Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 7, 2012 / Notices 13617 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Customs Modernization Act 

Recordkeeping Requirements 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for 

comments; Extension of an existing 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, CBP invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to comment 

on an information collection 

requirement concerning the Customs 

Modernization Act Recordkeeping 

Requirements. This request for comment 

is being made pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 7, 2012, to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade, 

799 9th Street NW., 5th 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, 

Regulations and Rulings, Office of 

International Trade, 799 9th Street NW., 

5th 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). 

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 cost burden to respondents or 

record keepers from the collection of 

information (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 Modernization Act 

Recordkeeping Requirements. 

OMB Number: 1651–0076. 

Form Number: None. 

Abstract: The North American Free 

Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 

Title VI, known as the Customs 

Modernization Act (Mod Act) amended 

title 19 U.S.C. 1508, 1509 and 1510 by 

revising Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) laws related to recordkeeping, 

examination of books and witnesses, 

regulatory audit procedures and judicial 

enforcement. Specifically, the Mod Act 

expanded the list of parties subject to 

CBP recordkeeping requirements, 

distinguished between records which 

pertain to the entry of merchandise and 

financial records needed to substantiate 

the correctness of information contained 

in entry documentation, and identified 

a list of records which must be 

maintained and produced upon request 

by CBP. The information and records 

are used by CBP to verify the accuracy 

of the claims made on the entry 

documents regarding the tariff status of 

imported merchandise, admissibility, 

classification/nomenclature, value and 

rate of duty applicable to the entered 

goods. The Mod Act record keeping 

requirements are provided for by 19 

CFR part 163. 

Action: CBP proposes to extend the 

expiration date of this information 

collection with a change to the burden 

hours as a result of a revised estimate of 

the number of respondents currently 

complying with these recordkeeping 

provisions. 

Type of Review: Extension (with 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,459. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 5,459. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1,040 

hours. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

5,677,360. 

Dated: March 1, 2012. 

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: General Declaration 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60–Day Notice and request for 

comments; Extension of an existing 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, CBP invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to comment 

on an information collection 

requirement concerning the General 

Declaration (CBP Form 7507). This 

request for comment is being made 

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 7, 2012, to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade, 

799 9th Street NW., 5th 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, 

Regulations and Rulings, Office of 

International Trade, 799 9th Street NW., 

5th 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). 

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 cost burden to respondents or 

record keepers from the collection of 

information (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 


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