Notice2023-19644
Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC)
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Published
September 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is revising the notice published in the Federal Register on August 30, 2023, which announced that the next meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will be held on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. This notice revises the August 30, 2023 notice to reflect the addition of a new working group to the Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee which will provide proposed recommendations for COAC's consideration at the September 20, 2023 COAC Public Meeting. As a result, CBP is republishing the August 30, 2023 notice, with amendments reflecting the addition of the De Minimis Working Group. The meeting will be open to the public via webinar only. There is no on-site, in-person option for the public to attend this quarterly meeting.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62583-62585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19644]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[Docket No. USCBP-2023-0021]
Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC)
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting.
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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is revising the
notice published in the Federal Register on August 30, 2023, which
announced that the next meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations
Advisory Committee (COAC) will be held on Wednesday, September 20,
2023. This notice revises the August 30, 2023 notice to reflect the
addition of a new working group to the Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee
which will provide proposed recommendations for COAC's consideration at
the September 20, 2023 COAC Public Meeting. As a result, CBP is
republishing the August 30, 2023 notice, with amendments reflecting the
addition of the De Minimis Working Group. The meeting will be open to
the public via webinar only. There is no on-site, in-person option for
the public to attend this quarterly meeting.
DATES: The COAC will meet on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, from 1 to 5
p.m. EDT. Please note that the meeting may close early if the committee
has completed its business. Comments must be submitted in writing no
later than September 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be open to the public via webinar only. The
webinar link and conference number will be posted by 5 p.m. EDT on
September 19, 2023, at <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meetings">https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meetings</a>. For information or to request
special assistance for the meeting, contact Ms. Latoria Martin, Office
of Trade Relations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, at (202) 344-
1440 as soon as possible.
Comments may be submitted by one of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Search for Docket Number USCBP-2023-0021. To submit a comment, click
the ``Comment'' button located on the top left-hand side of the docket
page.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5125233035343427343f2522113233217f3539227f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5a1a7b4b1b0b0a3b0bba1a695b6b7a5fbb1bda6fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a>. Include Docket Number
USCBP-2023-0021 in the subject line of the message.
Comments must be submitted in writing no later than September 15,
2023, and must be identified by Docket No. USCBP-2023-0021. All
submissions received must also include the words ``Department of
Homeland Security.'' All comments received will be posted without
change to <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meetings">https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meetings</a> and <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Therefore, please refrain from
including any personal information you do not wish to be posted. You
may wish to view the Privacy and Security Notice, which is available
via a link on <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Latoria Martin, Office of Trade
Relations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Room 3.5A, Washington, DC 20229, (202) 344-1440; or Ms. Felicia M.
Pullam, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 344-1440 or via email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3743455653525241525943447754554719535f4419505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3642445752535340535842457655544618525e4518515940">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 30, 2023, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) published a notice in the Federal Register (88 FR
59933), announcing that the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory
Committee (COAC) meeting will be held
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on Wednesday, September 20, 2023. The August 30, 2023 notice complied
with the 15-calendar-day requirement to provide the public with notice
of the agenda and topics to be discussed. See section 102-3.150(a) of
title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations (41 CFR 102-3.150(a)). This
notice amends the agenda published in the August 30, 2023 notice, to
note the addition of a new working group, the De Minimis Working Group,
to the Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee. This notice is published less
than 15 calendar days before COAC's public meeting. Pursuant to 41 CFR
102-3.150(b), CBP believes that there are exceptional circumstances
warranting less-than-15-days' notice. Due to the recent creation of the
De Minimis Working Group it was not clear its work would be developed
sufficiently to present it at the public meeting. However, CBP has been
informed that the subcommittee will have additional proposed
recommendations to offer to COAC at the public meeting based on the
work from the new working group. Because CBP considers the working
group's activity to be of significant interest to the public and the
government, CBP does not want to delay COAC's ability to deliberate
publicly upon the additional proposed recommendations.
For ease of reference, CBP is republishing the entirety of the
August 30, 2023 notice, with the changes described.
Notice of this meeting is given under the authority of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, Title 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. The Commercial Customs
Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) provides advice to the Secretary
of the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Department
of the Treasury, and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) on matters pertaining to the commercial operations of
CBP and related functions within the Department of Homeland Security
and the Department of the Treasury.
The COAC is committed to ensuring that all participants have equal
access regardless of disability status. If you require a reasonable
accommodation due to a disability to fully participate, please contact
Ms. Latoria Martin at (202) 344-1440 as soon as possible.
Please feel free to share this information with other interested
members of your organization or association.
To facilitate public participation, we are inviting public comment
on the issues the committee will consider prior to the formulation of
recommendations as listed in the Agenda section below.
There will be multiple public comment periods held during the
meeting on September 20, 2023. Speakers are requested to limit their
comments to two minutes or less to facilitate greater participation.
Please note that the public comment period for speakers may end before
the time indicated on the schedule that is posted on the CBP web page:
<a href="https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac">https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac</a>.
Agenda
The COAC will hear from the current subcommittees on the topics
listed below:
1. The Intelligent Enforcement Subcommittee will provide updates on
the work completed and topics discussed in its working groups. The
Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD) Working Group will provide
updates regarding its work and discussions on importer compliance with
AD/CVD requirements. The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Process
Modernization Working Group will report on and anticipates providing
proposed recommendations for the committee's consideration relating to,
the development of a portal on the CBP IPR web page and other
enhancements in communications between CBP, rights holders, and the
trade community regarding enforcement actions. The Bond Working Group
will report on the ongoing discussions and status updates for eBond
requirements. The Forced Labor Working Group (FLWG) has been working on
the implementation of recommendations and updates, as well as revisions
to its statement of work. The FLWG will also provide updates and
anticipates making proposed recommendations for the committee's
consideration at the September public meeting.
2. The Next Generation Facilitation Subcommittee will provide
updates on its working groups. There will be an update and proposed
recommendations for the committee's consideration from the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) 2.0 Working Group regarding progress on
the ACE 2.0 initiative resulting from the working group's recent in-
person sessions held to review the CBP ACE 2.0 Concept of Operations
processes. The Customs Interagency Industry Working Group (CII)
(formerly the One U.S. Government Working Group) will provide an update
on the work accomplished this quarter, which includes discussions with
Partner Government Agencies and an update on ACE 2.0. The Passenger Air
Operations (PAO) Working Group has been focusing its discussions on CBP
security seal processing and access to international aircraft and
passengers, landing rights, and elimination of outdated or obsolete
forms, and will provide an update on those discussions.
3. The Rapid Response Subcommittee will provide updates from the
Broker Modernization Working Group and the United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement (USMCA) Chapter 7 Working Group. The Broker Modernization
Working Group currently meets monthly and continues to focus on the 19
CFR part 111 final rules relating to Modernization of the Customs
Broker Regulations and Continuing Education for Licensed Customs
Brokers, as well as Customs Broker Licensing Exams matters. The
subcommittee anticipates the Broker Modernization Working Group will
provide one proposed recommendation for the committee's consideration.
The USMCA Chapter 7 Working Group meets bi-weekly with the expectation
that proposed recommendations will be developed and submitted for
consideration at an upcoming COAC public meeting. The current focus of
this working group is to review the Chapter 7 articles of the USMCA and
identify gaps in implementation between the United States, Mexico, and
Canada.
4. The Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee will provide updates on its
six active working groups: the Export Modernization Working Group, the
In-Bond Working Group, the Trade Partnership and Engagement Working
Group, the Pipeline Working Group, and the Cross-Border Recognition
Working Group and the newly formed De Minimis Working Group. The Export
Modernization Working Group has continued its work on the electronic
export manifest pilot program. The In-Bond Working Group has continued
its focus on the implementation of previously submitted
recommendations. The Trade Partnership and Engagement Working Group has
focused its work on implementing previous recommendations for Customs
Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) Trade Compliance partners
and is working to update its statement of work to include CTPAT
security. The Pipeline Working Group will submit proposed
recommendations for the committee's consideration that CBP develop a
pilot to use Distributed Ledger Technology to enhance transparency in
supply chains for pipeline-borne goods. The De Minimis Working Group
held their first meeting on August 22 and the group will submit
proposed recommendations for the committee's consideration. Emerging
risks have necessitated changes to
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operational priorities. Therefore, the De Minimis Working Group met on
an aggressive schedule to develop proposed recommendations for the
September 20, 2023, COAC meeting. Although the Cross-Border Recognition
Working Group did not meet this quarter, it remains an active working
group within the subcommittee and will resume meetings next quarter.
Meeting materials will be available by September 11, 2023, at:
<a href="https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meetings">https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meetings</a>.
Felicia M. Pullam,
Executive Director, Office of Trade Relations.
[FR Doc. 2023-19644 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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