73098 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 236 / Tuesday, December 9, 2014 / Notices 

There is a change to the questions on 

ESTA and on Form I–94W as described 

in the Abstract section of this document. 

There are no changes to the information 

collected on Form I–94, or the I–94 Web 

site. 

Type of Review: Extension (with 

change). 

Affected Public: Individuals, Carriers, 

and the Travel and Tourism Industry. 

Form I–94 (Arrival and Departure 

Record): 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,387,550. 

Estimated Time per Response: 8 

minutes. 

Estimated Burden Hours: 583,544. 

Estimated Annual Cost to Public: 

$26,325,300. 

I–94 Web site: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,858,782. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

254,679. 

Form I–94W (Nonimmigrant Visa 

Waiver Arrival/Departure): 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

941,291. 

Estimated Time per Response: 13 

minutes. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

204,260. 

Estimated Annual Cost to the Public: 

$5,647,746. 

Electronic System for Travel 

Authorization (ESTA): 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

22,960,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 

7,645,680. 

Estimated Annual Cost to the Public: 

$264,460,000. 

Dated: December 3, 2014. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

[1651–0105] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Application To Use the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE) 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; extension and revision of an 

existing collection of information. 

SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) of the Department of 

Homeland Security 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: Application to Use the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE). CBP is proposing that this 

information collection be extended with 

a change to the burden hours resulting 

from the addition of a new application 

for exporters to establish an ACE Portal 

account. There are no proposed changes 

to the existing ACE Portal application 

for imported merchandise. This 

document is published to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before February 9, 2015 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade, 

90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20229–1177. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Tracey Denning, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Regulations and Rulings, Office of 

International Trade, 90 K Street NE., 

10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229– 

1177, at 202–325–0265. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104– 

13; 44 U.S.C. 3507). The comments 

should address: (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden including 

the use of automated collection 

techniques or the use of other forms of 

information technology; and (e) the 

annual cost burden to respondents or 

record keepers from the collection of 

information (total capital/startup costs 

and operations and maintenance costs). 

The comments that are submitted will 

be summarized and included in the CBP 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. In this document, CBP is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

following information collection: 

Title: Application to Use the 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE). 

OMB Number: 1651–0105. 

Abstract: The Automated Commercial 

Environment (ACE) is a trade processing 

system that will eventually replace 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 for 

trade. 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. 

Currently, ACE is used for imported 

merchandise by brokers, carriers, 

sureties, service providers, facility 

operators, foreign trade zone operators, 

cart men and lighter men. In order to 

establish an ACE Portal account, 

participants submit information such as 

their name, their employer 

identification number (EIN) or social 

security number, 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. 

CBP is proposing to add export 

functionality to the system which will 

allow participation from the exporter 

community. Trade members wishing to 

establish an exporter account will need 

to submit the following data elements: 

1. Account Type 

a. ACE Portal Account User ID (if 

applicable) 

b. USPPI (yes/no) 

c. Authorized Agent (yes/no) 

d. Freight Forwarder (yes/no) 

FMC License No (if applicable) 

2. Company Information 

a. EIN 

b. DUNS 

c. Company Name 

d. Company Address 

3. ACE Export Account Owner Information 

a. Name 

b. Date of Birth 

c. Telephone Number 

d. Fax Number 

e. Email 

f. Account Owner address if different from 

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4. Filing Notification Point of Contact 

a. Name 

b. Phone Number 

c. Email 

Current Actions: CBP is proposing 

that this information collection be 

extended with a change to the burden 

hours resulting from the addition of a 

new application for exporters to 

establish an ACE Portal account. There 

are no proposed changes to the existing 

ACE Portal application for imported 

merchandise. 

Type of Review: Extension (with 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Application to ACE (Import) 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

21,000. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 21,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: .33 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,930. 

Application to ACE (Export) 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

9,000. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 9,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: .066 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 594. 

Dated: December 3, 2014. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28778 Filed 12–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Notice of Change in Policy on the 

Publication of Customs Broker License 

and Permit Cancellations 

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 discontinue publication 

in the Federal Register of the 

cancellation of individual and corporate 

customs broker licenses and permits 

under section 111.51 of title 19 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations. A current 

list of active customs brokers is 

maintained on CBP’s Web site: 

www.cbp.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maranda Sorrells, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, Office of 

International Trade, Commercial 

Targeting and Enforcement, at 202–863– 

6218 or brokermanagement@

cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Customs 

broker license and permit cancellations 

fall under § 111.51 of title 19 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 

111.51) and are voluntarily requested by 

the customs broker in the event that the 

broker no longer wants to or cannot 

conduct customs business. Requests for 

cancellation of a license or permit are 

directed to the Port Director of the port 

through which the license was issued. 

The Port Director forwards the broker’s 

written request for cancellation of a 

license or permit to the Broker 

Management Branch in the Office of 

International Trade, requesting that it be 

canceled. Most often, CBP receives the 

license cancellation request because the 

customs broker has retired or the 

business has dissolved. CBP receives 

permit cancellation requests when a 

customs broker has ceased operations in 

a particular district or has determined 

that a certain permit is no longer 

necessary for their business operations. 

Historically, CBP has published notice 

in the Federal Register when a customs 

broker’s license or permit has been 

cancelled. Publication in the Federal 

Register is not required by statute or 

regulation, but rather has been provided 

by CBP as courtesy notice to the public. 

See section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (19 U.S.C. 1641), and 

section 111.51 of title 19 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (19 CFR 111.51). 

Given the ease of access to current 

information available online and with 

consideration for the most efficient use 

of CBP customs broker management 

resources, CBP will no longer publish 

notice of customs broker license or 

permit cancellations pursuant to 19 CFR 

111.51 in the Federal Register. 

Alternatively, CBP will maintain an 

active customs brokers list at 

www.cbp.gov as a resource for the 

public to verify active brokers. When a 

customs broker submits a license or 

permit cancellation request to the Port 

Director of the port through which the 

license was issued, the request is 

forwarded to the Broker Management 

Branch in the Office of International 

Trade at CBP. The Office of 

International Trade will then 

acknowledge the receipt of the 

cancellation request and provide the 

customs broker with an appropriate CBP 

point of contact. The confirmation letter 

will also be copied to the port through 

which the customs broker’s license was 

issued. 

While CBP will no longer publish 

specific notice in the Federal Register 

reporting customs broker licenses and 

permits that have been cancelled under 

19 CFR 111.51, CBP will continue to 

publish Federal Register notices for 

customs broker licenses that have been 

suspended or revoked pursuant to 19 

CFR 111.30, 111.45 and 111.74. CBP 

maintains an active customs brokers list 

at www.cbp.gov to provide notice to the 

public of all active customs broker 

licenses. 

Dated: December 4, 2014. 

Brenda Smith, 

Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

International Trade. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28858 Filed 12–8–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX15 RN00EAA0100] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection, (1028–0100). 

SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological 

Survey) will ask Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) the information 

collection request (ICR) described 

below. The extension includes no 

changes to forms or instructions. To 

comply with the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA) 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 ICR. This collection is 

scheduled to expire on December 31, 

2014. 

DATES: To ensure that your comments 

on this ICR are considered, we must 

receive them on or before January 8, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit written 

comments on this information 

collection directly to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior, via email: 

(OIRA_SUBMISSION@omb.eop.gov); or 

by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your 

submission with ‘OMB Control Number 

1028–0100 Did you see it? Report a 


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