Notice2024-03260
Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee
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Published
February 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will hold its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Charleston, SC. The meeting will be open for the public to attend in person or via webinar. The in-person capacity is limited to 75 persons for public attendees.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12358-12359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03260]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[Docket No. USCBP-2024-0001]
Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Committee management; notice of open Federal advisory committee
meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC)
will hold its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in
Charleston, SC. The meeting will be open for the public to attend in
person or via webinar. The in-person capacity is limited to 75 persons
for public attendees.
DATES: The COAC will meet on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 5
p.m. eastern standard time (EST). Please note that the meeting may
close early if the committee has completed its business. Registration
to attend in-person and comments must be submitted no later than March
1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hilton, 7401
Northwood Boulevard, Charleston, SC 29406 in the Lower/Upper Altitude
Ballroom. For virtual participants, the webinar link and conference
number will be posted by 5 p.m. EST on March 5, 2024, at <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac">https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac</a>. For information or to
request special assistance for the meeting, contact Mrs. 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="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Search for Docket Number USCBP-2024-0001. 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#e094928184858596858e9493a0838290ce848893ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2c6c0d3d6d7d7c4d7dcc6c1f2d1d0c29cd6dac19cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>. Include Docket Number
USCBP-2024-0001 in the subject line of the message.
Comments must be submitted in writing no later than March 1, 2024,
and must be identified by Docket No. USCBP-2024-0001. 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: Mrs. 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#c9bdbba8adacacbfaca7bdba89aaabb9e7ada1bae7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3642445752535340535842457655544618525e4518515940">[email protected]</span></a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
Pre-Registration: Meeting participants may attend either in person
or via webinar. All participants who plan to participate in person must
register using the method indicated below:
For members of the public who plan to participate in person, please
register online at <a href="https://cbptradeevents.certain.com/profile/15733">https://cbptradeevents.certain.com/profile/15733</a> by
5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2024. For members of the public who are pre-
registered to attend the meeting in person and later need to cancel,
please do so by 5 p.m. EST on March 1, 2024, utilizing the following
link: <a href="https://cbptradeevents.certain.com/profile/15733">https://cbptradeevents.certain.com/profile/15733</a>.
For members of the public who plan to participate via webinar, the
webinar link and conference number will be posted by 5 p.m. EST on
March 5, 2024, at <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac">https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac</a>. Registration is not required to participate virtually.
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
Mrs. 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 a public comment period after each subcommittee
update during the meeting on March 1, 2024. 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="http://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac">http://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. For this quarter, CBP continued to work on
revisions to the Statement of Work (SOW) for the Forced Labor Working
Group. During the next quarter, the Forced Labor Working Group will
begin meeting and having discussions under the revised SOW. The SOW may
include objectives to enhance focus on technology best practices,
stakeholder training and guidance, transparency, and monitoring
progress of the implementation of prior recommendations made by COAC.
The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Process Modernization Working
Group will report on the continuation of the development of
enhancements in communications between CBP, rights holders, and the
trade community regarding enforcement actions. The Bond Working Group
was placed on hiatus effective December 13, 2023, and does not
anticipate providing an update.
2. The Next Generation Facilitation Subcommittee will provide
updates on all its existing working groups, to include a new working
group, and the transfer of an existing working group to this
subcommittee. The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) 2.0 Working
Group had the chance to review the remaining business case scenarios
for the Concept of Operations Document. The Customs Interagency
Industry Working Group (CII) continues to work on identifying data
redundancies to improve efficiencies for the government and the trade.
A new working group, the Modernized Entry Processes Working Group
(MEPWG), launched following the start of the 17th Term. The Broker
Modernization Working Group (BMWG) has been transferred from the Rapid
Response Subcommittee to this subcommittee. Finally, the Passenger Air
Operations (PAO) Working Group continues to discuss with the Trusted
Worker Program (eBadge) CBP Security Seal automated processing,
automation of forms, and global entry/trusted traveler programs, and
will provide an update on those discussions.
3. The Rapid Response Subcommittee had one active working group
this quarter, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Chapter
7 Working Group. The working group met twice during this quarter. The
group will discuss their determination that the goals of the Statement
of Work have been met and that the group will go on hiatus starting
February 1, 2024. The Broker Modernization Working Group (BMWG) is
still an active working group but has been transferred from the Rapid
Response Subcommittee to the Next Generation Facilitation Subcommittee.
4. The Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee will provide updates on all
seven of its active working groups: the Export Modernization Working
Group, the In-Bond Working Group, the Trade Partnership and Engagement
Working Group, the Pipeline Working Group, the Cross-Border Recognition
Working Group, the De Minimis Working Group, and the Centers Working
Group. The Export Modernization Working Group has continued its work on
the Electronic Export Manifest Pilot Program and is specifically
focused on the effects of progressive filing by the shipper to
continuously update export information on successive dates rather than
on a specific date. The In-Bond Working Group has continued its focus
on the implementation of prior recommendations made by COAC. The Trade
Partnership and Engagement Working Group has continued its work on the
elements of the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT)
security program and the validation process. The Pipeline Working Group
has continued discussing the most appropriate ``next step'' commodities
and potential users of Distributed Ledger Technology to engage once the
pilot for tracking pipeline-borne goods deploys. The Cross-Border
Recognition Working Group began to meet again to develop tasks specific
to its Statement of Work. The De Minimis Working Group has continued
its work on strengthening the supply chain and mitigating risks in the
low-value package environment. The Centers Working Group, new to this
subcommittee, has begun work towards the goals of its Statement of
Work.
Meeting materials will be available on February 26, 2024, at:
<a href="http://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meetings">http://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meetings</a>.
Felicia M. Pullam,
Executive Director, Office of Trade Relations.
[FR Doc. 2024-03260 Filed 2-15-24; 8:45 am]
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