[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16513-16518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7557]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Parts 4, 18, 122, 123, 144, and 146

[T.D. 00-22]


Technical Corrections Relating to Customs Forms

AGENCY: Customs Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document amends the Customs Regulations by correcting 
references to certain Customs Forms that have either been eliminated, 
substantially revised, or consolidated with another Customs Form. These 
corrections are made to update the Customs Regulations so that the 
trade community and vessel operators can be aware of current Customs 
information requirements.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 29, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For legal questions: Larry Burton, 
Entry Procedures & Carriers Branch, Office of Regulations and Rulings, 
(202) 927-1287.
    For operational questions: Robert Watt, Office of Field Operations, 
(202) 927-3654, or Kim Nott, Office of Field Operations, (202) 927-
1364.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This document amends the Customs Regulations by correcting 
references to certain Customs Forms (CFs) that have either been 
eliminated, substantially revised, or consolidated with another Customs 
Form. These corrections are made to update the Customs Regulations so 
that the trade community and vessel operators can be aware of current 
Customs information requirements.

Elimination of Master's Oath Requirement (CF 1300)

    The CF 1300 (Master's Oath of Vessel in Foreign Trade) was a multi-
purpose form that had to be completed for each entrance and clearance 
of a vessel, including preliminary entry and the granting of a permit 
to proceed, and contained the sworn statement of the master as to the 
contents of documents and manifests filed with Customs for vessels over 
five net tons engaged in trade or commercial use. The statutory basis 
(19 U.S.C. 282) for the Master's Oath requirement was repealed by 
section 690(a) of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103-182, Title VI, section 690(a)(2), 107 
Stat. 2222) without replacement. Nine sections in the Customs 
Regulations (19 CFR 4.7(a), 4.20(f), 4.61(a), 4.63(a)(1), 4.75(a) and 
(b), 4.81(e), (g)(1) and (2), 4.84(c)(1), 4.85(b) and (c), and 4.87(b), 
(d), and (g)) provide for the submission of the CF 1300 or otherwise 
reference the master's oath for purposes of meeting Customs entry 
requirements. Accordingly, the applicable texts of these regulatory 
provisions are amended to remove the reference.

Elimination of Customs Form 7512-C

    The CF 7512-C (Transportation Entry and Manifest of Goods) was a 
multiple-copy, data-card form used by Customs and the trade to track 
in-bond movements of merchandise by means of a unique 9-digit number 
pre-printed on the card. This form was designed to speed cargo movement 
reporting by means of having one copy of the form stay with Customs for 
data input once the designated merchandise was picked up by the in-bond 
carrier; the other copy of the form accompanied the merchandise in 
transit, to be delivered to Customs at the port of destination. With 
the continued development of the Automated Manifest System (AMS) 
throughout the 1990s, which now tracks these types of in-bond cargo 
movements, the practical use of the CF 7512-C tracking system became 
obsolete, and, in fact, this form has been eliminated. Some fifteen 
sections in the Customs Regulations (19 CFR 4.81(g)(1), 18.2(b)-(d), 
18.3(b), 18.7(a), 18.13(b), 122.83(e), 122.92(a)(2) and (b)(1) and (2), 
122.93(a), 122.94(a), 122.119(c), 122.120(d) and (i), 123.42(c) and 
(d), 123.64(b), 144.37(a), and 146.68(b)) provide for the submission of 
the CF 7512-C for purposes of meeting Customs entry requirements. 
Accordingly, the applicable texts of these regulatory provisions are 
amended to remove the reference.

New Customs Form 1300

    Two Customs Forms pertaining to vessel operators (the CF 1301--
General Declaration; and the CF 1378--Clearance of Vessel to a Foreign 
Port) recently have been combined into a new form designated as CF 1300 
(Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement). Accordingly, all references 
to these two forms in the Customs Regulations (19 CFR Chapter I) need 
to be amended. In Part 4 of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR part 4) 
there are some thirteen sections of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR 
4.7(a), 4.9(b), 4.34(e), 4.61(a), 4.75(a) and (b), 4.81(e), (g)(1) and 
(2), 4.84(a) and (d), 4.85(a) through (c), 4.87(b) through (d) and (f), 
4.89(b) and (d), 4.90(b), 4.91(a) and (b), and 4.99(a)) that require 
submission of one or both of these Customs Forms for purposes of 
meeting Customs vessel entry requirements. The applicable texts of 
these regulatory provisions are amended to remove references to the CF 
1301 and CF 1378. Further, in tandem with the elimination of the old CF 
1300 (see discussion above), the applicable texts of the identified 
sections in part 4 of the Customs Regulations are amended to correct 
references to the new CF 1300.

Other Changes

    Section 4.81(g) of the Customs Regulations contains simplified 
procedural provisions regarding the coastwise movement of LASH-type 
barges. The fourth sentence of paragraph (g)(2) states:

    Where a complete manifest is not available at the port of 
lading, the permit to proceed must include a statement that a 
complete manifest and shipper's export declaration for each barge 
will be filed at the port where the barge will be taken aboard a 
barge-carrying vessel, and that port must be identified in the 
statement.
It has come to Customs attention that this requirement is irrelevant to 
LASH-type barges and merely serves to cause confusion at ports. 
Accordingly, this sentence is removed in this document.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The collection of information contained in this final rule document 
has previously been reviewed and approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) under OMB control numbers 1515-0060 and 1515-0062. 
These amendments do not make any substantive or substantial change to 
the existing approved information collections; they merely require 
vessel operators to submit the same vessel information on a different 
form.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of 
information displays a valid control number.

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

    Inasmuch as these amendments either substitute one Customs Form 
reference for another or otherwise advise the public that certain 
Customs Forms are no longer used and that a certain procedural 
requirement is no longer required, which are matters pertaining to 
agency procedure, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A), the notice and public 
procedure requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 
553) are not applicable. For the same reason, these amendments are not 
subject to the delayed effective date requirement of 5 U.S.C. 553(d). 
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 regulatory 
analysis or other requirements 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 specified in E.O. 12866.

Drafting Information

    The principal author of this document was Gregory R. Vilders, 
Attorney, Regulations Branch. However, personnel from other offices 
participated in its development.

List of Subjects

19 CFR Part 4

    Administrative practice and procedure, Cargo vessels, Computer 
technology, Customs duties and inspection, Entry, Imports, Maritime 
carriers, Merchandise, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Vessels.

19 CFR Part 18

    Bonded transportation, Common carriers, Customs duties and 
inspection,

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Exports, Foreign trade statistics, Freight, Imports, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Surety bonds, Transportation, Vehicles, 
Vessels.

19 CFR Part 122

    Administrative practice and procedure, Air carriers, Aircraft, Air 
transportation, Baggage, Customs duties and inspection, Entry 
procedure, Foreign commerce and trade statistics, Freight, Imports, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Surety bonds.

19 CFR Part 123

    Administrative practice and procedure, Aircraft, Common carriers, 
Customs duties and inspection, Entry of merchandise, Forms, Freight, 
Imports, International traffic, Motor carriers, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Vehicles, Vessels.

19 CFR Part 144

    Customs duties and inspection, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Surety bonds.

19 CFR Part 146

    Administrative practice and procedure, Customs duties and 
inspection, Entry, Exports, Foreign trade zones, Imports, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Surety bonds.

Amendments to the Regulations

    Parts 4, 18, 122, 123, 144, and 146 of the Customs Regulations (19 
CFR parts 4, 18, 122, 123, 144, and 146) are amended as set forth 
below:

PART 4--VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES

    1. The general authority citation for part 4, and the specific 
authority citations for Secs. 4.7, 4.9, 4.20, 4.75, 4.81, 4.84, and 
4.85, continue to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1431, 1433, 1434, 1624; 
46 U.S.C. App. 3, 91.
* * * * *
    Section 4.7 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1581(a); 46 U.S.C. App. 
883a, 883b;
* * * * *
    Section 4.9 also issued under 42 U.S.C. 269;
* * * * *
    Section 4.20 also issued under 46 U.S.C. 2107(b), 8103, 14306, 
14502, 14511, 14512, 14513, 14701, 14702; 46 U.S.C. App. 121, 128;
* * * * *
    Section 4.75 also issued under 46 U.S.C. App. 91;
* * * * *
    Section 4.81 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1442, 1486; 46 U.S.C. 
251, 883;
* * * * *
    Section 4.84 also issued under 46 U.S.C. App. 883-1;
    Section 4.85 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1442, 1623;
* * * * *

    2. Section 4.7(a) is amended:
    a. In the fourth sentence by removing the words ``Master's Oath on 
Entry of Vessel in Foreign Trade, Customs Form 1300, a General 
Declaration, Customs Form 1301'' and adding, in their place, the words 
``Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300'';
    b. In the fifth sentence by removing the words ``item 17-22 of the 
General Declaration'' and adding, in their place, the words ``items 16, 
18, and/or 19 of the Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement''; and
    c. In the last sentence by removing the words ``13 of the General 
Declaration'' and adding, in their place, the words ``16 of the Vessel 
Entrance or Clearance Statement''.

    3. Section 4.9(b) is amended by removing the words ``Customs Form 
1301 (General Declaration)'' wherever they appear and adding, in their 
place, the words ``Customs Form 1300 (Vessel Entrance or Clearance 
Statement)''.

    4. Section 4.20 (f)(2) is amended by removing the words ``master's 
oath'' and adding, in their place, the words ``Vessel Entrance or 
Clearance Statement''.

    5. Section 4.34(e) is amended in the last sentence by removing the 
words ``General Declaration, Customs Form 1301'' and adding, in their 
place, the words ``Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 
1300''.

    6. In Sec. 4.61, paragraph (a) is amended by revising the first 
four sentences to read as follows; and paragraph (b) is amended in the 
fourth sentence by removing the words ``Customs Form 1301 (General 
Declaration)'' and adding, in their place, the words ``Customs Form 
1300 (Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement)'':


Sec. 4.61  Requirements for clearance.

    (a) Application for clearance. A clearance application for a vessel 
intending to depart for a foreign port must be made by filing Customs 
Form 1300 (Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement) executed by the 
vessel master or other proper officer. The master, licensed deck 
officer, or purser may appear in person to clear the vessel, or the 
properly executed Customs Form 1300 may be delivered to the customhouse 
by the vessel agent or other personal representative of the master. 
Necessary information may also be transmitted electronically pursuant 
to a system authorized by Customs. Clearance will be granted by Customs 
either on the Customs Form 1300 or by approved electronic means. * * *
* * * * *


Sec. 4.63  [Amended]

    7. Section 4.63(a)(1) is amended by removing the words ``properly 
executed Master's Oath on Entry of Vessel in Foreign Trade'' and 
adding, in their place, the words ``Vessel Entrance or Clearance 
Statement''.


Sec. 4.75  [Amended]

    8. In Sec. 4.75:
    a. Paragraph (a) is amended:
    1. By removing the words ``General Declaration, Customs Form 1301'' 
and adding, in their place, the words ``Vessel Entrance or Clearance 
Statement, Customs Form 1300''; and
    2. By removing the last two sentences and adding, in their place, 
the following sentence:
* * * * *
    (a) * * * The ``Incomplete Manifest for Export'' box in item 17 of 
the Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement form must be checked.
* * * * *
    b. Paragraph (b) is amended:
    1. In the first sentence by removing the words ``General 
Declaration on Customs Form 1301'' and adding, in their place, the 
words ``Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300''; 
and
    2. By removing the second sentence.

    9. Section 4.81 is amended by revising paragraphs (e) and (g)(1) 
and (2) to read as follows:


Sec. 4.81  Reports of arrivals and departures in coastwise trade.

* * * * *
    (e) Before any foreign vessel departs in ballast, or solely with 
articles to be transported in accordance with Sec. 4.93, from any port 
in the United States for any other such port, the master must apply to 
the port director for a permit to proceed by filing a Vessel Entrance 
or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300, in duplicate. If a vessel is 
proceeding in ballast and therefore the Cargo Declaration (Customs Form 
1302) is omitted, the words ``No merchandise on board'' shall be 
inserted in item 16 of the Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement. 
However, articles to be transported in accordance with Sec. 4.93 must 
be manifested on the Cargo Declaration, as required by Sec. 4.93(c). 
Three copies of the Cargo Declaration must be filed with the port 
director.

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When the port director grants the permit by making an appropriate 
endorsement on the Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement (see 
Sec. 4.85(b)), the duplicate copy, together with two copies of the 
Cargo Declaration covering articles to be transported in accordance 
with Sec. 4.93, must be returned to the master. The traveling Crew's 
Effects Declaration, Customs Form 1304, and all unused crewmembers' 
declarations on Customs Form 5129 will be placed in a sealed envelope 
addressed to the appropriate Customs officer at the next intended 
domestic port and returned to the master for delivery. The master must 
execute a receipt for all unused crewmembers' declarations which are 
returned to him. Immediately upon arrival at the next United States 
port the master must report his arrival to the port director. He must 
make entry within 48 hours by filing with the port director the permit 
to proceed on the Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement received at 
the previous port, a newly executed Vessel Entrance or Clearance 
Statement, a Crew's Effects Declaration of all unentered articles 
acquired abroad by crewmembers which are still on board, a Ship's 
Stores Declaration, Customs Form 1303, in duplicate of the stores 
remaining on board, both copies of the Cargo Declaration covering 
articles transported in accordance with Sec. 4.93, and the document of 
the vessel. The traveling Crew's Effects Declaration and all unused 
crewmembers' declarations on Customs Form 5129 returned at the prior 
port to the master must be delivered by him to the appropriate Customs 
officer.
* * * * *
    (g) * * *
    (1) At the port where a LASH-type barge begins a coastwise movement 
with inward foreign cargo, a permit to proceed on the Vessel Entrance 
or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300, must be obtained. A single 
permit to proceed may be used for all the barges proceeding to the same 
port of unlading in the same town. An inward foreign manifest of the 
cargo in each barge, destined to the port of unlading shown on the 
permit to proceed, must be attached to each permit. At the port of 
unlading of the barge, report of arrival and entry must be made 
immediately upon arrival to the appropriate Customs officer by 
presentation of the permit to proceed, manifests, and a new Vessel 
Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300. If only part of the 
inward foreign cargo is unladen, a new permit to proceed must be 
obtained and the inward foreign manifests must be attached to it.
    (2) At the port where a LASH-type barge begins a coastwise movement 
with export cargo, a permit to proceed on the Vessel Entrance or 
Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300, must be presented to the 
appropriate Customs officer. A single permit to proceed may be 
presented for all the barges proceeding from the same port of lading in 
the same tow. Required shipper's export declarations for LASH-type 
barges must be filed at the port where the barges will be taken aboard 
a barge-carrying vessel. At the next port, a report of arrival must be 
made immediately upon arrival and entry must be made within 48 hours by 
presentation of the permit to proceed received upon departure from the 
prior port and a newly executed Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, 
Customs Form 1300.
* * * * *


Sec. 4.84  [Amended]

    10. Section 4.84 is amended:
    a. At paragraph (a) by removing the second and third sentences and 
adding, in their place, a new sentence to read as follows:
    (a) * * * Such a clearance shall be granted in accordance with the 
applicable provisions of Sec. 4.61 of the regulations of this part, 
including clearance of a vessel simultaneously engaged in one or more 
of the transactions listed in Sec. 4.90(a)(4), (5), or (6) of this 
part.* * *
    b. At paragraph (c)(1) in the last sentence by removing the words 
``Master's Oath on Entry of Vessel in Foreign Trade'' and adding, in 
their place, the words ``Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement'; and
    c. At paragraph (d) in the second sentence by removing the words 
``General Customs Declaration, Customs Form 1301'' and adding, in their 
place, the words ``Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 
1300''.

    11. In Sec. 4.85, paragraph (a) is amended in the fourth sentence 
by removing the words ``General Declaration, Customs Form 1301'' and 
adding, in their place, the words ``Vessel Entrance or Clearance 
Statement, Customs Form 1300'; and paragraphs (b) and (c) are revised 
to read as follows:


Sec. 4.85  Vessels with residue cargo for domestic ports.

* * * * *
    (b)(1) Before a vessel proceeds from one domestic port to another 
with cargo or passengers on board as described in paragraph (a) of this 
section, the master must present to the director of such port of 
departure an application in triplicate on Customs Form 1300 for a 
permit to proceed to the next port. When a port director grants the 
permit on Customs Form 1300, the following legend must be endorsed on 
the form:

Port
Date
Permission is granted to proceed to the port named in item 12.
________________
Signature and title

    (2) The duplicate must be attached to the traveling manifest and 
the triplicate (the permit to proceed to be delivered at the next port) 
must be returned to the master, together with the traveling manifest 
and the vessel's document, if on deposit. If no inward foreign cargo or 
passengers are to be discharged at the next port, that fact must be 
indicated on Customs Form 1300 by inserting ``To load only'' in 
parentheses after the name of the port to which the vessel is to 
proceed. The traveling Crew's Effects Declaration covering articles 
acquired abroad by officers and members of the crew, together with the 
unused crewmembers' declarations prepared for such articles, will be 
placed in a sealed envelope addressed to the appropriate Customs 
officer at the next port and given to the master for delivery.
    (c)(1) Upon the arrival of a vessel at the next and each succeeding 
domestic port with inward foreign cargo or passengers still on board, 
the master must immediately report its arrival and make entry within 48 
hours. To make such entry, he must deliver to the port director the 
vessel's document, the permit to proceed (Customs Form 1300 endorsed in 
accordance with paragraph (b) of this section), the traveling manifest, 
and the traveling Crew's Effects Declaration (Customs Form 1304), 
together with the crewmembers' declarations received on departure from 
the previous port. The master must also present an abstract manifest 
consisting of a newly executed Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, 
Customs Form 1300, a Cargo Declaration, Customs Form 1302, and a 
Passenger List, Customs and Immigration Form I-418, in such number of 
copies as may be required for local Customs purposes, of any cargo or 
passengers on board manifested for discharge at that port, a Crew's 
Effects Declaration in duplicate of all unentered articles acquired 
abroad by officers and crewmembers which are still on board, a Ship's 
Stores Declaration, Customs Form 1303, in duplicate of the sea or 
ship's stores remaining on board, and if applicable, the Cargo 
Declaration required by Sec. 4.86. If no inward foreign cargo or 
passengers are to be discharged, the Cargo Declaration or Passenger 
List may be omitted from the abstract manifest, and

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the following legend must be placed in item 15 of the Vessel Entrance 
or Clearance Statement:

    Vessel on an inward foreign voyage with residue cargo/passengers 
for ________. No cargo or passengers for discharge at this port.

    (2) The traveling manifest, together with a copy of the newly 
executed Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, will serve the purpose 
of a copy of an abstract manifest at the port where it is finally 
surrendered.
* * * * *

    12. Section 4.87 is amended by revising paragraphs (b)-(d), (f), 
and (g) to read as follows:


Sec. 4.87  Vessels proceeding foreign via domestic ports.

* * * * *
    (b) When applying for a clearance from the first and each 
succeeding port of lading, the master must present to the port director 
a Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300, in 
duplicate and a Cargo Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms, 
Customs Form 1302-A, in accordance with Sec. 4.63(a), of all the cargo 
laden for export at that port. The Vessel Entrance or Clearance 
Statement must clearly indicate all previous ports of lading.
    (c) Upon compliance with the applicable provisions of Sec. 4.61, 
the port director will grant the permit to proceed by making the 
endorsement prescribed by Sec. 4.85(b) on the Vessel Entrance or 
Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300. One copy will be returned to 
the master, together with the vessel's document if on deposit. The 
traveling Crew's Effects Declaration, Customs Form 1304, together with 
any unused crewmembers' declarations, will be placed in a sealed 
envelope addressed to the appropriate Customs officer at the next 
domestic port and returned to the master.
    (d) On arrival at the next and each succeeding domestic port, the 
master must immediately report arrival. He must also make entry within 
48 hours by presenting the vessel's document, the permit to proceed on 
the Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300, received 
by him upon departure from the last port, a Crew's Effects Declaration, 
Customs Form 1304, in duplicate listing all unentered articles acquired 
aboard by officers and crew of the vessel which are still retained on 
board, and a Ship's Stores Declaration, Customs Form 1303, in duplicate 
of the stores remaining aboard. The master must also execute a Vessel 
Entrance or Clearance Statement. The traveling Crew's Effects 
Declaration, together with any unused crewmembers' declarations 
returned to the master at the prior port, will be delivered by him to 
the port director.
* * * * *
    (f) If a complete Cargo Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms, 
Customs Form 1302-A (see Sec. 4.63), and all required shipper's export 
declarations are not available for filing before departure of a vessel 
from any port, clearance on the Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, 
Customs Form 1300, may be granted in accordance with Sec. 4.75, subject 
to the limitation specified in Sec. 4.75(c).
    (g) When the procedure outlined in paragraph (f) of this section is 
followed at any port, the owner or agent of the vessel must deliver to 
the director of that port within 4 business days after the vessel's 
clearance a Cargo Declaration Outward With Commercial Forms, Customs 
Form 1302-A (see Sec. 4.63), and the export declarations to cover the 
cargo laden for export at that port.

    13. Section 4.89 is amended:
    a. At paragraph (b) by removing the words ``General Declaration, 
Customs Form 1301'' and adding, in their place, the words ``on the 
Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300''; and
    b. At paragraph (d) by removing the words ``General Declaration, 
Customs Form 1301'' and adding, in their place, the words ``Vessel 
Entrance or Clearance Statement, Customs Form 1300''.

    14. Section 4.90(b) is amended in the first sentence, by removing 
the number ``1301'' and adding, in its place, the number ``1300''.

    15. Section 4.91 is amended:
    a. At paragraph (a) in the first sentence by removing within the 
parenthesis the number ``1301'' and adding, in its place, the number 
``1300''; and in the second sentence, by removing the number ``1301'' 
and adding, in its place, the number ``1300''; and
    b. At paragraph (b)(2) by removing the number ``1378'' and adding, 
in its place, the number ``1300''.

    16. In Sec. 4.99, paragraph (a), introductory text, and paragraph 
(a)(2)(ii) are amended by removing the number ``1301,''.

PART 18--TRANSPORTATION IN BOND AND MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT

    1. The general authority citation for part 18, and the specific 
authority citations for Secs. 18.3, 18.7, and 18.13, continue to read 
as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 20, 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1551, 1552, 1553, 
1623.
* * * * *
    Section 18.3 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1565;
* * * * *
    Section 18.7 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1557, 1646a;
* * * * *
    Section 18.13 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1498(a);
* * * * *

    2. Section 18.2(b) is amended in the first sentence, by removing 
the words ``and Customs control card (Customs Form 7512-C),''.

    3. Section 18.2(c)(1) is amended:
    a. In the first sentence, by removing the words ``either the 
related Customs Form 7512-C (destination) or the'' and adding, in their 
place, the words ``any related''; and by removing the parenthetical 
words ``(which cannot be used in conjunction with Customs Form 7512-
C)''; and
    b. In the second sentence, by removing the words ``the Customs Form 
7512-C (destination) shall accompany the first conveyance, and''.

    4. Section 18.2(d) is amended in the first sentence, by removing in 
the parenthesis the words ``and related Customs Form 7512-C 
(destination) or the'' and adding, in their place, the words ``any 
related''.

    5. Section 18.3(b) is amended:
    a. In the second sentence, by removing the words ``and Customs Form 
7512-C (destination)''; and
    b. In the fourth sentence, by removing the words ``and the related 
Customs Form 7512-C (destination)''.

    6. Section 18.7(a) is amended in the first sentence, by removing in 
the parenthesis the words ``and related Customs Form 7512-C 
(destination) or the'' and adding, in their place, the words ``any 
related''.

    7. Section 18.13(b) is amended by removing the last sentence.

PART 122--AIR COMMERCE REGULATIONS

    1. The authority citation for part 122 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 58b, 66, 1433, 1436, 1448, 
1459, 1590, 1594, 1623, 1624, 1644, 1644a.


    2. Section 122.83(e) is amended:
    a. In the first sentence, by removing the words ``and a numbered 
Customs Form 7512-C shall be filled out and filed'';

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    b. In the last sentence, by removing the words ``and Customs Form 
7512-C (duplicate)''; and
    c. By removing the second and third sentences.

    3. Section 122.92 is amended by removing paragraph (a)(2) and 
redesignating paragraph (a)(3) as paragraph (a)(2).

    4. Section 122.92(b)(1) is amended:
    a. In the first sentence, by removing the words ``, and the 
duplicate copy of Customs Form 7512-C''; and
    b. By removing the last sentence.
    5. Section 122.92(b)(2) is amended by removing the words ``one copy 
of Customs Form 7512-C or'' and adding, in their place, the word 
``any''.

    6. Section 122.93(a) is amended in the first sentence, by removing 
the words ``with Customs Form 7512-C attached''.

    7. Section 122.94(a) is amended in the second sentence, by removing 
the words ``, Customs Form 7512 with Customs Form 7512-C attached,'' 
and adding, in their place, the words ``and a Customs Form 7512''.

    8. Section 122.119(c) is amended:
    a. By removing in the introductory text, the words ``, and two 
copies of Customs Form 7512-C (original and duplicate)'';
    b. By adding a second sentence, at the end of the introductory 
text, as follows:
* * * * *
    (c) * * * The permit copy is used and kept by Customs at the port 
of arrival.
* * * * *
    c. By removing paragraphs (c)(1) and (2).

    9. In Sec. 122.120:
    a. Paragraph (d) is amended in the introductory text, by removing 
the words ``and a Customs Form 7512-C (original and duplicate)'';
    b. Paragraph (d)(1) is amended in the first sentence, by removing 
the words ``and Customs Form 7512-C (original)'' and by removing the 
second sentence; and
    c. Paragraph (i) is amended by removing the words ``Forms 7512 and 
7512-C'' and adding, in their place, the words ``Form 7512''.

PART 123--CUSTOMS RELATIONS WITH CANADA AND MEXICO

    1. The general authority citation for part 123 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 20, Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)), 1431, 1433, 1436, 
1448, 1624.
* * * * *

    2. Section 123.42(c)(1) is amended in the last sentence by removing 
the words ``with the related Customs Form 7512-C (destination)''.

    3. Section 123.42(d) is amended in the first sentence by removing 
the words ``and the related Customs Form 7512-C (destination)''.

    4. Section 123.64(b) is amended in the second sentence by removing 
the words ``and related Customs Form 7512-C (destination)''.

PART 144--WAREHOUSE AND REWAREHOUSE ENTRIES AND WITHDRAWALS

    1. The general authority citation for part 144 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1484, 1557, 1559, 1624.
* * * * *

    2. Section 144.37(a) is amended in the first sentence by removing 
the words ``, accompanied by Customs Form 7512-C (Transportation Entry 
and Manifest of Goods)''.

PART 146--FOREIGN TRADE ZONES

    1. The authority citation for part 146 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 81a-81u, 1202 (General Note 20, 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States), 1623, 1624.


    2. Section 146.68(b) is amended:
    a. In the fourth sentence by removing the words ``and the 
destination copy (Customs Form 7512-C)''; and
    b. In the last sentence by removing the words ``and the origin copy 
(Customs Form 7512-C)''.

Raymond W. Kelly,
Commissioner of Customs.
    Approved: January 24, 2000.
John P. Simpson,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 00-7557 Filed 3-28-00; 8:45 am]
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