[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21577-21578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8637]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Agency Information Collection Activities: Lien Notice

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.

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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 Lien Notice (CBP Form 3485). 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 June 11, 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: Lien Notice.
    OMB Number: 1651-0012.
    Form Number: CBP Form 3485.
    Abstract: Section 564, Tariff Act of 19, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
1564) provides that the claimant of a lien for freight or can notify 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in writing of the existence of a 
lien, and CBP shall not

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permit delivery of the merchandise from a public store or a bonded 
warehouse until the lien is satisfied or discharged. The claimant shall 
file the notification of a lien on CBP Form 3485, Lien Notice. This 
form is usually prepared and submitted to CBP by carriers, cartmen and 
similar persons or firms. The data collected on this form is used by 
CBP to assure that liens have been satisfied or discharged before 
delivery of the freight from public stores or bonded warehouses, and to 
ensure that proceeds from public auction sales are duly distributed to 
the lienholder. CBP Form 3485 is provided for by 19 CFR 141.112, and is 
accessible at http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/CBP_Form_3485.pdf.
    Action: CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this 
information collection with a change to the burden hours as a result of 
changing the estimated response time for completing CBP Form 3485 from 
5 minutes to 15 minutes. There are no changes to CBP Form 3485.
    Type of Review: Extension (with change).
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 112,000.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 28,000.

    Dated: April 5, 2012.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2012-8637 Filed 4-9-12; 8:45 am]
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