[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 19119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8144]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Certificate of Origin

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

ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for comments; Extension of an 
existing collection of information: 1651-0016.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, CBP invites the general public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on an information collection requirement concerning 
the Certificate of Origin (CBP Form 3229). This request for comment is 
being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-13).

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before June 6, 2011, 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and Rulings, Office of 
International Trade, 799 9th Street, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 
20229-1177.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, 799 
9th Street, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177, at 202-325-0265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information 
collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-13). The comments should address: (a) Whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden of 
the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to 
minimize the burden including the use of automated collection 
techniques or the use of other forms of information technology; and (e) 
the annual costs burden to respondents or record keepers from the 
collection of information (total capital/startup costs and operations 
and maintenance costs). The comments that are submitted will be 
summarized and included in the CBP request for Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. In this document CBP is soliciting comments concerning the 
following information collection:
    Title: Certificate of Origin.
    OMB Number: 1651-0016.
    Form Number: CBP Form 3229.
    Abstract: CBP Form 3229, Certificate of Origin, is used by shippers 
to declare that goods being imported into the United States are 
produced or manufactured in a U.S. insular possession from materials 
grown, produced or manufactured in such possession, and to list the 
foreign materials included in the goods, including their description 
and value. CBP Form 3229 is used as documentation for goods entitled to 
enter the U.S. free of duty. This form is authorized by General Note 
3(a)(iv) of The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the Untied States (19 
U.S.C. 1202) and is provided for by 19 CFR 7.3 CBP Form 3229 is 
accessible at http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/CBP_Form_3229.pdf.
    Current Actions: CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this 
information collection with a change to the burden hours based on 
revised estimates by CBP of the number of forms filed annually. There 
is no change to the information being collected.
    Type of Review: Extension (with change)
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 113.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 20.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 2,260.
    Estimated Time per Response: 22 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 814.

    Dated: March 31, 2011.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2011-8144 Filed 4-5-11; 8:45 am]
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