[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68458-68459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27080]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[1651-0117]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Free Trade Agreements

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

ACTION: 60-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: 
Free Trade Agreements. CBP is proposing that this information 
collection be extended with a change to the burden hours, but no 
changes to the information collected. This document is published to 
obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before January 16, 
2015 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, 90 K Street NE., 10th 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, 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 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 OMB approval. All 
comments will become a matter of public record. In this document, CBP 
is soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:
    Title: Free Trade agreements.
    OMB Number: 1651-0117.
    Form Number: None.
    Abstract: Free trade agreements are established to reduce and 
eliminate trade barriers, strengthen and develop economic relations, 
and to lay the foundation for further cooperation to expand and enhance 
benefits of the agreement. These agreements establish free trade by 
reduced-duty treatment on imported goods.
    The U.S. has entered into the following Free Trade Agreements: 
United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement (US-CFTA) (Pub. L. 108-77); 
the Republic of Singapore (Pub. L. 108-78, 117 Stat. 948,19 U.S.C. 3805 
note); Australia (Pub. L. 108-286); Morocco (Pub. L. 108-302); Jordan 
(Pub. L. 107-43); Bahrain (Pub. L. 109-169); Oman (Pub. L. 107-210); 
Peru (Pub. L. 110-138, 121 Stat. 1455); Korea (Pub. L. 112-41); 
Colombia (Pub. L. 112-42, 125 Stat. 462); Panama (Pub. L. 112-43); and 
Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, 
and Nicaragua (CAFTA-DR) (Pub. L. 109-53, 119 Stat. 462).
    These free trade agreements involve collection of data elements 
such as information about the importer and exporter of the goods, a 
description of the goods, tariff classification number,

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and the preference criterion in the Rules of Origin. Respondents can 
obtain information on how to make claims under these Free Trade 
Agreements by going to http://www.cbp.gov/trade/free-trade-agreements.
    Current Actions: CBP has reevaluated the time necessary to prepare 
and submit information related to these free trade agreements. Prior to 
this submission, CBP estimated a time per response of 12 minutes, or 
0.2 hours. Based on our recent evaluation, CBP believes that 2 hours 
per response is a more accurate estimate. This update has increased the 
estimated burden hours for this ICR from 71,720 annual hours to 717,200 
annual hours.
    In addition to reevaluating the burden hours associated with this 
ICR, CBP has also added the Dominican Republic-Central American-United 
States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) to this ICR because it has the 
same information collection requirements as the other FTA's. 
Previously, CAFTA-DR was reported under OMB Control Number 1651-0125. 
Combining collection 1651-0125 with this ICR adds 4,800 annual burden 
hours to this submission.
    There is no new information required or substantive changes related 
to Free Trade Agreements.
    Type of Review: Extension (with change).
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 359,400.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 361,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 722,000.

    Dated: November 10, 2014.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2014-27080 Filed 11-14-14; 8:45 am]
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