[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6679-6680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2938]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Agency Information Collection Activities: Andean Trade 
Preferences

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comments; Revision of an existing 
information collection: 1651-0091.

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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of 
Homeland Security has submitted the following information collection 
request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: Andean Trade 
Preferences. This is a proposed extension of an information collection 
that was previously approved. CBP is proposing that this information 
collection be extended with a change to the burden hours. This document 
is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. 
This proposed information collection was previously published in the 
Federal Register (74 FR 65543) on December 10, 2009, allowing for a 60-
day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for 
public comments. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 
1320.10.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 12, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be 
addressed to the OMB Desk Officer for Customs and Border Protection, 
Department of Homeland Security, and sent via electronic mail to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
encourages the general public and affected Federal agencies to submit 
written comments and suggestions on proposed and/or continuing 
information collection requests pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(Pub. L.104-13). Your comments should address one of the following four 
points:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency/
component, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies/components estimate of 
the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collections of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological techniques or other 
forms of information.
    Title: Andean Trade Preferences.
    OMB Number: 1651-0091.
    Form Number: 449.
    Abstract: The information collected is to be used by CBP officers 
to document preferential tariff treatment under the provisions of the 
Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA) and the Andean Trade Promotion and 
Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), as codified in 19 U.S.C. 3201 through 
3206.
    The ATPA Certificate of Origin format is found under the CBP 
regulations, 19 CFR part 10.201-10.207. The type of information 
collected includes the processing operations performed on articles, the 
material produced in a beneficiary country or in the U.S., and a 
description of those processing operations.
    The ATPDEA regulations are found in 19 CFR 10.251-10.257. CBP Form 
449, ``Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA)'' has 
been established to collect information under ATPDEA. CBP will use this 
new form to collect information pertaining to the origin of goods that 
are claimed for preferential duty treatment. This form can only be used 
when claiming ATPDEA preferential treatment on the goods listed on the 
back of the form.
    Current Actions: This submission is being made to extend the 
expiration date and to revise this information collection by adding 
Form 449, ``Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA)''. 
CBP is also proposing to increase the burden hours as a result of 
increasing the estimated time per

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response for ATPA from 6 minutes to 10 minutes.
    Type of Review: Extension (with change)
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    ATPA Certificate of Origin:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,133.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 2.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 4,266.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 711.
    ATPDEA Certificate of Origin:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 233.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 7.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 1,631.
    Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 815.

    Dated: February 4, 2010.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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