[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6615-6616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02231]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Agency Information Collection Activities: Customs Declaration
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comments; extension of an
existing collection of information: 1651-0009.
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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:
Customs Declaration. This is a proposed extension of an information
collection that was previously approved. CBP is proposing that this
information collection be extended with a change to the burden hours.
This document is published to obtain comments from the public and
affected agencies. This proposed information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register (78 FR 70065) on November 22, 2013,
allowing for a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 6, 2014
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on
this proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be
addressed to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs and Border Protection,
Department of Homeland Security, and sent via electronic mail to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.
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; 44 U.S.C. 3507). 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 costs burden to respondents or record keepers from the
collection of information (a total capital/startup costs and operations
and maintenance costs). The comments that are submitted will be
summarized and included in the CBP request for Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record. In this document CBP is soliciting comments concerning the
following information collection:
Title: Customs Declaration.
OMB Number: 1651-0009.
Form Number: CBP Form 6059B.
Abstract: CBP Form 6059B, Customs Declaration, is used as a
standard report of the identity and residence of each person arriving
in the United States. This form is also used to declare imported
articles to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in accordance with
19 U.S.C. 66 and section 498 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19
U.S.C. 1498). Section 148.13 of the CBP
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regulations prescribes the use of the CBP Form 6059B when a written
declaration is required of a traveler entering the United States.
Generally, written declarations are required from travelers arriving by
air or sea. Section 148.12 requires verbal declarations from travelers
entering the United States. Generally, verbal declarations are required
from travelers arriving by land.
A sample of CBP Form 6059B can be found at: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/sample_declaration_form.xml.
Current Actions: This submission is being made to extend the
expiration date. In addition, burden hours have been added to this
collection to allow for existing requirements for verbal declarations
under 19 CFR 148.12. There are no changes to the data CBP collects
under the provisions of 19 CFR 148.12, 148.13 or CBP Form 6059B.
Type of Review: Extension (with change).
Affected Public: Individuals.
CBP Form 6059B:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 104,506,000.
Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 104,506,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,001,902.
Verbal Declarations:
Estimated Number of Respondents: 233,000,000.
Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 233,000,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 seconds.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 669,000.
Dated: January 29, 2014.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2014-02231 Filed 2-3-14; 8:45 am]
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