see also: in April 2007 News Releases:   CBP Officers at O’Hare Seize $6.7 Million Worth of Cocaine   CBP Officers Seize $8 Million Worth of Marijuana at Calexico Port   CBP Border Patrol Rescues Three   U.S., Mexican Officials Announce Grand Opening Of Brownsville SENTRI Lane   Funcionarios de Estados Unidos y México Anuncian Inauguración del Carril SENTRI en Brownsville   First Mobile Sensor Tower Arrives In Arizona   Frequent Traveler Charged with Marijuana Smuggling ...more on cbp.gov:   CBP News Releases   Press Officers   ACE: Modernization Information Systems on the web:   Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information for Truck Carriers Required To Be Transmitted Through ACE Truck Manifest at Ports in the States of Vermont, North Dakota and New Hampshire

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Washington—Effective July 12, truck carriers entering the United States through land border ports in Vermont and New Hampshire and at the ports of St. John, Fortuna, Ambrose, Carbury, Noonan, Dunseith, Sherwood, Antler, Northgate, Westhope and Portal in the state of North Dakota will be required to transmit electronic manifests through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has developed the ACE program to protect the United States from terrorism while expediting lawful trade.

Currently, filing of ACE e-manifests is required at land border ports on the southern border, in the state of Washington and the ports of Pembina, Neche, Walhalla, Maida, Hannah, Sarles and Hansboro in North Dakota. It will be expanded on May 24 to Michigan and New York, and further expanded on July 12 to Vermont, New Hampshire and the remaining land border ports in North Dakota. Eventually, the transmission of e-manifest through ACE will be required at all land border ports of entry.

Before e-manifest, truck drivers have arrived at the border and presented CBP officers with a paper manifest that details information on the cargo being transported, the truck and trailer carrying the cargo and the driver. The manifest must then be processed by CBP while the driver waits. With e-manifest, CBP officers are able to pre-screen trucks and shipments, and dedicate more time to inspecting suspicious cargo without delaying the border crossings of legitimate carriers.

For more information on this announcement, visit the CBP legal Web site. ( Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information for Truck Carriers Required To Be Transmitted Through ACE Truck Manifest at Ports in the States of Vermont, North Dakota and New Hampshire ) For information on ACE, please e-mail CBP.CSPO@dhs.gov or visit the CBP modernization Web site. ( ACE: Modernization Information Systems )

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.