[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 152 (Monday, August 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52453-52457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18757]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Modification of the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal 
Accounts To Establish the Protest Filer Account and Clarification That 
the Terms and Conditions for Account Access Apply to All ACE Portal 
Accounts

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

ACTION: General notice.

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SUMMARY: This document announces U.S. Customs and Border Protection's 
(CBP's) plan to modify the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
test concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal Accounts 
to establish the ACE Protest Filer Account. After CBP deploys the ACE 
Protest Module test at a later date, participants with an ACE Protest 
Filer Account will be able to file an electronic protest in ACE. This 
document also clarifies that CBP's previously published terms and 
conditions governing access to and use of the NCAP test of ACE Portal 
Accounts apply to all ACE Portal Accounts, including all ACE Portal 
Account types created after the previously published terms and 
conditions. All other aspects of the ACE Portal Accounts Test remain 
the same as set forth in previously published Federal Register notices.

DATES: The modifications and clarifications of the ACE Portal Account 
Test made by this notice are effective on August 8, 2016.
    The clarification to the terms and conditions applies to all ACE 
Portal Accounts regardless of when the account was created.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice and any aspect of the 
modified ACE Portal Account Test may be submitted at any time during 
the testing period via email to Josephine Baiamonte, ACE Business 
Office (ABO), Office of Trade at [email protected]. In 
the subject line of your email, please indicate, ``Comment on ACE 
Portal Account Test FRN''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions related to the 
application or requests for an ACE Portal Account, including ACE 
Protest Filer Accounts, contact the ACE Account Service Desk by calling 
1-866-530-4172, selecting option 1, then option 2, or by emailing 
[email protected] for assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)

A. The National Customs Automation Program

    The National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) was established by 
Subtitle B of Title VI--Customs Modernization in the North American 
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act (Customs Modernization 
Act) (Pub. L. 103-182, 107 Stat. 2057, 2170, December 8, 1993) (19 
U.S.C. 1411). Through NCAP, the thrust of customs modernization was on 
trade compliance and the development of ACE, the planned successor to 
the Automated Commercial System (ACS). ACE is an automated and 
electronic system for commercial trade processing which is intended to 
streamline business processes, facilitate growth in trade, ensure cargo 
security, and foster participation in global commerce, while ensuring 
compliance with U.S. laws and regulations and reducing costs for CBP 
and all of its communities of interest. The ability to meet these 
objectives depends on successfully modernizing

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CBP's business functions and the information technology that supports 
those functions. CBP's modernization efforts are accomplished through 
phased releases of ACE component functionality designed to replace 
specific legacy ACS functions and add new functionality.
    The procedures and criteria applicable to participation in the ACE 
Portal Account Test remain in effect unless otherwise explicitly 
changed by this notice.

B. ACE Portal Accounts

    On May 1, 2002, the former U.S. Customs Service, now CBP, published 
a general notice in the Federal Register (67 FR 21800) announcing a 
plan to conduct an NCAP test of the first phase of ACE. The test was 
described as the first step toward the full electronic processing of 
commercial importations with a focus on defining and establishing an 
importer's account structure. That general notice announced that 
importers and authorized parties would be allowed to access their 
customs data via an Internet-based Portal Account. The notice also set 
forth eligibility criteria for companies interested in establishing ACE 
Portal Accounts.
    Subsequent general notices expanded the types of ACE Portal 
Accounts. On February 4, 2004, CBP published a general notice in the 
Federal Register (69 FR 5360) that established ACE Truck Carrier 
Accounts. On September 8, 2004, CBP published a general notice in the 
Federal Register (69 FR 54302) inviting customs brokers to participate 
in the ACE Portal Account Test generally and informing interested 
parties that once they had been notified by CBP that their request to 
participate in the ACE Portal Account Test had been accepted, they 
would be asked to sign and submit a ``Terms and Conditions'' document. 
CBP subsequently contacted those participants and asked them to also 
sign and submit an ACE Power of Attorney form and an Additional 
Account/Account Owner Information form. On October 18, 2007, CBP 
published a general notice in the Federal Register (72 FR 59105) 
announcing the expansion of the ACE Portal Account Test to include the 
additional following ACE account types: Carriers (all modes: Air, rail, 
sea); Cartman; Lighterman; Driver/Crew; Facility Operator; Filer; 
Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Operator; Service Provider; and Surety. More 
recently, on October 21, 2015, CBP published a general notice in the 
Federal Register (80 FR 63817) announcing the creation of the Exporter 
Portal Account.

C. Terms and Conditions for Access to the ACE Portal Account

    On May 16, 2007, CBP published a general notice in the Federal 
Register (72 FR 27632) announcing changes to the terms and conditions 
that must be followed as a condition for access to the ACE Portal 
Account and announcing that the terms and conditions in that notice 
superseded and replaced the ``Terms and Conditions'' document 
previously signed and submitted to CBP by all ACE Portal Account 
Owners. The principal changes to the ACE ``Terms and Conditions'' 
included a revised definition of ``Account Owner'' to permit either an 
individual or a legal entity to serve in this capacity, new 
requirements relating to providing notice to CBP when there has been a 
material change in the status of the Account and/or Account Owner, and 
explanatory provisions as to how the information from a particular 
account may be accessed through the ACE Portal when that account is 
transferred to a new owner. Prior to the publication of the May 16, 
2007 Notice, all parties wishing to establish an ACE Portal Account had 
to sign and submit to CBP a ``Terms and Conditions'' document prior to 
accessing the ACE Portal. The ``Terms and Conditions'' document set 
forth the obligations and responsibilities of all parties establishing 
and accessing an ACE Portal Account. Because the ``Terms and 
Conditions'' document that all ACE Portal Accounts had to execute was 
standard and identical, and due to the burden on the trade to sign and 
submit the document to CBP and on CBP to track and maintain the 
documents submitted, CBP decided to replace the ``Terms and 
Conditions'' document and instead publish the terms and conditions in 
the May 16, 2007 Notice. That notice made the terms and conditions 
therein applicable to all ACE Portal Accounts. The terms and conditions 
published in that notice superseded, replaced and rendered null and 
void all previously signed and submitted ``Terms and Conditions'' 
documents. The terms and conditions set forth in the notice also appear 
on the introductory screen for the ACE Portal and must be accepted by 
any party seeking access to an ACE Portal Account.
    On July 7, 2008, CBP published a general notice in the Federal 
Register (73 FR 38464) which revised the terms and conditions set forth 
in the May 16, 2007 Notice regarding the period of Portal inactivity 
which will result in termination of ACE Portal Account access for the 
inactive user. The July 7, 2008 Notice provided that if forty-five (45) 
consecutive days elapse without an Account Owner, Proxy Account Owner, 
or an Account User accessing the ACE Portal Account, access to the ACE 
Portal Account will be terminated. The time period for allowable ACE 
Portal Account inactivity was previously ninety (90) days.
    The failure of a Proxy Account Owner or an Account User to access 
the ACE Portal for a period of forty-five (45) days consecutively will 
result in the termination of access to the ACE Portal for the Proxy 
Account Owner or Account User. Inactivity will not result in 
termination of the ACE Portal Account, but will terminate ACE Portal 
Account access for the inactive user. Access may be restored by calling 
the Help Desk or by following the ``forgot your password'' prompt found 
on the ACE Portal log-in page. Access may only be restored upon re-
authorization by the Account Owner.

D. ACE Non-Portal Accounts

    CBP has also permitted certain parties to participate in ACE 
without establishing ACE Portal Accounts, i.e., ``Non-Portal 
Accounts''. On October 24, 2005, CBP published a general notice in the 
Federal Register (70 FR 61466) announcing that CBP would no longer 
require importers to establish ACE Portal Accounts in order to deposit 
estimated duties and fees as a part of a Periodic Monthly Statement 
(PMS). CBP decided it would only require importers to establish a Non-
Portal Account to participate in PMS.
    On March 29, 2006, CBP published another general notice in the 
Federal Register (71 FR 15756) announcing that truck carriers who do 
not have ACE Portal Accounts may use third parties to transmit truck 
manifest information on their behalf electronically in the ACE Truck 
Manifest system via Electronic Data Interface (EDI) messaging. Truck 
carriers who elect to use this transmission method will not have access 
to operating data and will not receive status messages on ACE 
transactions, nor will they have access to integrated ACE Portal 
Account data from multiple system sources.

II. Protest

    Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1514, certain parties may file a protest to 
challenge a CBP decision regarding the classification, appraisement, 
rate and amount of duties chargeable, certain charges and exactions, 
the exclusion of merchandise, the liquidation of an entry, and the 
refusal to pay a claim for drawback, within 180 days of the date

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of liquidation, i.e., the date on which CBP's decision becomes final. 
The CBP regulations implementing the protest statute are codified in 
part 174 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 174).
    Parties authorized to file a protest include importers or 
consignees for an entry, or their sureties; persons paying any charge 
or exaction; persons seeking entry or delivery; persons filing a claim 
for drawback; exporters or producers of the merchandise subject to a 
determination of origin under section 202 of the NAFTA Implementation 
Act, if the exporter or producer completed and signed a NAFTA 
Certificate of Origin covering the merchandise; or the authorized agent 
of any of these persons. See 19 CFR 174.12(a). When a protest is filed 
by a person acting as an agent for the principal that agent must have a 
power of attorney that grants authority to the agent to make, sign and 
file a protest on behalf of the protesting party in accordance with 19 
CFR 174.3.

III. Authorization for the ACE Portal Account Test

    The Customs Modernization Act authorizes the Commissioner of CBP to 
conduct limited test programs or procedures designed to evaluate 
planned components of the NCAP. The ACE Portal Account Test, as 
modified in this notice, is authorized pursuant to 19 CFR 101.9(b), 
which provides for the testing of NCAP programs or procedures. See 
Treasury Decision (T.D.) 95-21.

IV. Modification of the ACE Portal Account Test

A. Protest Filer Account

    This document announces the modification of the ACE Portal Account 
Test to establish the Protest Filer Account. CBP will conduct a test of 
the ACE Protest Module functionality at a later date in which a party 
with an established Protest Filer Account will be able to submit an 
electronic protest to ACE for processing by CBP. CBP anticipates 
publishing a subsequent notice in the Federal Register to announce 
initiation of the ACE Protest Module test.
    The owner of an ACE Protest Filer Account will have the ability to 
create and maintain through the ACE Portal information regarding the 
name, address, and contact information for the corporate and individual 
account owner for the Protest Filer Account. Protest filers will use 
the existing account structure established for other accounts within 
the ACE Portal.
    New ACE users without an existing Portal Account will be required 
to apply to establish a new ACE Protest Filer Account, as explained in 
Section B.1 below. An application to establish an ACE Protest Filer 
Account by new ACE users requires the account owner to provide 
information required to complete the account setup process. Existing 
ACE Portal Account owners should follow instructions in Section B.2 
below. Current ACE account holders must request a protest filer account 
view within their existing Portal Account to access the ACE Protest 
Module functions.
    ACE Portal Account Test participants must agree to the previously 
published ``Terms and Conditions for Account Access of the Automated 
Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal,'' as clarified by this notice. See 
72 FR 27632 (May 16, 2007) and 73 FR 38464 (July 7, 2008). New ACE 
users will be prompted to accept these Terms and Conditions during the 
application process. Upon completion of the application process, the 
applicant will receive an email message and be prompted to log in with 
the protest filer's username and password which will create the ACE 
Protest Filer Account. Once an account is created, the protest filer 
will be provided with ``protest filer view'' from the protest filer 
home page.

B. Establishing a Protest Filer Account

1. New ACE Portal Account Owner
    Parties who do not have an ACE Portal Account may apply for a 
Protest Filer Account according to the instructions online at: http://www.cbp.gov/trade/automated/getting-started/using-ace-secure-data-portal. Applicants will be required to complete an on-line application 
and provide the ``Organization Information'' and ``ACE Account Owner'' 
information listed below and certify that the applicant has read and 
agrees to the Terms and Conditions. The account validation process will 
begin once all steps have been completed.
    Organization Information:

(1) Protest Filer Number (Employer Identification Number, Social 
Security Number, or CBP Assigned Number)
(2) Organization Name
(3) Organization Type
(4) End of Fiscal Year (month and day)
(5) Mailing Address

    ACE Account Owner:

(1) Name
(2) Date of Birth
(3) Email Address
(4) Telephone Number
(5) Fax Number (optional)

    Once the applicant completes and submits the Protest Filer Account 
application, the applicant will receive an email message to confirm 
submission of the application and direct the applicant how to log on to 
ACE to complete the account. Applicants who have not received an email 
message within 24 hours should contact the ACE Account Service Desk. 
The ``Application to Use the Automated Commercial Environment'' is an 
approved information collection under OMB control number 1651-0105. 
Comments are currently being accepted concerning the renewal of this 
information collection. See 81 FR 38727 (June 14, 2016).
2. Existing ACE Portal Account Owners
    Parties that have an existing ACE Portal Account may request a 
Protest Filer Account through their established ACE Portal Account. A 
Protest Filer Account may be created under existing accounts by 
navigating to the Protest Filer view under the Accounts tab of the ACE 
Portal (available in all existing ACE Portal Accounts), selecting 
Create a Protest Filer, and following the step by step guided creation 
process to complete the account set up. Additional training materials 
on general account maintenance are available at https://www.cbp.gov/trade/ace/training-and-reference-guides. For additional assistance on 
ACE Accounts, contact the ACE Service Desk.

V. Clarification of the ACE Portal Account Test

    At the time CBP published the May 16, 2007 Notice setting forth the 
terms and conditions governing the administration, access, and use of 
ACE Portal Accounts and the responsibilities and obligations applicable 
to all parties accessing ACE Portal Accounts, there were three types of 
ACE Portal Accounts: Importer; broker; and carrier. Subsequently, CBP 
created additional account types, such as the surety, foreign trade 
zone operator, and exporter accounts, and as established by this 
notice, the Protest Filer Account. This notice clarifies that the terms 
and conditions that CBP has published governing ACE Portal Account 
access and use, and any modifications thereof that CBP publishes, apply 
to all ACE Portal Accounts and account types regardless of when the 
account was established or the account type created. All other aspects 
of the ACE Portal Accounts Test remain the same as set forth in 
previously published Federal Register notices.

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VI. Comments

    All interested parties are invited to comment on any aspect of this 
modification and clarification of the ACE Portal Account Test for the 
duration of the test. CBP requests comments and feedback on all aspects 
of this test and this clarification in order to determine whether to 
modify, alter, expand, limit, continue, end, or fully implement this 
test.

VII. Misconduct Under the Test

    A test participant may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, 
administrative sanctions, liquidated damages, or discontinuance from 
participation in the ACE Portal Account Test, as modified by this 
notice, for any of the following:
    (1) Failure to follow the terms and conditions of this test;
    (2) Failure to exercise reasonable care in the execution of 
participant obligations;
    (3) Failure to abide by applicable laws and regulations that have 
not been waived; or
    (4) Failure to deposit duties, taxes or fees in a timely manner.
    If the Director, Business Transformation Division, ACE Business 
Office (ABO), Office of Trade, finds that there is a basis for 
discontinuance of test participation privileges, the test participant 
will be provided a written notice proposing the discontinuance with a 
description of the facts or conduct warranting the action. The test 
participant will be offered the opportunity to appeal the Director's 
decision in writing within 10 calendar days of receipt of the written 
notice. The appeal must be submitted to the Executive Director, ABO, 
Office of Trade, by emailing [email protected].
    The Executive Director will issue a decision in writing on the 
proposed action within 30 working days after receiving a timely filed 
appeal from the test participant. If no timely appeal is received, the 
proposed notice becomes the final decision of the Agency as of the date 
that the appeal period expires. A proposed discontinuance of a test 
participant's privileges will not take effect unless the appeal process 
under this paragraph has been concluded with a written decision adverse 
to the test participant.
    In the case of willfulness or those in which public health, 
interest, or safety so requires, the Director, Business Transformation 
Division, ABO, Office of Trade, may immediately discontinue the test 
participant's privileges upon written notice to the test participant. 
The notice will contain a description of the facts or conduct 
warranting the immediate action. The test participant will be offered 
the opportunity to appeal the Director's decision within 10 calendar 
days of receipt of the written notice providing for immediate 
discontinuance. The appeal must be submitted to the Executive Director, 
ABO, Office of Trade, by emailing [email protected]. The 
immediate discontinuance will remain in effect during the appeal 
period. The Executive Director will issue a decision in writing on the 
discontinuance within 15 working days after receiving a timely filed 
appeal from the test participant. If no timely appeal is received, the 
notice becomes the final decision of the Agency as of the date that the 
appeal period expires.

VIII. Development of ACE Prototypes

    A chronological listing of Federal Register publications detailing 
ACE test developments is set forth below.
     ACE Portal Accounts and Subsequent Revision Notices: 67 FR 
21800 (May 1, 2002); 69 FR 5360 and 69 FR 5362 (February 4, 2004); 69 
FR 54302 (September 8, 2004); 70 FR 5199 (February 1, 2005).
     ACE System of Records Notice: 71 FR 3109 (January 19, 
2006).
     Terms/Conditions for Access to the ACE Portal and 
Subsequent Revisions: 72 FR 27632 (May 16, 2007); 73 FR 38464 (July 7, 
2008).
     ACE Non-Portal Accounts and Related Notice: 70 FR 61466 
(October 24, 2005); 71 FR 15756 (March 29, 2006).
     ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR I) 
Capabilities: 72 FR 59105 (October 18, 2007).
     ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR II) 
Capabilities: 73 FR 50337 (August 26, 2008); 74 FR 9826 (March 6, 
2009).
     ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR III) 
Capabilities: 74 FR 69129 (December 30, 2009).
     ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR IV) 
Capabilities: 76 FR 37136 (June 24, 2011).
     Post-Entry Amendment (PEA) Processing Test: 76 FR 37136 
(June 24, 2011).
     ACE Announcement of a New Start Date for the National 
Customs Automation Program Test of Automated Manifest Capabilities for 
Ocean and Rail Carriers: 76 FR 42721 (July 19, 2011).
     ACE Simplified Entry: 76 FR 69755 (November 9, 2011).
     National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Tests 
Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document Image System 
(DIS): 77 FR 20835 (April 6, 2012).
     National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Tests 
Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Simplified Entry: 
Modification of Participant Selection Criteria and Application Process: 
77 FR 48527 (August 14, 2012).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Regarding Reconciliation for Filing Certain Post-Importation 
Preferential Tariff Treatment Claims under Certain FTAs: 78 FR 27984 
(May 13, 2013).
     Modification of Two National Customs Automation Program 
(NCAP) Tests Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document 
Image System (DIS) and Simplified Entry (SE): 78 FR 44142 (July 23, 
2013).
     Modification of Two National Customs Automation Program 
(NCAP) Tests Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document 
Image System (DIS) and Simplified Entry (SE); Correction: 78 FR 53466 
(August 29, 2013).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program Test 
Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release 
(formerly known as Simplified Entry): 78 FR 66039 (November 4, 2013).
     Post-Summary Corrections to Entry Summaries Filed in ACE 
Pursuant to the ESAR IV Test: Modifications and Clarifications: 78 FR 
69434 (November 19, 2013).
     National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Test Concerning 
the Submission of Certain Data Required by the Environmental Protection 
Agency and the Food Safety and Inspection Service Using the Partner 
Government Agency Message Set Through the Automated Commercial 
Environment (ACE): 78 FR 75931 (December 13, 2013).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release 
for Ocean and Rail Carriers: 79 FR 6210 (February 3, 2014).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release to 
Allow Importers and Brokers to Certify From ACE Entry Summary: 79 FR 
24744 (May 1, 2014).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release 
for Truck Carriers: 79 FR 25142 (May 2, 2014).

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     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document Image 
System: 79 FR 36083 (June 25, 2014).
     Announcement of eBond Test: 79 FR 70881 (November 28, 
2014).
     eBond Test Modifications and Clarifications: Continuous 
Bond Executed Prior to or Outside the eBond Test May Be Converted to an 
eBond by the Surety and Principal, Termination of an eBond by Filing 
Identification Number, and Email Address Correction: 80 FR 899 (January 
7, 2015).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document Image 
System Relating to Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
Document Submissions: 80 FR 5126 (January 30, 2015).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning the use of Partner Government Agency Message Set 
through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) for the Submission 
of Certain Data Required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): 
80 FR 6098 (February 4, 2015).
     Announcement of Modification of ACE Cargo Release Test to 
Permit the Combined Filing of Cargo Release and Importer Security 
Filing (ISF) Data: 80 FR 7487 (February 10, 2015).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning ACE Cargo Release for Type 03 Entries and Advanced 
Capabilities for Truck Carriers: 80 FR 16414 (March 27, 2015).
     Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for 
Air Cargo Test: 80 FR 39790 (July 10, 2015).
     National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Concerning 
Remote Location Filing Entry Procedures in the Automated Commercial 
Environment (ACE) and the Use of the Document Image System for the 
Submission of Invoices and the Use of eBonds for the Transmission of 
Single Transaction Bonds: 80 FR 40079 (July 13, 2015).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Partner 
Government Agency (PGA) Message Set Regarding Types of Transportation 
Modes and Certain Data Required by the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA): 80 FR 47938 (August 10, 2015).
     Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for 
Vessel Cargo Test: 80 FR 50644 (August 20, 2015).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning the Submission of Certain Data Required by the Food and 
Drug Administration (FDA) Using the Partner Government Agency Message 
Set through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): 80 FR 52051 
(August 27, 2015).
     Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for 
Rail Cargo Test: 80 FR 54305 (September 9, 2015).
     International Trade Data System Test Concerning the 
Electronic Submission to the Automated Commercial Environment of Data 
Using the Partner Government Agency Message Set: 80 FR 59721 (October 
2, 2015).
     Modification of the National Customs Automation Program 
(NCAP) Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) 
Document Image System (DIS) Regarding Future Updates and New Method of 
Submission of Accepted Documents: 80 FR 62082 (October 15, 2015).
     Modification of the National Customs Automation Program 
(NCAP) Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo 
Release for Entry Type 52 and Certain Other Modes of Transportation: 80 
FR 63576 (October 20, 2015).
     Modification of the National Customs Automation Program 
(NCAP) Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry 
Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR) Test of Automated Entry Summary 
Types 51 and 52 and Certain Modes of Transportation: 80 FR 63815 
(October 21, 2015).
     Modification of the National Customs Automation Program 
Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment Portal Account to 
Establish the Exporter Portal Account: 80 FR 63817 (October 21, 2015).
     Modification of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Partner 
Government Agency (PGA) Message Set Regarding the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (TSCA) Certification Required by the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA): 81 FR 7133 (February 10, 2016).
     Notice Announcing the Automated Commercial Environment 
(ACE) as the Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 
System for Processing Certain Electronic Entry and Entry Summary 
Filings: 81 FR 10264 (February 29, 2016).
     Modification of the National Customs Automation Program 
(NCAP); Test Concerning the Partner Government Agency Message Set for 
Certain Data Required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): 81 
FR 13399 (March 14, 2016).
     Cessation of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning the Submission of Certain Data Required by the Food and 
Drug Administration (FDA) Using the Partner Government Agency (PGA) 
Message Set Through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): 81 FR 
18634 (March 31, 2016).
     Automated Commercial Environment (ACE); Announcement of 
National Customs Automation Program Test of the In-Transit Manifest 
Pilot Program: 81 FR 24837 (April 27, 2016).
     Announcement of National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) 
Test Concerning the Submission through the Automated Commercial 
Environment (ACE) of Certain Import Data and Documents Required by the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 81 FR 27149 (May 5, 2016).
     Notice Announcing the Automated Commercial Environment 
(ACE) as the Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 
System for Processing Certain Electronic Entry and Entry Summary 
Filings Accompanied by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Data: 81 FR 
30320 (May 16, 2016).
     Notice Announcing the Automated Commercial Environment 
(ACE) as the Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 
System for Processing Electronic Entry and Entry Summary Filings: 81 FR 
32339 (May 23, 2016).
     Notice Announcing the Automated Commercial Environment 
(ACE) Protest Module as the Sole CBP-Authorized Method for Filing 
Electronic Protests: 81 FR 49685 (July 28, 2016).

    Dated: August 2, 2016.
Brenda B. Smith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
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