter the merchandise
for consumption at that time (e.g., transfer the
merchandise to a Customs bonded warehouse or
foreign trade zone or export or destroy the
merchandise).
2 If an importer enters the merchandise for
consumption subject to the over-quota tariff rate
and the associated foreign government eCERT
transmission becomes available afterwards, an
importer may claim the in-quota rate of duty by
filing a post summary correction (before
liquidation) or a protest under 19 CFR part 174
(after liquidation). In either event, the in-quota rate
of duty is allowable only if there are still quota
amounts available within the original quota period.
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will reject entry summaries that claim
an in-quota tariff rate when filed
without a valid export certificate in
eCERT.
Dated: August 16, 2021.
AnnMarie R. Highsmith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of
Trade.
[FR Doc. 2021–18009 Filed 8–20–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID: FEMA–2021–0021]
Request for Information on the
National Flood Insurance Program’s
Community Rating System
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Notice and request for
information.
AGENCY:
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) is issuing
this Request for Information (RFI) to
receive input from the public on
transforming the Community Rating
System (CRS) under the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) to better align
with the current understanding of flood
risk and flood risk approaches and to
incentivize communities to not only
manage but also lower their flood risk
through floodplain management
initiatives. The NFIP’s CRS program is
a voluntary incentive program that
recognizes and encourages community
floodplain management practices that
exceed the minimum requirements of
the NFIP for floodplain management. As
FEMA undertakes a series of initiatives
that will transform the NFIP, the agency
is evaluating the CRS program and its
potential to support FEMA, State, local,
Tribal, and Territorial community goals
and needs.
DATES: Written comments are requested
on or before September 22, 2021. Latefiled comments will be considered to
the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket ID: FEMA–2021–
0021, through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments. Please note that this RFI
period is not rulemaking and the
Federal Rulemaking Portal is being
utilized only as a mechanism for
receiving comments.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Sears, Supervisory Emergency
Management Specialist, Federal
Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, FEMA-CRS-Next@
fema.dhs.gov, 202–212–3800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Interested persons are invited to
comment on this notice by submitting
written data, views, or arguments using
the method identified in the ADDRESSES
section.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and Docket ID
for this notice. All comments received
will be posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov. Commenters are
encouraged to identify the number of
the specific question or questions to
which they are responding.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and search for the
Docket ID.
II. Background
Floods are the most common and
most destructive natural disaster in the
United States.1 Every year, flooding
causes hundreds of millions of dollars
in damage to homes and businesses
around the United States.2 Anywhere it
can rain, it can flood. With 99% of
counties in the United States having
experienced a flood 3 and when just one
inch of water can cause $25,000 in
damage in a home,4 communities across
the country must make difficult
decisions about protecting lives and
property from flooding.
Standard homeowners and
commercial property insurance policies
do not cover flood losses. To meet the
need for this vital coverage, FEMA
administers the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP), which offers
reasonably priced flood insurance to all
properties in communities that comply
with minimum standards for floodplain
1 See Ready Campaign, Floods (updated Apr. 9,
2021) at https://www.ready.gov/floods (last accessed
July 15, 2021). See also National Weather Service,
Flood Related Hazards at https://www.weather.gov/
safety/flood-hazards (‘‘Approximately seventy-five
percent of all Presidential disaster declarations are
associated with flooding.’’) (last accessed July 15,
2021).
2 See Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate
Disasters: Summary Stats, at https://
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/summary-stats (last
accessed July 7, 2021).
3 See Historical Flood Risk and Costs at https://
www.fema.gov/data-visualization/historical-floodrisk-and-costs (last accessed, July 9, 2021)
4 See Why Buy Flood Insurance at https://
www.floodsmart.gov/flood-insurance/why (last
accessed July 1, 2021).
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Uruguay Beef Imports Approved for the Electronic Certification
System (eCERT)
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that the export certification
requirement for certain imports of beef from the Oriental Republic of
Uruguay (Uruguay) subject to a tariff-rate quota will be accomplished
through the Electronic Certification System (eCERT). All imports of
beef from Uruguay that are subject to the tariff-rate quota must have a
valid export certificate with a corresponding eCERT transmission at the
time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption. The
United States Government (USG) has approved the request from Uruguay to
transition, from the way the USG currently receives export certificates
from Uruguay, to eCERT as the method of transmission. The transition to
eCERT will not change the tariff-rate quota filing process or
requirements. Importers will continue to provide the export certificate
numbers from Uruguay in the same manner as when currently filing entry
summaries with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The format of the
export certificate numbers will remain the same for the corresponding
eCERT transmissions.
DATES: The use of the eCERT process for certain Uruguayan beef
importations subject to a tariff-rate quota will be effective for beef
entered, or withdrawn from a warehouse, for consumption on or after
August 30, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Peterson, Chief, Quota and
Agriculture Branch, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of Trade, (202)
384-8905, or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
There is an existing tariff-rate quota on certain beef from the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Uruguay) pursuant to Additional U.S. Note
3 of Chapter 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). The tariff-rate quota for beef from Uruguay was established by
section 6 of the Presidential Proclamation No. 6763 (December 23,
1994), as a result of the Uruguay Round Agreements, approved by
Congress in section 101 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3511(a), Pub. L. 103-465, 108 Stat. 4814). Tariff-rate quotas permit a
specified quantity of merchandise to be entered or withdrawn for
consumption at a reduced duty rate during a specified period.
Furthermore, section 2012.3 of title 15 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) states that beef may only be entered as a product of
an eligible country for a tariff-rate quota if the importer makes a
declaration to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that a valid
export certificate is in effect with respect to the beef. In addition,
the CBP regulations, at 19 CFR 132.15, set forth provisions relating to
the requirement that an importer must possess a valid export
certificate at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, to claim the in-quota tariff rate of duty on entries of
beef subject to the tariff-rate quota.
The Electronic Certification System (eCERT) is a system developed
by CBP that uses electronic data transmissions of information normally
associated with a required export document, such as a license or
certificate, to facilitate the administration of quotas and ensure that
the proper restraint levels are charged without being exceeded. Uruguay
currently submits export certificates to CBP via email, and in the
administration of the quota, CBP validates these certificates with the
certificate numbers provided by importers on their entry summaries.
Uruguay requested to participate in the eCERT process to comply with
the United States' tariff-rate quota for beef exported from Uruguay for
importation
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into the United States. CBP has coordinated with Uruguay to implement
the eCERT process, and now Uruguay is ready to participate in this
process by transmitting its export certificates to CBP via eCERT.
Foreign countries participating in eCERT transmit information via a
global network service provider, which allows connectivity to CBP's
automated electronic system for commercial trade processing, the
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Specific data elements are
transmitted to CBP by the importer of record (or an authorized customs
broker) when filing an entry summary with CBP, and those data elements
must match eCERT data from the foreign country before an importer may
claim any applicable in-quota tariff rate of duty. An importer may
claim an in-quota tariff rate when merchandise is entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption, only if the information transmitted by
the importer matches the information transmitted by the foreign
government. If there is no transmission by the foreign government upon
entry, an importer must claim the higher over-quota tariff rate.\1\ An
importer may subsequently claim the in-quota tariff rate under certain
limited conditions.\2\
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\1\ If there is no associated foreign government eCERT
transmission available upon entry of the merchandise, an importer
may enter the merchandise for consumption subject to the over-quota
tariff rate or opt not to enter the merchandise for consumption at
that time (e.g., transfer the merchandise to a Customs bonded
warehouse or foreign trade zone or export or destroy the
merchandise).
\2\ If an importer enters the merchandise for consumption
subject to the over-quota tariff rate and the associated foreign
government eCERT transmission becomes available afterwards, an
importer may claim the in-quota rate of duty by filing a post
summary correction (before liquidation) or a protest under 19 CFR
part 174 (after liquidation). In either event, the in-quota rate of
duty is allowable only if there are still quota amounts available
within the original quota period.
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This document announces that Uruguay will be implementing the eCERT
process for transmitting export certificates for beef entries subject
to the tariff-rate quota. Imported merchandise that is entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after August 30, 2021,
must match the eCERT transmission of an export certificate from Uruguay
in order for an importer to claim the in-tariff quota rate. The
transition to eCERT will not change the tariff-rate quota filing
process or requirements. Importers will continue to provide the export
certificate numbers from Uruguay in the same manner as when currently
filing entry summaries with CBP. The format of the export certificate
numbers will not change as a result of the transition to eCERT. CBP
will reject entry summaries that claim an in-quota tariff rate when
filed without a valid export certificate in eCERT.
Dated: August 16, 2021.
AnnMarie R. Highsmith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
[FR Doc. 2021-18009 Filed 8-20-21; 8:45 am]
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