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public pilot. Initially, the pilot will 

begin at one of several ports where 

VECS has been internally tested. CBP 

will provide training to each CBP port 

and the Vessel Agency personnel at 

each port, prior to beginning/expanding 

the public pilot in another port. 

The VECS public pilot will expand to 

other internal CBP testing ports based 

on knowledge and familiarity with the 

system. The VECS public pilot will 

continue to expand to additional ports, 

in an effort to progressively test and 

implement the system nationwide. 

There will be no change to the paper 

format of CBP Form 1300, and CBP 

Form 1300 in paper format will 

continue to be accepted. 

Type of Information Collection: Vessel 

Entrance or Clearance Statement (CBP 

Form 1300). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,624. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 72. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 188,928. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes (0.5 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 94,464. 

Dated: March 9, 2022. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05290 Filed 3–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[1651–0105] 

Application To Use Automated 

Commercial Environment (ACE) 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for 

comments; Revision of an existing 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection will be submitting the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The 

information collection is published in 

the Federal Register to obtain comments 

from the public and affected agencies. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

must be submitted (no later than April 

13, 2022) to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional PRA information 

should be directed to Seth Renkema, 

Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Office of Trade, Regulations 

and Rulings, 90 K Street NE, 10th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20229–1177, 

Telephone number 202–325–0056 or via 

email CBP_PRA@cbp.dhs.gov. Please 

note that the contact information 

provided here is solely for questions 

regarding this notice. Individuals 

seeking information about other CBP 

programs should contact the CBP 

National Customer Service Center at 

877–227–5511, (TTY) 1–800–877–8339, 

or CBP website at https://www.cbp.gov/ 

. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on the 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.). This proposed information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register (86 FR 63037) on 

November 15, 2021, allowing for a 60- 

day comment period. This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8. Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: (1) 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) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

suggestions to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) suggestions to 

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. The 

comments that are submitted will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for approval. All comments will become 

a matter of public record. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

Title: Application to use Automated 

Commercial Environment (ACE). 

OMB Number: 1651–0105. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Current Actions: Revision of an 

existing collection of information. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Abstract: The Automated Commercial 

Environment (ACE) is a trade data 

processing system that is replacing the 

Automated Commercial System (ACS), 

the current import system for U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

operations. ACE is authorized by 

Executive Order 13659 which mandates 

implementation of a Single Window 

through which businesses will transmit 

data required by participating agencies 

for the importation or exportation of 

cargo. See 79 FR 10655 (February 25, 

2014). ACE supports government 

agencies and the trade community with 

border-related missions with respect to 

moving goods across the border 

efficiently and securely. Once ACE is 

fully implemented, all related CBP trade 

functions and the trade community will 

be supported from a single common 

user interface. 

To establish an ACE Portal account, 

participants submit information such as 

their name, their employer 

identification number (EIN) or social 

security number (SSN), and if 

applicable, a statement certifying their 

capability to connect to the internet. 

This information is submitted through 

the ACE Secure Data Portal which is 

accessible at: http://www.cbp.gov/trade/ 

automated. 

Please Note: A CBP-assigned number 

may be provided in lieu of your SSN. If 

you have an EIN, that number will 

automatically be used and no CBP 

number will be assigned. A CBPassigned number is for CBP use only. 

There is a standalone capability for 

electronically filing protests in ACE. 

This capability is available for 

participants who have not established 

ACE Portal Accounts for other trade 

activities, but desire to file protests 

electronically. A protest is a procedure 

whereby a private party may 

administratively challenge a CBP 

decision regarding imported 

merchandise and certain other CBP 

decisions. Trade members can establish 

a protest filer account in ACE through 

a separate application and the 

submission of specific data elements. 

See 81 FR 57928 (August 24, 2016). 


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Proposed Changes 

1. New ACE Account Type 

CBP is creating a new ACE Account 

type for ACE Import Trade Carriers and 

their designees. This new account type, 

Vessel Agency, enables users to file 

vessel entrance, clearance, and related 

data to CBP electronically through the 

new Vessel Entrance and Clearance 

System (VECS). 

The ACE Account Application will be 

changed to collect identifying 

information such as name, employer 

identification number (EIN), company 

address, and phone numbers, to be used 

to setup the Vessel Agency accounts. 

Users who create a Vessel Agency 

Account are automatically enrolled into 

the VECS public pilot. 

2. Removing ACE Account Types 

In a separate action, unrelated to the 

Vessel Agency account type creation, 

CBP will also be removing account 

types ‘‘Cartman’’ and ‘‘Lighterman’’ 

from the ACE Account Application. 

These account types were never used 

and are being removed due to that lack 

of use. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Application to ACE (Import). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

21,571. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 21,571. 

Estimated Time per Response: 20 

minutes (0.33 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 7,118. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Application to ACE (Export). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

9,000. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 9,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 

minutes (0.066 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 594. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Application to Establish an ACE Protest 

Filer Account. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,750. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 3,750. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 

minutes (0.066 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 248. 

Dated: March 9, 2022. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05288 Filed 3–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–6312–N–01] 

Mortgage and Loan Insurance 

Programs Under the National Housing 

Act—Debenture Interest Rates 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

changes in the interest rates to be paid 

on debentures issued with respect to a 

loan or mortgage insured by the Federal 

Housing Administration under the 

provisions of the National Housing Act 

(the Act). The interest rate for 

debentures issued under section 

221(g)(4) of the Act during the 6-month 

period beginning January 1, 2022, is 11⁄2

percent. The interest rate for debentures 

issued under any other provision of the 

Act is the rate in effect on the date that 

the commitment to insure the loan or 

mortgage was issued, or the date that the 

loan or mortgage was endorsed (or 

initially endorsed if there are two or 

more endorsements) for insurance, 

whichever rate is higher. The interest 

rate for debentures issued under these 

other provisions with respect to a loan 

or mortgage committed or endorsed 

during the 6-month period beginning 

January 1, 2022, is 17⁄8 percent. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Olazabal, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street SW, Room 5146, 

Washington, DC 20410–8000; telephone 

(202) 402–4608 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Individuals with speech or 

hearing impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

224 of the National Housing Act (12 

U.S.C. 1715o) provides that debentures 

issued under the Act with respect to an 

insured loan or mortgage (except for 

debentures issued pursuant to section 

221(g)(4) of the Act) will bear interest at 

the rate in effect on the date the 

commitment to insure the loan or 

mortgage was issued, or the date the 

loan or mortgage was endorsed (or 

initially endorsed if there are two or 

more endorsements) for insurance, 

whichever rate is higher. This provision 

is implemented in HUD’s regulations at 

24 CFR 203.405, 203.479, 207.259(e)(6), 

and 220.830. These regulatory 

provisions state that the applicable rates 

of interest will be published twice each 

year as a notice in the Federal Register. 

Section 224 further provides that the 

interest rate on these debentures will be 

set from time to time by the Secretary 

of HUD, with the approval of the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in an amount 

not in excess of the annual interest rate 

determined by the Secretary of the 

Treasury pursuant to a statutory formula 

based on the average yield of all 

outstanding marketable Treasury 

obligations of maturities of 15 or more 

years. 

The Secretary of the Treasury (1) has 

determined, in accordance with the 

provisions of section 224, that the 

statutory maximum interest rate for the 

period beginning January 1, 2022, is 17⁄8

percent; and (2) has approved the 

establishment of the debenture interest 

rate by the Secretary of HUD at 17⁄8

percent for the 6-month period 

beginning January 1, 2022. This interest 

rate will be the rate borne by debentures 

issued with respect to any insured loan 

or mortgage (except for debentures 

issued pursuant to section 221(g)(4)) 

with insurance commitment or 

endorsement date (as applicable) within 

the first 6 months of 2022). 

For convenience of reference, HUD is 

publishing the following chart of 

debenture interest rates applicable to 

mortgages committed or endorsed since 

January 1, 1980: 

Effective 

interest 

rate 

On or after Prior to 

91⁄2 ............. Jan. 1, 1980 ... July 1, 1980. 

97⁄8 ............. July 1, 1980 .... Jan. 1, 1981. 

113⁄4 ........... Jan. 1, 1981 .... July 1, 1981. 

127⁄8 ........... July 1, 1981 .... Jan. 1, 1982. 

123⁄4 ........... Jan. 1, 1982 .... Jan. 1, 1983. 

101⁄4 ........... Jan. 1, 1983 .... July 1, 1983. 

103⁄8 ........... July 1, 1983 .... Jan. 1, 1984. 

111⁄2 ........... Jan. 1, 1984 .... July 1, 1984. 

133⁄8 ........... July 1, 1984 .... Jan. 1, 1985. 

115⁄8 ........... Jan. 1, 1985 .... July 1, 1985. 

111⁄8 ........... July 1, 1985 .... Jan. 1, 1986. 

101⁄4 ........... Jan. 1, 1986 .... July 1, 1986. 

81⁄4 ............. July 1, 1986 .... Jan. 1. 1987. 

8 ................. Jan. 1, 1987 ... July 1, 1987. 

9 ................. July 1, 1987 .... Jan. 1, 1988. 

91⁄8 ............. Jan. 1, 1988 ... July 1, 1988. 

93⁄8 ............. July 1, 1988 .... Jan. 1, 1989. 

91⁄4 ............. Jan. 1, 1989 ... July 1, 1989. 

9 ................. July 1, 1989 .... Jan. 1, 1990. 

81⁄8 ............. Jan. 1, 1990 ... July 1, 1990. 

9 ................. July 1, 1990 .... Jan. 1, 1991. 

83⁄4 ............. Jan. 1, 1991 ... July 1, 1991. 

81⁄2 ............. July 1, 1991 .... Jan. 1, 1992. 

8 ................. Jan. 1, 1992 ... July 1, 1992. 

8 ................. July 1, 1992 .... Jan. 1, 1993. 

73⁄4 ............. Jan. 1, 1993 ... July 1, 1993. 


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