81 FR 26573 - Commercial Truck Single-Crossing User Fee Automation and Prepayment Pilot
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 85 (May 3, 2016)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 85 (May 3, 2016)
| Page Range | 26573-26575 | |
| FR Document | 2016-10348 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 26573-26575] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-10348] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commercial Truck Single-Crossing User Fee Automation and Prepayment Pilot AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: General notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to conduct a pilot test program pursuant to its authority under 19 CFR 101.9(a) to allow a new payment option for commercial truck single-crossing user fees. The CBP regulations specify the applicable user fee for commercial trucks upon arrival into the United States and the methods of payment, which include payment on an [[Page 26574]] annual basis or on a per crossing basis. Although commercial truck carriers can electronically prepay the user fees on an annual basis, carriers who opt for the single-crossing user fee must pay the fee upon arrival at a U.S. port of entry. This pilot will enable the owner, agent, or person in charge of a commercial truck to prepay the single- crossing user fee online prior to arrival at a port of entry. This notice describes the pilot, its purpose, how it will be implemented, the duration of the pilot, and invites public comment on any aspect of the pilot. This pilot will not affect the annual commercial truck user fee payment option. DATES: The pilot will begin at the Buffalo, Detroit and El Paso ports of entry starting on June 2, 2016. If it is determined that the pilot is working successfully at these initial ports, the pilot would be expanded to all U.S. land border ports of entry that process commercial trucks. The exact date of the expansion to all U.S. land border ports of entry would be announced on the CBP Web site, http://www.cbp.gov. The pilot will run for approximately one year. Comments concerning this notice and all aspects of the pilot may be submitted at any time during the pilot period. ADDRESSES: Written comments concerning any aspect of the pilot should be submitted to James Pattan, Program Manager, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, via email at [email protected]. In the subject line of your email, please indicate ``Comment on Commercial Truck Single-Crossing User Fee Pilot''. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Pattan, Program Manager, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, by telephone at (202) 344-2293 or by email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Commercial Truck User Fees CBP collects user fees to pay for the costs incurred in providing customs services. These user fees offset inspection costs that were previously funded solely by general taxpayer revenue. Pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), Sec. 13031, Public Law 99-272, 110 Stat. 82 (1986), codified at 19 U.S.C. 58c, CBP shall charge and collect certain processing fees for air and sea passengers, commercial trucks, rail cars, private vessels, dutiable mail packages, and Customs broker permits. Sections 24.22(b)-(e) and (g) of the CBP implementing regulations (19 CFR 24.22(b)-(e) and (g)) provide that, under certain circumstances, user fees must be paid upon arrival into the United States of certain commercial vessels, barges, and other bulk carriers from Canada or Mexico; commercial trucks; railroad cars; certain private vessels or private aircraft; and passengers aboard commercial vessels and commercial aircraft. Section 24.22(c) sets forth the regulations pertaining to the user fees for commercial trucks upon arrival into the United States. The total commercial truck user fee consists of an Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (APHIS/AQI) fee collected on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a CBP fee.\1\ CBP collects the APHIS/AQI user fee and the CBP user fee together as one commercial truck user fee. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ The APHIS/AQI fee collected on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is authorized by 21 U.S.C. 136a. The APHIS/AQI fee amount is set forth in Section 354.3 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations (7 CFR 354.3). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current Payment Options Section 24.22(c) provides commercial truck carriers with two alternatives to pay the required user fee. The commercial truck carrier may either prepay the fee for all arrivals of that truck during a calendar year (annual commercial truck user fee) \2\ or pay a per crossing fee each time the truck enters the United States (single- crossing user fee). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ For user fee collection purposes, a ``transponder'' is a plastic card which contains a chip that electronically transmits confirmation that applicable user fees for commercial trucks have been paid for the calendar year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The owner, agent, or person in charge of the commercial truck can prepay the annual commercial truck user fee online through the Internet portal, ``Decal and Transponder Online Procurement System (DTOPS)'',\3\ or by mail.\4\ After the annual user fee is paid, a transponder is issued, which is affixed to the vehicle's windshield to reflect the prepayment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ The DTOPS portal allows CBP to process user fee prepayment requests and accept electronic payments. \4\ CBP Form 339C (Annual User Fee Decal Request--Commercial Vehicle). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carriers that have not prepaid the annual commercial truck user fee are required to pay a per crossing fee each time the truck enters the United States. The user fee is collected when the truck arrives at the U.S. port of entry. The driver or other person in charge of the commercial truck is required to pay the user fee during primary processing or during referral to the administrative office.\5\ Payment may be by cash or credit card. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ The method of payment for the commercial truck single- crossing user fee is currently dependent on the logistics of the particular U.S. port of entry. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commercial Truck Single-Crossing User Fee Automation and Prepayment Pilot Purpose of the Pilot The purpose of the pilot is to streamline the payment of the commercial truck single-crossing user fees by introducing a new payment option. Specifically, CBP is working towards the elimination of cash and credit card collections of the commercial truck single-crossing user fee during commercial truck primary processing by automating and allowing prepayment of the fee. This will provide benefits to both CBP and to commercial truck carriers. Cash and credit card collection at the port of entry is a manual, burdensome, and time-consuming process. The automation and prepayment option for the single-crossing user fee will reduce wait times, improve primary processing, save costs to truck carriers associated with idling time (such as gas and lost driving hours), and alleviate CBP officers of the administrative functions pertaining to the collection, accounting and transmittal of user fee collections. Description and Implementation of the Pilot Currently, when a commercial truck arrives at a U.S. port of entry and the annual user fee has not been prepaid, the driver or other person in charge of the truck pays the single-crossing user fee upon arrival. This pilot provides an additional payment option that will allow the owner, agent, or person in charge of a commercial truck to prepay the single-crossing user fee online via the DTOPS portal prior to the truck arriving at a U.S. port of entry.\6\ This pilot will allow the owner, agent, or person in charge of a commercial truck to access the DTOPS portal via a desktop computer (https://dtops.cbp.dhs.gov/) or a smartphone app to pay the required single-crossing user fee before arriving at the U.S. port of entry. After accessing the DTOPS portal, the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) must be registered and the required user fee paid by credit card for each truck that will transit the U.S. border. After payment is accepted, DTOPS will provide an electronic [[Page 26575]] receipt that may be printed. When the commercial truck arrives at primary processing, the CBP officer will check the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) system to ensure that the user fee was prepaid. If the user fee was not prepaid, the driver or other person in charge of the truck will be required to pay the fee at the port of entry using cash or a credit card. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ The prepayment of the annual commercial truck user fee is already automated via the DTOPS portal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration of the Pilot The pilot will begin at the Buffalo, Detroit and El Paso land ports of entry starting on June 2, 2016. If it is determined that the pilot is working successfully at these initial ports, the pilot would be expanded to all U.S. land border ports of entry that process commercial trucks. The exact date of the expansion to all U.S. land border ports of entry would be announced on the CBP Web site, http://www.cbp.gov. The pilot will run for approximately one year. Any owner, agent, or person in charge of a commercial truck can participate in the pilot. No application is needed to participate in the pilot. When sufficient pilot analysis has been conducted, and the comments analyzed, CBP will then consider whether to begin rulemaking to add the single-crossing commercial truck user fee prepayment option to 19 CFR 24.22(c). Privacy CBP will ensure that all Privacy Act requirements and applicable policies are adhered to during the implementation of this pilot. Paperwork Reduction Act An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid control number assigned by OMB. The collections of information in this notice will be submitted for OMB approval 1651-0052 (User Fees). Authorization for the Pilot This pilot adds a payment option for commercial truck single- crossing user fees in addition to the payment method specified in 19 CFR 24.22(c). It is being conducted in accordance with Sec. 101.9(a) of the CBP regulations (19 CFR 101.9(a)), which authorizes the Commissioner to impose requirements different from those specified in the CBP regulations for the purposes of conducting a test program or procedure designed to evaluate the effectiveness of new technology or operational procedures regarding the processing of passengers, vessels, or merchandise. Dated: April 28, 2016. R. Gil Kerlikowske, Commissioner. 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(3) Fax: 202–395–6566. To ensure eRulemaking Portal at http:// Supplement to the International Oil
your comments are received in a timely www.regulations.gov. If your material pollution Prevention Certificate (IOPP
manner, mark the fax, attention Desk cannot be submitted using http:// Certificate); CG–6047, International
Officer for the Coast Guard. www.regulations.gov, contact the person Sewage Pollution Prevention
A copy of the ICR is available through in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Equivalency Certificate; CG–6047A,
the docket on the Internet at http:// CONTACT section of this document for Statement of Voluntary Compliance for
www.regulations.gov. Additionally, alternate instructions. Documents Sewage Pollution Prevention; CG–6056,
copies are available from: mentioned in this notice, and all public International Air Pollution Prevention
COMMANDANT (CG–612), ATTN: comments, are in our online docket at Certificate; CG–6056A, Supplement to
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT http://www.regulations.gov and can be International Air Pollution Prevention
MANAGER, U.S. COAST GUARD, 2703 viewed by following that Web site’s Certificate (IAPP Certificate); CG–6056B,
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE. SE., instructions. Additionally, if you go to Statement of Voluntary Compliance for
STOP 7710, WASHINGTON, DC 20593– the online docket and sign up for email ANNEX VI of MARPOL 73/78; CG–
7710. alerts, you will be notified when 6056C, Supplement to Statement of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comments are posted. Voluntary Compliance for ANNEX VI of
Contact Mr. Anthony Smith, Office of We accept anonymous comments. All MARPOL 73/78, CG–6057, Statement of
Information Management, telephone comments received will be posted Voluntary Compliance, CG–6059,
202–475–3532, or fax 202–372–8405, for without change to http:// International Anti-Fouling Systems
questions on these documents. www.regulations.gov and will include Certificate; CG–6059A, Record of Anti-
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: any personal information you have Fouling Systems; CG–6060,
provided. For more about privacy and International Energy Efficiency (IEE
Public Participation and Request for the docket, you may review a Privacy Certificate); and CG–6060A,
Comments Act notice regarding the Federal Docket Supplement to the International Energy
This Notice relies on the authority of Management System in the March 24, Efficiency Certificate (IEE Certificate).
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 2005 issue of the Federal Register (70 Respondents: Owners, operators, or
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. An FR 15086). masters of vessels.
ICR is an application to OIRA seeking OIRA posts its decisions on ICRs Frequency: On occasion.
the approval, extension, or renewal of a online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/ Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated
Coast Guard collection of information do/PRAMain after the comment period burden has increased from 2,738 hours
(Collection). The ICR contains for each ICR. An OMB Notice of Action to 73,900 hours a year due to an
information describing the Collection’s on each ICR will become available via increase in the estimated annual
purpose, the Collection’s likely burden a hyperlink in the OMB Control number of responses of the initial one
on the affected public, an explanation of Number: 1625–0041. year burden for the Ship-to-Ship
the necessity of the Collection, and Operations Plan.
other important information describing Previous Request for Comments
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
the Collection. There is one ICR for each This request provides a 30-day of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Collection. comment period required by OIRA. The
The Coast Guard invites comments on Dated: April 26, 2016.
Coast Guard published the 60-day
whether this ICR should be granted notice (80 FR 72446, November 19, Thomas P. Michelli,
based on the Collection being necessary 2015) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). U.S. Coast Guard, Deputy Chief Information
for the proper performance of That Notice elicited no comments. Officer.
Departmental functions. In particular, Accordingly, no changes have been [FR Doc. 2016–10311 Filed 5–2–16; 8:45 am]
the Coast Guard would appreciate made to the Collections. BILLING CODE 9110–04–P
comments addressing: (1) The practical
utility of the Collection; (2) the accuracy Information Collection Request
of the estimated burden of the Title: Various International DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
Collection; (3) ways to enhance the Agreement Pollution Prevention SECURITY
quality, utility, and clarity of Certificates and Documents, and
information subject to the Collection; Equivalency Certificates. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of OMB Control Number: 1625–0041.
Summary: Required by the adoption Commercial Truck Single-Crossing
the Collection on respondents, User Fee Automation and Prepayment
including the use of automated of the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships Pilot
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. These (MARPOL 73/78) and other AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border
comments will help OIRA determine international treaties, these certificates Protection; Department of Homeland
whether to approve the ICR referred to and documents are evidence of Security.
in this Notice. compliance for U.S. vessels on ACTION: General notice.
We encourage you to respond to this international voyages. Without the
request by submitting comments and proper certificates or documents, a U.S. SUMMARY: This document announces
related materials. Comments to Coast vessel could be detained in a foreign that U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) intends to conduct a pilot test
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Guard or OIRA must contain the OMB port.
Control Number of the ICR. They must Need: Compliance with treaty program pursuant to its authority under
also contain the docket number of this requirements aids in the prevention of 19 CFR 101.9(a) to allow a new payment
request, [USCG–2015–0757], and must pollution from ships. option for commercial truck single-
be received by June 2, 2016. Forms: CG–5352, International Oil crossing user fees. The CBP regulations
Pollution Prevention Certificates; CG– specify the applicable user fee for
Submitting Comments 5352A, Supplement to the International commercial trucks upon arrival into the
We encourage you to submit Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate United States and the methods of
comments through the Federal (IOPP Certificate); CG–5352B, payment, which include payment on an
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receipt that may be printed. When the Authorization for the Pilot FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
commercial truck arrives at primary This pilot adds a payment option for technical information on the
processing, the CBP officer will check commercial truck single-crossing user methodology used to develop FMRs or
the Automated Commercial fees in addition to the payment method a listing of all FMRs, please call the
Environment (ACE) system to ensure specified in 19 CFR 24.22(c). It is being HUD USER information line at 800–
that the user fee was prepaid. If the user conducted in accordance with § 101.9(a) 245–2691 or access the information on
fee was not prepaid, the driver or other of the CBP regulations (19 CFR the HUD USER Web site: http://
person in charge of the truck will be 101.9(a)), which authorizes the www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/
required to pay the fee at the port of Commissioner to impose requirements fmr.html. FMRs are listed at the 40th or
entry using cash or a credit card. different from those specified in the 50th percentile in Schedule B. For
CBP regulations for the purposes of informational purposes, 40th percentile
Duration of the Pilot conducting a test program or procedure recent-mover rents for the areas with
The pilot will begin at the Buffalo, designed to evaluate the effectiveness of 50th percentile FMRs will be provided
Detroit and El Paso land ports of entry new technology or operational in the HUD FY 2016 FMR
starting on June 2, 2016. If it is procedures regarding the processing of documentation system at http://
passengers, vessels, or merchandise. www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/
determined that the pilot is working
successfully at these initial ports, the Dated: April 28, 2016. fmrs/docsys.html?data=fmr16 and 50th
pilot would be expanded to all U.S. land R. Gil Kerlikowske, percentile rents for all FMR areas are
border ports of entry that process Commissioner. published http://www.huduser.gov/
commercial trucks. The exact date of the [FR Doc. 2016–10348 Filed 5–2–16; 8:45 am] portal/datasets/50per.html.
expansion to all U.S. land border ports BILLING CODE 9111–14–P Questions related to use of FMRs or
of entry would be announced on the voucher payment standards should be
CBP Web site, http://www.cbp.gov. The directed to the respective local HUD
pilot will run for approximately one DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND program staff. Questions on how to
year. Any owner, agent, or person in URBAN DEVELOPMENT conduct FMR surveys or concerning
charge of a commercial truck can further methodological explanations
participate in the pilot. No application [Docket No. FR–5885–N–05]
may be addressed to Marie L. Lihn or
is needed to participate in the pilot.
Final Fair Market Rents for the Housing Peter B. Kahn, Economic and Market
When sufficient pilot analysis has been
Choice Voucher Program and Analysis Division, Office of Economic
conducted, and the comments analyzed,
Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Affairs, Office of Policy Development
CBP will then consider whether to begin Occupancy Program Fiscal Year 2016; and Research, telephone 202–402–2409.
rulemaking to add the single-crossing Revised Persons with hearing or speech
commercial truck user fee prepayment
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant impairments may access this number
option to 19 CFR 24.22(c).
Secretary for Policy Development and through TTY by calling the toll-free
Privacy Research, HUD. Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
ACTION: Notice of Final Fiscal Year (FY)
(Other than the HUD USER information
CBP will ensure that all Privacy Act line and TDD numbers, telephone
requirements and applicable policies are 2016 Fair Market Rents (FMRs), update.
numbers are not toll-free.)
adhered to during the implementation SUMMARY: Today’s notice updates the FY
of this pilot. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FMRs
2016 FMRs for Burlington-South
appearing in the following table
Paperwork Reduction Act Burlington, VT Metropolitan Statistical
Area (MSA), based on a survey of rents supersede the values found in Schedule
An agency may not conduct or conducted in February, 2016, by the B that became effective on December 11,
sponsor, and a person is not required to area public housing agencies (PHAs). 2015, and were printed in the December
respond to, a collection of information The FY 2016 FMRs for these areas 11, 2015 (80 FR 77124) Federal Register
unless it displays a valid control reflect the estimated 40th percentile rent (available from HUD at: http://
number assigned by OMB. The levels trended to April 1, 2016. www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/
collections of information in this notice DATES: Effective Date: The FMRs
fmr.html).
will be submitted for OMB approval published in this notice are effective on The FMRs for the affected area are
1651–0052 (User Fees). May 3, 2016. revised as follows:
FMR by number of bedrooms in unit
2016 Fair market rent area
0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR
Burlington-South Burlington, VT MSA ..................................................... 868 1038 1356 1796 1988
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Dated: April 19, 2016.
Katherine M. O’Regan,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
& Research.
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| Dates | The pilot will begin at the Buffalo, Detroit and El Paso ports of entry starting on June 2, 2016. If it is determined that the pilot is working successfully at these initial ports, the pilot would be expanded to all U.S. land border ports of entry that process commercial trucks. The exact date of the expansion to all U.S. land border ports of entry would be announced on the CBP Web site, http://www.cbp.gov. The pilot will run for approximately one year. Comments concerning this notice and all aspects of the pilot may be submitted at any time during the pilot period. | |
| Contact | James Pattan, Program Manager, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, by telephone at (202) 344-2293 or by email at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 26573 |
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