[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7608-7610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03581]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
19 CFR Part 122
[CBP Dec. 18-01]
Technical Amendment to List of User Fee Airports: Name Changes of
Several Airports and the Addition of Five Airports
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; DHS.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: This document amends U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
regulations by revising the list of user fee airports to reflect the
name changes of several airports and the designation of user fee status
for five additional airports: South Texas International Airport at
Edinburg in Edinburg, Texas; Florida Keys Marathon Airport in Marathon,
Florida; Appleton International Airport in Appleton, Wisconsin; South
Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana; and Conroe-North
Houston Regional Airport in Conroe, Texas. User fee airports are those
airports which, while not qualifying for designation as international
or landing rights airports, have been approved by the Commissioner of
CBP to receive, for a fee, the services of CBP officers for the
processing of aircraft entering the United States, and the passengers
and cargo of those aircraft.
DATES: Effective Date: February 22, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Sullivan, Director, Alternative
Funding Program, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection at [email protected] or 202-344-3907.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Title 19, part 122 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR part
122) sets forth regulations relating to the entry and clearance of
aircraft in international commerce and the transportation of persons
and cargo by aircraft in international commerce. Generally, a civil
aircraft arriving from a place outside of the United States is required
to land at an airport designated as an international airport.
Alternatively, the pilot of a civil aircraft may request permission to
land at a specific airport and, if landing rights are granted, the
civil aircraft may land at that landing rights airport.
Section 236 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-573, 98
stat. 2948, 2994 (1984)), codified at 19 U.S.C. 58b, created an option
for civil aircraft desiring to land at an airport other than an
international airport or a landing rights airport. A civil aircraft
arriving from a place outside of the United States may ask for
permission to land at an airport designated by the Secretary of
Homeland Security \1\ as a user fee airport.
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\1\ Sections 403(1) and 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Pub. L. 107-296, 116 stat. 2135, 2178-79 (2002)), codified at 6
U.S.C. 203(1) and 211, transferred certain functions, including the
authority to designate user fee facilities, from the U.S. Customs
Service of the Department of the Treasury to the Department of
Homeland Security.
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Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 58b, an airport may be designated as a user
fee airport if the Commissioner of CBP, as delegated by the Secretary
of Homeland Security, determines that the volume or value of business
at the airport is insufficient to justify the availability of customs
services at the airport and the governor of the state in which the
airport is located approves the designation. As the volume or value of
business anticipated at this type of airport is insufficient to justify
its designation as an international or landing rights airport, the
availability of customs services is not paid for out of appropriations
from the general treasury of the United States. Instead, customs
services are provided on a fully reimbursable basis to be paid for by
the user fee airport. The fees charged must be paid by the user fee
airport and must be in the amount equal to the expenses incurred by the
Commissioner of CBP in providing customs services at such airport,
including the salary and expenses of those employed by the Commissioner
of CBP to provide the customs services. See 19 U.S.C. 58b.
The Commissioner of CBP designates airports as user fee airports in
accordance with 19 U.S.C. 58b and pursuant to 19 CFR 122.15. If the
Commissioner decides that the conditions for designation as a user fee
airport are satisfied, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is executed
between the Commissioner of CBP and the user fee airport sponsor. In
this manner, user fee airports are designated on a case-by-case basis.
The list of designated user fee airports is set forth in 19 CFR
122.15(b). Periodically, CBP updates the list to reflect designated
airports that have not yet been added to the list and to reflect any
changes in the names of the designated user fee airports.
Recent Changes Requiring Updates to the List of User Fee Airports
This document updates the list of user fee airports in 19 CFR
122.15(b) by adding the following five airports: South Texas
International Airport at Edinburg in Edinburg, Texas; Florida Keys
Marathon Airport in Marathon, Florida; Appleton International Airport
in Appleton, Wisconsin; South Bend International Airport in South Bend,
Indiana; and Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport in Conroe, Texas.
During the last several years, the Commissioner of CBP signed MOAs
designating each of these five airports as a user fee airport.\2\
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\2\ The Commissioner of CBP signed an MOA designating Conroe-
North Houston Regional Airport on June 14, 2016, an MOA designating
South Bend International Airport on July 5, 2016, an MOA designating
South Texas International Airport at Edinburg on September 18, 2014,
an MOA designating Florida Keys Marathon Airport on April 3, 2015,
and an MOA designating Appleton International Airport on October 23,
2015.
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Additionally, this document updates the list of user fee airports
to reflect name changes of airports that were previously designated as
user fee airports. The name changes are shown in the following chart.
The left column contains the former name of each airport as it is
currently listed in 19 CFR 122.15(b). The right column contains the
updated name of each airport.
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Name Change From: To:
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Melbourne Airport...................... Orlando Melbourne International
Airport.
Jefferson County Airport............... Rocky Mountain Metropolitan
Airport.
Leesburg Regional Airport.............. Leesburg International Airport.
Manchester Airport..................... Manchester-Boston Regional
Airport.
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Collin County Regional Airport......... McKinney National Airport.
Midland International Airport.......... Midland International Air and
Space Port.
Rogers Municipal Airport............... Rogers Executive Airport--
Carter Field.
St. Augustine Airport.................. Northeast Florida Regional
Airport.
Waukegan Regional Airport.............. Waukegan National Airport.
Binghamton Regional Airport............ Greater Binghamton Airport.
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Inapplicability of Public Notice and Delayed Effective Date
Requirements
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553(b)), an agency
is exempted from the prior public notice and comment procedures if it
finds, for good cause, that they are impracticable, unnecessary, or
contrary to the public interest. This final rule makes conforming
changes by updating the list of user fee airports to add five airports
that have already been designated by the Commissioner of CBP in
accordance with 19 U.S.C. 58b as user fee airports and to update the
name of several user fee airports. Because this conforming rule has no
substantive impact, is technical in nature, and does not impose
additional burdens on or take away any existing rights or privileges
from the public, CBP finds for good cause that the prior public notice
and comments procedures are impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to
the public interest. For the same reasons, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3), a delayed effective date is not required.
Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Orders 12866 and 13771
Because no notice of proposed rulemaking is required, the
provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) do
not apply. This amendment does not meet the criteria for a
``significant regulatory action'' as specified in Executive Order
12866. Additionally, because this amendment is not a significant
regulatory action it is not subject to the requirements of Executive
Order 13771.
Paperwork Reduction Act
There is no new collection of information required in this
document; therefore, the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507) are inapplicable.
Signing Authority
This document is limited to a technical correction of CBP
regulations. Accordingly, it is being signed under the authority of 19
CFR 0.1(b).
List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 122
Air carriers, Aircraft, Airports, Customs duties and inspection,
Freight.
Amendments to Regulations
Part 122, of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR
part 122) is amended as set forth below:
PART 122--AIR COMMERCE REGULATIONS
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1. The general authority citation for part 122 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 58b, 66, 1431, 1433, 1436,
1448, 1459, 1590, 1594, 1623, 1624, 1644, 1644a, 2071 note.
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2. In Sec. 122.15, amend the table in paragraph (b) by:
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a. Adding an entry for ``Appleton, Wisconsin'' in alphabetical order;
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b. Revising the entry for ``Broomfield, Colorado'';
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c. Adding entries for ``Conroe, Texas'' and ``Edinburg, Texas'' in
alphabetical order;
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d. Revising the entries for ``Johnson City, New York'', ``Leesburg,
Florida'', and ``Manchester, New Hampshire'';
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e. Adding an entry for ``Marathon, Florida'' in alphabetical order;
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f. Revising the entries for ``McKinney, Texas'', ``Melbourne,
Florida'', ``Midland, Texas'', and ``Rogers, Arkansas'';
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g. Adding an entry for ``South Bend, Indiana'' in alphabetical order;
and
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h. Revising the entries for ``St. Augustine, Florida'' and ``Waukegan,
Illinois''.
The additions and revisions read as follows:
Sec. 122.15 User fee airports.
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(b) * * *
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Location Name
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Appleton, Wisconsin.................... Appleton International Airport.
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Broomfield, Colorado................... Rocky Mountain Metropolitan
Airport.
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Conroe, Texas.......................... Conroe-North Houston Regional
Airport.
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Edinburg, Texas........................ South Texas International
Airport at Edinburg.
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Johnson City, New York................. Greater Binghamton Airport.
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Leesburg, Florida...................... Leesburg International Airport.
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Manchester, New Hampshire.............. Manchester-Boston Regional
Airport.
Marathon, Florida...................... Florida Keys Marathon Airport.
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McKinney, Texas........................ McKinney National Airport.
Melbourne, Florida..................... Orlando Melbourne International
Airport.
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Midland, Texas......................... Midland International Air and
Space Port.
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Rogers, Arkansas....................... Rogers Executive Airport--
Carter Field.
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South Bend, Indiana.................... South Bend International
Airport.
St. Augustine, Florida................. Northeast Florida Regional
Airport.
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Waukegan, Illinois..................... Waukegan National Airport.
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Dated: February 15, 2018.
Kevin K. McAleenan,
Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2018-03581 Filed 2-21-18; 8:45 am]
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