[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8731-8732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03601]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[1651-0011]


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.

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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.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 23, 2016 
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

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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: This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register (80 FR 68327) on November 
4, 2015, 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: 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 they have not 
been advanced in value or improved in condition while abroad; were not 
previously entered under a temporary importation under bond provision; 
and that drawback was never claimed and/or paid. CBP Form 3311 is 
authorized by 19 CFR 10.1, 10.66, 10.67, 12.41, 123.4, and 143.23 and 
is accessible at: http://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/publications/forms?title=3311&=Apply.
    Action: CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this 
information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the 
information collected on Form 3311.
    Type of Review: Extension (with no 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: February 17, 2016.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2016-03601 Filed 2-19-16; 8:45 am]
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