CBP Seeks Comments on Info Collection for Harbor Maintenance Fee
CBP is seeking comments by Dec. 23 on an existing information collection for the harbor maintenance fee, it said in a notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the information collected or to the estimated burden hours associated with the collection.
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CBP Forms 349, 350
The Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF) and Trust Fund is used for the operation and maintenance of certain U.S. channels and harbors by the Army Corps of Engineers. CBP is required to collect the HMF from importers, domestic shippers and passenger vessel operators using federal navigation projects. Commercial cargo loaded on or unloaded from a commercial vessel is subject to a port use fee of 0.125 percent of its value if the loading or unloading occurs at a port that has been designated by the Army Corps of Engineers. The HMF also applies to the total ticket value of embarking and disembarking passengers and on cargo admissions into a foreign-trade zone (FTZ).
CBP Form 349, Harbor Maintenance Fee Quarterly Summary Report, and CBP Form 350, Harbor Maintenance Fee Amended Quarterly Summary Report, are completed by domestic shippers, foreign-trade zone applicants and passenger vessel operators, and submitted with payment to CBP. CBP uses the information collected on CBP forms 349 and 350 to verify that the fee collected is timely and accurately submitted.
CBP Burden Estimates
CBP estimated 2,240 total annual responses for Form 349, estimated to create about 1,120 total annual burden hours.
CBP estimated 60 total annual responses for Form 350, estimated to create about 30 total annual burden hours.
CBP estimated 575 total annual responses for recordkeeping requirements associated with this information collection, estimated to create about 96 total annual burden hours.
Comments Requested on Ways to Minimize Burden, Etc.
CBP is asking for comments from the general public and other federal agencies on (a) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimates of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden, including the use of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology.
(Federal Register 11/24/17)