[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 155 (Thursday, August 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 49782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20449]


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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, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 30-Day Notice and request for comments; Extension of an 
existing collection of information.

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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of 
Homeland Security will be submitting the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: 
Certificate of Origin (CBP Form 3229). 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 (76 FR 19119) on April 
6, 2011, allowing for a 60-day comment period. One comment was 
received. 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 September 12, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
this 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.

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; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)). 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 (a 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 or to CBP Form 3229.
    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: August 8, 2011.
Tracey Denning,
 Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2011-20449 Filed 8-10-11; 8:45 am]
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