Republic of Korea Steel Imports Approved for the Electronic Certification System (eCERT), 24024-24025 [2024-07230]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 67 / Friday, April 5, 2024 / Notices
Dated: April 2, 2024.
Michael T. Cunningham,
Chief, Office of Regulations and
Administrative Law.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
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[Docket No. USCG–2024–0188]
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National Boating Safety Advisory
Committee; Vacancy; Correction
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Coast Guard, Department
of Homeland Security.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
ACTION:
Notice; request for applications;
correction.
Republic of Korea Steel Imports
Approved for the Electronic
Certification System (eCERT)
The Coast Guard published a
notice on April 1, 2024, regarding a
vacancy on the National Boating Safety
Advisory Committee (Committee). This
Committee advises the Secretary of
Homeland Security, via the
Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard,
on matters relating to national
recreational boating safety. The April 1
notice contained typographical errors
that listed multiple vacancies rather
than one vacancy. This document
corrects those errors.
AGENCY:
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
Mr.
Thomas Guess, Alternate Designated
Federal Officer of the National Boating
Safety Advisory Committee; telephone
206–815–0221 or email at NBSAC@
uscg.mil.
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2024, in FR Doc. 2024–06797, on page
22416, in the second column, correct
the first sentence of the Summary to
read: ‘‘The U.S. Coast Guard is
accepting applications to fill one
vacancy on the National Boating Safety
Advisory Committee (Committee).’’
On page 22417, in the first column,
correct the first full paragraph to read:
‘‘In this solicitation for Committee
members, we will consider applications
for one position as a member
representing national recreational
boating organizations.’’
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correct the third full paragraph to read:
‘‘The member who will fill the position
will be appointed as a representative to
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correct the first sentence of the Privacy
Act Statement to read: ‘‘Purpose: To
obtain qualified applicants to fill one
vacancy on the National Boating Safety
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U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
This document announces
that the export certification requirement
for imports of steel products of the
Republic of Korea that are subject to an
absolute quota will be collected through
the Electronic Certification System
(eCERT). As a result, all imports of steel
of the Republic of Korea that are subject
to an absolute quota must have a valid
export certificate with a corresponding
eCERT transmission at the time of entry
for consumption or withdrawal from
warehouse for consumption. The
transition to eCERT will not change the
quota filing process or requirements.
DATES: The use of the eCERT process for
Korean steel importations that are
subject to an absolute quota will be
required for steel entered, or withdrawn
from a warehouse, for consumption on
or after April 22, 2024. CBP will
automatically reject filings without
correct eCERT information starting May
20, 2024.
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:
SUMMARY:
Background
Absolute quotas are established by
Presidential proclamations, Executive
orders, and legislation. See section
132.2(a) of title 19 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (19 CFR 132.2(a)).
On April 30, 2018, President Donald J.
Trump signed Proclamation 9740 (83 FR
20683) imposing, among other things,
absolute quota limits 1 on certain steel
products of the Republic of Korea,
pursuant to U.S. Note 16(e), subchapter
III, chapter 99, Harmonized Tariff
1 Absolute quotas strictly limit the quantity of
goods that may enter the commerce of the United
States for a specific period.
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Schedule of the United States (HTSUS),
and subheadings 9903.80.05 through
9903.80.58, HTSUS. Subsequently, on
August 29, 2018, President Trump
signed Proclamation 9777 (83 FR
45025), wherein clause 7 provides that
where a government of a country
identified in the superior text to
subheadings 9903.80.05 through
9903.80.58, HTSUS, notifies the United
States that it has established a
mechanism for the certification of
exports to the United States of the
products covered by the quantitative
limitations applicable to those
subheadings, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) may require that
importers of these products furnish
relevant certification of export
information in order to qualify for the
treatment set forth in those subheadings.
Where CBP adopts such a requirement,
it must publish notice of the
requirement in the Federal Register,
along with procedures for the
submission of the relevant export
certification information. No article that
is subject to an export certification
requirement may be entered for
consumption, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, except
upon presentation of a valid and
properly executed export certification.
The Republic of Korea is a country
identified in the superior text to
subheadings 9903.80.05 through
9903.80.58, HTSUS. The government of
the Republic of Korea has notified the
United States that it has established a
mechanism for the certification of
exports to the United States. On
September 18, 2019, CBP published a
notice in the Federal Register (84 FR
49115), announcing that, on October 18,
2019, CBP would begin requiring
official export certificates issued by the
Republic of Korea for importation of
certain steel products into the United
States.2 Following publication of the
Federal Register notice, CBP issued a
message through the Cargo Systems
Messaging Service (CSMS) announcing
that filers failing to provide the correct
export certificate number would receive
a warning message from the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) until
January 1, 2020, at which time ACE
would begin to reject entries lacking the
correct export certificate number.
Subsequent CSMS messages delayed the
implementation of ACE rejection until
2 Only exporters may obtain valid and properly
executed certificates of exportation, which
exporters may apply for online via the Korea Iron
and Steel Association (KOSA) website at https://
sq.kosa.or.kr/. The Republic of Korea has
authorized KOSA to issue export certificates.
Importers should obtain these certificates of
exportation from exporters.
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further notice, such that steel imports of
the Republic of Korea without an export
certificate received warning messages,
but were not rejected.3
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. The Republic
of Korea currently submits export
certificates to CBP via email, and in the
administration of the quota, CBP
validates the certificate numbers
provided by importers on their entry
summaries with the information
provided by the Republic of Korea. The
Republic of Korea requested to
participate in the eCERT process to
comply with the United States’ absolute
quota limits for steel exported from the
Republic of Korea for importation into
the United States. CBP has coordinated
with the Republic of Korea to
implement the eCERT process, and now
the Republic of Korea is ready to
participate in this process by
transmitting its export certificates to
CBP via eCERT.4
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, ACE. Specific data elements
are transmitted to CBP by the importer
of record (IOR), or an authorized
customs broker, when filing an entry
summary with CBP, and those data
elements must match eCERT data from
the participating country before the
subject importations will be entered or
withdrawn for consumption. Importers
must provide the participating country
with their IOR number in advance of
filing an entry, and, in turn, the
participating country must submit the
IOR number as an additional data
element of information within the
transmission for eCERT.5 For entries
filed through ACE, additional guidance
on the submission of the export
certificate information is available in the
CBP and Trade Automated Interface
Requirements (CATAIR), specifically in
the chapter entitled Entry Summary
Create/Update, regarding the record
entitled Importer’s Additional
Declaration Detail (https://
www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/acecatair-entry-summary-createupdatev88). If a certificate number is not
translated properly, the entry will be
rejected.
This document announces that the
Republic of Korea will be implementing
the eCERT process for transmitting
export certificates for steel product
entries subject to the absolute quota
limitation. The entry summary data
elements transmitted to CBP for
merchandise that is entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after April 22, 2024
must match the eCERT transmission of
an export certificate from the Republic
of Korea for the merchandise to be
entered or withdrawn for consumption.
CBP will automatically reject filings
without correct eCERT information
starting May 20, 2024. The transition to
eCERT will not change the absolute
quota filing process or requirements.
Importers will continue to provide the
export certificate numbers from the
Republic of Korea 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 otherwise comply with the absolute
quota limitations when filed without a
valid export certificate in eCERT.
AnnMarie R. Highsmith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of
Trade.
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R-Project Transmission Line,
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Conservation Plan for the American
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3 See
CSMS #40196360 (October 10, 2019) (initial
announcement of the testing period), followed by
CSMS #41021976 (December 17, 2019) and CSMS
#42445519 (April 21, 2020). Full implementation of
the certificate requirement was put on hold, while
the United States and the Republic of Korea
addressed issues related to the management of the
certificates.
4 An exporter’s KOSA number functions as the
eCERT number.
5 87 FR 52015.
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We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce
that we are extending the comment
period for the public to review the draft
revised habitat conservation plan (HCP)
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and draft supplemental environmental
impact statement (draft SEIS) associated
with Nebraska Public Power District’s
application under the Endangered
Species Act for a permit associated with
incidental take of the American burying
beetle (Nicrophorus americanus).
Comments previously submitted, or
provided at public meetings, need not
be resubmitted, as they will be fully
considered in preparing the final
documents.
DATES: Submitting Comments: The
comment period for the revised HCP
and draft SEIS, notice of which
published on February 9, 2024 (89 FR
9171), is extended by 30 days.
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Docket No. FWS–R6–ES–2014–0048.
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ES–2014–0048; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
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by email at jeff_runge@fws.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 9, 2024 (89 FR 9171), we, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
announced the availability for public
comment of a draft supplemental
environmental impact statement (SEIS)
pursuant to the requirements of the
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Republic of Korea Steel 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 imports of steel products of the Republic of Korea that
are subject to an absolute quota will be collected through the
Electronic Certification System (eCERT). As a result, all imports of
steel of the Republic of Korea that are subject to an absolute quota
must have a valid export certificate with a corresponding eCERT
transmission at the time of entry for consumption or withdrawal from
warehouse for consumption. The transition to eCERT will not change the
quota filing process or requirements.
DATES: The use of the eCERT process for Korean steel importations that
are subject to an absolute quota will be required for steel entered, or
withdrawn from a warehouse, for consumption on or after April 22, 2024.
CBP will automatically reject filings without correct eCERT information
starting May 20, 2024.
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
Absolute quotas are established by Presidential proclamations,
Executive orders, and legislation. See section 132.2(a) of title 19 of
the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 132.2(a)). On April 30, 2018,
President Donald J. Trump signed Proclamation 9740 (83 FR 20683)
imposing, among other things, absolute quota limits \1\ on certain
steel products of the Republic of Korea, pursuant to U.S. Note 16(e),
subchapter III, chapter 99, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS), and subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58, HTSUS.
Subsequently, on August 29, 2018, President Trump signed Proclamation
9777 (83 FR 45025), wherein clause 7 provides that where a government
of a country identified in the superior text to subheadings 9903.80.05
through 9903.80.58, HTSUS, notifies the United States that it has
established a mechanism for the certification of exports to the United
States of the products covered by the quantitative limitations
applicable to those subheadings, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) may require that importers of these products furnish relevant
certification of export information in order to qualify for the
treatment set forth in those subheadings. Where CBP adopts such a
requirement, it must publish notice of the requirement in the Federal
Register, along with procedures for the submission of the relevant
export certification information. No article that is subject to an
export certification requirement may be entered for consumption, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, except upon presentation of a
valid and properly executed export certification.
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\1\ Absolute quotas strictly limit the quantity of goods that
may enter the commerce of the United States for a specific period.
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The Republic of Korea is a country identified in the superior text
to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58, HTSUS. The government of
the Republic of Korea has notified the United States that it has
established a mechanism for the certification of exports to the United
States. On September 18, 2019, CBP published a notice in the Federal
Register (84 FR 49115), announcing that, on October 18, 2019, CBP would
begin requiring official export certificates issued by the Republic of
Korea for importation of certain steel products into the United
States.\2\ Following publication of the Federal Register notice, CBP
issued a message through the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS)
announcing that filers failing to provide the correct export
certificate number would receive a warning message from the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) until January 1, 2020, at which time ACE
would begin to reject entries lacking the correct export certificate
number. Subsequent CSMS messages delayed the implementation of ACE
rejection until
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further notice, such that steel imports of the Republic of Korea
without an export certificate received warning messages, but were not
rejected.\3\
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\2\ Only exporters may obtain valid and properly executed
certificates of exportation, which exporters may apply for online
via the Korea Iron and Steel Association (KOSA) website at https://sq.kosa.or.kr/. The Republic of Korea has authorized KOSA to issue
export certificates. Importers should obtain these certificates of
exportation from exporters.
\3\ See CSMS #40196360 (October 10, 2019) (initial announcement
of the testing period), followed by CSMS #41021976 (December 17,
2019) and CSMS #42445519 (April 21, 2020). Full implementation of
the certificate requirement was put on hold, while the United States
and the Republic of Korea addressed issues related to the management
of the certificates.
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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. The
Republic of Korea currently submits export certificates to CBP via
email, and in the administration of the quota, CBP validates the
certificate numbers provided by importers on their entry summaries with
the information provided by the Republic of Korea. The Republic of
Korea requested to participate in the eCERT process to comply with the
United States' absolute quota limits for steel exported from the
Republic of Korea for importation into the United States. CBP has
coordinated with the Republic of Korea to implement the eCERT process,
and now the Republic of Korea is ready to participate in this process
by transmitting its export certificates to CBP via eCERT.\4\
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\4\ An exporter's KOSA number functions as the eCERT number.
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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, ACE.
Specific data elements are transmitted to CBP by the importer of record
(IOR), or an authorized customs broker, when filing an entry summary
with CBP, and those data elements must match eCERT data from the
participating country before the subject importations will be entered
or withdrawn for consumption. Importers must provide the participating
country with their IOR number in advance of filing an entry, and, in
turn, the participating country must submit the IOR number as an
additional data element of information within the transmission for
eCERT.\5\ For entries filed through ACE, additional guidance on the
submission of the export certificate information is available in the
CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR), specifically
in the chapter entitled Entry Summary Create/Update, regarding the
record entitled Importer's Additional Declaration Detail (https://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/ace-catair-entry-summary-createupdate-v88). If a certificate number is not translated properly, the entry
will be rejected.
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\5\ 87 FR 52015.
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This document announces that the Republic of Korea will be
implementing the eCERT process for transmitting export certificates for
steel product entries subject to the absolute quota limitation. The
entry summary data elements transmitted to CBP for merchandise that is
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after April
22, 2024 must match the eCERT transmission of an export certificate
from the Republic of Korea for the merchandise to be entered or
withdrawn for consumption. CBP will automatically reject filings
without correct eCERT information starting May 20, 2024. The transition
to eCERT will not change the absolute quota filing process or
requirements. Importers will continue to provide the export certificate
numbers from the Republic of Korea 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 otherwise comply with the absolute
quota limitations when filed without a valid export certificate in
eCERT.
AnnMarie R. Highsmith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
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