[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71381-71382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19627]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[OMB Control Number 1651-0NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; New Collection of 
Information; Global Interoperability Standard (GIS)

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

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) 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 of 
1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal 
Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and must be submitted (no later than 
November 4, 2024) to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) 
contained in this notice must include the OMB Control Number 1651-0NEW 
in the subject line and the agency name. Please submit written comments 
and/or suggestions in English. Please use the following method to 
submit comments:
    Email. Submit comments to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional PRA 
information should be directed to Seth Renkema, Chief, Economic Impact 
Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Trade, 
Regulations and Rulings, 90 K Street NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 
20229-1177, Telephone number 202-325-0056 or via email 
[email protected]. Please note that the contact information provided 
here is solely for questions regarding this notice. Individuals seeking 
information about other CBP programs should contact the CBP National 
Customer Service Center at 877-227-5511, (TTY) 1-800-877-8339, or CBP 
website at https://www.cbp.gov/ gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on the proposed and/or continuing 
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This process is conducted in accordance with 
5 CFR 1320.8. Written comments and suggestions from the public and 
affected agencies should address one or more of the following four 
points: (1) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (3) suggestions to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) suggestions to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses. The comments that are submitted will be summarized and 
included in the request for approval. All comments will become a matter 
of public record.

Overview of This Information Collection

    Title: Global Interoperability Standard (GIS).
    OMB Number: 1651-0NEW.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Current Actions: New Collection of Information.
    Type of Review: New Collection of Information.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Abstract: A batch of crude oil from Canada can take days to cross 
the United States border and travel through the North American pipeline 
network, leaving no easily identifiable starting point for monitoring 
timely entry and entry summary filing. Moreover, Canadian crude oil is 
actively traded as a commodity while in transit though the North 
American pipeline network, so ownership (which impacts the right to 
make entry) may not be known to CBP until well after the commodity 
crosses the border.
    Further, the need for confidentiality of transactional data among 
private parties means there are limitations on CBP's and the trade's 
visibility into product origin traceability through the supply chain to 
establish Free Trade Agreement (FTA) eligibility. The absence of a 
system or technology capable of tracking changes in ownership and 
destination of pipeline-borne goods such as crude oil, from wellhead to 
refinery, has resulted in CBP creating a patchwork of policies for data 
collection from carriers and importers over the decades.
    The Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP), part of the 
Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, 
helps develop and find new technologies that strengthen national 
security with the goal of reshaping how government and industry work 
together to find cutting-edge solutions to problems such as those 
involved in pipeline-borne goods. A private company SVIP participant 
has a platform to document the movement (including ownership changes) 
of crude oil. The platform will monitor Canadian crude oil, a 
continuous flow commodity, using global interoperability standards 
(GIS) adopted by test participants who will supply the GIS data to the 
platform where CBP will be able to view the data in near real time. GIS 
data utilizes decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable 
credentials (VCs) to help in identifying legitimate products and 
associated companies to build a transparent supply chain.
    A transparent supply chain will be achieved in the platform through 
the recordation of bi-lateral transaction data at each step in a supply 
chain, allowing for dynamic updates of ownership and destination 
information, securing it from disclosure to unauthorized parties, and 
making this data available to CBP in near real time while creating an 
immutable chain of custody from wellhead to refinery.
    If successful, the test could result in the ability to potentially 
eliminate all port-level paper processes as well as create an 
automation environment in which pre-arrival data collection, in-bond 
tracking, and Free Trade Agreement compliance traceability no longer 
pose issues.
    Therefore, the purpose of the test is to measure the usefulness and 
accuracy of the platform's global interoperability

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standards with a view toward resolving any issues prior to determining 
next steps, which could include implementing new policies and 
regulations leading to the integration of GIS data with the Automated 
Commercial Environment (ACE) for Canadian crude oil and other pipeline 
commodities for entry purposes.
    This collection of information is authorized by 19 U.S.C. 1411 
National Customs Automation Program.
    Type of Information Collection: Non-Standard PDF.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 24.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 12.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 288.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 19.

    Dated: August 27, 2024.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2024-19627 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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