[Federal Register: December 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 247)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): National Customs
Automation Program Test of Automated Truck Manifest for Truck Carrier
Accounts; Deployment Schedule
AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection; Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, in conjunction
with the Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, is currently conducting a National Customs Automation
Program (NCAP) test concerning the transmission of automated truck
manifest data. This document announces the next group, or cluster, of
ports to be deployed for this test.
DATES: The ports identified in this notice, in the State of Vermont,
are expected to be fully deployed for testing by December 31, 2006.
Comments concerning this notice and all aspects of the announced test
may be submitted at any time during the test period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Swanson via e-mail at
james.d.swanson@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning the
transmission of automated truck manifest data for truck carrier
accounts was announced in a General Notice published in the Federal
Register (69 FR 55167) on September 13, 2004. That notice stated that
the test of the Automated Truck Manifest would be conducted in a phased
approach, with primary deployment scheduled for no earlier than
November 29, 2004.
A series of Federal Register notices have announced the
implementation of the test, beginning with a notice published on May
31, 2005 (70 FR 30964). As described in that document, the deployment
sites for the test have been phased in as clusters. The ports
identified belonging to the first cluster were announced in the May 31,
2005, notice. Additional clusters were announced in subsequent notices
published in the Federal Register including: 70 FR 43892, published on
July 29, 2005; 70 FR 60096, published on October 14, 2005; 71 FR 3875,
published on January 24, 2006; 71 FR 23941, published on April 25,
2006; and 71 FR 42103, published on July 25, 2006.
New Cluster
Through this notice, CBP announces that the next cluster of ports
to be brought up for purposes of deployment of the test, to be fully
deployed by December 31, 2006, will be all ports in the State of
Vermont. This deployment is for purposes of the test of the
transmission of automated truck manifest data only; the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) Truck Manifest System is not yet the
mandated transmission system for these ports. The ACE Truck Manifest
System will become the mandatory transmission system in these ports
only after publication in the Federal Register of 90 days notice, as
explained by CBP in the Federal Register notice published on October
27, 2006 (71 FR 62922).
Previous NCAP Notices Not Concerning Deployment Schedules
On Monday, March 21, 2005, a General Notice was published in the
Federal Register (70 FR 13514) announcing a modification to the NCAP
test to clarify that all relevant data elements are required to be
submitted in the automated truck manifest submission. That notice did
not announce any change to the deployment schedule and is not affected
by publication of this notice. All requirements and aspects of the
test, as set forth in the September 13, 2004 notice, as modified by the
March 21, 2005 notice, continue to be applicable.
Dated: December 18, 2006.
Jayson P. Ahern,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations.
[FR Doc. E6-22036 Filed 12-22-06; 8:45 am]
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