5126 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 20 / Friday, January 30, 2015 / Notices 

Place: National Institutes of Health, Two 

Democracy Plaza, 6707 Democracy 

Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Jian Yang, Ph.D., Scientific 

Review Officer, Review Branch, DEA, 

NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Room 

755, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, 

MD 20892–5452, (301) 594–7799, yangj@

extra.niddk.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 

Special Emphasis Panel, NIDDK PKD/P30. 

Date: March 9, 2015. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Hilton Garden Inn Bethesda, 7301 

Waverly Street, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Xiaodu Guo, MD, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch, 

DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 

Room 761, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–5452, (301) 594–4719, 

guox@extra.niddk.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 

Special Emphasis Panel, Collaborative 

Interdisciplinary Team Science in NIDDK 

Research Areas. 

Date: March 25, 2015. 

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, Two 

Democracy Plaza, 6707 Democracy 

Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Michele L. Barnard, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch, 

DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 

Room 753, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–2542, (301) 594–8898, 

barnardm@extra.niddk.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.847, Diabetes, 

Endocrinology and Metabolic Research; 

93.848, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 

Research; 93.849, Kidney Diseases, Urology 

and Hematology Research, National Institutes 

of Health, HHS) 

Dated: January 26, 2015. 

David Clary, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01714 Filed 1–29–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Modification of National Customs 

Automation Program (NCAP) Test 

Concerning Automated Commercial 

Environment (ACE) Document Image 

System (DIS) Relating to Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) Document Submissions 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: General notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s 

(CBP’s) plan to modify part of the 

National Customs Automation Program 

(NCAP) test concerning document 

imaging, known as Phase III of the 

Document Image System (DIS) test. 

Phase III of the DIS test allows 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE) participants to submit electronic 

images of a specific set of CBP and 

Partner Government Agency (PGA) 

forms and supporting information to 

CBP via a CBP-approved Electronic Data 

Interchange (EDI). This notice 

announces that ACE participating 

importers and brokers may now submit 

DIS test-supported Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

documents, in Portable Document 

Format (PDF) file format, via email, to 

docs@cbp.dhs.gov. 

DATES: The modified DIS test will 

commence no earlier than February 17, 

2015, and will continue until concluded 

by way of announcement in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice and any aspect of the test may be 

submitted at any time during the test via 

email to Monica Crockett at 

monica.v.crockett@cbp.dhs.gov. In the 

subject line of your email, please 

indicate ‘‘Comment on Document Image 

System (DIS)’’. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

policy-related questions, contact Monica 

Crockett at monica.v.crockett@

cbp.dhs.gov. For technical questions 

related to ABI transmissions, contact 

your assigned client representative. Any 

partner government agency (PGA) 

interested in participating in DIS should 

contact Elizabeth McQueen at 

elizabeth.mcqueen@cbp.dhs.gov. 

Interested parties without an assigned 

client representative should direct their 

questions to Steven Zaccaro at 

steven.j.zaccaro@cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This test notice, and the Customs 

related electronic functions it describes, 

are part of the National Customs 

Automation Program (NCAP). NCAP 

was established in Subtitle B of Title 

VI—Customs Modernization, in the 

North American Free Trade Agreement 

Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103–182, 

107 Stat. 2057, 2170, December 8, 1993) 

(Customs Modernization Act). See 19 

U.S.C. 1411. Through NCAP, the initial 

focus of customs modernization was on 

trade compliance and the development 

of the Automated Commercial 

Environment (ACE), the planned 

successor to the legacy Customs 

Automated Commercial System (ACS). 

ACE is an automated and electronic 

system for commercial trade processing. 

ACE will streamline business processes, 

facilitate growth in trade, ensure cargo 

security, and foster participation in 

global commerce, while ensuring 

compliance with U.S. laws and 

regulations and reducing costs for CBP 

and all its communities of interest. The 

ability to meet these objectives depends 

upon successfully modernizing CBP’s 

business functions and the information 

technology that supports those 

functions. CBP’s modernization efforts 

are accomplished through phased 

releases of ACE component 

functionality, designed to introduce a 

new capability or to replace a specific 

legacy ACS function. Each release will 

begin with a test, and will end with 

mandatory compliance with the new 

ACE feature, thus retiring the legacy 

ACS function. Each release builds on 

previous releases, and sets the 

foundation for subsequent releases. For 

the convenience of the public, all 

Federal Register publications detailing 

ACE test developments in Entry, 

Summary, Accounts, and Revenue 

(ESAR) are listed chronologically at the 

end of this notice, in the section 

‘‘Development of ACE Prototypes.’’ 

One of the phased releases is for the 

Document Imaging System (DIS) feature, 

which allows participants to submit 

certain information electronically 

instead of submitting that information 

via a paper document. The DIS test 

allows ACE participants to submit 

electronic images of a specific set of 

CBP and Partner Government Agency 

(PGA) forms and supporting information 

to CBP. Specifically, importers and 

brokers are allowed to submit specified 

official CBP documents and specified 

PGA documents via a CBP-approved 

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). The 

first phase of the DIS test, Phase I, 

enabled participating importers and 

brokers to transmit images of specified 


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CBP and PGA forms with supporting 

information via a CBP approved EDI in 

an Extensible Markup Language (XML) 

file format, in lieu of conventional paper 

methods. See 77 FR 20835 (April 6, 

2012). In the second phase, Phase II, 

CBP reduced the number of metadata 

elements required for each document 

and specified forms that were eligible to 

be submitted earlier, i.e. at the time of 

manifest, or transmitted via a CBPapproved EDI to support ACE Cargo 

Release filings (previously known as 

Simplified Entry filings). In Phase II 

CBP also expanded the pool of eligible 

participants to include software 

providers, who only electronically 

transmit data that they had received for 

transmission to CBP. See 78 FR 44142 

(July 23, 2013). 

On June 25, 2014, CBP published in 

the Federal Register a notice 

announcing the third phase of the DIS 

test, Phase III, which added to the list 

of documents supported by the DIS test. 

See 79 FR 36083 (June 25, 2014). The 

DIS test supports certain PGA forms and 

supporting information, which include 

ones that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) requires. 

See 79 FR 36083 for the complete list of 

CBP and PGA documents, which the 

DIS test supports as of the date of this 

notice. 

Pursuant to Phase III of the DIS test, 

parties who file entry summaries in ACE 

are allowed to submit specified CBP and 

PGA documents via a CBP-approved 

EDI. DIS capabilities will continue to be 

delivered in multiple phases. 

CBP will continue to publish in the 

Federal Register announcements to 

notify ACE participants when they may 

submit any new CBP or PGA documents 

into the DIS test, or when they may send 

any other DIS test-supported documents 

via email in PDF file format. All other 

eligibility criteria, technical 

specifications, recordkeeping 

requirements, and rules for submitting 

to DIS, as specified in prior DIS test 

notices, remain the same. See 79 FR 

36083. 

Authorization for the Test 

The Customs Modernization 

provisions in the North American Free 

Trade Agreement Implementation Act 

provide the Commissioner of CBP with 

authority to conduct limited test 

programs or procedures designed to 

evaluate planned components of the 

NCAP. This test is authorized pursuant 

to § 101.9(b) of the CBP Regulations (19 

CFR 101.9(b)) which provides for the 

testing of NCAP programs or 

procedures. See Treasury Decision 

(T.D.) 95–21. 

Modification of Phase III of the 

Document Image System (DIS) Test 

Program 

This notice announces that, as an 

addition to Phase III, CBP is now 

allowing brokers and importers, who are 

also ACE participants, to file DIS testsupported APHIS documents, in 

Portable Document Format (PDF) file 

format, via email, to this email address: 

docs@cbp.dhs.gov. 

The DIS test-supported APHIS 

documents, which ACE-participating 

brokers and importers may send in PDF 

file format to docs@cbp.dhs.gov, are: 

• APHIS STAT Supporting Statement 

• APHIS Import Permit 

• APHIS Plant Protection and 

Quarantine (PPQ) Form 368, Notice of 

Arrival (of a restricted article at the 

port of entry) 

• APHIS PPQ Form 203, Foreign Site 

Certificate of Inspection and/or 

Treatment 

• APHIS PPQ Form 586, Application for 

Permit to Transit Plants and/or Plant 

Products, Plant Pests, and/or 

Associated Soil through the United 

States 

• APHIS PPQ Form 587, Application for 

Permit to Import Plants or Plant 

Products 

• APHIS Transit Permit 

• Foreign Government Sanitary 

Certificate (Veterinary Health 

Certificate) (used by APHIS) 

• Ingredients List (used by APHIS) 

• Phytosanitary Certificates (used by 

APHIS) 

• Proof of origin (for origin shipments 

of milk and milk products) (used by 

APHIS) 

Test Participation 

All other eligibility criteria, technical 

specifications, recordkeeping 

requirements, and rules for submitting 

to DIS remain the same. For more 

information about the eligibility criteria, 

technical specifications, recordkeeping 

requirements, and rules for submitting 

to DIS, see 79 FR 36083. 

Development of ACE Prototypes 

A chronological listing of Federal 

Register publications, which describe 

ESAR ACE test developments, is 

provided, below. 

• ACE Portal Accounts and 

Subsequent Revision Notices: 67 FR 

21800 (May 1, 2002); 69 FR 5360 and 69 

FR 5362 (February 4, 2004); 69 FR 

54302 (September 8, 2004); 70 FR 5199 

(February 1, 2005). 

• ACE System of Records Notice: 71 

FR 3109 (January 19, 2006). 

• Terms/Conditions for Access to the 

ACE Portal and Subsequent Revisions: 

72 FR 27632 (May 16, 2007); 73 FR 

38464 (July 7, 2008). 

• ACE Non-Portal Accounts and 

Related Notice: 70 FR 61466 (October 

24, 2005); 71 FR 15756 (March 29, 

2006). 

• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and 

Revenue (ESAR I) Capabilities: 72 FR 

59105 (October 18, 2007). 

• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and 

Revenue (ESAR II) Capabilities: 73 FR 

50337 (August 26, 2008); 74 FR 9826 

(March 6, 2009). 

• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and 

Revenue (ESAR III) Capabilities: 74 FR 

69129 (December 30, 2009). 

• ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and 

Revenue (ESAR IV) Capabilities: 76 FR 

37136 (June 24, 2011). 

• Post-Entry Amendment (PEA) 

Processing Test: 76 FR 37136 (June 24, 

2011). 

• ACE Announcement of a New Start 

Date for the National Customs 

Automation Program Test of Automated 

Manifest Capabilities for Ocean and Rail 

Carriers: 76 FR 42721 (July 19, 2011). 

• ACE Simplified Entry: 76 FR 69755 

(November 9, 2011). 

• National Customs Automation 

Program (NCAP) Tests Concerning 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE) Document Image System (DIS): 77 

FR 20835 (April 6, 2012). 

• National Customs Automation 

Program (NCAP) Tests Concerning 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE) Simplified Entry: Modification of 

Participant Selection Criteria and 

Application Process: 77 FR 48527 

(August 14, 2012). 

• Modification of NCAP Test 

Regarding Reconciliation for Filing 

Certain Post-Importation Preferential 

Tariff Treatment Claims under Certain 

FTAs: 78 FR 27984 (May 13, 2013). 

• Modification of Two National 

Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 

Tests Concerning Automated 

Commercial Environment (ACE) 

Document Image System (DIS) and 

Simplified Entry (SE): 78 FR 44142 (July 

23, 2013). 

• Modification of Two National 

Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 

Tests Concerning Automated 

Commercial Environment (ACE) 

Document Image System (DIS) and 

Simplified Entry (SE); Correction: 78 FR 

53466 (August 29, 2013). 

• Modification of NCAP Test 

Concerning Automated Commercial 

Environment (ACE) Cargo Release 

(formerly known as Simplified Entry): 

78 FR 66039 (November 4, 2013). 

• Post-Summary Corrections to Entry 

Summaries Filed in ACE Pursuant to the 

ESAR IV Test: Modifications and 


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Clarifications: 78 FR 69434 (November 

19, 2013). 

• National Customs Automation 

Program (NCAP) Test Concerning the 

Submission of Certain Data Required by 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

and the Food Safety and Inspection 

Service Using the Partner Government 

Agency Message Set Through the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE): 78 FR 75931 (December 13, 

2013). 

• Modification of National Customs 

Automation Program (NCAP) Test 

Concerning Automated Commercial 

Environment (ACE) Cargo Release for 

Ocean and Rail Carriers: 79 FR 6210 

(February 3, 2014). 

• Modification of National Customs 

Automation Program (NCAP) Test 

Concerning Automated Commercial 

Environment (ACE) Cargo Release To 

Allow Importers and Brokers To Certify 

From ACE Entry Summary: 79 FR 24744 

(May 1, 2014). 

• Modification of National Customs 

Automation Program (NCAP) Test 

Concerning Automated Commercial 

Environment (ACE) Cargo Release for 

Truck Carriers: 79 FR 25142 (May 2, 

2014). 

• Modification of National Customs 

Automation Program (NCAP) Test 

Concerning Automated Commercial 

Environment Document Image System: 

79 FR 36083 (June 25, 2014). 

• eBond Test: 79 FR 70881 

(November 28, 2014); 80 FR 899 

(January 7, 2015). 

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

Brenda Smith, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

International Trade. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01822 Filed 1–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

United States Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension, Without Change, 

of an Existing Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information 

Collection for Review; Form No. G–146; 

Non-Immigrants Checkout Letter; OMB 

Control No. 1653–0020. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (USICE), is submitting the 

following information collection request 

for review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The information collection is 

published in the Federal Register to 

obtain comments from the public and 

affected agencies. The information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register on November 5, 

2014, Vol. 79 No. 26252 allowing for a 

60 day comment period. No comments 

were received on this information 

collection. The purpose of this notice is 

to allow an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

Written comments and suggestions 

regarding items contained in this notice 

and especially with regard to the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time should be directed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the OMB Desk Officer for U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

Department of Homeland Security, and 

sent via electronic mail to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to 

(202) 395–5806. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension, without change, of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: NonImmigrant Checkout Letter. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: (No. Form G– 

146); U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. When an alien (other than 

one who is required to depart under 

safeguards) is granted the privilege of 

voluntary departure without the 

issuance of an Order to Show Cause, a 

control card is prepared. If, after a 

certain period of time, a verification of 

departure is not received, actions are 

taken to locate the alien or ascertain his 

or her whereabouts. Form G–146 is used 

to inquire of persons in the United 

States or abroad regarding the 

whereabouts of the alien. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 20,000 responses at 10 minutes 

(.16 hours) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 3,220 annual burden hours. 

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

Scott Elmore, 

Program Manager, Forms Management Office, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

United States Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Extension, With Change, of 

an Existing Information Collection; 

Comment Request. 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection for Review; 10–002; 

Electronic Funds Transfer Waiver 

Request; OMB Control No. 1653–0043. 

The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (ICE), is submitting the 

following information collection request 

for review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The information collection is 

published in the Federal Register to 

obtain comments from the public and 

affected agencies. Comments are 

encouraged and will be accepted for 

sixty days until March 31, 2015. 

Written comments and suggestions 

regarding items contained in this notice 

and especially with regard to the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time should be directed to the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), Scott Elmore, Forms 


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