80 FR 8677 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Application To Use the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 32 (February 18, 2015)

Page Range		8677-8678
FR Document		2015-03375

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: Application to Use the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). CBP is proposing that this information collection be extended with a change to the burden hours resulting from the addition of a new application for exporters to establish an ACE Portal account. There are no proposed changes to the existing ACE Portal application for imported merchandise. This document is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[1651-0105]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Application To Use the 
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments; revision of an existing 
collection of information.

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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of 
Homeland Security will be submitting

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the following information collection request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act: Application to Use the Automated 
Commercial Environment (ACE). CBP is proposing that this information 
collection be extended with a change to the burden hours resulting from 
the addition of a new application for exporters to establish an ACE 
Portal account. There are no proposed changes to the existing ACE 
Portal application for imported merchandise. This document is published 
to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 20, 2015 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
this proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs and Border Protection, 
Department of Homeland Security, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, 90 
K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177, at 202-325-0265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register (79 FR 73098) on December 
9, 2014, allowing for a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for 
an additional 30 days for public comments. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. CBP invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information 
collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-13; 44 U.S.C. 3507). The comments should address: (a) Whether the 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of 
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 
ways to minimize the burden, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or the use of other forms of information technology; and (e) 
the annual costs to respondents or record keepers from the collection 
of information (total capital/startup costs and operations and 
maintenance costs). The comments that are submitted will be summarized 
and included in the CBP request for OMB approval. All comments will 
become a matter of public record. In this document, CBP is soliciting 
comments concerning the following information collection:
    Title: Application to Use the Automated Commercial Environment 
(ACE).
    OMB Number: 1651-0105.
    Abstract: The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is a trade 
processing system that will eventually replace the Automated Commercial 
System (ACS), the current import system for U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) operations. ACE is authorized by Executive Order 13659 
which mandates implementation of a Single Window for trade. See 79 FR 
10655 (February 25, 2014). ACE supports government agencies and the 
trade community with border-related missions with respect to moving 
goods across the border efficiently and securely. Once ACE is fully 
implemented, all related CBP trade functions and the trade community 
will be supported from a single common user interface.
    Currently, ACE is used for imported merchandise by brokers, 
carriers, sureties, service providers, facility operators, foreign 
trade zone operators, cart men and lighter men. In order to establish 
an ACE Portal account, participants submit information such as their 
name, their employer identification number (EIN) or social security 
number, and if applicable, a statement certifying their capability to 
connect to the internet. This information is submitted through the ACE 
Secure Data Portal which is accessible at: http://www.cbp.gov/trade/automated.
    CBP is proposing to add export functionality to the system which 
will allow participation from the exporter community. Trade members 
wishing to establish an exporter account will need to submit the 
following data elements:

1. Company Information
    a. EIN
    b. DUNS (optional)
    c. Company Name
    d. Company Address
    e. End of Fiscal Year
2. ACE Export Account Owner Information
    a. Name
    b. Date of Birth
    c. Telephone Number
    d. Fax Number (optional)
    e. Email
    f. Account Owner address if different from Company Address
3. Filing Notification Point of Contact
    a. Name
    b. Phone Number
    c. Email

    Current Actions: CBP is proposing that this information collection 
be extended with a change to the burden hours resulting from the 
addition of a new application for exporters to establish an ACE Portal 
account. There are no proposed changes to the existing ACE Portal 
application for imported merchandise.
    Type of Review: Extension (with change).
    Affected Public: Businesses.

Application to ACE (Import)

    Estimated Number of Respondents: 21,000.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 21,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: .33 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,930.

Application to ACE (Export)

    Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,000.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 9,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: .066 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 594.

    Dated: February 12, 2015.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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discrimination, or to retaliation for form can then be directly uploaded into Total Burden Hours: 600 hours.
opposing these types of discrimination the DHS EEO Enterprise Complaints
Carlene C. Ileto,
or for participating in any stage of Tracking System, also known as
administrative or judicial proceedings Executive Director, Enterprise Business
‘‘iComplaints.’’
Management Office.
relating to them, can seek a remedy There is no change or adjustment to [FR Doc. 2015–03219 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am]
under title VII of the Civil Rights Act the burden associated with the
(title VII) (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) (race, BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P
collection of information associated
color, religion, sex, national origin), the with the DHS complaint form. DHS is
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
proposing to make one change to the DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
(ADEA) (29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) (age), the
DHS complaint form. This change is the SECURITY
Equal Pay Act (29 U.S.C. 206(d)) (sex),
addition of a new checkbox that says
the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 791 et Federal Emergency Management
‘‘gender identity’’ as a sub-category
seq.) (disability), the Genetic Agency
under the existing checkbox that says
Information Nondiscrimination Act
‘‘sex’’ on the form. Gender identity [Docket ID: FEMA–2015–0008; OMB No.
(GINA) (42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq.)
discrimination is a form of sex 1660–0030]
(genetic information), and Executive
discrimination, which is covered under
Order 11478 (as amended by Executive
title VII. So this information is already Agency Information Collection
Orders 13087 and 13152) (sexual
orientation or status as a parent). included in data gathered in EEO Activities: Proposed Collection;
The Department of Homeland complaints; adding the separate check Comment Request; Manufactured
Security (DHS), Office for Civil Rights box just more clearly identifies a sub- Housing Operations Forms
and Civil Liberties (CRCL) adjudicates category. This form modification is in
AGENCY: Federal Emergency
discrimination complaints filed by accordance with new instructions from
Management Agency, DHS.
current and former DHS employees, as EEOC—requiring all government
agencies to specifically identify this ACTION: Notice; correction.
well as applicants for employment to
DHS. The complaint adjudication type of information on our complaint On February 9, 2015, the Federal
process for statutory rights is outlined in forms. Emergency Management Agency
the Equal Employment Opportunity The Office of Management and Budget (FEMA) published an agency
Commission (EEOC) regulations found is particularly interested in comments information collection notice in the
at title 29, Code of Federal Regulations which: Federal Register at 80 FR 7005. In the
part 1614 and EEO Management 1. Evaluate whether the proposed FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Directive 110. For complaints regarding collection of information is necessary section, FEMA inadvertently listed the
sexual orientation or status as a parent, for the proper performance of the email address for the Records
DHS follows the same procedures as for functions of the agency, including Management Division as FEMA-
statutory rights, to the extent permitted whether the information will have Information-Collections-anagement@
by law. practical utility; fema.dhs.gov. It should be FEMA-
The recordkeeping provisions are Information-Collections-Management@
designed to ensure that a current 2. Evaluate the accuracy of the fema.dhs.gov.
employee, former employee, or agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, Dated: February 11, 2015.
applicant for employment claiming to
including the validity of the Charlene D. Myrthil,
be aggrieved or that person’s attorney
provide a signed statement that is methodology and assumptions used; Director, Records Management Division,
sufficiently precise to identify the Mission Support, Federal Emergency
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and Management Agency, Department of
aggrieved individual and the agency and clarity of the information to be Homeland Security.
to describe generally the action(s) or collected; and [FR Doc. 2015–03368 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am]
practice(s) that form the basis of the
complaint. The complaint must also 4. Minimize the burden of the BILLING CODE 9111–23–P

contain a telephone number and address collection of information on those who
where the complainant or the are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
representative can be contacted. The
electronic, mechanical, or other SECURITY
complaint form is used for original
allegations of discrimination but also for technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
amendments to underlying complaints
of discrimination. The form also e.g., permitting electronic submissions [1651–0105]
determines whether the person is of responses.
willing to participate in mediation or Agency Information Collection
Analysis Activities: Application To Use the
other available types of alternative
dispute resolution (ADR) to resolve their Agency: Office for Civil Rights and Automated Commercial Environment
complaint; Congress has enacted Civil Liberties, DHS. (ACE)
legislation to encourage the use of ADR Title: DHS Individual Complaint of AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border
in the federal sector and the form Employment Discrimination. Protection, Department of Homeland
emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES

ensures that such an option is Security.
considered at this preliminary stage of OMB Number: 1610–0001.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
the EEO complaint process. Frequency: Annually. comments; revision of an existing
A complainant may access the Affected Public: Federal Government. collection of information.
complaint form on the agency Web site
and may submit a completed complaint Number of Respondents: 1,200. SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border
form electronically to the relevant Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 Protection (CBP) of the Department of
Component’s EEO Office. The complaint minutes. Homeland Security will be submitting

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		30-Day notice and request for comments; revision of an existing collection of information.
Dates		Written comments should be received on or before March 20, 2015 to be assured of consideration.
Contact		Requests for additional information should be directed to Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, 90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177, at 202-325-0265.
FR Citation		80 FR 8677

80 FR 8677 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Application To Use the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITYU.S. Customs and Border Protection

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 32 (February 18, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection