Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 50 / Thursday, March 15, 2007 / Notices 12181 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, Information 

Services Branch. 

[FR Doc. E7–4764 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Application—Alternative 

Inspection Services/FAST Commercial 

Driver Application 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on an information collection 

requirement concerning the 

Application—Alternative Inspection 

Services/FAST Commercial Driver 

Application. This request for comment 

is being made pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 14, 2007, to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection, Information Services Group, 

Attn.: Tracey Denning, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 

3.2.C, Washington, DC 20229. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Bureau of Customs 

and Border Protection, Attn.: Tracey 

Denning, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Room 3.2C, Washington, DC 

20229, Tel. (202) 344–1429. 

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) 

estimates of capital or start-up costs and 

costs of operations, maintenance, and 

purchase of services to provide 

information. 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: Application—Alternative 

Inspection Services/FAST Commercial 

Driver Application. 

OMB Number: 1651–0121. 

Form Number: CBP Forms I–823 and 

823F. 

Abstract: The purpose of the 

Alternative Inspection Services and 

FAST Programs are to prescreen 

applicants and their vehicles in order to 

expedite travelers seeking admission to 

the United States. CBP plans to institute 

a web-based system for applicants to 

apply for Alternative Inspection 

Services and the FAST Program, and to 

phase out the paper versions of the I–

823 and the 823F. 

Current Actions: This submission is 

being submitted to extend the expiration 

date. 

Type of Review: Extension (without 

change to the burden hours). 

Affected Public: Businesses, 

Individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

275,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hour and 6 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 304,000. 

Estimated Total Annualized Cost on 

the Public: $7,740,000. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, Information 

Services Branch. 

[FR Doc. E7–4766 Filed 3–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Bureau of Customs and Border 

Protection 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE): Ability of Third Parties To 

Submit Manifest Information on Behalf 

of Truck Carriers Via the ACE Secure 

Data Portal in the Test of the ACE 

Truck Manifest System 

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: General notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

that truck carriers participating in the 

ACE Truck Manifest Test and electing to 

use third parties to submit manifest 

information to the Bureau of Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) via the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE) Secure Data Portal are no longer 

required to have ACE portal accounts. 

Thus, truck carriers without ACE portal 

accounts, while participating in the test 

of the ACE truck manifest system, may 

now use third parties (such as Customs 

brokers or other truck carriers) with 

ACE portal accounts to electronically 

transmit truck manifest information, via 

the ACE portal, on their behalf. 

DATES: Truck carriers participating in 

the ACE Truck Manifest Test without 

ACE portal accounts may use third 

parties with ACE portal accounts to 

electronically transmit truck manifest 

information via the ACE portal, on their 

behalf, beginning March 15, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

James Swanson, via e-mail at 

james.d.swanson@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 4, 2004 and September 

13, 2004, CBP published general notices 

in the Federal Register (69 FR 55167 

and 69 FR 5360) announcing a test, in 

conjunction with the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), 

allowing participating truck carriers to 

transmit electronic manifest data in 

ACE, including advance cargo 

information as required by section 

343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002, as 

amended by the Maritime 

Transportation Security Act of 2002. 

The advance cargo information 

requirements are detailed in the final 

rule published in the Federal Register at 

68 FR 68140 on December 5, 2003. 

Truck carriers participating in the test 

opened up Truck Carrier [Portal] 

Accounts which provided them with the 

ability to electronically transmit truck 

manifest data and obtain release of their 

cargo, crew, conveyances, and 

equipment via the ACE Portal or 

electronic data interchange (EDI) 

messaging. 

In the September 13, 2004, notice, 

CBP stated that, in order to be eligible 

for participation in this test, a carrier 

must have: 

1. Submitted an application (i.e., 

statement of intent to establish an ACE 

[Portal] Account and to participate in 

the testing of electronic truck manifest 

functionality) as set forth in the 

February 4, 2004, notice; 


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