80 FR 72686 - International Trade Data System Test Concerning the Electronic Submission of Certain Documentation Required for Imports of Uranium From the Russian Federation Using the Document Imaging System
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 224 (November 20, 2015)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 224 (November 20, 2015)
| Page Range | 72686-72688 | |
| FR Document | 2015-29722 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 72686-72688] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-29722] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-821-802] International Trade Data System Test Concerning the Electronic Submission of Certain Documentation Required for Imports of Uranium From the Russian Federation Using the Document Imaging System AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) announces, in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a test of the International Trade Data System (ITDS) involving the electronic submission to CBP of forms and certifications related to importation of uranium products from the Russian Federation (Russia), using the Document Image System (DIS) of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). CBP and Commerce have developed this program to test and assess the electronic transmission to CBP of certain import documentation for incoming shipments subject to the [[Page 72687]] applicable provisions of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation (Suspension Agreement).\1\ The test will involve forms and certifications required by the Suspension Agreement for shipments of uranium products from Russia that must be filed with CBP at the time of entry when an entry has been filed in ACE. Under this test, such documents must be submitted using DIS. This test applies to all entry types filed in ACE at any port. The electronic submission to CBP of such documentation through DIS is in addition to, and does not replace, the timely filing of the documentation required by the Suspension Agreement with Commerce through Enforcement and Compliance's (E&C) electronic filing system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at access.trade.gov.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 57 FR 492220, 49235 (October 30, 1992); Amendment to Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 59 FR 15373 (April 1, 1994); Amendments to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 61 FR 56665 (November 4, 1996); Amendment to Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 62 FR 37879 (July 15, 1997); and Amendment to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium From the Russian Federation, 73 FR 7705 (February 11, 2008). \2\ All submissions to E&C must be filed electronically using ACCESS. See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(2)(i). Documents excepted from the electronic submission requirements must be filed manually (i.e., in paper form) with E&C's APO/Dockets Unit, Room 18022, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, and stamped with the date and time of receipt by the applicable deadlines. See 19 CFR 351.303(b)(2)(ii). DATES: The test will commence no earlier than November 20, 2015 and will continue until concluded by publication of a notice in the Federal Register ending the test. Comments on, and applications to participate --------------------------------------------------------------------------- in, the test will be accepted through the duration of the test. ADDRESSES: To submit comments concerning this test program, send an email to Josephine Baiamonte (Josephine.Baiamonte@dhs.gov), Director, Business Transformation, ACE Business Office (ABO), Office of International Trade, and cc: Wendy Frankel (Wendy.Frankel@trade.gov), Director, Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. In the subject line of an email, please use, ``Comment on E&C DIS Test FRN.'' Any party seeking to participate in this test should contact their CBP client representative. Interested parties without an assigned CBP client representative should send an email message to Steven Zaccaro at steven.j.zaccaro@cbp.dhs.gov with the subject heading ``E&C DIS Test FRN-Request to Participate.'' FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions related to ACE, contact your assigned CBP client representative. Interested parties without an assigned CBP client representative should direct their questions to Steven Zaccaro at steven.j.zaccaro@cbp.dhs.gov. For Participating Government Agencies' (PGA) related questions, contact Emi Wallace (CBP) at emi.r.wallace@cbp.dhs.gov, and for E&C related questions contact Sally C. Gannon or Sam Zengotitabengoa, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0162 or (202) 482-4195, respectively. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Background I. International Trade Data System and ACE This test is in furtherance of the ITDS, which is statutorily authorized by section 405 of the Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act of 2006, Public Law 109-347. The purpose of ITDS, as defined by section 4 of the SAFE Port Act of 2006, is to eliminate redundant information filing requirements, efficiently regulate the flow of commerce, and effectively enforce laws and regulations relating to international trade, by establishing a single portal system, operated by CBP, for the collection and distribution of standard electronic import and export data required by all participating Federal agencies. On October 13, 2015, CBP promulgated regulations providing that, as of November 1, 2015, ACE is a CBP authorized Electronic Data Interchange System which may be used for the filing of entries and entry summaries. See Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Filings for Electronic Entry/Entry Summary (Cargo Release and Related Entry), 80 FR 61278 (October 13, 2015). II. Document Imaging System DIS allows importers who file entries in ACE to file documentation electronically through DIS and into ACE to meet CBP and PGA) reporting requirements. This documentation must be submitted at any time prior to the arrival of the merchandise on the conveyance transporting the cargo to the United States. The documentation will be validated and made available to the relevant PGAs involved in import, export, and transportation-related decision making, as appropriate. The documentation filed using DIS will be used to fulfill merchandise entry and entry summary filing requirements, eliminate the need to file that documentation in paper format, and allow for earlier release decisions and more certainty for the importer in determining the logistics of cargo delivery. Also, by virtue of being electronic, DIS will eliminate the necessity for the submission and subsequent manual processing by CBP of paper documents because the forms and certifications filed using DIS do not have to be filed in paper format. All DIS participants are required to use a software program that has completed ACE certification testing for DIS. For information, terms and conditions, procedures and rules, and requirements regarding the use of DIS please see Modification of the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document Image System (DIS) Regarding Future Updates and New Method of Submission of Accepted Documents, 80 FR 62082 (October 15, 2015). For a list of PGA forms and documents which may be transmitted to ACE using DIS, please see http://www.cbp.gov/trade/ace/features. III. Test Rules, Terms and Conditions For approved participants, this test applies to all modes of transportation for uranium products from Russia subject to the Suspension Agreement. This test applies only to entries filed in ACE. Entries under this test may be filed at any port. Under the test, importers will be required to electronically transmit certain information, including scanned documents, which must be filed with CBP at the time of entry, pursuant to the Suspension Agreement. Imaged documentation sent in by DIS must be an accurate, complete, unaltered, unmodified and faithful copy of the original. Both the original document and the imaged document must be retained by the filer and importer for five years from the date of submission and both are subject to CBP's laws and regulations concerning recordkeeping.\3\ Examples of the types of scanned images that will be submitted to the DIS under this test are: [[Page 72688]] Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD) Foreign Government Export License: Uranium products from Russia; AD/CVD Foreign Government Export Certificate: Uranium products from Russia; AD/CVD Declaration of Intent to Re-Export: Uranium products from Russia; AD/CVD Processor Certification: Uranium Products from Russia; AD/CVD End-User Certification: Uranium products from Russia; AD/CVD Purchase and/or Delivery Order: Uranium products from Russia; AD/CVD Origin Certification: Uranium products from any country including Russia; and AD/CVD Anticircumvention Certification: Uranium products from any country including Russia. All documentation required for entries of Russian uranium products must still be timely filed with Commerce, in accordance with the Suspension Agreement's requirements, through ACCESS, E&C's electronic filing system. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ 19 U.S.C. 1508-1509; 19 CFR part 163. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. Test Participation Criteria and Participation Procedure Any party seeking to participate in this test must provide CBP, in their request to participate, their filer code and the port(s) at which they are interested in filing the appropriate DIS information. Requests to participate in this test will be accepted throughout the duration of the test. To be eligible to apply for this test, the applicant must be a self-filing importer or broker who has the ability to file entries in ACE. All test participants are required to use a software program that has completed ACE certification testing for DIS. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance into the test and of the date they may begin participation. V. Anticipated Process Changes For participants accepted into the test, the current paper process for the submission to CBP of documentation for shipments of Russian uranium products subject to the Suspension Agreement will be replaced by the submittal of scanned document images through DIS. Entry data submissions will be subject to validation edits and any applicable PGA business rules programmed into ACE. Once entry data has cleared the initial stage of validation edits and PGA business rules, the filer will receive messages as to the status of the shipment from the time of entry data submission until the time of release. Once all of the PGAs have concluded their review of the shipment and have unset any remaining holds, CBP will send a ``One U.S.G.'' release message to the filer to indicate that the filer has fulfilled all U.S. Government filing requirements at the port of entry for the shipment. Filers should note, however, that the filing of documentation with CBP through DIS does not replace the separate filing requirements with Commerce pursuant to the Suspension Agreement's requirements, as noted above. VI. Confidentiality All data submitted and entered into ACE is subject to the Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. 1905) and is considered confidential, except to the extent as otherwise provided by law. Participation in ACE tests is not confidential, and a name(s) of an approved participant(s) may be disclosed by CBP. Dated: November 12, 2015. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. [FR Doc. 2015-29722 Filed 11-19-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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This notice is issued and published Request for Public Comments: Member an affiliated company, ASM
pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act Interested parties may submit written Export Co.
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). comments relevant to the determination 5. Replace the existing Member The
Dated: November 13, 2015. whether an amended Certificate should Starbound Limited Partnership with
Paul Piquado, be issued. If the comments include any Starbound LLC, and add as a new
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
privileged or confidential business Member an affiliated company, NWPI,
Compliance. information, it must be clearly marked Inc.
and a nonconfidential version of the USSC’s proposed amendment of its
[FR Doc. 2015–29721 Filed 11–19–15; 8:45 am]
comments (identified as such) should be Export Trade Certificate of Review
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
included. Any comments not marked as would result in the following entities as
privileged or confidential business Members under the Certificate:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE information will be deemed to be 1. American Seafoods Company LLC
nonconfidential. 2. American Seafoods Japan, Ltd.
International Trade Administration An original and five (5) copies, plus 3. AS Europe ApS
two (2) copies of the nonconfidential 4. American Seafoods China (Dalian)
[Application No. 90–7A007]
version, should be submitted no later Ltd.
Export Trade Certificate of Review than 20 days after the date of this notice 5. Arctic Storm, Inc.
to: Office of Trade and Economic 6. Arctic Storm International, Inc.
ACTION:Notice of application for an Analysis, International Trade 7. Fjord Fisheries General Partnership
amended Export Trade Certificate of Administration, U.S. Department of 8. Arctic Fjord, Inc.
Review by United States Surimi Commerce, Room 21028, Washington, 9. AF International, Inc.
Commission (‘‘USSC’’), Application No. DC 20230. 10. Fjord Seafood LLC
90–7A007. Information submitted by any person 11. Arctic Storm Management Group
is exempt from disclosure under the LLC
SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce, Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 12. Glacier Fish Company, LLC
through the International Trade 552). However, nonconfidential versions 13. ASM Export Co.
Administration, Office of Trade and of the comments will be made available 14. Starbound LLC
Economic Analysis (OTEA), has to the applicant if necessary for 15. Aleutian Spray Fisheries, Inc.
received an application for an amended determining whether or not to issue the 16. NWPI, Inc.
Export Trade Certificate of Review amended Certificate. Comments should
(‘‘Certificate’’) from USSC. This notice Dated: November 16, 2015.
refer to this application as ‘‘Export Joseph Flynn,
summarizes the proposed amendment Trade Certificate of Review, application
and seeks public comments on whether Director, Office of Trade and Economic
number 90–7A007.’’ Analysis, International Trade Administration.
the amended Certificate should be
issued. Summary of the Application [FR Doc. 2015–29645 Filed 11–19–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Applicant: United States Surimi
Joseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of Commission
Trade and Economic Analysis,
Contact: c/o Mundt MacGregor LLP, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration, by
271 Wyatt Way NE., Suite 106,
telephone at (202) 482–5131 (this is not International Trade Administration
Bainbridge Island, Washington 98110.
a toll-free number) or email at etca@ Application No.: 90–7A007.
trade.gov. [A–821–802]
Date Deemed Submitted: November
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of 12, 2015. International Trade Data System Test
the Export Trading Company Act of Proposed Amendment: Concerning the Electronic Submission
1982 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001–21) 1. Remove the following members as of Certain Documentation Required for
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to Member of the Certificate: Alaska Ocean Imports of Uranium From the Russian
issue Export Trade Certificates of Seafood Limited Partnership; Highland Federation Using the Document
Review. An Export Trade Certificate of Light Seafoods Limited Liability Imaging System
Review protects the holder and the Company; and Alaska Trawl Fisheries,
members identified in the Certificate Inc. AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
from State and Federal government 2. Replace the existing Member International Trade Administration,
antitrust actions and from private treble American Seafoods Company with Department of Commerce.
damage antitrust actions for the export American Seafoods Company LLC, and SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
conduct specified in the Certificate and add as new Members three entities (Commerce) announces, in coordination
carried out in compliance with its terms affiliated with American Seafoods with U.S. Customs and Border
and conditions. The regulations Company LLC: American Seafoods Protection (CBP), a test of the
implementing Title III are found at 15 Japan, Ltd.; AS Europe ApS; and International Trade Data System (ITDS)
CFR part 325 (2015). Section 302(b)(1) American Seafoods China (Dalian) Ltd. involving the electronic submission to
of the Export Trading Company Act of 3. Add as new Members six entities CBP of forms and certifications related
1982 and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the that are affiliated with the existing to importation of uranium products
Secretary to publish a notice in the Member Arctic Storm, Inc.: Arctic Storm from the Russian Federation (Russia),
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Federal Register identifying the International, Inc.; Arctic Fjord, Inc.; AF using the Document Image System (DIS)
applicant and summarizing its International, Inc.; Fjord Seafoods LLC; of the Automated Commercial
application. Under 15 CFR 325.6(a), Arctic Storm Management Group LLC; Environment (ACE). CBP and Commerce
interested parties may, within twenty and Fjord Fisheries General Partnership; have developed this program to test and
days after the date of this notice, submit 4. Replace the existing Member assess the electronic transmission to
written comments to the Secretary Glacier Fish Company with Glacier Fish CBP of certain import documentation
through OTEA on the application. Company LLC; and add as a new for incoming shipments subject to the
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Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/ shipment. Filers should note, however, the instructions to view Department of
CVD) Foreign Government Export that the filing of documentation with Commerce collections currently under
License: Uranium products from Russia; CBP through DIS does not replace the review by OMB.
AD/CVD Foreign Government Export separate filing requirements with Written comments and
Certificate: Uranium products from Commerce pursuant to the Suspension recommendations for the proposed
Russia; AD/CVD Declaration of Intent to Agreement’s requirements, as noted information collection should be sent
Re-Export: Uranium products from above. within 30 days of publication of this
Russia; AD/CVD Processor Certification: notice to OIRA_Submission@
VI. Confidentiality
Uranium Products from Russia; AD/ omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
CVD End-User Certification: Uranium All data submitted and entered into
products from Russia; AD/CVD ACE is subject to the Trade Secrets Act Glenna Mickelson,
Purchase and/or Delivery Order: (18 U.S.C. 1905) and is considered Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Uranium products from Russia; AD/ confidential, except to the extent as Information Officer.
CVD Origin Certification: Uranium otherwise provided by law. [FR Doc. 2015–29665 Filed 11–19–15; 8:45 am]
products from any country including Participation in ACE tests is not BILLING CODE 3510–P
Russia; and AD/CVD Anticircumvention confidential, and a name(s) of an
Certification: Uranium products from approved participant(s) may be
any country including Russia. All disclosed by CBP. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
documentation required for entries of Dated: November 12, 2015.
Russian uranium products must still be Paul Piquado, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
timely filed with Commerce, in Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Administration
accordance with the Suspension Compliance.
Agreement’s requirements, through [FR Doc. 2015–29722 Filed 11–19–15; 8:45 am] RIN 0648–XE267
ACCESS, E&C’s electronic filing system. BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
IV. Test Participation Criteria and
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Participation Procedure
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Mammals Incidental to Operation,
Any party seeking to participate in Maintenance, and Repair of the
this test must provide CBP, in their Submission for OMB Review; Northeast Gateway Liquefied Natural
request to participate, their filer code Comment Request Gas Port and the Algonquin Pipeline
and the port(s) at which they are Lateral Facilities in Massachusetts Bay
interested in filing the appropriate DIS The Department of Commerce will
information. Requests to participate in submit to the Office of Management and AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
this test will be accepted throughout the Budget (OMB) for clearance the Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
duration of the test. To be eligible to following proposal for collection of Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
apply for this test, the applicant must be information under the provisions of the Commerce.
a self-filing importer or broker who has Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
the ability to file entries in ACE. All test Chapter 35). ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental
participants are required to use a Agency: National Institute of harassment authorization and receipt of
software program that has completed Standards and Technology. application for five-year regulations;
ACE certification testing for DIS. Title: NIST Generic Clearance for request for comments and information.
Applicants will be notified of their Usability Data Collections.
acceptance into the test and of the date OMB Control Number: 0693–0043. SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request
Form Number(s): None. from Excelerate Energy, L.P. (Excelerate)
they may begin participation. Type of Request: Regular Submission. and Tetra Tech, Inc. (Tetra Tech), on
V. Anticipated Process Changes Number of Respondents: 8,500. behalf of the Northeast Gateway®
Average Hours per Response: Varied,
For participants accepted into the test, Energy BridgeTM, L.P. (Northeast
dependent upon the data collection
the current paper process for the Gateway or NEG) and Algonquin Gas
method used. The possible response
submission to CBP of documentation for Transmission, L.L.C. (Algonquin) for an
time to complete a questionnaire may be
shipments of Russian uranium products authorization to take small numbers of
15 minutes or 2 hours to participate in
subject to the Suspension Agreement 14 species of marine mammals, by Level
an empirical study.
will be replaced by the submittal of Burden Hours: 5,000 Hours. B harassment, incidental to operating,
scanned document images through DIS. Needs and Uses: NIST will conduct maintaining, and repairing a liquefied
Entry data submissions will be subject information collections of usability data natural gas (LNG) port and the
to validation edits and any applicable involving usage of technological devices Algonquin Pipeline Lateral (Pipeline
PGA business rules programmed into (such as Web sites, handheld Lateral) facilities by NEG and
ACE. Once entry data has cleared the computers, cell phones, and robots.) Algonquin, in Massachusetts Bay.
initial stage of validation edits and PGA This information will enable NIST Pursuant to the Marine Mammal
business rules, the filer will receive researchers to study human-computer Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is
messages as to the status of the interactions and help establish requesting comments on its proposal to
shipment from the time of entry data guidelines and standards for more issue an authorization to NEG and
submission until the time of release. effective and efficient interactions. Algonquin to incidentally take, by Level
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Once all of the PGAs have concluded Affected Public: Individual or B harassment, small numbers of marine
their review of the shipment and have households; State, Local or Tribal mammals during the specified activity
unset any remaining holds, CBP will Government; Federal Government. for a period of 1 year. NMFS is also
send a ‘‘One U.S.G.’’ release message to Frequency: On occasion. requesting comments, information, and
the filer to indicate that the filer has Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. suggestions concerning NEG’s
fulfilled all U.S. Government filing This information collection request application and the structure and
requirements at the port of entry for the may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow content of future regulations.
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| Dates | The test will commence no earlier than November 20, 2015 and will continue until concluded by publication of a notice in the Federal Register ending the test. Comments on, and applications to participate | |
| Contact | For technical questions related to ACE, contact your assigned CBP client representative. Interested parties without an assigned CBP client representative should direct their questions to Steven Zaccaro at [email protected] For Participating Government Agencies' (PGA) related questions, contact Emi Wallace (CBP) at [email protected], and for E&C related questions contact Sally C. Gannon or Sam Zengotitabengoa, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0162 or (202) 482-4195, respectively. | |
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