[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5268-5269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02297]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[Docket No. USCBP-2018-0004]


Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC)

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS).

ACTION: Committee management; notice of Federal advisory committee 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) 
will hold its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, in 
Miami, Florida. The meeting will be open to the public.

DATES: The COAC will meet on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, from 1:00 
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. Please note that the meeting may close early if 
the committee has completed its business.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel, 711 NW 
72nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33126. For information on facilities or services 
for individuals with disabilities or to request special assistance at 
the meeting, contact Ms. Florence Constant-Gibson, Office of Trade 
Relations, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, at (202) 344-1440 as soon 
as possible.
    Pre-Registration: Meeting participants may attend either in person 
or via webinar after pre-registering using one of the methods indicated 
below:
    For members of the public who plan to attend the meeting in person, 
please register by 5:00 p.m. EST February 27, 2018, either online at 
https://apps.cbp.gov/te_reg/index.asp?w=124; by email to 
[email protected]; or by fax to (202) 325-4290. You must register 
prior to the meeting in order to attend the meeting in person.
    For members of the public who plan to participate via webinar, 
please register online at https://apps.cbp.gov/te_reg/index.asp?w=123 
by 5:00 p.m. EST, February 27, 2018.
    Please feel free to share this information with other interested 
members of your organization or association.
    Members of the public who are pre-registered to attend and later 
need to cancel, please do so by February 27, 2018, utilizing the 
following links: https://apps.cbp.gov/te_reg/cancel.asp?w=124 to cancel 
an in person registration or https://apps.cbp.gov/te_reg/cancel.asp?w=123 to cancel a webinar registration.
    To facilitate public participation, we are inviting public comment 
on the issues the committee will consider prior to the formulation of 
recommendations as listed in the Agenda section below.
    Comments must be submitted in writing no later than February 26, 
2018, and must be identified by Docket No. USCBP-2018-0004, and may be 
submitted by one (1) of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: [email protected]. Include the docket number in 
the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 325-4290, Attention Florence Constant-Gibson.
     Mail: Ms. Florence Constant-Gibson, Office of Trade 
Relations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW, Room 3.5A, Washington, DC 20229.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the words 
``Department of Homeland Security'' and the docket number (USCBP-2018-
0004) for this action. Comments received will be posted without 
alteration at http://www.regulations.gov. Please do not submit personal 
information to this docket.
    Docket: For access to the docket or to read background documents or 
comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket Number 
USCBP-2018-0004. To submit a comment, click the ``Comment Now!'' button 
located on the top-right hand side of the docket page.
    There will be multiple public comment periods held during the 
meeting on February 28, 2018. Speakers are requested to limit their 
comments to two (2) minutes or less to facilitate greater 
participation. Contact the individual listed below to register as a 
speaker. Please note that the public comment period for speakers may 
end before the time indicated on the schedule that is posted on the CBP 
web page, http://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Florence Constant-Gibson, Office 
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Trade Relations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW, Room 3.5A, Washington, DC 20229; telephone (202) 344-1440; 
facsimile (202) 325-4290; or Mr. Bradley Hayes, Executive Director and 
Designated Federal Officer at (202) 344-1440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix. The Commercial 
Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) provides advice to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on matters 
pertaining to the commercial operations of CBP and related functions 
within the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of the 
Treasury.

Agenda

    The COAC will hear from the following subcommittees on the topics 
listed below and then will review, deliberate, provide observations, 
and formulate recommendations on how to proceed:
    1. The Trusted Trader Subcommittee will present an update from the 
C-TPAT Minimum Security Criteria Working Group on its recommendations 
regarding CBP's plans to roll out new C-TPAT criteria. The subcommittee 
will also provide an update on the progress on the Trusted Trader 
Strategy.
    2. The One U.S. Government Subcommittee will continue discussions 
on the progress of the Fish & Wildlife Service Working Group and will 
present the white paper on the Harmonized Tariff Schedule project. The 
subcommittee will also discuss an update from CBP's Trade 
Transformation Office on ACE Deployment G Release 4 and also from the 
Technical and Operational Outages Working Group.
    3. The Exports Subcommittee will discuss the final work of the 
Export Manifest Working Group, which has been developing comprehensive 
recommendations on the following topics: Timelines, filing regime, 
targeting regime, hold issuance and shipment interception process, and 
an account-based penalties regime. There will also be an update on the 
automated export manifest pilots, and on progress in implementing a 
post-departure filing pilot as part of the ocean pilot.
    4. The Trade Modernization Subcommittee will discuss the 
International Engagement and Trade Facilitation Working Group's efforts 
to prioritize the recommendations it made in 2017. The subcommittee 
will discuss the establishment of the Regulation Modernization Working 
Group and its efforts to identify and prioritize areas of regulations 
administered by CBP that can be reformed. In addition, the subcommittee 
will discuss the establishment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade 
Enforcement Act (TFTEA) Educational Mandate Working Group that will 
identify educational opportunities as referenced in Section 104 of 
TFTEA. Finally, the subcommittee will discuss the progress being made 
in the e-Commerce Working Group.
    5. The Global Supply Chain Subcommittee will present the status of 
a pilot that will test the utilization of existing Automated Commercial 
Environment (ACE) automation in the pipeline mode of transportation. 
The committee will also discuss the progress of the Global Supply Chain 
Subcommittee's Emerging Technologies Working Group. The subcommittee 
will discuss the activities of the newly formed In-Bond Working Group 
that will focus on identifying issues within the scope of the ``Changes 
to the In-Bond Process'' final rule published in the Federal Register 
on September 28, 2017 regarding their implementation.
    6. The Trade Enforcement & Revenue Collection (TERC) Subcommittee 
will provide necessary updates from the Anti-Dumping and Countervailing 
Duty, Bond, Forced Labor and Intellectual Property Rights Working 
Groups.
    Meeting materials will be available by February 23, 2018 at: http://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/coac/coac-public-meetings.

    Dated: January 31, 2018.
Bradley F. Hayes,
Executive Director, Office of Trade Relations.
[FR Doc. 2018-02297 Filed 2-5-18; 8:45 am]
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