Notice2022-08954
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Rail Cargo Test: Renewal of Test
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Published
April 27, 2022
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
This notice announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is renewing the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Rail Cargo Test, a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning ACE export manifest capability.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25037-25038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08954]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Rail
Cargo Test: Renewal of Test
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) is renewing the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export
Manifest for Rail Cargo Test, a National Customs Automation Program
(NCAP) test concerning ACE export manifest capability.
DATES: The voluntary pilot initially began on September 9, 2015, and it
was modified and extended on August 14, 2017. The renewed test will run
for an additional two years from the date of publication of this notice
in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Applications for new participants in the ACE Export Manifest
for Rail Cargo Test must be submitted via email to CBP Export Manifest
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#73101103160b031c01071e121d1a15160007331011035d171b005d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="204342504558504f52544d414e4946455354604342500e4448530e474f56">[email protected]</span></a>. In the subject line of the email,
please write ``ACE Export Manifest for Rail Cargo Test Application''.
Applications will be accepted at any time during the test period.
Written comments concerning program, policy, and technical issues may
also be submitted via email to CBP Export Manifest at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#caa9a8baafb2baa5b8bea7aba4a3acafb9be8aa9a8bae4aea2b9e4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e5d5c4e5b464e514c4a535f5057585b4d4a7e5d5c4e105a564d10595148">[email protected]</span></a>. In the subject line of the email, please
write ``Comment on ACE Export Manifest for Rail Cargo Test''. Comments
may be submitted at any time during the test period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Semeraro, Branch Chief, or David
Garcia, Program Manager, Outbound Enforcement and Policy Branch, Office
of Field Operations, CBP, via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#44272634213c342b363029252a2d22213730042726346a202c376a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f1c1d0f1a070f100d0b121e1116191a0c0b3f1c1d0f511b170c51181009">[email protected]</span></a>,
or by telephone, 202-325-3277.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Rail
Cargo Test is a voluntary test in which participants agree to submit
export manifest data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
electronically at least two hours prior to loading of the cargo onto
the rail car, in preparation for departure from the United States or,
for empty rail cars, upon assembly of the train. The ACE Export
Manifest for Rail Cargo Test is authorized under Sec. 101.9(b) of
title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 101.9(b)), which
provides for the testing of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
programs or procedures.
The ACE Export Manifest for Rail Cargo Test examines the
functionality of filing export manifest data for rail cargo
electronically in ACE. ACE creates a single automated export processing
platform for certain export manifest, commodity, licensing, export
control, and export targeting transactions. This will reduce costs for
CBP, partner government agencies, and the trade community, as well as
improve facilitation of export shipments through the supply chain.
The ACE Export Manifest for Rail Cargo Test also assesses the
feasibility of requiring the manifest information to be filed
electronically in ACE within a specified time before the cargo is
loaded on the train. This capability will enhance CBP's ability to
calculate the risk and effectively identify and inspect shipments prior
to the loading of cargo in order to facilitate compliance with U.S.
export laws.
CBP announced the procedures and criteria related to participation
in the ACE Export Manifest for Rail Cargo Test in a notice published in
the Federal Register on September 9, 2015 (80 FR 54305). This test was
originally scheduled to run for approximately two years. On August 14,
2017, CBP extended the test period (82 FR 37893). At that time, CBP
also modified the original notice to make certain data elements
optional and opened the test to accept additional applications for all
parties who met the eligibility
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requirements. Through this notice, CBP is renewing the test.
The data elements, unless noted otherwise, are mandatory. Data
elements which are mandatory must be provided to CBP for every
shipment. Data elements which are marked ``conditional'' must be
provided to CBP only if the particular information pertains to the
cargo. Data elements which are marked ``optional'' may be provided to
CBP but are not required to be completed. The data elements are set
forth below:
(1) Mode of Transportation (containerized rail cargo or
noncontainerized rail cargo) (optional)
(2) Port of Departure from the United States
(3) Date of Departure
(4) Manifest Number
(5) Train Number
(6) Rail Car Order
(7) Car Locator Message
(8) Hazmat Indicator (Yes/No)
(9) 6-character Hazmat Code (conditional) (If the hazmat indicator is
yes, then UN (for United Nations Number) or NA (North American Number)
and the corresponding 4-digit identification number assigned to the
hazardous material must be provided.)
(10) Marks and Numbers (conditional)
(11) SCAC (Standard Carrier Alpha Code) for exporting carrier
(12) Shipper name and address (For empty rail cars, the shipper may be
the railroad from which the rail carrier received the empty rail car to
transport.)
(13) Consignee name and address (For empty rail cars, the consignee may
be the railroad to which the rail carrier is transporting the empty
rail car.)
(14) Place where the rail carrier takes possession of the cargo
shipment or empty rail car (optional)
(15) Port of Unlading
(16) Country of Ultimate Destination (optional)
(17) Equipment Type Code (optional)
(18) Container Number(s) (for containerized shipments) or Rail Car
Number(s) (for all other shipments)
(19) Empty Indicator (Yes/No)
If the empty indicator is no, then the following data elements must
also be provided, unless otherwise noted:
(20) Bill of Lading Numbers (Master and House)
(21) Bill of Lading Type (Master, House, Simple or Sub)
(22) Number of house bills of lading (optional)
(23) Notify Party name and address (conditional)
(24) AES Internal Transaction Number or AES Exemption Statement (per
shipment)
(25) Cargo Description
(26) Weight of Cargo (may be expressed in either pounds or kilograms)
(27) Quantity of Cargo and Unit of Measure
(28) Seal Number (only required if the container was sealed)
(29) Split Shipment Indicator (Yes/No) (optional)
(30) Portion of split shipment (e.g. 1 of 10, 4 of 10, 5 of 10, Final,
etc.) (optional)
(31) In-bond Number (conditional)
(32) Mexican Pedimento Number (only for shipments for export to Mexico)
(optional)
For further details on the background and procedures regarding this
test, please refer to the September 9, 2015 notice and August 14, 2017
extension and modification.
II. Renewal of the ACE Export Manifest for Rail Cargo Test Period
CBP will renew the test for two years to continue evaluating the
ACE Export Manifest for Rail Cargo Test. This will assist CBP in
determining whether electronic submission of manifests will allow for
improvements in the functionality and capabilities at the departure
level. The renewed test will run for two years from the date of
publication.
III. Applicability of Initial Test Notice
All provisions in the September 2015 notice and in the August 2017
modification and extension remain applicable, subject to the time
period provided in this renewal.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.
104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3507), an agency may not conduct, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless the
collection of information displays a valid control number assigned by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The collections of
information in this NCAP test have been approved by OMB in accordance
with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act and assigned OMB
control number 1651-0001.
Pete Flores,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2022-08954 Filed 4-26-22; 8:45 am]
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