[Federal Register: February 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 30)]
[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 states of Idaho and
Montana, are expected to be fully deployed for testing by February 22,
2007. 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 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 (July 29,
2005); 70 FR 60096 (October 14, 2005); 71 FR 3875 (January 24, 2006);
71 FR 23941 (April 25, 2006); 71 FR 42103 (July 25, 2006) and 71 FR
77404 (December 26, 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 February 22, 2007, will be the following specified ports in
the States of Idaho (ID) and Montana (MT): Eastport, ID; Porthill, ID;
Roosville, MT; Whitlash, MT; Del Bonita, MT; Wildhorse, MT; Sweetgrass,
MT; Piegan, MT; Willow Creek, MT; Turner, MT; Morgan, MT; Scobey, MT;
Opheim, MT; Raymond, MT; and Whitetail, MT. 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 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.
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Dated: February 5, 2007.
Jayson P. Ahern,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations.
[FR Doc. E7-2567 Filed 2-13-07; 8:45 am]
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