[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 27907-27908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12887]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 160

[USCG-2002-11865]
RIN 1625-AA41


Notification of Arrival in U.S. Ports

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Final rule; partial suspension of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is suspending the Notification of Arrival 
requirement to electronically submit cargo manifest information, 
(Customs Form 1302) to Customs and Border Protection. This requirement 
was published on Feb 28, 2003 and was to be implemented by July 1, 
2003. The Coast Guard is suspending this submission requirement pending 
new Customs and Border Protection regulations.

DATES: This suspension is effective May 22, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Material received from the public, as well as documents 
mentioned in this preamble as being available in the docket, are part 
of docket USCG-2002-11865 and are available for inspection or copying 
at the Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 
room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may also 
find this docket on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this rule, 
call LTJG Kimberly B Andersen, U.S. Coast Guard (G-MPP), at 202-267-
2562. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the 
docket, call Dorothy Beard, Chief, Dockets, Department of 
Transportation, at 202-366-5149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background and Purpose

    On February 28, 2003, the Coast Guard published its ``Notification 
of Arrival in U.S. Ports'' in the Federal Register (68 FR 9537). This 
final rule, which became effective on April 1,

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2003, permanently replaced the Coast Guard's temporary requirements for 
Notification of Arrival in U.S. Ports published on October 4, 2001, in 
the Federal Register (66 FR 50565) and was in addition to the Customs 
October 31, 2002 rule requiring cargo information 24 hours prior to 
lading (67 FR 66318).
    This final rule requires electronic submission of cargo manifest 
(Customs form 1302) to Customs and Border Protection via the Automated 
Manifest System (AMS). Implementation of the requirement for electronic 
submission of cargo manifest is not required until July 1, 2003.
    The cargo manifest submission requirement was established to 
capture electronically the information on cargo manifest from vessels 
that were not filing the information electronically with the Customs 
and Border Protection. While July 1, 2003, is the date for implementing 
the requirement to electronically transmit data through AMS that is set 
forth in the Final Rule published on February 28, 2003, the Coast 
Guard, in consultation with Customs and Border Protection, has decided 
to suspend the July 1, 2003 implementation date. The date is suspended 
pending further Custom and Border Protection regulatory action under 
recent legislation, including the Trade Act of 2002, which should 
eliminate the need for this requirement in Coast Guard regulations. In 
that event, the Coast Guard would remove the suspended provisions from 
its regulation.

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 160

    Administrative practice and procedure; Harbors; Hazardous materials 
transportation; Marine safety; Navigation (water); Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements; Vessels; Waterways.

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For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 
CFR Part 160 as follows:

PART 160--PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY--GENERAL

Subpart C--Notifications of Arrival, Departures, Hazardous 
Conditions, and Certain Dangerous Cargoes

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1. The authority citation for Part 160 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1223, 1226, 1231; Department of Homeland 
Security Delegation No. 0170.


Sec.  160.203  [Amended]

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2. In Sec.  160.203, paragraphs (d) and (e) are suspended.


Sec.  160.206  [Amended]

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3. In Sec.  160.206, item (8) in table 160.206, is suspended.


Sec.  160.210  [Amended]

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4. In Sec.  160.210, in paragraph (b), the last sentence in the 
paragraph is suspended; in paragraph (c), the last sentence in the 
paragraph is suspended; and paragraph (d) is suspended.


Sec.  160.212  [Amended]

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5. In Sec.  160.212, paragraph (c) is suspended.

    Dated: May 5, 2003.
Paul J. Pluta,
Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Environmental 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 03-12887 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]
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