51910 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 178 / Friday, September 17, 2021 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[1651–0055] 

Harbor Maintenance Fee 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments; extension 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 

October 18, 2021) 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 (Volume 86 FR 

35816) on July 07, 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: Harbor Maintenance Fee. 

OMB Number: 1651–0055. 

Form Number: CBP Form 349 and 

350. 

Current Actions: Extension with an 

increase in burden hours. 

Type of Review: Extension (with 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Abstract: The Harbor Maintenance 

Fee (HMF) and Trust Fund is used for 

the operation and maintenance of 

certain U.S. channels and harbors by the 

Army Corps of Engineers. U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) is required 

to collect the HMF from importers, 

domestic shippers, and passenger vessel 

operators using federal navigation 

projects. See 19 CFR 24.24. Commercial 

cargo loaded on or unloaded from a 

commercial vessel is subject to a port 

use fee of 0.125 percent of its value if 

the loading or unloading occurs at a port 

that has been designated by the Army 

Corps of Engineers. 19 CFR 24.24(a). 

The HMF also applies to the total ticket 

value of embarking and disembarking 

passengers and on cargo admissions into 

a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ). See 19 CFR 

24.24(e)(2)(iii). 

CBP Form 349, Harbor Maintenance 

Fee Quarterly Summary Report, and 

CBP Form 350, Harbor Maintenance Fee 

Amended Quarterly Summary Report 

are completed by domestic shippers, 

foreign trade zone applicants, and 

passenger vessel operators and 

submitted with payment to CBP. 19 CFR 

24.24(e). 

CBP uses the information collected on 

CBP Forms 349 and 350 to verify that 

the fee collected is timely and 

accurately submitted. These forms are 

authorized by the Water Resources 

Development Act of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

4461, et seq.) and provided for by 19 

CFR 24.24, which also includes the list 

of designated ports. CBP Forms 349 and 

350 are accessible at http://

www.cbp.gov/newsroom/publications/ 

forms or they may be completed and 

filed electronically at www.pay.gov. 

Type of Information Collection: CBP 

Form 349. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

846. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 3,384. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1692. 

Type of Information Collection: CBP 

Form 350. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

23. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 92. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.5 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 46. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Record Keeping. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

869. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 869. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.166 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 144. 

Dated: September 14, 2021. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

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