CBP issued a final rule to create a border crossing for pedestrians in Big Bend National Park to be called Boquillas. The Boquillas border crossing would be a “Customs station” for customs purposes and a Class B port of entry for immigration purposes. The proposed rule would also update the description of a Class B port of entry to reflect current border crossing documentation requirements.
CBP's Office of Information and Technology has posted an updated list of companies/persons offering ABI data processing services to the trade community.
The CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) scheduled an open teleconference Jan. 15 from 2-3 p.m., said a Federal Register notice. Registration is required by Jan. 11 (here).
CBP added numerous new capabilities to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) this year, including the ability for sureties to maintain their power of attorney using an ID number, the agency said in its ACE Trade Account Owner (TAO) update for November and December. The TAO includes a list of features added to ACE this year.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Dec. 21, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://1.usa.gov/VxGCVA. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP will close the port of entry of Whitetail, Mont., said the agency in a Federal Register notice. CBP said the port of Whitetail is one of CBP's least trafficked ports, processing an average of less than four privately owned vehicles per day for the last four years. The facility was built in 1964 and has undergone little renovation since. After consideration of the low usage of the port, the locations of the alternative ports of entry, and the analysis of the net benefit of the port closure, including the cost of necessary renovations were the port to remain open, CBP is closing the port of entry, it said. The lists of CBP ports of entry at 8 CFR 100.4(a) and 19 CFR 101.3(b)(1) are being amended to reflect the change.
CBP is requesting comments by Feb. 25 for an existing information collection for free entry of unaccompanied articles. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or to the information collected.
CBP is planning to conduct the next Trade Support Network Plenary Session on Feb. 26-28, it said in a CSMS message. Those interested shouldn't make travel arrangements until it issues a later message to confirm these dates, it said. More agenda information will be provided then, said CBP.
CBP Los Angeles/Long Beach is updating its port procedures for the disposition of merchandise refused by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it said in a public bulletin dated Dec. 21. The bulletin also notified the public that the Federal Destruction and Redelivery Team (Team FDR) will process documentation on FDA refused merchandise, it said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Dec. 20, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://1.usa.gov/VxGCVA. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)