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NW., 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20229– 

1177. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Tracey Denning, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Office of Regulations and Rulings, 799 

9th Street, NW., 7th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20229–1177, at 202–325–0265. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 

44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)). The comments 

should address: (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; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden including 

the use of automated collection 

techniques or the use of other forms of 

information technology; and (e) the 

annual costs burden to respondents or 

record keepers from the collection of 

information (a total capital/startup costs 

and operations and maintenance costs). 

The comments that are submitted will 

be summarized and included in the CBP 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

In this document CBP is soliciting 

comments concerning the following 

information collection: 

Title: Customs and Trade Partnership 

Against Terrorism (C–TPAT). 

OMB Number: 1651–0077. 

Form Number: None. 

Abstract: The Customs and Trade 

Partnership Against Terrorism (C– 

TPAT) Program is designed to provide 

expedited processing to participants in 

this Program at certain, high-risk 

locations by prescreening participants. 

The C–TPAT Program applies to air, 

land and sea. This Program was 

mandated by the SAFE Port Act. This 

information collection is an on-line 

application that must be completed by 

companies or individuals wishing to 

participate in the C–TPAT program. 

This application can be found on http:// 

www.cbp.gov. 

Current Actions: This submission is 

being made to extend the expiration 

date. 

Type of Review: Extension (without 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses and 

Individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

6,500. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 5 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 32,500. 

Dated: February 4, 2010. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Andean Trade Preferences 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: 30-day notice and request for 

comments; Revision of an existing 

information collection: 1651–0091. 

SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) of the Department of 

Homeland Security has submitted the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act: Andean Trade 

Preferences. This is a proposed 

extension of an information collection 

that was previously approved. CBP is 

proposing that this information 

collection be extended with a change to 

the burden hours. This document is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. This 

proposed information collection was 

previously published in the Federal 

Register (74 FR 65543) on December 10, 

2009, allowing for a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

This process is conducted in accordance 

with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs 

and Border Protection, Department of 

Homeland Security, and sent via 

electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–5806. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

encourages the general public and 

affected Federal agencies to submit 

written comments and suggestions on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collection requests pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (Pub. L.104– 

13). Your comments should address one 

of the following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency/component, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies/components estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collections of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

techniques or other forms of 

information. 

Title: Andean Trade Preferences. 

OMB Number: 1651–0091. 

Form Number: 449. 

Abstract: The information collected is 

to be used by CBP officers to document 

preferential tariff treatment under the 

provisions of the Andean Trade 

Preferences Act (ATPA) and the Andean 

Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication 

Act (ATPDEA), as codified in 19 U.S.C. 

3201 through 3206. 

The ATPA Certificate of Origin format 

is found under the CBP regulations, 19 

CFR part 10.201–10.207. The type of 

information collected includes the 

processing operations performed on 

articles, the material produced in a 

beneficiary country or in the U.S., and 

a description of those processing 

operations. 

The ATPDEA regulations are found in 

19 CFR 10.251–10.257. CBP Form 449, 

‘‘Andean Trade Promotion and Drug 

Eradication Act (ATPDEA)’’ has been 

established to collect information under 

ATPDEA. CBP will use this new form to 

collect information pertaining to the 

origin of goods that are claimed for 

preferential duty treatment. This form 

can only be used when claiming 

ATPDEA preferential treatment on the 

goods listed on the back of the form. 

Current Actions: This submission is 

being made to extend the expiration 

date and to revise this information 

collection by adding Form 449, ‘‘Andean 

Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication 

Act (ATPDEA)’’. CBP is also proposing 

to increase the burden hours as a result 

of increasing the estimated time per 


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response for ATPA from 6 minutes to 10 

minutes. 

Type of Review: Extension (with 

change) 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

ATPA Certificate of Origin: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,133. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 4,266. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 711. 

ATPDEA Certificate of Origin: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

233. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 7. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 1,631. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 815. 

Dated: February 4, 2010. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2010–0054] 

Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory 

Committee; Meetings 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Merchant Marine 

Personnel Advisory Committee 

(MERPAC) will meet in Metairie, 

Louisiana (LA) to discuss various issues 

related to the training and fitness of 

merchant marine personnel. These 

meetings will be open to the public. 

DATES: MERPAC will meet on Thursday, 

March 11, 2010, from 8 a.m. until 4 

p.m., and Friday, March 12, 2010, from 

8 a.m. until 4 p.m. These meetings may 

close early if all business is finished. 

Written material and requests to make 

oral presentations should reach the 

Coast Guard on or before March 1, 2010. 

Requests to have a copy of your material 

distributed to each member of the 

committee should reach the Coast Guard 

on or before March 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at 

the New Orleans Marriott Metairie at 

Lakeway Hotel, 3838 N. Causeway 

Boulevard, Metairie, LA. Send written 

material and requests to make oral 

presentations to Mr. Mark Gould, 

Assistant to the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) of MERPAC, at 

Commandant (CG–5221), ATTN 

MERPAC, U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 

Second St., SW., STOP 7126, 

Washington, DC 20593–7126. This 

notice may be viewed in our online 

docket, USCG–2010–0054, at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mark Gould, Assistant to the DFO of 

MERPAC, telephone 202–372–1409. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

these meetings is given under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–463). MERPAC 

is chartered under that Act. It provides 

advice and makes recommendations to 

the Assistant Commandant for 

Operations on issues concerning 

merchant marine personnel. 

Agenda of Meeting 

The agenda for the March 11, 2010, 

Committee meeting is as follows: 

(1) The full committee will meet to 

discuss the objectives for the meeting. 

(2) Working groups addressing the 

following task statements may meet to 

deliberate— 

(a) Task Statement 30, concerning 

Utilizing Military Sea Service for STCW 

Certifications; 

(b) Task Statement 58, concerning 

Stakeholder Communications During 

MLD Program Restructuring and 

Centralization; 

(c) Task Statement 64, concerning 

Recommendations on Areas in the 

STCW Convention and the STCW Code 

Identified for Comprehensive Review; 

(d) Task Statement 71, concerning 

Review USCG/IMO Operational Level 

Examination (3rd Mate/2nd Mate and 

3rd/2nd Assistant Engineer) Topics and 

Questions and Alignment with the 

STCW Code; 

(e) Task Statement 73, concerning 

Development of Training Guidance for 

Engineers Serving on Near-Coastal 

Vessels; and 

(f) Task Statement 74, concerning 

Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) 

Components. 

(3) MERPAC may form new working 

groups to address any new issues that 

arise. 

(4) At the end of the day, the working 

groups will make a report to the full 

committee on what was accomplished 

in their meetings. No action will be 

taken on these reports on this date. 

The agenda for the March 12, 2010, 

Committee meeting is as follows: 

(1) Introduction; 

(2) Reports from the following 

working groups; 

(a) Task Statement 30, concerning 

Utilizing Military Sea Service for STCW 

Certification; 

(b) Task Statement 58, concerning 

Stakeholder Communications During 

MLD Program Restructuring and 

Centralization; 

(c) Addendum to Task Statement 64, 

concerning Recommendations on Areas 

in the STCW Convention and the STCW 

Code Identified for Comprehensive 

Review; 

(d) Task Statement 71, concerning 

Review USCG/IMO Operational Level 

Examination (3rd Mate/2nd Mate and 

3rd/2nd Assistant Engineer) Topics and 

Questions and Alignment with the 

STCW Code; 

(e) Task Statement 73, concerning 

Development of Training Guidance for 

Engineers Serving on Near-Coastal 

Vessels; 

(f) Task Statement 74, concerning 

Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) 

Components; and 

(g) Any other task statements adopted 

by the full committee at this meeting. 

(3) Other items which may be 

discussed: 

(a) Standing Committee—Prevention 

Through People. 

(b) Briefings concerning on-going 

projects of interest to MERPAC. 

(c) Other items brought up for 

discussion by the Committee or the 

public. 

(4) At the end of the day, the working 

groups will make a report and, if 

applicable, recommendations for the 

full committee to consider for 

presentation to the Coast Guard. Official 

action on these recommendations may 

be taken on this date. 

Procedural 

These meetings will be open to the 

public. Please note that the meetings 

may close early if all business is 

finished. At the Chair’s discretion, 

members of the public may make oral 

presentations during the meetings. If 

you would like to make an oral 

presentation at a meeting, please notify 

the Assistant to the DFO no later than 

March 1, 2010. Written material for 

distribution at a meeting should reach 

the Coast Guard no later than March 1, 

2010. If you would like a copy of your 

material distributed to each member of 

the committee in advance of a meeting, 

please submit 25 copies to the Assistant 

to the DFO no later than March 1, 2010. 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with disabilities 


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