[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12829-12830]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05554]


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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: 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: 
Free Trade Agreements. 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, 
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 April 10, 2015 
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.,

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10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177, at 202-325-0265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register (79 FR 68458) on November 
17, 2014, 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. 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 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. 109-
283); 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, 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 and use a 
standard fillable format for the FTA submission by going to http://www.cbp.gov/document/guides/certification-origin-template.
    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 increased the 
estimated burden hours for this information collection from 71,220 
annual hours to 722,000 annual hours. In addition to reevaluating the 
burden hours associated with free trade agreements, CBP has also added 
the Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade 
Agreement (CAFTA-DR) to this information collection. Previously, CAFTA-
DR was reported under OMB Control Number 1651-0125.
    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: March 4, 2015.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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