81_FR_1968 81 FR 1959 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Administrative Rulings

81 FR 1959 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Administrative Rulings

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

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 9 (January 14, 2016)

Page Range1959-1960
FR Document2016-00621

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: Administrative Rulings. CBP is proposing that this information collection be extended with a change to the burden hours but no change to the information required. This document is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 9 (Thursday, January 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1959-1960]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00621]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[1651-0085]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Administrative Rulings

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

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; extension 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 the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: 
Administrative Rulings. CBP is proposing that this information 
collection be extended with a change to the burden hours but no change 
to the information required. This document is published to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 14, 2016 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be mailed to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and Rulings, Office of 
International Trade, 90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-
1177.

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: 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). 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 cost burden 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: Administrative Rulings.
    OMB Number: 1651-0085.
    Abstract: The collection of information in 19 CFR part 177 is 
necessary in order to enable Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
respond to requests by importers and other interested persons for the 
issuance of administrative rulings. These rulings pertain to the 
interpretation of applicable laws related to prospective and current 
transactions involving classification, marking, and country of origin. 
The collection of information in Part 177 of the CBP Regulations is 
also necessary to enable CBP to make proper decisions regarding the 
issuance of binding rulings that modify or revoke prior CBP binding 
rulings. This collection of information is authorized by 19 U.S.C. 66, 
1202, (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States). The application to obtain an administrative ruling is 
accessible at: https://apps.cbp.gov/erulings.
    Action: CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this 
information

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collection with a change to the burden hours based on updated 
estimates, but no change to the information collected.
    Type of Review: Extension (with change).
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Rulings:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 30,000.
    Appeals:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 40 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,000.

    Dated: January 11, 2016.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2016 / Notices 1959 Comment Due Date: Comments communications, the ‘‘active effects would yield evidence important regarding this information collection are ingredient’’ (or mechanisms underlying for dissemination, including ways to best assured of having their full effect if effectiveness) of self-affirmations is refine self-affirmation interventions and received within 60 days of the date of unknown. Self-affirmation is a potent make them more potent, which could this publication. means of augmenting the effectiveness change the ways that public health Proposed Collection: Self-affirmation of threatening health communications. messages are constructed. This research Construct Validity, 0925–NEW, National Individuals tend to be defensive against can inform NCI scientific priorities and Cancer Institute (NCI), National information suggesting their behavior investments in self-affirmation research. Institutes of Health (NIH). The results of the information collection Need and Use of Information puts them at risk for disease or negative health. Previous evidence suggests that will be used to further develop and Collection: This information collection, self-affirmation may reduce improve self-affirmation theory. These seeks to refine a theory about how self- defensiveness to threatening health findings may allow future researchers to competence and values play a role in defensive responses to health information, increasing openness to the develop and test cancer prevention communications. Although message and resulting in increased interventions. theoretically-driven research has shown disease risk perceptions, disease-related OMB approval is requested for 3 that self-affirmation—a process by worry, intentions to engage in years. There are no costs to respondents which individuals reflect on values that preventive behavior, and actual other than their time. The total are important to them—can improve behavioral change. Understanding the estimated annualized burden hours are responses to health and cancer mechanisms that explain these robust 717. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS Number of Average time Number of Total hour Form name Types of respondents responses per per response respondents burden respondent (in hours) Screener ............................................ General Public .................................. 10,000 1 1/60 167 Study ................................................. General Public .................................. 1,100 1 30/60 550 Dated: January 7, 2016. DATES: Written comments should be annual cost burden to respondents or Karla Bailey, received on or before March 14, 2016 to record keepers from the collection of Project Clearance Liaison, National Cancer be assured of consideration. information (total capital/startup costs Institute, NIH. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be and operations and maintenance costs). [FR Doc. 2016–00545 Filed 1–13–16; 8:45 am] mailed to U.S. Customs and Border The comments that are submitted will BILLING CODE 4140–01–P Protection, Attn: Tracey Denning, be summarized and included in the CBP Regulations and Rulings, Office of request for OMB approval. All International Trade, 90 K Street NE., comments will become a matter of 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229– public record. In this document, CBP is DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 1177. soliciting comments concerning the SECURITY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: following information collection: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Requests for additional information Title: Administrative Rulings. should be directed to Tracey Denning, OMB Number: 1651–0085. [1651–0085] U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Abstract: The collection of Regulations and Rulings, Office of information in 19 CFR part 177 is Agency Information Collection International Trade, 90 K Street NE., necessary in order to enable Customs Activities: Administrative Rulings 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229– and Border Protection (CBP) to respond AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 1177, at 202–325–0265. to requests by importers and other Protection, Department of Homeland SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP interested persons for the issuance of Security invites the general public and other administrative rulings. These rulings ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for Federal agencies to comment on pertain to the interpretation of comments; extension of an existing proposed and/or continuing information applicable laws related to prospective collection of information. collections pursuant to the Paperwork and current transactions involving Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13). classification, marking, and country of SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border The comments should address: (a) origin. The collection of information in Protection (CBP) of the Department of Whether the collection of information is Part 177 of the CBP Regulations is also Homeland Security will be submitting necessary for the proper performance of necessary to enable CBP to make proper the following information collection the functions of the agency, including decisions regarding the issuance of request to the Office of Management and whether the information shall have binding rulings that modify or revoke Budget (OMB) for review and approval practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the prior CBP binding rulings. This collection of information is authorized mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES in accordance with the Paperwork agency’s estimates of the burden of the Reduction Act: Administrative Rulings. collection of information; (c) ways to by 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202, (General Note CBP is proposing that this information enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the collection be extended with a change to of the information to be collected; (d) United States). The application to obtain the burden hours but no change to the ways to minimize the burden including an administrative ruling is accessible at: information required. 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1960 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 9 / Thursday, January 14, 2016 / Notices collection with a change to the burden SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: hours based on updated estimates, but Dean Webster, Office of Response and Background no change to the information collected. Recovery, Federal Emergency Type of Review: Extension (with The National Commodity Specialist Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., change). Division (NCSD), Regulations and Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2833. Affected Public: Businesses. Rulings, in the Office of International SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Rulings: Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Estimated Number of Respondents: hereby given that, in a letter dated Protection (CBP), is relocating. While January 4, 2016, the President issued a 3,000. the relocation process is underway, the Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 major disaster declaration under the address provided for the Director, hours. authority of the Robert T. Stafford National Commodity Specialist Estimated Total Annual Burden Disaster Relief and Emergency Division, Regulations and Rulings, in Hours: 30,000. Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. the Office of International Trade, at Appeals: (the ‘‘Stafford Act’’), as follows: section 177.2(a) of title 19 of the Code Estimated Number of Respondents: I have determined that the damage in of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 200. certain areas of the State of Mississippi 177.2(a)), will be inaccurate. Until the Estimated Time per Respondent: 40 resulting from severe storms, tornadoes, relocation process is complete, a hours. straight-line winds, and flooding during Estimated Total Annual Burden temporary mailing location has been the period of December 23–28, 2015, is Hours: 8,000. established and all correspondence to of sufficient severity and magnitude to the NCSD should be sent to the Dated: January 11, 2016. warrant a major disaster declaration following address: Director, National Tracey Denning, under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Commodity Specialist Division, Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Border Protection. 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (the ‘‘Stafford International Trade, 1100 Raymond Act’’). Therefore, I declare that such a [FR Doc. 2016–00621 Filed 1–13–16; 8:45 am] Boulevard, Newark, New Jersey 07102. major disaster exists in the State of BILLING CODE 9111–14–P Mail received at this temporary location Mississippi. will be delivered to the appropriate In order to provide Federal assistance, NCSD location. Please note that e- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND you are hereby authorized to allocate rulings procedures will remain the same SECURITY from funds available for these purposes and will not be affected by the such amounts as you find necessary for temporary change in office location. U.S. Customs and Border Protection When the relocation process is Federal disaster assistance and complete and a permanent address is administrative expenses. Temporary Mailing Address for the You are authorized to provide National Commodity Specialist established, CBP will publish in the Federal Register amendments to the Individual Assistance and Public Division, Regulations and Rulings, Assistance in the designated areas and Office of International Trade regulations to reflect the new mailing address (see 19 CFR 177.2(a)) and Hazard Mitigation throughout the State. AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border announce the cessation of mail Consistent with the requirement that Protection, Department of Homeland forwarding operations through the Federal assistance be supplemental, any Security. address provided in this notice. Federal funds provided under the ACTION: Notice of temporary change of Stafford Act for Hazard Mitigation and Dated: January 8, 2016. Other Needs Assistance will be limited office location. Alice A. Kipel, to 75 percent of the total eligible costs. SUMMARY: The mail room servicing the Executive Director, Regulations and Rulings, Federal funds provided under the Director, National Commodity Specialist Office of International Trade. Stafford Act for Public Assistance also Division, Regulations and Rulings, in [FR Doc. 2016–00622 Filed 1–13–16; 8:45 am] will be limited to 75 percent of the total the Office of International Trade, of U.S. BILLING CODE 9111–14–P eligible costs, with the exception of Customs and Border Protection is projects that meet the eligibility criteria relocating within New York and a for a higher Federal cost-sharing temporary location has been established DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND percentage under the Public Assistance to receive correspondence. Until further SECURITY Alternative Procedures Pilot Program for notice, beginning on January 28, 2016, Debris Removal implemented pursuant non-electronic correspondence should Federal Emergency Management to section 428 of the Stafford Act. be sent to the Director, National Agency Further, you are authorized to make Commodity Specialist Division, [Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–4248– changes to this declaration for the Regulations and Rulings, Office of DR; Docket ID FEMA–2015–0002] approved assistance to the extent International Trade, 1100 Raymond allowable under the Stafford Act. Boulevard, Newark, New Jersey 07102. Mississippi; Major Disaster and The time period prescribed for the Please note that e-rulings procedures Related Determinations implementation of section 310(a), will remain the same and will not be AGENCY: Federal Emergency Priority to Certain Applications for affected by the temporary change in Management Agency, DHS. Public Facility and Public Housing office location. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: Notice. Assistance, 42 U.S.C. 5153, shall be for DATES: Effective date: January 28, 2016. a period not to exceed six months after FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUMMARY: This is a notice of the the date of this declaration. Deborah Marinucci, Acting Director, Presidential declaration of a major The Federal Emergency Management National Commodity Specialist disaster for the State of Mississippi Agency (FEMA) hereby gives notice that Division, Regulations and Rulings, (FEMA–4248–DR), dated January 4, pursuant to the authority vested in the Office of International Trade, (646) 733– 2016, and related determinations. Administrator, under Executive Order 3070. DATES: Effective date: January 4, 2016. 12148, as amended, Joe M. Girot, of VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:39 Jan 13, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14JAN1.SGM 14JAN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
Action60-Day notice and request for comments; extension of an existing collection of information.
DatesWritten comments should be received on or before March 14, 2016 to be assured of consideration.
ContactRequests 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 Citation81 FR 1959 
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