[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 146 (Thursday, July 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45548-45549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18664]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
[Docket No. ATF 2015R-15]
International Trade Data System Test--Voluntary Pilot Project
AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF),
Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Along with more than a dozen other agencies, the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will participate in a
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pilot test of the
International Trade Data System (ITDS) for processing import-related
forms and data using the Partner Government Agency (PGA) Message Set
and the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Industry participation
in the pilot program is entirely voluntary.
The pilot test will allow participating importers to submit forms
and information to CBP through ACE for the purpose of obtaining CBP
release and
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receipt. CBP will validate that information, and electronically
transmit entry and release information to agencies (including ATF) for
purposes of satisfying CBP's certification requirements. The pilot
program seeks to streamline this part of the import process. Interested
parties should regularly check the following Web site to confirm the
list of participating ports: http://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/list-aceitds-pga-message-set-pilot-ports. Information on ATF's rules and
regulations, and answers to commonly asked questions, can be found on
the agency's Web site: http://www.atf.gov.
DATES: Interested parties may submit electronic or written requests to
participate in the pilot program throughout the duration of the pilot.
This pilot will begin no earlier than August 19, 2015, and will
continue until concluded by publication of a notice ending it. Requests
to participate in the pilot program should be submitted to William E.
Majors, whose contact information can be found below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William E. Majors, Chief, Firearms and
Explosives Imports Branch, Firearms and Explosives Services Division,
Enforcement Programs and Services; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives; U.S. Department of Justice; 244 Needy Road,
Martinsburg, WV 25401; telephone: (304) 616-4589; fax: (304) 616-4551;
email: [email protected]. For technical questions regarding ACE or
ABI transmissions, or the PGA message set data transmission, please
contact your assigned CBP client representative. Interested parties
without an assigned client representative should submit an email to
Steven Zaccaro at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ATF intends to join CBP's pilot program no
earlier than August 19, 2015. Like other agencies, it encourages the
voluntary participation of U.S. importers. Importers or their licensed
customs broker who wish to participate in this test must have the
capability to file the relevant data through the ACE using a software
program that has completed ACE certification testing for the PGA
message set. Instead of using the existing process, participating U.S.
importers will use the PGA Message Set to send pertinent information
through ACE for CBP release and receipt. These data elements include
Agency Program Codes, Category Type Codes, ATF Category Code, Type
Codes, and Exemption Codes. CBP will validate that information, and
electronically transmit entry and release information to ATF for
purposes of satisfying CBP's certification requirements.
All data submitted and entered into ACE is subject to the Trade
Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. 1905) and is considered confidential, except to
the extent as otherwise provided by law. As stated in previous notices,
however, the submitter's participation in this or any of the previous
ACE tests is not confidential and upon a written Freedom of Information
Act request, the name(s) of an approved participant(s) will be
disclosed by CBP in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552.
A list of participating ports is available at http://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/list-aceitds-pga-message-set-pilot-ports. Interested
parties should regularly check the Web site for updates to the list of
ports where this pilot is effective. This pilot program will begin no
earlier than August 19, 2015, and will continue until concluded by
publication of a notice ending it. Interested parties may submit
requests to participate through the duration of the program.
Thomas E. Brandon,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-18664 Filed 7-29-15; 8:45 am]
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