[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6615-6616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02231]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Agency Information Collection Activities: Customs Declaration

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: 1651-0009.

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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: 
Customs Declaration. 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 (78 FR 70065) on November 22, 2013, 
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 6, 2014 
to be assured of consideration.

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, 90 
K Street NE., 10th 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. 3507). 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: Customs Declaration.
    OMB Number: 1651-0009.
    Form Number: CBP Form 6059B.
    Abstract: CBP Form 6059B, Customs Declaration, is used as a 
standard report of the identity and residence of each person arriving 
in the United States. This form is also used to declare imported 
articles to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in accordance with 
19 U.S.C. 66 and section 498 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 
U.S.C. 1498). Section 148.13 of the CBP

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regulations prescribes the use of the CBP Form 6059B when a written 
declaration is required of a traveler entering the United States. 
Generally, written declarations are required from travelers arriving by 
air or sea. Section 148.12 requires verbal declarations from travelers 
entering the United States. Generally, verbal declarations are required 
from travelers arriving by land.
    A sample of CBP Form 6059B can be found at: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/sample_declaration_form.xml.
    Current Actions: This submission is being made to extend the 
expiration date. In addition, burden hours have been added to this 
collection to allow for existing requirements for verbal declarations 
under 19 CFR 148.12. There are no changes to the data CBP collects 
under the provisions of 19 CFR 148.12, 148.13 or CBP Form 6059B.
    Type of Review: Extension (with change).
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    CBP Form 6059B:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 104,506,000.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 104,506,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,001,902.
    Verbal Declarations:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 233,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 233,000,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 seconds.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 669,000.

    Dated: January 29, 2014.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2014-02231 Filed 2-3-14; 8:45 am]
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