[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 6815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2924]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Agency Information Collection Activities: Country of Origin 
Marking Requirements for Containers or Holders

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.

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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 
Country of Origin Marking Requirements for Containers or Holders. 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 April 9, 2012, 
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 cost 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: Country of Origin Marking Requirements for Containers or 
Holders.
    OMB Number: 1651-0057.
    Form Number: None.
    Abstract: Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 
U.S.C. 1304, requires each imported article of foreign origin, or its 
container, to be marked in a conspicuous place as legibly, indelibly 
and permanently as the nature of the article or container permits, with 
the English name of the country of origin. The marking informs the 
ultimate purchaser in the United States of the name country in which 
the article was manufactured or produced. The marking requirements for 
containers are provided for by 19 CFR 134.22(b).
    Current Actions: CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this 
information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the 
information collected.
    Type of Review: Extension (without change).
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 250.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 40.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 seconds.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 41.

    Dated: February 3, 2012.
Tracey Denning,
 Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2012-2924 Filed 2-8-12; 8:45 am]
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