[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 73672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29837]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Agency Information Collection Activities: Declaration for Free 
Entry of Returned American Products

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: 1651-0011.

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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: 
Declaration for Free Entry of Returned American Products (CBP Form 
3311). This is a proposed extension of an information collection that 
was previously approved. CBP is proposing that this information 
collection be extended with no change to the burden hours or to the 
information collected. This document is published to obtain comments 
from the public and affected agencies. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register (77 FR 
58564) on September 21, 2012, 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 January 10, 
2013.

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 cost 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: Declaration of Free entry of Returned American Products.
    OMB Number: 1651-0011.
    Form Number: CBP Form 3311.

Abstract

    CBP Form 3311, Declaration for Free Entry of Returned American 
Products, is used by importers and their agents when duty-free entry is 
claimed for a shipment of returned American products under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States. This form serves as a 
declaration that the goods are American made and that (a) they have not 
been advanced in value or improved in condition while abroad, (b) were 
not previously entered under a Temporary Importation Under Bond 
provision, and (c) drawback was never claimed and/or paid. CBP Form 
3311 is authorized by 19 CFR 10.1, 10.5, 10.6, 10.66, 10.67, 12.41, 
123.4, 142.11, 143.21, 143.23, 143.25 and is accessible at. http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/CBP_Form_3311.pdf.

Action

    CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information 
collection with no change to the burden hours or to CBP Form 3311.
    Type of Review: Extension (without change).
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 35.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 420,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 6 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 42,000.

    Dated: December 6, 2012.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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