[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 5860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2589]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection


Extension of General Program Test Regarding Post Entry Amendment 
Processing

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: General notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces that the general program test 
regarding post entry amendment processing is being extended for a one 
year period. The test will continue to operate in accordance with the 
notice published in the Federal Register on November 28, 2000, as 
modified by the notice published in the Federal Register on February 
20, 2003.

DATES: The test allowing post entry amendment to entry summaries is 
extended to December 31, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Yando, Chief, Entry and Drawback 
Branch, Office of Field Operations, 202-927-1082 or Debbie Scott, Entry 
and Drawback Branch, OFO, 202-927-1962.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced and 
described the post entry amendment processing test in a general notice 
document published in the Federal Register (65 FR 70872) on November 
28, 2000. That notice announced that the test would commence no earlier 
than December 28, 2000, and run for approximately one year. On January 
7, 2002, CBP published a general notice in the Federal Register (67 FR 
768) extending the test for a one year period to December 21, 2002. CBP 
published another general notice in the Federal Register (68 FR 8329) 
on February 20, 2003, extending the test for an additional year to 
December 31, 2003.
    This document announces that the test is being extended to December 
31, 2004. The test allows importers to amend entry summaries (not 
informal entries) prior to liquidation by filing with CBP either an 
individual amendment letter upon discovery of an error or a quarterly 
tracking report covering any errors that occurred during the quarter. 
The November 28, 2000, general notice described how to file post entry 
amendments for revenue related errors and non-revenue related errors 
and the consequences of misconduct by importers during the test. It 
also provided that there are no application procedures or eligibility 
requirements. To participate in the test, an importer need only follow 
the procedure for making a post entry amendment set forth in the 
November 28, 2000, general notice.
    Comments received in response to the previously published general 
notices have been reviewed and CBP continues to evaluate the test. 
Changes to the test based on the comments and the evaluation will be 
announced in the Federal Register in due course. The test may be 
further extended if warranted. Additional information on the post entry 
amendment procedures can be found under ``import'', then ``cargo 
summary'' at http://www.cbp.gov.

    Dated: February 3, 2004.
Jayson P. Ahern,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations.
[FR Doc. 04-2589 Filed 2-5-04; 8:45 am]
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