[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1602]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Parts 141 and 142

RIN 1515-AC91


Single Entry for Split Shipments

AGENCY: Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: Customs is reopening the period of time within which comments 
may be submitted in response to the proposed rule providing for a 
single entry for split shipments, which was published in the Federal 
Register (66 FR 57688) on November 16, 2001. Specifically, the proposed 
rule would amend the Customs Regulations to allow an importer of 
record, under certain conditions, to submit a single entry to cover 
multiple portions of a single shipment which was split by the carrier, 
and which arrives in the United States separately. The proposed 
amendments would implement statutory changes made to the merchandise 
entry laws by the Tariff Suspension and Trade Act of 2000.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 14, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be addressed to and inspected at the 
Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs Service, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20229.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Berger, Regulations Branch, 
(202-927-1605).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Section 1460 of Public Law 106-476, popularly known as the Tariff 
Suspension and Trade Act of 2000, amended section 1484 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1484), in pertinent part, by adding a new 
paragraph (j)(2) in order to provide for a single entry in the case of 
a shipment which is split at the initiative of the carrier and which 
arrives in the United States separately.
    To implement section 1484(j)(2), by a document published in the 
Federal Register (66 57688) on November 16, 2001, Customs proposed to 
amend the Customs Regulations to allow an importer of record, under 
certain conditions, to submit a single entry to cover multiple portions 
of a single shipment which is divided by the carrier into different 
parts which arrive in the United States at different times, often days 
apart.
    Comments on the proposed rulemaking were to have been received on 
or before January 15, 2002. Customs has, however, received a request 
from a Customs broker to extend this period, the broker basically 
stating that it needed additional time in order to formulate its 
concerns and make appropriate comments. Customs believes, under the 
circumstances, that this request has merit. Accordingly, the period of 
time for the submission of comments is being reopened until February 
14, 2002, as indicated above. It should be noted that no further 
extension of the comment period beyond this additional period will be 
granted.

    Dated: January 15, 2002.
Douglas M. Browning,
Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Regulations and Rulings.
[FR Doc. 02-1602 Filed 1-22-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4820-02-P