81632 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2010 / Notices 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: EVerify Program Data Collection. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: No Form 

Number; U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

Households. The E-Verify Data 

Collection is necessary in order for U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(USCIS) to obtain data from employers 

regarding the E-Verify Program. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 900 responses at 30 minutes 

(.50 hours) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 450 annual burden hours. 

If you need a copy of the information 

collection instrument, please visit the 

Web site at: http://www.regulations.gov/ 

. 

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Products Division, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2020, 

Telephone number 202–272–8377. 

Dated: December 21, 2010. 

Stephen Tarragon, 

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Products Division, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32546 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Australia Beef Imports Approved for 

the Electronic Certification System 

(eCERT) 

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: General notice. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice that effective January 3, 2011, the 

export certification requirement for 

imports of beef from Australia subject to 

quantitative restraints will be 

accomplished through the Electronic 

Certification System (eCERT). Beginning 

on that date, all such imports must be 

accompanied by an eCERT transmission 

in lieu of the paper export certificate. 

This change is being made at the request 

of Australia’s Department of Agriculture 

Forestry and Fisheries and with the 

approval of the United States 

Government. 

DATES: The use of the eCERT process for 

all Australian beef importations subject 

to within quantity restrictions will be 

effective for beef entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after January 3, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Wallio, Quota Branch, Trade 

Policy and Programs, (202) 863–6508. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

There are existing quantitative 

restraints on beef from Australia 

pursuant to U.S. Note 3, subchapter XIII, 

Chapter 99, Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS), and 

subheading 9913.02.05, HTSUS. The 

U.S. Note states that the within-quota 

amounts will receive duty-free 

treatment if the importer makes a 

declaration to Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) that a valid export 

certificate issued by the Government of 

Australia is in effect for the goods. The 

existing tariff rate quotas and export 

certificate requirement for beef from 

Australia set forth in U.S. Note 3, 

subchapter XIII, Chapter 99, HTSUS, are 

derived from paragraph 3 of Annex I of 

the General Notes to the Tariff Schedule 

of the United States under Annex 2–B 

of the United States-Australia Free 

Trade Agreement. Section 132.15 of the 

CBP regulations (19 CFR 132.15) sets 

forth provisions relating to the 

requirement that an export certificate 

must accompany imports of beef subject 

to quota. 

The Electronic Certification System 

(eCERT) is a system developed by CBP 

that uses electronic data transmissions 

of information normally associated with 

a required export document such as a 

license or certificate to facilitate the 

administration of quotas and ensure that 

the proper restraint levels are charged 

without being exceeded. Australia 

currently uses the eCERT process for all 

dairy quota importations into the United 

States. 

Foreign countries participating in 

eCERT transmit information via a global 

network service provider. This allows 

connectivity to the CBP Automated 

Commercial System (ACS). When 

making entry, specific data elements 

transmitted to CBP by the importer/ 

broker must match eCERT data from the 

foreign country before any applicable 

quota is reported. The ability to have 

government-to-government transmission 

decreases the potential for 

circumvention of quotas resulting from 

counterfeit documents. 

Although the release of the shipment 

is not precluded by the absence of 

certificate information, no claims for a 

preferential duty rate will be considered 

unless the information transmitted by 

the filer matches the information 

transmitted by the foreign government. 

If the certification is not available at 

time of entry, the filer has the option to 

use the non-preferential rate of duty or 

warehouse, export, or destroy the 

merchandise. The filer may file a protest 

if the certification transmission is 

received after liquidation of an entry, 

using the appropriate guidelines. 

This document provides notification 

that Australia will be using the eCERT 

process for beef entries subject to 

quantitative quota restrictions beginning 

January 3, 2011. Such imports that are 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after that date 

must be accompanied by an eCERT 

transmission in lieu of the paper export 

certificate. 

Dated: December 21, 2010. 

Daniel Baldwin, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

International Trade. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32537 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5378–N–07] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Comment Request; 

Economic Opportunities for Low- and 

Very Low-Income Persons 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 

Opportunity, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The currently approved 

information collection related to Section 

3 of the Housing and Urban 

Development Act of 1968 (2529–0043) is 

being submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) as a 

new collection, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. Form HUD 

60002 is being submitted without any 

changes. Form HUD 958 has been 

revised to more accurately reflect the 

complaint investigation procedures set 

forth in the Section 3 regulation at 24 

CFR part 135. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 

28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Colette Pollard, Paperwork Reduction 


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