[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26934-26939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12611]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
31 CFR Part 1
Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation
AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.
ACTION: Final Rule.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of the Treasury issues
a final rule to add the exemption claimed for the Pacific Basin
Reporting Network--Treasury/Customs .171.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 1997.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Underwood, Disclosure Services,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220. (202) 622-0930.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Privacy Act system of records notice
establishing the Pacific Basin Reporting Network--Treasury/Customs
.171, was published at 57 FR 54633 on November 19, 1992. A
determination setting out the findings by the Commissioner of the U.S.
Customs was published as a proposed rule on November 19, 1992, at 57 FR
54539. The proposed rule requested comments be submitted by December
21, 1992; however none were received. Accordingly, a final
determination was published in the Federal Register by the Department
on behalf of the Customs Service on November 29, 1996, at 61 FR 60559.
This final rule is to conform the Department's regulations found
at 31 CFR 1.36 with the proposed and final determination published by
the Department on behalf of the Customs Service. The rule amends 31 CFR
1.36 to add the exemptions claimed for the Pacific Basin Reporting
Network--Treasury/Customs .171 to the Department's regulations.
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a (j) and (k) and Sec. 1.23(c), the
Department of the Treasury exempts the Pacific Basin Reporting Network
system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act for the
reasons indicated:
a. General exemptions under 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2). Pursuant to the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), the Department of the Treasury
(Department), hereby exempts the Basin Reporting Network system of
records, maintained by the United States Customs Service, from the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) and (4), (d)(1)(2)(3) and (4),
(e)(1), (2), (3), (4)(G), (H) and (I), (5) and (8), (f) and (g).
1. Exempt system. The Pacific Basin Reporting Network--Treasury/
Customs .171(PBRN), contains information of the type described in 5
U.S.C. 552a(j)(2), and shall be exempt from the provisions of 5 U.S.C.
552a listed in paragraph a. above except as otherwise indicated below.
2. Reasons for exemptions. (a) 5 U.S.C. 552a (e)(4)(G) and (f)(1)
enable individuals to be notified whether a system of records contains
records pertaining to them. The Department believes that application of
these provisions to the PBRN system of records would give individuals
an opportunity to learn whether they are of record either as suspects
or as subjects of a criminal investigation. This would compromise the
ability of the Department to complete investigations and to detect and
apprehend violators of customs and related laws in that individuals
would thus be able to:
(1) Take steps to avoid detection;
(2) Inform co-conspirators of the fact that an investigation is
being conducted;
(3) Learn the nature of the investigation to which they are being
subjected;
(4) Learn the type of surveillance being utilized;
(5) Learn whether they are only suspects or identified law
violators;
(6) Continue or resume their illegal conduct without fear of
detection upon learning that they are not in a particular system of
records; and
(7) Destroy evidence needed to prove the violation.
(b) 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(1), (e)(4)(H) and (f)(2), (3) and (5) enable
individuals to gain access to records pertaining to them. The
Department believes that application of these provisions to the PBRN
system of records would compromise its ability to complete or continue
criminal investigations and to detect and apprehend violators of
customs and related criminal laws. Permitting access to records
contained in the PBRN system of records would provide individuals with
significant information concerning the nature of the investigation, and
this could enable them to avoid detection or apprehension in the
following ways:
(1) By discovering the collection of facts which would form the
basis for their arrest;
(2) By enabling them to destroy contraband or other evidence of
criminal conduct which would form the basis for their arrest; and
(3) By learning that the criminal investigators had reason to
believe that a crime was about to be committed, they could delay the
commission of the crime or change the scene of the crime to a location
which might not be under surveillance. Granting access to on-going or
closed investigative files would also reveal investigative techniques
and procedures, the knowledge of which could enable individuals
planning criminal activity to structure their future operations in such
a way as to avoid detection or apprehension, thereby neutralizing law
enforcement investigative tools and procedures. Further, granting
access to investigative files and records could disclose the identity
of confidential sources and other informers and the nature of the
information which they supplied, thereby endangering the life or
physical safety of those sources of information by exposing them to
possible reprisals for having provided information relating to the
criminal activities of those individuals who are the subject of the
investigative files and other records. Confidential sources and other
informers might refuse to provide criminal investigators with valuable
information if they could not be secure in their knowledge that their
identities would not be revealed through disclosure of either their
names or the nature of the information they supplied, and this would
seriously impair the ability of the Customs Service to carry out its
mandate to enforce the Customs criminal and related laws. Additionally,
providing access to records contained in the PBRN system of records
could reveal the identities of undercover law enforcement officers who
compiled information regarding an individual's criminal activities,
thereby endangering the life or physical safety of those undercover
officers or their families by exposing them to possible reprisals.
(c) 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(2), (3) and (4), (e)(4)(H) and (f)(4), which
are dependent upon access having been granted to records pursuant to
the provisions cited in paragraph (b) above, enable individuals to
contest (seek amendment to) the content of records contained in a
system of records and require an agency to note an amended record and
provide a copy of an individual's statement (of disagreement with the
agency's refusal to amend a record) to persons or other agencies to
whom the record has been disclosed. The Department believes that the
reasons set forth in paragraph (b) above are equally applicable to this
subparagraph and, accordingly, those reasons are hereby incorporated
herein by reference.
(d) 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) requires that an agency make accountings of
disclosures of records available to individuals named in the records at
their request; such accountings must state the date, nature and purpose
of each disclosure of a record and the name and address of the
recipient. The Department believes that application of this provision
to the PBRN system of records would impair the ability of other law
enforcement agencies to make effective use of information provided by
the Customs Service in connection with the investigation, detection and
apprehension of violators of the criminal laws enforced by those other
law enforcement agencies. Making accountings of disclosure available to
violators would alert those individuals to the fact that another agency
is conducting an investigation into their criminal activity, and this
could reveal the geographic location of the other agency's
investigation, the nature and purpose of that investigation, and the
dates on which that investigation was
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active. Violators possessing such knowledge would thereby be able to
take appropriate measures to avoid detection or apprehension by
altering their operations, by transferring their criminal activities to
other geographical areas or by destroying or concealing evidence which
would form the basis for their arrest. In addition, providing violators
with accountings of disclosure would alert those individuals to the
fact that the Department has information regarding their criminal
activities and could inform those individuals of the general nature of
that information; this, in turn, would afford those individuals a
better opportunity to take appropriate steps to avoid detection or
apprehension for violations of customs and related criminal laws.
(e) 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(4) requires that an agency inform any person
or other agency about any correction or notation of dispute made by the
agency in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(d) of any record that has been
disclosed to the person or agency if an accounting of the disclosure
was made. Since this provision is dependent on an individual's having
been provided an opportunity to contest (seek amendment to) records
pertaining to him, and since the PBRN system of records is proposed to
be exempted from those provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a relating to
amendments of records as indicated in paragraph (c) above, the
Department believes that this provision should not be applicable to the
PBRN system of records.
(f) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(I) requires that an agency publish a public
notice listing the categories of sources for information contained in a
system of records. The Department believes that application of this
provision to the PBRN system of records could compromise its ability to
conduct investigations and to identify, detect and apprehend violators
of customs and related criminal laws because revealing sources for
information could:
(1) Disclose investigative techniques and procedures;
(2) Result in threatened or actual reprisal directed to informers
by the subject under investigation; and
(3) Result in the refusal of informers to give information or to be
candid with criminal investigators because of the knowledge that their
identities as sources might be disclosed.
(g) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(1) requires that an agency maintain in its
records only such information about an individual as is relevant and
necessary to accomplish a purpose of the agency required to be
accomplished by statute or executive order. The term ``maintain'' as
defined in 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(3) includes ``collect'' and
``disseminate.'' At the time that information is collected by the
Department, there is often insufficient time to determine whether the
information is relevant and necessary to accomplish a purpose of the
Department; in many cases information collected may not be immediately
susceptible to a determination of whether the information is relevant
and necessary, particularly in the early stages of investigation. In
many cases information which initially appears to be irrelevant and
unnecessary may, upon further evaluation or upon continuation of the
investigation, prove to have particular relevance to an enforcement
program of the Department. Further, not all violations of law
discovered during a Customs Service criminal investigation fall within
the investigative jurisdiction of the Department; in order to promote
effective law enforcement, it often becomes necessary and desirable to
disseminate information pertaining to such violations to other law
enforcement agencies which have jurisdiction over the offense to which
the information relates. The Department should not be placed in a
position of having to ignore information relating to violations of law
not within its jurisdiction where that information comes to the
attention of the Department through the conduct of a lawful Customs
Service investigation. The Department therefore believes that it is
appropriate to exempt the PBRN system of records from the provisions of
5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(1).
(h) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(2) requires that an agency collect information
to the greatest extent practicable directly from the subject individual
when the information may result in adverse determinations about an
individual's rights, benefits, and privileges under Federal programs.
The Department believes that application of this provision to the PBRN
system of records would impair the ability of the Customs Service to
conduct investigations and to identify, detect and apprehend violations
of customs and related criminal laws for the following reasons:
(1) Most information collected about an individual under criminal
investigation is obtained from third parties such as witnesses and
informers, and it is usually not feasible to rely upon the subject of
the investigation as a source for information regarding his or her
criminal activities;
(2) An attempt to obtain information from the subject of a criminal
investigation will often alert that individual to the existence of an
investigation, thereby affording the individual an opportunity to
attempt to conceal his or her criminal activities so as to avoid
apprehension;
(3) In certain instances the subject of a criminal investigation is
not required to supply information to criminal investigators as a
matter of legal duty; and
(4) During criminal investigations it is often a matter of sound
investigative procedure to obtain information from a variety of sources
in order to verify information already obtained.
(i) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(3) requires that an agency inform each
individual whom it asks to supply information, on the form which it
uses to collect the information or on a separate form that can be
retained by the individual: the authority which authorizes the
solicitation of the information and whether disclosure of such
information is mandatory or voluntary; the principal purposes for which
the information is intended to be used; the routine uses which may be
made of the information; and the effects on the individual of not
providing all or part of the requested information. The Department
believes that the PBRN system of records should be exempted from this
provision in order to avoid adverse effects on its ability to identify,
detect and apprehend violators of customs and related criminal laws. In
many cases information is obtained by confidential sources or other
informers or by undercover law enforcement officers under circumstances
where it is necessary that the true purpose of their actions be kept
secret so as to not let it be known by the subject of the investigation
or his associates that a criminal investigation is in progress.
Further, if it became known that the undercover officer was assisting
in a criminal investigation, that officer's life or physical safety
could be endangered through reprisal, and, further, under such
circumstances it may not be possible to continue to utilize that
officer in the investigation. In many cases individuals for personal
reasons would feel inhibited in talking to a person representing a
criminal law enforcement agency but would be willing to talk to a
confidential source or undercover officer who they believed was not
involved in law enforcement activities. In addition, providing a source
of information with written evidence that he was a source, as required
by this provision, could increase the likelihood that the source of
information would be the subject of retaliatory action by the subject
of the investigation. Further application of this provision could
result in an unwarranted invasion of the personal privacy of the
subject of the criminal
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investigation, particularly where further investigation would result in
a finding that the subject was not involved in any criminal activity.
(j) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(5) requires that an agency maintain all
records used by the agency in making any determination about any
individual with such accuracy, relevance, timeliness and completeness
as is reasonably necessary to assure fairness to the individual in the
determination. Since 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(3) defines ``maintain'' to
include ``collect'' and ``disseminate,'' application of this provision
to the PBRN system of records would hinder the initial collection of
any information which could not, at the moment of collection, be
determined to be accurate, relevant, timely and complete. Similarly,
application of this provision would seriously restrict the necessary
flow of information from the Department to other law enforcement
agencies where a Customs Service investigation revealed information
pertaining to a violation of law which was under the investigative
jurisdiction of another agency. In collecting information during the
course of a criminal investigation, it is not possible or feasible to
determine accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness prior to
collection of the information; in disseminating information to other
law enforcement agencies it is often not possible to determine
accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness prior to dissemination
because the disseminating agency may not have the expertise with which
to make such determinations. Further, information which may initially
appear to be inaccurate, irrelevant, untimely or incomplete may, when
gathered, grouped, and evaluated with other available information,
become more pertinent as an investigation progresses. In addition,
application of this provision could seriously impede criminal
investigators and intelligence analysts in the exercise of their
judgment in reporting on results obtained during criminal
investigations. The Department therefore believes that it is
appropriate to exempt the PBRN system of records from the provisions of
5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(5).
(k) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(8) requires that an agency make reasonable
efforts to serve notice on an individual when any record on the
individual is made available to any person under compulsory legal
process when such process becomes a matter of public record. The
Department believes that the PBRN system of records should be exempt
from this provision in order to avoid revealing investigative
techniques and procedures outlined in those records and in order to
prevent revelation of the existence of an on-going investigation where
there is a need to keep the existence of the investigation secret.
(l) 5 U.S.C. 552a(g) provides civil remedies to an individual for
an agency refusal to amend a record or to make a review of a request
for amendment, for an agency refusal to grant access to a record, for
an agency failure to maintain accurate, relevant, timely and complete
records which are used to make a determination which is adverse to the
individual, and for an agency failure to comply with any other
provision of 5 U.S.C. 552a in such a way as to have an adverse effect
on an individual. The Department believes that the PBRN system of
records should be exempted from this provision to the extent that the
civil remedies provided therein may relate to provisions of 5 U.S.C.
552a from which the PBRN system of records is proposed to be exempt.
Since the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a enumerated in paragraphs (a)
through (k) above are proposed to be inapplicable to the PBRN system of
records for the reasons stated therein, there should be no
corresponding civil remedies for failure to comply with the
requirements of those provisions to which the exemption is proposed to
apply. Further, the Department believes that application of this
provision to the PBRN system of records would adversely affect its
ability to conduct criminal investigations by exposing to civil court
action every stage of the criminal investigative process in which
information is compiled or used in order to identify, detect, apprehend
and otherwise investigate persons suspected or known to be engaged in
criminal conduct in violation of customs and related laws.
b. Specific exemptions under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2). Pursuant to the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), the Department of the Treasury
hereby exempts the Pacific Basin Reporting Network--Treasury/Customs
.171, maintained by the United States Customs Service, from the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d)(1), (2), (3) and (4), (e)(1) and
(4)(G), (H) and (I) and (f).
1. Exempt system. The Pacific Basin Reporting Network--Treasury/
Customs .171 (PBRN), contains information of the type described in 5
U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), and shall be exempt from the provisions of 5 U.S.C.
552a listed in paragraph b. above except as otherwise indicated below.
2. Reasons for exemptions. (a) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)(G) and (f)(1)
enable individuals to be notified whether a system of records contains
records pertaining to them. The Department believes that application of
these provisions to the PBRN system of records would impair the ability
of the Department to successfully complete investigations and inquiries
of suspected violators of civil and criminal laws and regulations under
its jurisdiction. In many cases investigations and inquiries into
violations of civil and criminal laws and regulations involve complex
and continuing patterns of behavior. Individuals, if informed that they
have been identified as suspected violators of civil or criminal laws
and regulations, would have an opportunity to take measures to prevent
detection of illegal action so as to avoid prosecution or the
imposition of civil sanctions. They would also be able to learn the
nature and location of the investigation or inquiry and the type of
surveillance being utilized, and they would be able to transmit this
knowledge to co-conspirators. Finally, violators might be given the
opportunity to destroy evidence needed to prove the violation under
investigation or inquiry.
(b) 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(1), (e)(4)(H) and (f)(2), (3) and (5) enable
individuals to gain access to records pertaining to them. The
Department believes that application of these provisions to the PBRN
system of records would impair its ability to complete or continue
civil or criminal investigations and inquiries and to detect and
apprehend violators of customs and related laws. Permitting access to
records contained in the PBRN system of records would provide violators
with significant information concerning the nature of the civil or
criminal investigation or inquiry. Knowledge of the facts developed
during an investigation or inquiry would enable violators of criminal
and civil laws and regulations to learn the extent to which the
investigation or inquiry has progressed, and this could provide them
with an opportunity to destroy evidence that would form the basis for
prosecution or the imposition of civil sanctions. In addition,
knowledge gained through access to investigatory material could alert a
violator to the need to temporarily postpone commission of the
violation or to change the intended point where the violation is to be
committed so as to avoid detection or apprehension. Further, access to
investigatory material would disclose investigative techniques and
procedures which, if known, could enable violators to structure their
future operations in such a way as to avoid detection or apprehension,
thereby
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neutralizing investigators' established and effective investigative
tools and procedures. In addition, investigatory material may contain
the identity of a confidential source of information or other informer
who would not want his identity to be disclosed for reasons of personal
privacy or for fear of reprisal at the hands of the individual about
whom he supplied information. In some cases mere disclosure of the
information provided by an informer would reveal the identity of the
informer either through the process of elimination or by virtue of the
nature of the information supplied. If informers cannot be assured that
their identities (as sources for information) will remain confidential,
they would be very reluctant in the future to provide information
pertaining to violations of criminal and civil laws and regulations,
and this would seriously compromise the ability of the Department to
carry out its mission. Further, application of 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(1),
(e)(4)(H) and (f)(2), (3) and (5) to the PBRN system of records
would make available attorney work products and other documents which
contain evaluations, recommendations, and discussions of ongoing civil
and criminal legal proceedings; the availability of such documents
could have a chilling effect on the free flow of information and ideas
within the Department which is vital to the agency's predecisional
deliberative process, could seriously prejudice the agency's or the
Government's position in a civil or criminal litigation, and could
result in the disclosure of investigatory material which should not be
disclosed for the reasons stated above. It is the belief of the
Department that, in both civil actions and criminal prosecutions, due
process will assure that individuals have a reasonable opportunity to
learn of the existence of, and to challenge, investigatory records and
related materials which are to be used in legal proceedings.
(c) 5 U.S.C. 552a(d)(2)(3) and (4), (e)(4)(H) and (f)(4), which are
dependent upon access having been granted to records pursuant to the
provisions cited in subparagraph (b) above, enable individuals to
contest (seek amendment to) the content of records contained in a
system of records and require an agency to note an amended record and
to provide a copy of an individual's statement (of disagreement with
the agency's refusal to amend a record) to persons or other agencies to
whom the record has been disclosed. The Department believes that the
reasons set forth in subparagraph (b) above are equally applicable to
this subparagraph, and, accordingly, those reasons are incorporated
herein by reference.
(d) 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3) requires that an agency make accountings of
disclosures of records available to individuals named in the records at
their request; such accountings must state the date, nature and purpose
of each disclosure of a record and the name and address of the
recipient. The Department believes that application of this provision
to the PBRN system of records would impair the ability of the Customs
Service and other law enforcement agencies to conduct investigations
and inquiries into civil and criminal violations under their respective
jurisdictions. Making accountings available to violators would alert
those individuals to the fact that the Department or another law
enforcement authority is conducting an investigation or inquiry into
their activities, and such accountings could reveal the geographic
location of the investigation or inquiry, the nature and purpose of the
investigation or inquiry and the nature of the information disclosed,
and the dates on which that investigation or inquiry was active.
Violators possessing such knowledge would thereby be able to take
appropriate measures to avoid detection or apprehension by altering
their operations, transferring their activities to other locations or
destroying or concealing evidence which would form the basis for
prosecution or the imposition of civil sanctions.
(e) 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(1) requires that an agency maintain in its
records only such information about an individual as is relevant and
necessary to accomplish a purpose of the agency required to be
accomplished by statute or executive order. The term ``maintain'' as
defined in 5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(3) includes ``collect'' and
``disseminate.'' At the time that information is collected by the
Department there is often insufficient time to determine whether the
information is relevant and necessary to accomplish a purpose of the
Department; in many cases information collected may not be immediately
susceptible to a determination of whether the information is relevant
and necessary, particularly in the early stages of investigation or
inquiry, and in many cases information which initially appears to be
irrelevant and unnecessary may, upon further evaluation or upon
continuation of the investigation or inquiry, prove to have particular
relevance to an enforcement program of the Department. Further, not all
violations of law uncovered during a Customs Service investigation or
inquiry fall within the civil or criminal jurisdiction of the Customs
Service; in order to promote effective law enforcement it often becomes
necessary and desirable to disseminate information pertaining to such
violations to other law enforcement agencies which have jurisdiction
over the offense to which the information relates. The Department
should not be placed in a position of having to ignore information
relating to violations of law not within its jurisdiction where that
information comes to the attention of the Department through the
conduct of a lawful Customs Service civil or criminal investigation or
inquiry. The Department therefore believes that it is appropriate to
exempt the PBRN system of records from the provisions of 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(1).
This is being published as a final rule because the amendment to
31 CFR 1.36 has been published by the Department as a proposed and
final determination, as noted above, and no comments were received. In
addition it does not impose any new requirements on any member of the
public. The amendment in question is the most efficient means for the
Treasury Department to implement its internal requirements for
complying with the Privacy Act. For the above reasons, the Department
of the Treasury finds that the expenditure of additional time and money
on nonsubstantial administrative changes to these regulations would be
unproductive.
Accordingly, pursuant to the administrative procedure provisions
in 5 U.S.C. 553, the Department of the Treasury finds good cause that
prior notice and other public procedure with respect to this rule are
impracticable and unnecessary and finds good cause for making this rule
effective less than 30 days after publication of this document in the
Federal Register.
It has been determined that this rule does not constitute a
``significant regulatory action'' Departmental experience indicates
that the rule does not have an annual effect on the economy of $100
million or more; does not create a serious inconsistency or otherwise
interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency; does not
materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user
fees, or loan programs or rights and obligations of recipients thereof;
and does not raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal
mandates, the President's priorities, or the regulatory principles set
forth in Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5
U.S.C. 601-612, it is hereby certified that these regulations will not
have significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities because it
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concerns the implementation and administration of the Privacy Act
within the Department of the Treasury.
In accordance with the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, the Department of the Treasury has determined that this final
rule will not impose new recordkeeping, application, reporting or other
types of information collection requirements.
Lists of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 1
Privacy.
Part 1 of title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as
follows:
PART 1--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 31 U.S.C. 321. Subpart A also issued
under 5 U.S.C. 552 as amended. Subpart C also issued under 5 U.S.C.
552a.
Sec. 1.36--[Amended]
2. Section 1.36 of subpart C is amended by adding the following
text to the listing in paragraph a. 1. and b. 1. under the heading THE
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE:
* * * * *
a. * * *
1. * * *
00.171--Pacific Basin Reporting Network
* * * * *
b. * * *
1. * * *
00.171--Pacific Basin Reporting Network
* * * * *
Dated: May 5, 1997.
Alex Rodriguez,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration).
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