[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40823-40824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20455]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Part 101

[T.D. 98-65]


Geographical Description of Kodiak, Alaska Customs Port of Entry

AGENCY: Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: Customs published in the Federal Register of March 17, 1998, a 
final rule establishing a Customs port of entry at Kodiak, Alaska. This 
document corrects the geographical description of the port limits of 
Kodiak to include the Womens Bay port facilities and Kodiak State 
Airport as well as the city limits of Kodiak.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harry Denning, Office of Field 
Operations, 202-927-0196.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Section 123 of the Treasury and General Appropriations Act, 1998 
(Pub. L. 105-61 of October 10, 1997) provides that the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall establish the port of Kodiak, Alaska, as a port of 
entry. In a document published as T. D. 98-24 in the Federal Register 
(63 FR 12994) on March 17, 1998, Customs amended its regulations to 
designate Kodiak as a port of entry. That document described the port 
limits of Kodiak as the Kodiak city limits. Since that publication, it 
has come to Customs attention that the port limits of Kodiak encompass 
more than the city limits. The port limits encompass both the Womens 
Bay port facilities and the Kodiak State Airport. This document sets 
forth the accurate port limits of Kodiak, Alaska.

Port Limits

    The port limits of Kodiak, Alaska are the Kodiak city limits; the 
adjacent Womens Bay port facilities located approximately 7 miles from 
downtown Kodiak on Rezanof Drive West which is a state highway; and the 
Kodiak State Airport located approximately 4.5 miles from downtown 
Kodiak and 3 miles from the south boundary of the City of Kodiak 
corporate boundary on the Rezanof Drive West which is a state highway. 
The Womens Bay port facilities parcel is 5 miles from the south 
boundary of the corporate city limits of the City of Kodiak. The site 
includes tidelands and the adjacent

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uplands of Womens Bay and is generally located in Section 21, Township 
28 South, Range 20 West, Seward Meridian according to the USGS 1:63360 
scale quadrangle maps of Kodiak (C-2 and D-2) Alaska. The Kodiak State 
Airport site includes the developed and undeveloped lands and is 
generally located within Section 15, Township 28 South, Range 20 West, 
Seward Meridian according to the USGS 1:63360 scale quadrangle map of 
Kodiak (D-2) Alaska.

Inapplicability of Public Notice and Comment and Delayed Effective 
Date

    Because this document relates to agency organization and management 
and merely corrects the geographical description of a port, the 
establishment of which was directed by Congress, it is not subject to 
the notice and public procedure requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553. For the 
same reasons, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), a delayed effective date 
is not required.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Because 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.).

Executive Order 12866

    Agency organization matters such as this are exempt from 
consideration under Executive Order 12866.

List of Subjects in Part 101

    Customs duties and inspection, Customs ports of entry, Exports, 
Foreign trade, Harbors, Imports, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Shipments, Vessels.

Amendments to the Regulations

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, Part 101 of the Customs 
Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 101-GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. The general authority citation for part 101 and the specific 
authority citation for Secs. 101.3 and 101.4 continue to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 2, 66, 1202 (General Note 20, 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1623, 1624.
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    Sections 101.3 and 101.4 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1 and 58b;
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Sec. 101.3  [Amended]

    2. Section 101.3(b)(1) is amended by removing the reference ``T.D. 
98-24'' in the ``Limits of port'' column adjacent to the entry for 
``Kodiak'' in the ``Ports of entry'' column under Alaska and adding in 
its place the reference ``T.D. 98-65.''

    Dated: June 10, 1998.
Samuel H. Banks,
Acting Commissioner of Customs.
John P. Simpson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 98-20455 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am]
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