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Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small 

Business: Biological Chemistry, Biophysics 

and Drug Discovery. 

Date: March 2, 2015. 

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

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Doubletree Hotel Bethesda 

(Formerly Holiday Inn Select), 8120 

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Sergei Ruvinov, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4158, 

MSC 7806, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 

1180, ruvinser@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; 

Fellowships: Genes, Genomes, and Genetics. 

Date: March 2–3, 2015. 

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. 

Contact Person: Marie-Jose Belanger, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5181, 

MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 20892, belangerm@

csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: AIDS and Related 

Research Integrated Review Group; HIV/

AIDS Vaccines Study Section. 

Date: March 6, 2015. 

Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 

Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 

20036. 

Contact Person: Mary Clare Walker, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5208, 

MSC 7852, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435– 

1165, walkermc@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small 

Business: Endocrinology, Metabolism, 

Nutrition, and Reproductive Sciences. 

Date: March 11, 2015. 

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

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Doubletree Hotel Bethesda 

(Formerly Holiday Inn Select), 8120 

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Contact Person: Clara M. Cheng, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6170 

MSC 7892, Bethesda, MD 20817, 301–435– 

1041, chengc@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Synthetic 

Genome Analysis. 

Date: March 11, 2015. 

Time: 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Richard Panniers, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 2212, 

MSC 7890, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435– 

1741, pannierr@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member 

Conflict: Chemo Dietary Prevention of 

Cancer. 

Date: March 11, 2015. 

Time: 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 

Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 

(Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Malaya Chatterjee, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6192, 

MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 806– 

2515, chatterm@csr.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; Research 

Resource: Computational and Network 

Biology. 

Date: March 11–13, 2015. 

Time: 6:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Marriot La Jolla, 4240 La Jolla 

Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92037. 

Contact Person: Ross D. Shonat, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6172, 

MSC 7892, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435– 

2786, ross.shonat@nih.hhs.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: February 4, 2015. 

David Clary, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02593 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Announcement of Modification of ACE 

Cargo Release Test To Permit the 

Combined Filing of Cargo Release and 

Importer Security Filing (ISF) Data 

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 the National 

Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 

test concerning Cargo Release in the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE) by modifying the name of one 

data element and allowing certain 

authorized importers and licensed 

customs brokers to submit the ACE 

Cargo Release entry and the Importer 

Security Filing (ISF) in a combined 

transmission to CBP. 

DATES: The ACE Cargo Release Test 

modifications set forth in this document 

are effective on February 10, 2015. The 

ACE Cargo Release Test will run until 

approximately November 1, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or questions 

concerning this notice and indication of 

interest in participation in ACE Cargo 

Release Test should be submitted, via 

email, to Steven Zaccaro at 

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

subject line of your email, please use, 

‘‘Comment on Combined ACE Cargo 

Release and ISF Filing.’’ The body of the 

email should identify the ports where 

filings are likely to occur. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

policy questions related to ACE, contact 

Stephen Hilsen, Director, Business 

Transformation, ACE Business Office, 

Office of International Trade, at 

stephen.r.hilsen@cbp.dhs.gov. For 

policy questions related to ISF, contact 

Craig Clark, Program Manager, Cargo 

and Conveyance Security, Office of 

Field Operations, at craig.clark@

cbp.dhs.gov. For technical questions, 

contact Steven Zaccaro, Client 

Representative Branch, ACE Business 

Office, Office of International Trade, at 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

A. The National Customs Automation 

Program 

The National Customs Automation 

Program (NCAP) was established by 

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 thrust of 

customs modernization was on trade 

compliance and the development of the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE), the planned successor to the 

Automated Commercial System (ACS). 

ACE is an automated and electronic 

system for commercial trade processing 

which is intended to 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 U.S. 

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and all of its communities of interest. 

The ability to meet these objectives 

depends on 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 replace 

specific legacy ACS functions. Each 

release will begin with a test and, if the 

test is successful, will end with 

implementation of the functionality 

through the promulgation of regulations 

governing the new ACE feature and the 

retirement of the legacy ACS function. 

For the convenience of the public, a 

chronological listing of Federal Register 

publications detailing ACE test 

developments is set forth below in 

Section VII, entitled, ‘‘Development of 

ACE Prototypes.’’ The procedures and 

criteria applicable to participation in the 

ACE Cargo Release test and prior ACE 

tests remain in effect unless otherwise 

explicitly changed by this notice. 

B. ACE Cargo Release Test 

On November 9, 2011, CBP published 

in the Federal Register (76 FR 69755) a 

notice announcing an NCAP test 

concerning ACE Simplified Entry to 

simplify the entry process by reducing 

the number of data elements required to 

obtain release for cargo imported by air. 

In a general notice titled ‘‘Modification 

of National Customs Automation 

Program Test Concerning Automated 

Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo 

Release’’ published in the Federal 

Register (78 FR 66039) on November 4, 

2013, CBP modified the ACE Simplified 

Entry Test and renamed it the ACE 

Cargo Release Test. The ACE Cargo 

Release Test provided more capabilities 

to test participants and expanded 

eligibility by eliminating the CustomsTrade Partnership Against Terrorism 

(C–TPAT) status requirement for 

importer self-filers and customs brokers. 

On February 3, 2014, CBP published a 

notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 

6210) announcing modification of the 

ACE Cargo Release Test to include the 

ocean and rail modes of transportation. 

C. Importer Security Filing 

On November 25, 2008, pursuant to 

section 343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002 

and section 203 of the Security and 

Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port 

Act of 2006, CBP published an interim 

final rule titled Importer Security Filing 

and Additional Carrier Requirements in 

the Federal Register (73 FR 71730). That 

interim final rule required importers 

and carriers to submit certain 

information pertaining to maritime 

cargo prior to loading on vessels at 

foreign seaports by means of a CBPapproved electronic data interchange 

(EDI) system. On March 29, 2012, CBP 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (77 FR 19030) announcing that, 

as of September 29, 2012, ACE is the 

only CBP-approved EDI for carriers to 

transmit required advance ocean cargo 

information, including ISF data. 

The interim final rule, which is 

commonly known as the ‘‘Importer 

Security Filing’’ (ISF) or ‘‘10 + 2’’ rule, 

generally requires the ISF Importer to 

transmit certain cargo information 

consisting of 10 data elements for 

security purposes to CBP at least 24 

hours before goods are loaded onto an 

ocean vessel destined for the United 

States. The ISF Importer is also required 

to transmit information regarding the 

container stuffing location and 

consolidator (stuffer) to CBP no later 

than 24 hours prior to arrival in a U.S. 

port or upon lading at a foreign port that 

is less than a 24 hour voyage to the 

closest U.S. port. See 19 CFR 149.2 and 

149.3. Section 149.6 allows ISF data to 

be filed via the same electronic 

transmission as entry or entry/entry 

summary documentation pursuant to 19 

CFR 142.3. CBP currently accepts this 

combined transmission through ACS. 

Now, as explained in Section III.B. 

below, ACE, under the ACE Cargo 

Release Test, has this functionality. 

Accordingly, in this notice, CBP 

announces it will be testing the filing of 

the combined transmission under ACE 

for filers participating in the ACE Cargo 

Release test. Until this functionality is 

generally available, anyone wishing to 

file a combined transmission who is not 

a participant in the ACE Cargo Release 

test should continue to use ACS to make 

that transmission. Although the interim 

final rule also requires the incoming 

carrier to provide additional 

information in advance as provided in 

19 CFR 4.7a, these additional 

information requirements for carriers 

are not relevant to the ACE Cargo 

Release Test. 

The ISF Importer is defined in 19 CFR 

149.1 as the party causing goods to 

arrive within the limits of a U.S. port by 

vessel. Section 149.1 further provides 

that except for certain types of 

shipments not relevant to the ACE Cargo 

Release Test, the ISF Importer will be 

the goods’ owner, purchaser, consignee, 

or agent such as a licensed customs 

broker. 

II. Authorization for Modification of the 

ACE Cargo Release Test 

The Customs Modernization Act 

provides the Commissioner of CBP with 

authority to conduct limited test 

programs or procedures designed to 

evaluate planned components of the 

NCAP. The ACE Cargo Release Test, as 

modified in this notice, is authorized 

pursuant to § 101.9(b) of title 19 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 

101.9(b)), which provides for the testing 

of NCAP programs or procedures. See 

Treasury Decision (T.D.) 95–21. 

III. Modifications of ACE Cargo Release 

Test 

A. Modification of One of the ACE Cargo 

Release Data Elements 

CBP is modifying one of the data 

elements required under the ACE Cargo 

Release Test. CBP is renaming the data 

element ‘‘Buyer Employer Identification 

Number (consignee number)’’ to 

‘‘Consignee Number.’’ See data element 

3 highlighted below. The definition of 

‘‘Consignee Number’’ is specified in 19 

CFR 149.3. This is the same definition 

that applied previously. 

The ACE Cargo Release data elements, 

as modified by this general notice, are: 

(1) Importer of Record Number. 

(2) Buyer name and address. 

(3) Consignee Number. 

(4) Seller name and address. 

(5) Manufacturer/supplier name and 

address. 

(6) HTS 10-digit number. 

(7) Country of origin. 

(8) Bill of lading. 

(9) Bill of lading issuer code. 

(10) Entry number. 

(11) Entry type. 

(12) Estimated shipment value. 

(13) Bill Quantity (The quantity of 

shipping units shown in the bill of 

lading. If the bill of lading quantity is 

specified in the entry, it becomes the 

entered and released quantity for that 

bill. If the bill quantity is not specified, 

full bill quantity will be entered and 

released for that bill). 

Data element (1) and data elements (6) 

through (12) are defined in the same 

manner as when they are used for entry 

filing. Data elements (2) through (5) are 

defined in accordance with the 

provisions of 19 CFR 149.3. 

B. Modification of ACE Cargo Release 

Test To Permit the Combined 

Submission of ACE Cargo Release and 

ISF Data 

CBP is also modifying the ACE Cargo 

Release Test to permit the transmission 

of ACE Cargo Release and ISF data in a 

combined submission when certain 

requirements are met. In order to 

participate in the ACE Cargo Release 

Test and submit ACE entry and ISF data 

in a combined submission, filers must 

meet certain eligibility, data, timeliness, 

and other requirements. 

1. Eligibility for combined filing: In 

order to file a combined submission the 


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filer must meet the definition of an ISF 

Importer as defined in § 149.1 and be 

either a: (1) Self-filing importer who has 

the ability to file ACE Entry Summaries 

certified for cargo release or a broker 

who has the ability to file ACE Entry 

Summaries certified for cargo release; or 

(2) self-filing importer or broker who 

has stated his or her intent to file entry 

summaries in ACE in its request to 

participate in the test. Parties seeking to 

participate in this test must use a 

software package that has completed 

ABI certification testing for ACE and 

offers the ACE Cargo Release message 

set prior to transmitting data under the 

test. See the General Notice of August 

26, 2008 (73 FR 50337) for a complete 

discussion on the procedures for 

obtaining an ACE Portal Account. 

Importers not self-filing must ensure 

their broker has the capability to file 

entry summaries in ACE. Although the 

ACE Cargo Release Test is open to all 

importers and customs brokers filing 

ACE Entry Summaries for cargo 

transported in the air, ocean and rail 

modes, the ISF is required only for cargo 

transported by vessel in the ocean mode 

of transportation. Therefore, the 

combined submission is available only 

for cargo transported by vessel. Entries 

requiring Partner Government Agency 

(PGA) information and certification 

from entry summary are not available 

for a combined filing at this time. 

2. Procedures for combined filing: 

Any party seeking to file a combined 

submission that is not already a 

participant in the ACE Cargo Release 

Test must request to participate in the 

test and provide their filer code to CBP 

and identify the port(s) at which they 

are interested in filing their combined 

ACE Cargo Release and ISF data. For a 

description of the application process 

and selection criteria for the ACE Cargo 

Release Test see the instruction 

published in the general notice titled 

‘‘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). A party that is 

currently participating in the ACE Cargo 

Release Test may file a combined 

submission after notifying their ACE 

account representative. 

3. Additional data elements required 

for combined filing: To submit a 

combined filing, importers and customs 

brokers need to transmit the following 

data elements: (1) The ACE Cargo 

Release data elements, as described and 

modified in Section III. A and (2) the 

three data elements listed below, as 

defined in 19 CFR 149.3. The three 

additional data elements are: 

(1) Ship to party. 

(2) Container stuffing location. 

(3) Consolidator (stuffer). 

4. Timeframe for the combined filing: 

Because the applicable timeframes for 

submitting ISF data as set forth in 19 

CFR part 149 are earlier than the 

required timeframe for submitting ACE 

Cargo Release data, test participants 

must transmit all of the required 

information within the applicable 

timeframes specified in 19 CFR part 

149. With certain exceptions, the ISF 

Importer must transmit the ISF data no 

later than 24 hours before the cargo is 

laden aboard the vessel at the foreign 

port. See 19 CFR 149.2 and 149.3. 

5. Other requirements: The 

submission of a combined filing does 

not relieve the ISF Importer of any of its 

other obligations under 19 CFR part 149. 

With regard to the submission of ISF 

data, test participants should be aware 

that they will not be able to utilize the 

ISF flexible filing provisions in 19 CFR 

149.2(f) (which permits the ISF Importer 

to submit an initial response for four of 

the data elements based on the best 

available data available and to update 

the information as soon as more precise 

or more accurate information is 

available) if they submit a combined 

filing. This limitation is necessary 

because the Cargo Release information 

will be used by CBP to make 

determinations regarding the 

admissibility of imported merchandise. 

Upon receipt of the ACE Cargo 

Release data and the three additional 

ISF data elements, CBP will process the 

submission and separately transmit the 

ISF filing response and cargo release 

decision to the filer. As provided in 19 

CFR 141.68(e), the merchandise will not 

be considered to be entered until the 

merchandise has arrived in the port 

with the intent to unlade. 

6. Test duration: The ACE Cargo 

Release Test, as modified, will run until 

approximately November 1, 2015. 

IV. Misconduct Under the Test 

The terms for misconduct under the 

ACE Cargo Release Test set forth in 78 

FR 66039 (November 4, 2013) continue 

to apply. 

V. Previous Notices 

All requirements and aspects of the 

ACE test discussed in previous notices 

are hereby incorporated by reference 

into this notice and continue to be 

applicable, unless changed by this 

notice. 

VI. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The collection of information for the 

ACE Cargo Release Test and ISF have 

been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3507). The OMB information collection 

number for the ACE Cargo Release Test 

is 1651–0024 and the OMB information 

collection number for ISF is 1651–0001. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a valid control number 

assigned by OMB. 

VII. Development of ACE Prototypes 

A chronological listing of Federal 

Register publications detailing ACE test 

developments is set forth below. 

• ACE Portal Accounts and 

Subsequent Revision Notices: 67 FR 

21800 (May 1, 2002); 70 FR 5199 

(February 1, 2005); 69 FR 5360 and 69 

FR 5362 (February 4, 2004); 69 FR 

54302 (September 8, 2004). 

• 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 


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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 

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). 

Dated: February 5, 2015. 

Sandra L. Bell, 

Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

International Trade. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02719 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R5–FHC–2015–N033; FF05F24400– 

FXFR13350500000] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Horseshoe Crab Tagging Program 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the information collection (IC) 

described below. As required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

as part of our continuing efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, we invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on this IC. This 

IC is scheduled to expire on May 31, 

2015. We may not conduct or sponsor 

and a person is not required to respond 

to a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: To ensure that we are able to 

consider your comments on this IC, we 

must receive them by April 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to the Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov 

(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0127’’ in 

the subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_

grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482 

(telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Horseshoe crabs play a vital role 

commercially, biomedically, and 

ecologically along the Atlantic coast. 

Horseshoe crabs are commercially 

harvested and used as bait in eel and 

conch fisheries. Biomedical companies 

along the coast also collect and bleed 

horseshoe crabs at their facilities. 

Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate is derived 

from crab blood, which has no synthetic 

substitute, and is used by 

pharmaceutical companies to test 

sterility of products. Finally, migratory 

shorebirds also depend on the eggs of 

horseshoe crabs to refuel on their 

migrations from South America to the 

Arctic. One bird in particular, the red 

knot, feeds primarily on horseshoe crab 

eggs during its stopover. Effective 

January 12, 2015, this species was listed 

as threatened under the Endangered 

Species Act. 

In 1998, the Atlantic States Marine 

Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), a 

management organization with 

representatives from each State on the 

Atlantic Coast, developed a horseshoe 

crab management plan. The ASMFC 

plan and its subsequent addenda 

established mandatory State-by-State 

harvest quotas, and created the 1,500- 

square-mile Carl N. Shuster, Jr., 

Horseshoe Crab Sanctuary off the mouth 

of Delaware Bay. 

Restrictive measures have been taken 

in recent years, but populations are 

increasing slowly. Because horseshoe 

crabs do not breed until they are 9 years 

or older, it may take some time before 

the population measurably increases. 

Federal and State agencies, universities, 

and biomedical companies participate 

in a Horseshoe Crab Cooperative 

Tagging Program. The Maryland Fishery 

Resources Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, maintains the information that 

we collect under this program and uses 

it to evaluate migratory patterns, 

survival, and abundance of horseshoe 

crabs. 

Agencies that tag and release the crabs 

complete FWS Form 3–2311 (Horseshoe 

Crab Tagging) and provide the Service 

with: 

• Organization name. 

• Contact person name. 

• Tag number. 

• Sex of crab. 

• Prosomal width. 

• Capture site, latitude, longitude, 

waterbody, State, and date. 

Members of the public who recover 

tagged crabs provide the following 

information using FWS Form 3–2310 

(Horseshoe Crab Recapture Report): 

• Tag number. 

• Whether or not tag was removed. 

• Whether the tag was circular or 

square. 

• Condition of crab. 

• Date captured/found. 

• Crab fate. 

• Finder type. 

• Capture method. 

• Capture location. 

• Reporter information. 

• Comments. 

If the public participant who reports 

the tagged crab requests information, we 

send data pertaining to the tagging 

program and tag and release information 

on the horseshoe crab that was found or 

captured. 

I. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0127. 

Title: Horseshoe Crab Tagging 

Program. 


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