[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11671-11672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03760]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[Docket No. USCBP-2013-0004]
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 March 6, 2013, in Washington, DC.
The meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: COAC will meet on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to
5:00 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=113 or by
email to [email protected], or by fax to 202-325-4290 by close-of-
business on March 4, 2013.
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=113. 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 for admittance
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 February 25,
2013, and must be identified by USCBP-2013-0004 and may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
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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 two public comment periods held during the meeting on
March 6, 2013. 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. This meeting starts the 13th Term of COAC and is the
first meeting for some newly-appointed members.
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:
1. Discuss Statement of Work and Next Steps for the Trade
Modernization Subcommittee which will address Centers of Excellence and
Expertise (CEEs), the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Role of
the Broker issues throughout the 13th Term.
2. Discuss Next steps regarding the One U.S. Government at the
Border Subcommittee since the approval of the Master Principles
Document on January 15, 2012.
3. Discuss Statement of Work and Next Steps for the Trade
Enforcement and Revenue Collection Subcommittee which will address
Revenue, Intellectual Property Rights and Antidumping/Countervailing
Duties (AD/CVD) issues throughout the 13th Term.
4. Discuss the Statement of Work and Next Steps regarding the
Trusted Trader subcommittee which will address Customs-Trade
Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), Importer Self-Assessment (ISA)
and Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) issues throughout the 13th Term.
5. Discuss the Statement of Work and Next Steps regarding the
Global Supply Chain Subcommittee which will address Air Cargo Security
and Land Border issues throughout the 13th Term.
6. Discuss the Statement of Work and Next Steps regarding the
Exports Subcommittee.
Dated: February 13, 2013.
Maria Luisa O'Connell,
Senior Advisor for Trade, Office of Trade Relations.
[FR Doc. 2013-03760 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
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