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■ 7. In § 128.11: 

■ a. Paragraphs (b)(2) and (b)(7)(ii)–(v) 

are revised; and 

■ b. Paragraph (c) is amended, in the 

first sentence, by removing the word 

‘‘shall’’ and adding in its place the word 

‘‘must’’ and, in the second sentence, by 

removing the word ‘‘Customs’’ and 

adding in its place the term ‘‘CBP’’. 

The revisions read as follows: 

§ 128.11 Express consignment carrier 

application process. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) A statement of the general 

character of the express consignment 

operations that includes, in the case of 

an express consignment carrier facility, 

a list of all carriers or operators that 

intend to use the facility. 

* * * * * 

(7) * * * 

(ii) Sign and implement a narcotics 

enforcement agreement with U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

(ICE). 

(iii) Provide, without cost to the 

Government, adequate office space, 

equipment, furnishings, supplies and 

security as per CBP’s specifications. 

(iv) If the entity is an express 

consignment carrier facility, provide to 

Customs and Border Protection, 

Revenue Division/Attention: 

Reimbursables, 6650 Telecom Drive, 

Suite 100, Indianapolis, Indiana 46278, 

at the beginning of each calendar 

quarter, a list of all carriers or operators 

currently using the facility and notify 

that office whenever a new carrier or 

operator begins to use the facility or 

whenever a carrier or operator ceases to 

use the facility. 

(v) If the entity is a hub facility or an 

express consignment carrier, timely pay 

all applicable processing fees prescribed 

in § 24.23 of this chapter. 

* * * * * 

Deborah J. Spero, 

Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

Approved: June 4, 2007. 

Timothy E. Skud, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. 

[FR Doc. E7–11071 Filed 6–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[CGD01–07–056] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulations; 

Raritan River, Arthur Kill, and Their 

Tributaries, NJ 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice canceling temporary 

deviation from regulations; notice of 

temporary deviation from regulations; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is canceling 

the temporary deviation concerning the 

test operating schedule governing the 

AK Railroad Bridge across Arthur Kill at 

mile 11.6 between Staten Island, New 

York and Elizabeth, New Jersey. This 

deviation is canceled because the test 

schedule proved ineffective. In addition, 

the Commander, First Coast Guard 

District, has issued a new temporary 

deviation from the regulation governing 

the operation of the AK Railroad Bridge. 

This new temporary deviation requires 

the AK Railroad Bridge to remain in the 

open position at all times, except that, 

the draw would close for the passage of 

trains for two daily thirty minute 

closure periods within a designated one 

hour time frame on a fixed schedule 

with a one hour adjustment whenever 

high water occurs during or up to one 

hour after the applicable closure period. 

In addition, a number of unscheduled 

requests for thirty minute closure 

periods may be granted by the Coast 

Guard within one to three hours of 

receipt of the request. The purpose of 

this deviation is to test a new temporary 

change to the drawbridge operation 

schedule to help determine the most 

equitable and safe solution to facilitate 

the present and anticipated needs of 

navigation and rail traffic. 

DATES: The temporary deviation 

published on March 20, 2007 in 72 FR 

12981 is cancelled as of midnight on 

June 8, 2007. The revised deviation is 

effective 12:01 a.m. on June 8, 2007 

until November 23, 2007. Comments 

must be received by October 15, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments 

and related material to Commander 

(dpb), First Coast Guard District Bridge 

Branch, One South Street, Battery Park 

Building, New York, New York, 10004, 

or deliver them to the same address 

between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except, Federal 

holidays. The telephone number is (212) 

668–7165. The First Coast Guard 

District, Bridge Branch, maintains the 

public docket for this deviation. 

Comments and material received from 

the public, as well as documents 

indicated in this notice as being 

available in the docket, will become part 

of this docket and will be available for 

inspection or copying at the First Coast 

Guard District, Bridge Branch, 7 a.m. to 

3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Joe Arca, Project Officer, First Coast 

Guard District, Bridge Branch, at (212) 

668–7165. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request For Comments 

We encourage you to participate in 

evaluating this test schedule by 

submitting comments and related 

material. If you do so, please include 

your name and address, identify the 

docket number for this deviation 

(CGD01–07–056), indicate the specific 

section of this document to which each 

comment applies, and give the reason 

for each comment. Please submit all 

comments and related material in an 

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 

11 inches, suitable for copying. If you 

would like to know they reached us, 

please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. We will consider 

all comments and material received 

during the comment period. Comments 

must be received by October 15, 2007, 

prior to the end of the deviation period 

so that adjustments to the tested 

operating schedule may be made, if 

necessary. 

Background and Purpose 

On March 20, 2007, we published a 

temporary deviation entitled 

‘‘Drawbridge Operation Regulations; 

Raritan River, Arthur Kill, and Their 

Tributaries, NJ’’ in the Federal Register 

(72 FR 12981). The temporary deviation 

concerned a test operating schedule for 

the bridge needed to help determine a 

bridge operating schedule that will 

accommodate present and anticipated 

rail operations while continuing to 

provide for the present and anticipated 

needs of navigation. Background about 

the AK Railroad Bridge and the bridge 

owner’s rehabilitation efforts may be 

found at 72 FR 12981. This deviation 

from the operating regulations was 

authorized under 33 CFR 117.35. 

Beginning on April 9, 2007, the bridge 

operated in accordance with the test 

schedule approved by the Coast Guard 

in the above referenced notice. Actual 

rail operations, however, have been 

such that shifting the scheduled bridge 

closure times to occur between 9 a.m. 


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and 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. would 

more efficiently accommodate all rail 

and marine transportation needs. 

The purpose of this new temporary 

deviation is to help determine a bridge 

operating schedule that will 

accommodate both Conrail’s proposed 

train schedule, future rail operations, 

and the present and anticipated needs of 

navigation. 

This deviation will test a new 

alternate drawbridge operation schedule 

designed to help facilitate the safe 

coordination of vessel and rail traffic. A 

variety of factors, such as daily tide 

variations, the present and anticipated 

needs of navigation, and train 

scheduling, will be evaluated during 

this temporary test deviation. 

The schedule considered in this 

notice would provide two daily thirty 

minute bridge closures within 

designated one hour periods with a one 

hour adjustment during certain high 

tides, as predicted at the Battery, New 

York. Also, unscheduled bridge closure 

requests may be granted by the Coast 

Guard within one to three hours of 

receipt of the request for bridge closure. 

Being able to predict bridge closure 

periods each day in advance would 

enable both rail and marine interests to 

schedule accordingly, obviating the 

need to adjust to different bridge closure 

times each day. The ability to obtain 

unscheduled bridge closures will offer 

flexibility in rail operations. 

This temporary deviation requires the 

AK Railroad Bridge to remain in the 

open position at all times except during 

periods when it is allowed to remain in 

the closed position for the passage of 

rail traffic for two thirty minute periods 

between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., and 12 p.m. 

and 1 p.m., daily. The only exception is 

when high tide occurs during or within 

one hour after the scheduled closed 

period. When high tide occurs during 

the bridge closure period the thirty 

minute bridge closure will occur 

between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. 

and 2 p.m., i.e. one hour later; when 

high tide occurs within one hour after 

the scheduled closure period the thirty 

minute bridge closure will occur 

between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 

12 p.m., i.e. one hour earlier. A 

schedule of bridge closure periods will 

be posted on the U.S. Coast Guard’s 

Homeport Web site and published in the 

Local Notice to Mariners. 

In addition to the scheduled closure 

periods, up to two, unscheduled thirty 

minute bridge closure periods per day, 

maximum of twelve per week, may be 

requested and may be approved by the 

Coast Guard within one to three hours 

of the request. The bridge will remain 

open for a minimum of one hour 

between bridge closures for the passage 

of marine traffic. In the event of bridge 

operational failure, the bridge owner or 

operator shall notify the Coast Guard 

Captain of the Port of New York 

immediately and shall ensure that a 

repair crew is on scene at the bridge no 

later than 45 minutes after the bridge 

fails to operate and that the repair crew 

shall remain at the bridge until the 

bridge has been restored to normal 

operations or raised and locked in the 

fully open position. 

This deviation from the operating 

regulations is authorized under 33 CFR 

117.35. 

Cancellation 

The deviation published in the 

Federal Register on March 20, 2007, (72 

FR 12981) is being canceled because 

actual rail operations observed during 

the test deviation have been such that 

shifting the scheduled bridge closure 

times would more efficiently 

accommodate all transportation needs. 

Dated: June 1, 2007. 

Gary Kassof, 

Bridge Program Manager, First Coast Guard 

District. 

[FR Doc. 07–2869 Filed 6–6–07; 9:09 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Customs Forms for Priority Mail To or 

From ‘‘969’’ ZIP Codes and 96799 

AGENCY: Postal Service. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal ServiceTM is 

revising the Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service, Domestic 

Mail Manual to require customs 

declarations on certain Priority Mail

mailpieces to or from ZIP CodeTM 96799 

and ZIP CodesTM beginning with the 

prefix 969. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 8, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Obataiye B. Akinwole, 202–268–7262. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January 

2003, the Postal Service published a 

Postal Bulletin article asking customers 

to affix either PS Form 2976, Customs 

Declaration CN22—Sender’s 

Declaration, or PS Form 2976–A, 

Customs Declaration and Dispatch 

Note—CP72, to all mailpieces weighing 

16 ounces or more addressed to Guam. 

In March 2003, we revised our request 

to include mailpieces addressed to all 

ZIP Codes beginning with the 969 ZIP 

Code prefix. On September 13, 2006, we 

published a Proposed rule in the 

Federal Register, (71 FR 54006), to 

require customs declarations on certain 

Priority Mail mailpieces to or from ZIP 

CodesTM beginning with the prefix 969. 

We are now requiring that the 

appropriate customs form be affixed to 

all Priority Mail pieces weighing 16 

ounces or more sent to or from ZIP 

Codes beginning with the prefix 969. 

We are also expanding the requirement 

to affix the appropriate customs form to 

all Priority Mail pieces weighing 16 

ounces or more that are sent to or from 

ZIP Code 96799, American Samoa. 

We are also removing the language 

regarding ‘‘dutiable merchandise’’ from 

this final rule. The language is 

ambiguous at best and does not address 

a specific concern. 

Comments 

Interested persons were invited to 

comment on the proposed rule. One 

comment was received. The commenter 

questioned the underlying rationale for 

the new rule. In response, these 

destinations are outside the customs 

territory of the United States. Hence, a 

customs form would facilitate the 

identification of the contents of the mail 

to the extent customs inspections may 

be applied to this traffic. In addition, 

use of a customs form would enable the 

Postal Service to meet requirements 

imposed by airlines to carry Priority 

Mail above a certain weight threshold. 

Such requirements are not imposed by 

surface transportation carriers, and are 

not needed for other classes of mail 

carried by air carriers. 

After reviewing and considering the 

comments, we adopt the following 

changes to Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service, Domestic 

Mail Manual (DMM), incorporated by 

reference in the Code of Federal 

Regulations. See 39 CFR 111.1. 

List of Subjects in 39 CFR Part 111 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Postal Service. 

■ Accordingly, 39 CFR part 111 is 

amended as follows: 

PART 111—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for 39 CFR 

part 111 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 39 U.S.C. 101, 

401, 403, 404, 414, 416, 3001–3011, 3201–

3219, 3403–3406, 3621, 3626, 5001. 

■ 2. Revise the Mailing Standards of the 

United States Postal Service, Domestic 

Mail Manual (DMM), as follows: 

600 Basic Standards for All Mailing 

Services 

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