CPSC Staff Workshop: PGA Message Set Test (Beta Pilot) of Electronic Filing of Certain Certificate of Compliance Data for Regulated Imported Consumer Products, 48162-48164 [2022-16902]
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[CPSC Docket No. CPSC–2022–0020]
CPSC Staff Workshop: PGA Message
Set Test (Beta Pilot) of Electronic
Filing of Certain Certificate of
Compliance Data for Regulated
Imported Consumer Products
Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
On October 13, 2022, U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC or Commission) staff will hold a
workshop to discuss the upcoming test
(Beta Pilot Test) of electronic filing
(eFiling) of certificate of compliance
(certificate) data. The Beta Pilot Test
will involve a 6-month test of
approximately 30 to 50 participants,
who will eFile certificate data for
regulated imported consumer products
with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), using the Partner
Government Agency (PGA) Message Set,
at the time of entry filing or upon entry
summary filing if both entry and entry
summary are filed together. Staff’s Beta
Pilot Test workshop will discuss the
purpose and mechanics of eFiling
certificate data in the Beta Pilot Test and
other associated topics described in this
notice. We invite interested parties to
attend the workshop and thereafter to
submit written comments on the Beta
Pilot Test.
DATES: The workshop will be held from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on
Thursday, October 13, 2022. If you wish
to attend the workshop, either in-person
at CPSC Headquarters in Bethesda, MD,
or virtually, register by Thursday,
October 6, 2022. The comment period
will open on the date of the workshop,
October 13, 2022, and comments must
be received by Friday, November 11,
2022.
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SUMMARY:
CPSC staff will hold the
workshop in the Hearing Room at
CPSC’s headquarters in Bethesda,
Maryland: 4330 East West Highway, 4th
Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814. You may
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attend the workshop free of charge. If
interested in attending the workshop,
you should register online at: https://
www.cpsc.gov/Beta-Pilot-TestWorkshop-on-eFiling-of-CertificateData, and specify whether you plan to
attend in person or virtually. As more
information about the workshop
becomes available, staff will post this
information at: https://www.cpsc.gov/
efiling.
After the workshop, you may submit
comments on the topics raised
concerning the Beta Pilot Test,
identified by Docket No. CPSC–2022–
0020, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: CPSC
encourages you to submit electronic
comments to the Federal eRulemaking
Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments. CPSC typically does not
accept comments submitted by
electronic mail (email), except as
described below.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier Written
Submissions: Submit comments by
mail/hand delivery/courier to: Division
of the Secretariat, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone: (301) 504–7479. If you wish
to submit confidential business
information, trade secret information, or
other sensitive or protected information
that you do not want to be available to
the public, you may submit such
comments by mail, hand delivery,
courier, or you may email them to: cpscos@cpsc.gov.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number. CPSC may post all comments
without change, including any personal
identifiers, contact information, or other
personal information provided, to:
https://www.regulations.gov. Do not
submit through this website confidential
business information, trade secret
information, or other sensitive or
protected information that you do not
want to be available to the public. If you
wish to submit such information, please
submit it according to the instructions
for mail/hand delivery/courier/
confidential written submissions.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents on the Beta
Pilot Test or comments received, go to:
https://www.regulations.gov, and insert
the docket number, CPSC–2022–0020,
into the ‘‘Search’’ box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct questions regarding the workshop
to Arthur Laciak, eFiling Program
Specialist, Office of Import
Surveillance, U.S. Consumer Product
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Safety Commission, (301) 504–7516,
efilingpilot@cpsc.gov. Questions sent by
electronic mail should contain the
subject heading: ‘‘Beta Pilot Workshop
Question,’’ and include a short
description of the question.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Beta Pilot Test
On June 10, 2022, the Commission
and CBP announced in the Federal
Register their joint intent to conduct a
Beta Pilot Test via the PGA Message Set
to the CBP-authorized electronic data
interchange system, known as the
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) (the June 10th Notice).1 87 FR
35513. The June 10th Notice asked for
Beta Pilot Test participants and
comments on CPSC’s burden estimates
for a proposed collection of information
related to the Beta Pilot Test. Id. at
35518–20. The June 10th Notice also
provided background on CPSC’s eFiling
Program and proposed rule to amend 16
CFR part 1110 to require eFiling of
certificate data (78 FR 28080 (May 14,
2013), the 2013 NPR).2 Id. at 35514–15.
To summarize, the Beta Pilot Test will
assess the electronic filing of data from
a certificate for regulated consumer
products under CPSC’s jurisdiction. Id.
The June 10th Notice explains that the
purposes of the Beta Pilot Test are to
develop and test the IT infrastructure
necessary to support a full-scale eFiling
requirement, inform CPSC’s pending
rulemaking, develop internal
procedures to support enforcement, and
assist CPSC to target imports more
accurately by enhancing targeting of
noncompliant trade and facilitating the
flow of legitimate trade. Id. at 35514.
Compared to a previous CPSC PGA
Message Set test in 2016 (the Alpha
Pilot), the Beta Pilot Test will include
more participants than the Alpha Pilot
(up from 8 to 30–50), add two additional
data elements, and involve more varied
consumer products under CPSC’s
jurisdiction (products classified under
approximately 300 HTS codes).3 Id. at
1 The Commission voted 5–0 to publish this
notice.
2 In addition to the June 10th Notice, stakeholders
can find background on CPSC’s eFiling initiative in
CPSC’s staff’s document: CPSC Plan to Create an
eFiling Program for Imported Consumer Products
(2020 eFiling Plan). CPSC Plan to Create an eFiling
Program for Imported Consumer Products,
published December 2020. Staff’s 2020 eFiling Plan
recommended a multiyear, four-phased approach:
(1) create and fund an eFiling program, (2) conduct
an eFiling Beta Pilot Test, (3) initiate rulemaking,
and (4) dedicate ongoing resources.
3 The products classified under the approximately
300 HTS codes that participants should expect to
be tested in the Beta Pilot include, but are not
limited to: ATVs; durable infant or toddler
products, such as baby carriages, cribs, and safety
gates; children’s furniture, backpacks, and school
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35515. Beta Pilot Test participants will
use the PGA Message Set to file
certificate information for regulated
consumer products within the 300 HTS
codes in CBP’s ACE system. The
proposed PGA Message Set test will
evaluate, at a minimum, the electronic
filing of seven certificate data elements:
1. Identification of the finished
product (may use reference to GTIN 4 for
this element);
2. Each consumer product safety rule
to which the finished product has been
certified;
3. Date when the finished product
was manufactured, produced, or
assembled;
4. Place where the finished product
was manufactured, produced, or
assembled, including the identity and
address of the manufacturing party;
5. Date when the finished product
was most recently tested for compliance
with the consumer product safety rule
cited in data element 2;
6. Parties on whose testing a
certificate depends (meaning the name
and contact information for the entity
that conducted the testing); and
7. A check box indicating that a
required certificate currently exists for
the finished product, as required by
Sections 14 and 17 of the Consumer
Product Safety Act.5
These seven data elements from a
certificate include all of the data
elements tested in the Alpha Pilot, as
well as two additional date fields,
manufacture date and test date, which
were not tested in the Alpha Pilot. Staff
considers all seven data elements useful
to improve the targeting of potentially
violative products. CPSC anticipates
that, both individually and considered
together, these data elements will allow
CPSC staff to create a unique set of rules
in its Risk Assessment Methodology
(RAM) system that can increase or
decrease risk scores. Id. at 35516. CPSC
is drafting a supplemental Customs and
Trade Automated Interface
Requirements (CATAIR) guideline on
filing certificate data through the PGA
Message Set that describes the technical
specifications for filing during the Beta
Pilot Test, as well as the Product
Registry and Reference PGA Message
supplies; bicycle helmets; bicycles and other
electric-powered cycles; clothing (sleepwear,
outerwear, infant articles, potentially flammable
adult clothing articles); drywall; fireworks;
children’s jewelry; lighters; liquid nicotine;
mattresses; pacifiers and rattles; rugs; and toys.
CPSC intends to communicate to the Trade the
approximately 300 HTS codes that may require
filing certificate data during the Beta Pilot Test for
their proprietary system programming.
4 GTIN stands for Global Trade Item Number and
is managed by Global Standards 1 (GS1).
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Set. When completed, the supplemental
CATAIR guideline will be made
available for review and comment on
https://www.cbp.gov/trade/ace/catair. Id.
Similar to the Alpha Pilot, each time
a product is imported Beta Pilot Test
participants will have two ways to file
certificate data: (1) filing certificate data
in a CPSC-maintained Product Registry,
and, through Automated Broker
Interface (ABI), a reference number in
ACE to identify this data set (Reference
PGA Message Set), or (2) filing all
certificate data elements directly
through ABI (Full PGA Message Set). Id.
at 35518. If a participant chooses the
Reference PGA Message Set, certificate
data can be entered into the Product
Registry once, and then imported
multiple times using a reference or
identifying number. If a participant uses
the Full PGA Message Set, certificate
data must be entered for each product
every time the product is imported.
Based on the Alpha Pilot experience, for
repeat importers, using the Product
Registry should minimize data entry;
reduce costs and filing time; and allow
firms to manage, update, and re-use
certificate data in the registry. Id. at
35516–17. CPSC will receive the
information from CBP through a realtime transfer of import data, and risk
score the information in CPSC’s RAM
system, to assist in the interdiction of
noncompliant consumer products.
The eFiling portion of the Beta Pilot
Test is expected to begin in October
2023, but starting in fall 2022,
participants will begin planning for
participation, including data
requirement discussions with CPSC and
IT development. When the test begins,
Beta Pilot Test participants will spend
the first several weeks of the Pilot
onboarding. Once onboarding is
complete for all test participants, the
Beta Pilot Test is expected to run for at
least 6 months and will run until
terminated by announcement in the
Federal Register.6 Id. at 35517.
II. Beta Pilot Test Workshop
The goal of the workshop is for CPSC
staff to provide an update to
stakeholders on CPSC’s eFiling Program,
and plans for a Beta Pilot Test, and for
stakeholders to provide CPSC staff with
relevant feedback . Anticipated
workshop topics include:
• CPSC’s Enforcement at the Ports
D CPSC and CBP Collaboration
6 The duration of the Beta Pilot Test could be
shorter than the 1 year approved in the 2020 eFiling
Plan. Staff determined that a duration of 6 months
may be sufficient to complete anticipated test
metrics. Accordingly, the Beta Pilot Test will run
for at least 6 months until the test is completed via
a Federal Register notice of termination.
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Overview
D CPSC Targeting of Imported
Products
• CPSC’s Certificate Requirements
D Statutory and Regulatory
Requirements
D Enforcement Efforts
D Certificate Study
• Overview of CPSC eFiling Program
D Improved Enforcement/Facilitation
of Legitimate Trade—Alpha Pilot
D Beta Pilot Test Requirements
• CPSC Procedures
Æ CPSC’s Product Registry
• CBP Procedures
Æ CPSC’s draft CATAIR
D CPSC’s RAM and Use of Risk Scores
for Enforcement
• Third Party Involvement in Certificate
and eFiling Requirements
D Role of brokers in meeting CPSC’s
PGA Message Set requirement
D Role of laboratories in meeting
CPSC’s certificate requirement
• Import Issues for eFiling
D eCommerce
D De minimis shipments
D Direct to consumer shipments
D International Mail Facilities
D Foreign Trade Zones
D Filing deadlines for different modes
of transport
The Beta Pilot Test workshop will be
devoted solely to the Beta Pilot Test.
Additional comments and questions on
the 2013 NPR or other rulemaking can
be raised at the appropriate time during
the rulemaking proceeding. Also, the
Commission may hold additional
workshops on eFiling at a future date.
III. Details Regarding the Workshop
A. When and where will the workshop
be held?
CPSC staff will hold the workshop
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time on
October 13, 2022, in the Hearing Room,
4th Floor, at CPSC’s headquarters: 4330
East West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814. The workshop will also be
available through video conferencing.
To participate virtually, attendees
should register for the workshop and
select ‘‘virtual attendance.’’ You will
then receive a link to participate in the
workshop virtually via email.
B. How do you register for the
workshop?
If you would like to attend the
workshop, either in person or virtually,
we ask that you register by October 6,
2022. (See the ADDRESSES portion of this
document for the website link and
instructions on where to register.)
Seating will be on a first-come, firstserved basis. The workshop will also be
available through video conferencing
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and viewers will be able to interact with
the panelists and presenters via the
video conferencing software.
If you need special accommodations
because of a disability, please contact
Mr. Arthur Laciak, efilingpilot@
cpsc.gov, 301–504–7516, at least 10 days
before the workshop. In addition, we
encourage written or electronic
comments following the workshop.
Written or electronic comments will be
accepted from the workshop date,
October 13, 2022, until November 11,
2022. Comments should be restricted to
topics covered by the workshop as
described in this Announcement.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
[CPSC Docket No. CPSC-2022-0020]
CPSC Staff Workshop: PGA Message Set Test (Beta Pilot) of
Electronic Filing of Certain Certificate of Compliance Data for
Regulated Imported Consumer Products
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: On October 13, 2022, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC or Commission) staff will hold a workshop to discuss the upcoming
test (Beta Pilot Test) of electronic filing (eFiling) of certificate of
compliance (certificate) data. The Beta Pilot Test will involve a 6-
month test of approximately 30 to 50 participants, who will eFile
certificate data for regulated imported consumer products with U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP), using the Partner Government
Agency (PGA) Message Set, at the time of entry filing or upon entry
summary filing if both entry and entry summary are filed together.
Staff's Beta Pilot Test workshop will discuss the purpose and mechanics
of eFiling certificate data in the Beta Pilot Test and other associated
topics described in this notice. We invite interested parties to attend
the workshop and thereafter to submit written comments on the Beta
Pilot Test.
DATES: The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time
(ET) on Thursday, October 13, 2022. If you wish to attend the workshop,
either in-person at CPSC Headquarters in Bethesda, MD, or virtually,
register by Thursday, October 6, 2022. The comment period will open on
the date of the workshop, October 13, 2022, and comments must be
received by Friday, November 11, 2022.
ADDRESSES: CPSC staff will hold the workshop in the Hearing Room at
CPSC's headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland: 4330 East West Highway, 4th
Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814. You may attend the workshop free of charge.
If interested in attending the workshop, you should register online at:
https://www.cpsc.gov/Beta-Pilot-Test-Workshop-on-eFiling-of-Certificate-Data, and specify whether you plan to attend in person or
virtually. As more information about the workshop becomes available,
staff will post this information at: https://www.cpsc.gov/efiling.
After the workshop, you may submit comments on the topics raised
concerning the Beta Pilot Test, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2022-
0020, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: CPSC encourages you to submit electronic
comments to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
CPSC typically does not accept comments submitted by electronic mail
(email), except as described below.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier Written Submissions: Submit comments by
mail/hand delivery/courier to: Division of the Secretariat, Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone: (301) 504-7479. If you wish to submit confidential business
information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected
information that you do not want to be available to the public, you may
submit such comments by mail, hand delivery, courier, or you may email
them to: [email protected].
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. CPSC may post all comments without change, including any
personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal
information provided, to: https://www.regulations.gov. Do not submit
through this website confidential business information, trade secret
information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do
not want to be available to the public. If you wish to submit such
information, please submit it according to the instructions for mail/
hand delivery/courier/confidential written submissions.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents on
the Beta Pilot Test or comments received, go to: https://www.regulations.gov, and insert the docket number, CPSC-2022-0020, into
the ``Search'' box, and follow the prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct questions regarding the
workshop to Arthur Laciak, eFiling Program Specialist, Office of Import
Surveillance, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, (301) 504-7516,
[email protected]. Questions sent by electronic mail should contain
the subject heading: ``Beta Pilot Workshop Question,'' and include a
short description of the question.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Beta Pilot Test
On June 10, 2022, the Commission and CBP announced in the Federal
Register their joint intent to conduct a Beta Pilot Test via the PGA
Message Set to the CBP-authorized electronic data interchange system,
known as the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) (the June 10th
Notice).\1\ 87 FR 35513. The June 10th Notice asked for Beta Pilot Test
participants and comments on CPSC's burden estimates for a proposed
collection of information related to the Beta Pilot Test. Id. at 35518-
20. The June 10th Notice also provided background on CPSC's eFiling
Program and proposed rule to amend 16 CFR part 1110 to require eFiling
of certificate data (78 FR 28080 (May 14, 2013), the 2013 NPR).\2\ Id.
at 35514-15.
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\1\ The Commission voted 5-0 to publish this notice.
\2\ In addition to the June 10th Notice, stakeholders can find
background on CPSC's eFiling initiative in CPSC's staff's document:
CPSC Plan to Create an eFiling Program for Imported Consumer
Products (2020 eFiling Plan). CPSC Plan to Create an eFiling Program
for Imported Consumer Products, published December 2020. Staff's
2020 eFiling Plan recommended a multiyear, four-phased approach: (1)
create and fund an eFiling program, (2) conduct an eFiling Beta
Pilot Test, (3) initiate rulemaking, and (4) dedicate ongoing
resources.
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To summarize, the Beta Pilot Test will assess the electronic filing
of data from a certificate for regulated consumer products under CPSC's
jurisdiction. Id. The June 10th Notice explains that the purposes of
the Beta Pilot Test are to develop and test the IT infrastructure
necessary to support a full-scale eFiling requirement, inform CPSC's
pending rulemaking, develop internal procedures to support enforcement,
and assist CPSC to target imports more accurately by enhancing
targeting of noncompliant trade and facilitating the flow of legitimate
trade. Id. at 35514.
Compared to a previous CPSC PGA Message Set test in 2016 (the Alpha
Pilot), the Beta Pilot Test will include more participants than the
Alpha Pilot (up from 8 to 30-50), add two additional data elements, and
involve more varied consumer products under CPSC's jurisdiction
(products classified under approximately 300 HTS codes).\3\ Id. at
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35515. Beta Pilot Test participants will use the PGA Message Set to
file certificate information for regulated consumer products within the
300 HTS codes in CBP's ACE system. The proposed PGA Message Set test
will evaluate, at a minimum, the electronic filing of seven certificate
data elements:
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\3\ The products classified under the approximately 300 HTS
codes that participants should expect to be tested in the Beta Pilot
include, but are not limited to: ATVs; durable infant or toddler
products, such as baby carriages, cribs, and safety gates;
children's furniture, backpacks, and school supplies; bicycle
helmets; bicycles and other electric-powered cycles; clothing
(sleepwear, outerwear, infant articles, potentially flammable adult
clothing articles); drywall; fireworks; children's jewelry;
lighters; liquid nicotine; mattresses; pacifiers and rattles; rugs;
and toys. CPSC intends to communicate to the Trade the approximately
300 HTS codes that may require filing certificate data during the
Beta Pilot Test for their proprietary system programming.
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1. Identification of the finished product (may use reference to
GTIN \4\ for this element);
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\4\ GTIN stands for Global Trade Item Number and is managed by
Global Standards 1 (GS1).
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2. Each consumer product safety rule to which the finished product
has been certified;
3. Date when the finished product was manufactured, produced, or
assembled;
4. Place where the finished product was manufactured, produced, or
assembled, including the identity and address of the manufacturing
party;
5. Date when the finished product was most recently tested for
compliance with the consumer product safety rule cited in data element
2;
6. Parties on whose testing a certificate depends (meaning the name
and contact information for the entity that conducted the testing); and
7. A check box indicating that a required certificate currently
exists for the finished product, as required by Sections 14 and 17 of
the Consumer Product Safety Act.\5\
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\5\ 15 U.S.C. 2063(a) & (g); 2066(a)(2).
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These seven data elements from a certificate include all of the
data elements tested in the Alpha Pilot, as well as two additional date
fields, manufacture date and test date, which were not tested in the
Alpha Pilot. Staff considers all seven data elements useful to improve
the targeting of potentially violative products. CPSC anticipates that,
both individually and considered together, these data elements will
allow CPSC staff to create a unique set of rules in its Risk Assessment
Methodology (RAM) system that can increase or decrease risk scores. Id.
at 35516. CPSC is drafting a supplemental Customs and Trade Automated
Interface Requirements (CATAIR) guideline on filing certificate data
through the PGA Message Set that describes the technical specifications
for filing during the Beta Pilot Test, as well as the Product Registry
and Reference PGA Message Set. When completed, the supplemental CATAIR
guideline will be made available for review and comment on https://www.cbp.gov/trade/ace/catair. Id.
Similar to the Alpha Pilot, each time a product is imported Beta
Pilot Test participants will have two ways to file certificate data:
(1) filing certificate data in a CPSC-maintained Product Registry, and,
through Automated Broker Interface (ABI), a reference number in ACE to
identify this data set (Reference PGA Message Set), or (2) filing all
certificate data elements directly through ABI (Full PGA Message Set).
Id. at 35518. If a participant chooses the Reference PGA Message Set,
certificate data can be entered into the Product Registry once, and
then imported multiple times using a reference or identifying number.
If a participant uses the Full PGA Message Set, certificate data must
be entered for each product every time the product is imported. Based
on the Alpha Pilot experience, for repeat importers, using the Product
Registry should minimize data entry; reduce costs and filing time; and
allow firms to manage, update, and re-use certificate data in the
registry. Id. at 35516-17. CPSC will receive the information from CBP
through a real-time transfer of import data, and risk score the
information in CPSC's RAM system, to assist in the interdiction of
noncompliant consumer products.
The eFiling portion of the Beta Pilot Test is expected to begin in
October 2023, but starting in fall 2022, participants will begin
planning for participation, including data requirement discussions with
CPSC and IT development. When the test begins, Beta Pilot Test
participants will spend the first several weeks of the Pilot
onboarding. Once onboarding is complete for all test participants, the
Beta Pilot Test is expected to run for at least 6 months and will run
until terminated by announcement in the Federal Register.\6\ Id. at
35517.
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\6\ The duration of the Beta Pilot Test could be shorter than
the 1 year approved in the 2020 eFiling Plan. Staff determined that
a duration of 6 months may be sufficient to complete anticipated
test metrics. Accordingly, the Beta Pilot Test will run for at least
6 months until the test is completed via a Federal Register notice
of termination.
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II. Beta Pilot Test Workshop
The goal of the workshop is for CPSC staff to provide an update to
stakeholders on CPSC's eFiling Program, and plans for a Beta Pilot
Test, and for stakeholders to provide CPSC staff with relevant feedback
. Anticipated workshop topics include:
CPSC's Enforcement at the Ports
[ssquf] CPSC and CBP Collaboration Overview
[ssquf] CPSC Targeting of Imported Products
CPSC's Certificate Requirements
[ssquf] Statutory and Regulatory Requirements
[ssquf] Enforcement Efforts
[ssquf] Certificate Study
Overview of CPSC eFiling Program
[ssquf] Improved Enforcement/Facilitation of Legitimate Trade--
Alpha Pilot
[ssquf] Beta Pilot Test Requirements
CPSC Procedures
[cir] CPSC's Product Registry
CBP Procedures
[cir] CPSC's draft CATAIR
[ssquf] CPSC's RAM and Use of Risk Scores for Enforcement
Third Party Involvement in Certificate and eFiling
Requirements
[ssquf] Role of brokers in meeting CPSC's PGA Message Set
requirement
[ssquf] Role of laboratories in meeting CPSC's certificate
requirement
Import Issues for eFiling
[ssquf] eCommerce
[ssquf] De minimis shipments
[ssquf] Direct to consumer shipments
[ssquf] International Mail Facilities
[ssquf] Foreign Trade Zones
[ssquf] Filing deadlines for different modes of transport
The Beta Pilot Test workshop will be devoted solely to the Beta
Pilot Test. Additional comments and questions on the 2013 NPR or other
rulemaking can be raised at the appropriate time during the rulemaking
proceeding. Also, the Commission may hold additional workshops on
eFiling at a future date.
III. Details Regarding the Workshop
A. When and where will the workshop be held?
CPSC staff will hold the workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern
Time on October 13, 2022, in the Hearing Room, 4th Floor, at CPSC's
headquarters: 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. The workshop
will also be available through video conferencing. To participate
virtually, attendees should register for the workshop and select
``virtual attendance.'' You will then receive a link to participate in
the workshop virtually via email.
B. How do you register for the workshop?
If you would like to attend the workshop, either in person or
virtually, we ask that you register by October 6, 2022. (See the
ADDRESSES portion of this document for the website link and
instructions on where to register.) Seating will be on a first-come,
first-served basis. The workshop will also be available through video
conferencing
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and viewers will be able to interact with the panelists and presenters
via the video conferencing software.
If you need special accommodations because of a disability, please
contact Mr. Arthur Laciak, [email protected], 301-504-7516, at
least 10 days before the workshop. In addition, we encourage written or
electronic comments following the workshop. Written or electronic
comments will be accepted from the workshop date, October 13, 2022,
until November 11, 2022. Comments should be restricted to topics
covered by the workshop as described in this Announcement.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-16902 Filed 8-5-22; 8:45 am]
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