[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26382-26383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10647]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[Docket No. USCBP-2013-0016]
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 May 22, 2013, in Washington, DC.
The meeting will be open to the public.
DATES: COAC will meet on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. e.s.t. Please note that the meeting may close early if the
committee has completed its business.
Pre-Registration: Meeting participants may attend either in person
or via webinar after pre-registering using a method indicated below:
--For members of the public who plan to attend the meeting in person,
please register either online at https://apps.cbp.gov/te_registration/?w=5; by email to [email protected]; or by fax to 202-
325-4290 by 5:00 p.m. e.s.t. on May 20, 2013.
--For members of the public who plan to participate via webinar, please
register online at https://apps.cbp.gov/te_registration/?w=6 by 5:00
p.m. e.s.t. on May 20, 2013.
Feel free to share this information with other interested members
of the organization or association. Members of the public that are pre-
registered and later require cancellation, kindly do so in advance of
the meeting by accessing one of the following links: https://apps.cbp.gov/te_registration/cancel.asp?w=5 to cancel an in person
registration orhttps://apps/cbp.gov/te_registration/cancel.asp?w=6 to
cancel a webinar registration.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. International Trade
Commission (USITC) in Main Hearing Room 101, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. All visitors to the USITC 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 prior to the
formulation of recommendations as listed in the ``Agenda'' section
below.
Comments must be submitted in writing no later than May 13, 2013,
and must be identified by USCBP-2013-0016 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 May 22, 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 and the Department
of the Treasury.
Agenda
The COAC will hear from the following project leaders and
subcommittees on the topics listed below and then will review,
deliberate, provide observations and formulate recommendations on how
to proceed on those topics:
1. Review, Discuss, and Approve the COAC Annual Trade Efficiency
Survey for distribution by June 2013 and discuss feedback on past COAC
recommendations.
2. Review and Discuss Next Steps regarding the Exports Subcommittee
and the Work Completed by the Export Mapping Working Group (EMWG) to
date.
3. Review and Discuss the Global Supply Chain Subcommittee's Air
Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) Working Group and address Next Steps
regarding Land Border issues in the area of Beyond the Border and 21st
Century Initiatives.
4. Review and Discuss Next Steps of the Trusted Trader Subcommittee
and the Work Completed by the Industry Standards Working Group (ISWG)
and the Trusted Trader Measures Working Group.
5. Review and Discuss Next steps regarding the One U.S. Government
at the Border Subcommittee and the work to date on the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) Working Group and the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Working Group.
6. Review and Discuss Next Steps of the Trade Modernization
Subcommittee which will address the Automated Commercial Environment
vendor survey results and the analysis of the Centers of Excellence and
Expertise (CEE) survey.
7. Review and Discuss Next Steps of the Trade Enforcement and
Revenue Collection Subcommittee and the Work Completed to date on the
Regulatory Audit Working Group's findings on the planned enhancements
for the Focused Assessment process and the Intellectual Property Rights
Working Group's effort to further evaluate the use of the Global
Shipment Identification Number (GSIN) as a possible tool for use in
Distribution
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Chain Management in Intellectual Property Rights Compliance.
Dated: April 30, 2013.
Maria Luisa Boyce,
Senior Advisor for Private Sector Engagement, Office of Trade
Relations.
[FR Doc. 2013-10647 Filed 5-3-13; 8:45 am]
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