Notice2022-08955
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Vessel 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 Vessel 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 25036-25037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08955]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Vessel
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 Vessel Cargo Test, a National Customs Automation Program
(NCAP) test concerning ACE export manifest capability.
DATES: The voluntary pilot initially began on August 20, 2015, as
corrected on October 20, 2015, and 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 Vessel Cargo Test must be submitted via email to CBP Export
Manifest at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cba8a9bbaeb3bba4b9bfa6aaa5a2adaeb8bf8ba8a9bbe5afa3b8e5aca4bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1c2c3d1c4d9d1ced3d5ccc0cfc8c7c4d2d5e1c2c3d18fc5c9d28fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a>. In the subject line of the
email, please write ``ACE Export Manifest for Vessel 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#600302100518100f12140d010e0906051314200302104e0408134e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aecdccdecbd6dec1dcdac3cfc0c7c8cbdddaeecdccde80cac6dd80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>. In the subject line of the email, please
write ``Comment on ACE Export Manifest for Vessel 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#284b4a584d5058475a5c454946414e4d5b5c684b4a58064c405b064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1c7f7e6c79646c736e68717d72757a796f685c7f7e6c3278746f327b736a">[email protected]</span></a>,
or by telephone, 202-344-3277.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Under the current regulatory requirements, the complete manifest is
generally not required to be submitted until after the departure of the
vessel. See sections 4.75, 4.76, and 4.84 of title 19 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (19 CFR 4.75, 4.76 and 4.84). The Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Vessel 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 twenty-four hours prior to loading of the cargo onto the vessel
in preparation for departure from the United States. The ACE Export
Manifest for Vessel Cargo Test is authorized under 19 CFR 101.9(b),
which provides for the testing of National Customs Automation Program
(NCAP) programs or procedures.
The ACE Export Manifest for Vessel Cargo Test examines the
functionality of filing export manifest data for vessel 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 Vessel 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 vessel. 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 Vessel Cargo Test in a notice published
in the Federal Register on August 20, 2015 (80 FR 50644). This test was
originally scheduled to run for approximately two years. A correction
to the notice, regarding the technical capability requirements, was
published on October 20, 2015 (80 FR 63575). On August 14, 2017, CBP
extended the test period (82 FR 37890). 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 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 vessel cargo or
noncontainerized vessel cargo)
(2) Name of Ship or Vessel
(3) Nationality of Ship
(4) Name of Master (optional)
(5) Port of Loading
(6) Port of Discharge
(7) Bill of Lading Number (Master and House)
(8) Bill of Lading Type (Master, House, Simple or Sub)
(9) Number of House Bills of Lading (optional)
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(10) Marks and Numbers (conditional)
(11) Container Numbers (conditional)
(12) Seal Numbers (conditional)
(13) Number and Kind of Packages
(14) Description of Goods
(15) Gross Weight (lb. or kg.) or Measurements (per HTSUS)
(16) Shipper name and address
(17) Consignee name and address
(18) Notify Party name and address (conditional)
(19) Country of Ultimate Destination
(20) In-bond Number (conditional)
(21) Internal Transaction Number (ITN) or AES Exemption Statement (per
shipment)
(22) Split Shipment Indicator (Yes/No) (optional)
(23) Portion of Split Shipment (e.g., 1 of 10, 4 of 10, 5 of 10, Final,
etc.) (optional)
(24) Hazmat Indicator (Yes/No)
(25) UN Number (conditional) (If the hazmat indicator is yes, then UN
(for United Nations Number) or NA (North American Number) and the
corresponding four-digit identification number assigned to the
hazardous material must be provided.)
(26) Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry Number (conditional)
(27) Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) or Product Identification
Number (conditional) (For shipments of used vehicles, the VIN must be
reported, or for used vehicles that do not have a VIN, the Product
Identification Number must be reported.)
For further details on the background and procedures regarding this
test, please refer to the August 20, 2015 notice, as corrected by the
October 20, 2015 notice, and the August 14, 2017 extension and
modification.
II. Renewal of the ACE Export Manifest for Vessel Cargo Test Period
CBP will renew the test for another two years to continue
evaluating the ACE Export Manifest for Vessel 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 additional years
from the date of publication.
III. Applicability of Initial Test Notice
All provisions in the August 20, 2015 notice, as corrected by the
October 20, 2015 notice, and in the August 14, 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. 2022-08955 Filed 4-26-22; 8:45 am]
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