[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 19399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10316]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Part 142

[T.D. 98-34]


Technical Correction Regarding Time Limit for Filing 
Documentation After Release

AGENCY: United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document makes a technical correction to the regulation 
regarding time limit for filing documentation after release, in 
accordance with Customs policy of periodically reviewing its 
regulations to ensure that they are current and accurate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold Singer, Chief, Regulations 
Branch, (202) 927-2268.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In accordance with Customs policy of periodically reviewing its 
regulations to ensure that they are current and accurate, Customs has 
discovered that there is a typographical error in Sec. 142.23, Customs 
Regulations (19 CFR 142.23). Section 142.23 was amended by Treasury 
Decision 80-26, which was published in the Federal Register (45 FR 
3901) on January 21, 1980. When that amendment was codified in Title 19 
in 1980, the word ``period'' was inadvertently omitted. The error has 
been carried forward in each volume of Title 19 since that publication. 
This document corrects the error.

Inapplicability of Public Notice and Comment and Delayed Effective 
Date Requirements, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and Executive 
Order 12866

    Inasmuch as this amendment merely corrects a typographical error, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), notice and public procedure thereon are 
unnecessary, and pursuant to 5 U.S.C. (d)(3), a delayed effective date 
is not required. Since this document is not subject to the notice and 
public procedure requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553, it is not subject to the 
provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 
This amendment does not meet the criteria for a ``significant 
regulatory action'' as defined in Executive Order 12866.

Drafting Information

    The principal author of this document was Janet L. Johnson, 
Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs Service. However, personnel from other 
offices participated in its development.

List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 142

    Customs duties and inspection.

Amendment to the Regulations

    Part 142, Customs Regulations (19 CFR part 142), is amended as set 
forth below.

PART 142--ENTRY PROCESS

    1. The general authority citation for part 142 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1448, 1484, 1624.


Sec. 142.23   [Amended]

    2. Section 142.23 is amended by removing the words ``for quota 
class merchandise within the quota'' and adding in their place ``for 
quota class merchandise within the quota period''.

    Dated: April 15, 1998.
Harold M. Singer,
Chief, Regulations Branch.
[FR Doc. 98-10316 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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