[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 182 (Thursday, September 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53789-53790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18527]


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

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection


Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): National Customs 
Automation Program Test of Automated Truck Manifest for Truck Carrier 
Accounts; Deployment Schedule

AGENCY: Customs and Border Protection; Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: General notice.

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

SUMMARY: Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in conjunction with the 
Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, is currently conducting a National Customs Automation 
Program (NCAP) test concerning the transmission of automated truck 
manifest data. This document announces the final group, or cluster, of 
ports to be deployed for this test.

DATES: The ports identified in this notice, in the state of Alaska, are 
expected to be fully deployed for testing no earlier than August 30, 
2007. Comments concerning this notice and all aspects of the announced 
test may be submitted at any time during the test period to the contact 
listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Swanson via e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning the 
transmission of automated truck manifest data for truck carrier 
accounts was announced in a notice published in the Federal Register 
(69 FR 55167) on September 13, 2004. That notice stated that the test 
of the Automated Truck Manifest would be conducted in a phased 
approach, with primary deployment scheduled for no earlier than 
November 29, 2004.
    A series of Federal Register notices have announced the 
implementation of the test, beginning with a notice published on May 
31, 2005 (70 FR 30964). As described in that document, the deployment 
sites for the test have been phased in as clusters. The ports 
identified belonging to the first cluster were announced in the May 31, 
2005 notice. Additional clusters were announced in subsequent notices 
published in the Federal Register including: 70 FR 43892, published on 
July 29, 2005; 70 FR 60096, published on October 14, 2005; 71 FR 3875, 
published on January 24, 2006; 71 FR 23941, published on April 25, 
2006; 71 FR 42103, published on July 25, 2006; 71 FR 77404, published 
on December 26, 2006; 72 FR 5070, published on February 2, 2007; 72 FR 
7058, published on February 14, 2007; 72 FR 14127, published on March 
26, 2007; and 72 FR 32135, published on June 11, 2007.

New Cluster

    Through this notice, CBP announces that the final cluster of ports 
to be brought up for purposes of deployment of the test, to be fully 
deployed no earlier than August 30, 2007, will be the following land 
border ports in the state of Alaska: Alcan, Dalton Cache, and Skagway. 
This group of ports is the last remaining group, nationwide, to be 
tested; the ACE truck manifest test will be complete once it is 
effectuated in Alaska.
    This deployment is for purposes of the test of the transmission of 
automated truck manifest data only; the Automated Commercial 
Environment (ACE) Truck Manifest System is not yet the mandated 
transmission system for these ports. The ACE Truck Manifest System will 
become the mandatory transmission system in these ports only after 
publication in the Federal Register of 90 days notice, as explained by 
CBP in the Federal Register notice published on October 27, 2006 (71 FR 
62922).

Previous NCAP Notices Not Concerning Deployment Schedules

    On Monday, March 21, 2005, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register

[[Page 53790]]

(70 FR 13514) announcing a modification to the NCAP test to clarify 
that all relevant data elements are required to be submitted in the 
automated truck manifest submission. That notice did not announce any 
change to the deployment schedule and is not affected by publication of 
this notice. All requirements and aspects of the test, as set forth in 
the September 13, 2004 notice, as modified by the March 21, 2005 
notice, continue to be applicable.

    Dated: September 13, 2007.
Thomas S. Winkowski,
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations.
[FR Doc. E7-18527 Filed 9-19-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9111-14-P