[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 43615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15785]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[1651-0083]


Agency Information Collection Activities: United States-Caribbean 
Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)

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: 
United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) (Form 450). 
CBP is proposing that this information collection be extended with a 
change to the burden hours. There is no change 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 September 6, 
2016 to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be mailed to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Attn: Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Regulations and 
Rulings, Office of Trade, 90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 
20229-1177.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade, 90 K 
Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177, or by telephone at 
202-325-0123 (This is not a toll-free number. Comments are not accepted 
via telephone message). Please note contact information provided here 
is solely for questions regarding this notice. Individuals seeking 
information about other CBP programs please contact the CBP National 
Customer Service Center at 877-227-5511, (TTY) 1-800-877-8339, or CBP 
Web site at https://www.cbp.gov/. For additional help: https://help.cbp.gov/app/home/search/1 search/1.

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). 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: United States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.
    OMB Number: 1651-0083.
    Form Number: CBP Form 450.
    Abstract: The provisions of the United States-Caribbean Basin Trade 
Partnership Act (CBTPA) were adopted by the U.S. with the enactment of 
the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-200). The objective 
of the CBTPA is to expand trade benefits to countries in the Caribbean 
Basin. For preferential duty treatment under CBTPA, importers are 
required to have a CBTPA Certification of Origin (CBP Form 450) in 
their possession at the time of the claim, and to provide it to CBP 
upon request. CBP Form 450 collects data such as contact information 
for the exporter, importer and producer, and information about the 
goods being claimed.
    This collection of information is provided for by 19 CFR 10.224. 
CBP Form 450 is accessible at: http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/CBP_Form_450.pdf.
    Current Actions: This submission is being made to extend the 
expiration date and to revise the burden hours as a result of an 
increase in time estimated per response from 15 minutes to 2 hours. 
There are no changes CBP Form 450 or to the data collected on this 
form.
    Type of Review: Extension with a change to the burden hours.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 286.13.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 4,292.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,584.

    Dated: June 29, 2016.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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