[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68802-68803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27850]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[Docket No. USCBP-2012-0041]
Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border
Protection (COAC)
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security (DHS).
ACTION: Committee Management; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee
Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and
Border Protection (COAC) will meet on December 4, 2012, in Washington,
DC. The meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: COAC will meet on Tuesday, December 4, 2012, from 1:00 p.m. to
6:00 p.m. EST. Please note that the meeting may close early if the
committee has completed its business.
Registration: If you plan on attending, please register either
online at https://apps.cbp.gov/te_registration/index.asp?w=111 or by
email to [email protected], or by fax to 202-325-4290 by close-of-
business on November 30,2012.
If you have completed an online on-site registration and wish to
cancel your registration, you may do so at https://apps.cbp.gov/te_registration/cancel.asp?w=111. Please feel free to share this
information with interested members of your organizations or
associations.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Ronald Reagan Building in the
Horizon Ballroom, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20229.
All visitors to the Ronald Reagan Building must show a state-issued ID
or Passport to proceed through the security checkpoint to be admitted
to the building.
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meeting, contact
Ms. Wanda Tate, Office of Trade Relations, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection at 202-344-1661 as soon as possible.
To facilitate public participation, we are inviting public comment
on the issues to be considered by the committee as listed in the
``Agenda'' section below.
Comments must be submitted in writing no later than November 26,
2012, and must be identified by USCBP-2012-0041 and may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Email: [email protected]. Include the docket number in
the subject line of the message.
Fax: 202-325-4290.
Mail: Ms. Wanda Tate, Office of Trade Relations, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 3.5A,
Washington, DC 20229.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the words
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number for this
action. Comments received will be posted without alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Do
not submit personal information to this docket.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received by the COAC, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
There will be three public comment periods held during the meeting
on December 4, 2012. Speakers are requested to limit their comments to
two (2) minutes or less to facilitate greater participation. Contact
the individual listed below to register as a speaker. 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 at the
time of the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wanda Tate, Office of Trade
Relations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Room 3.5A, Washington, DC 20229; telephone 202-344-1440; facsimile
202-325-4290.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463). The
COAC provides advice to the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Secretary 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 DHS or the Department of
the Treasury.
Agenda
The COAC will hear from the following subcommittees on the topics
listed below and then will review, deliberate, provide observations and
formulate recommendations on how to proceed on those topics:
The work of the Trade Facilitation Subcommittee:
Recommendations and resolutions on CBP's Trade Transformation
initiatives, recommendations on the role of the customs brokers in
regard to the Centers of Excellence and Expertise (CEEs), and
recommendations based on the results from the COAC Industry Survey
regarding the expected benefits of the CEEs.
The work of the Role of the Broker Subcommittee:
Recommendations and resolutions on various aspects of CBP's effort to
revise the role of the customs broker in the CBP regulations (19 CFR
Part 111) which includes whether the initiative in the area of
continuing education should be pursued, requirements for brokers to
obtain bona fides for their importer clients before transacting customs
business on the client's behalf, and comments on possible revision to
CBP Form 5106 (Importer Identification Input Record). In addition,
recommendations will be made regarding the role of customs brokers in
the CEEs.
The work of Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Strategic Communications Working Group: Presentation of a white paper
and recommendation how CBP should
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proceed in communicating with the trade community as the agency shifts
from the Automated Commercial System (ACS) to ACE as functionality
becomes available.
The work of the One U.S. Government at the Border
Subcommittee: Recommendation for addressing a One U.S. Government
Approach to Trusted Trader Programs and provide the subcommittee term
end report.
The Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement
Subcommittee's work on providing CBP with guidance on new tools to be
used in the port of entry to help identify counterfeit products, the
distribution chain management and serialization pilot project, and
modification to the CBP recordation database of federally registered
trademarks, trade names and copyrights.
The Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duties Subcommittee's term
end report and a discussion on the impact of trade enforcement and
trade intelligence initiatives.
The Bond Subcommittee's work on proposed modifications to
the CBP Form 5106 (Importer Identification Input Record), liquidated
damages/mitigation guidelines, and the use of single transaction bonds
(STBs) when additional security is merited. The Subcommittee will
respond to the CBP Deputy Commissioner's request to look into the
possibility of issuing bonds prior to the foreign departure of goods
that are intended for importation into the United States.
An update from CBP's Agriculture Programs and Trade
Liaison on the July 2012 USDA/Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) and CBP Joint Stakeholder Conference.
Prior to the COAC taking action on any of these topics of the eight
above-mentioned subcommittees, working groups, and Agriculture Programs
and Trade Liaison, members of the public will have an opportunity to
provide comments orally or, for comments submitted electronically
during the meeting, by reading the comments into the record.
The COAC will also receive term-end reports, updates and discuss
the following Initiatives and Subcommittee topics that were discussed
throughout the 12th Term meetings as set forth below:
The National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security as
it relates to an effort to solicit, consolidate, and provide to DHS
sector and stakeholder input on implementation of the National
Strategy.
The work of the Land Border Security Subcommittee: updates
and observations on the Customs--the 21st Century Border Management
Initiative and Beyond the Border initiatives.
The Air Cargo Security Subcommittee's work on the Air
Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot, and a discussion of the
operational involvement of freight forwarders as well as the next steps
in drafting a notice of proposed rulemaking.
The Export Subcommittee's work on where it stands in
identifying incentives for U.S. exporters to participate in Customs-
Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT)/Authorized Economic
Operator (AEO) programs and a review of the subcommittee's scope and
goals for the 13th Term COAC.
Dated: November 9, 2012.
Maria Luisa O'Connell,
Senior Advisor for Trade, Office of Trade Relations.
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