Reporting Requirements for Vessels, Vehicles, and Individuals; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Part 4

[T.D. 93-96]

RIN 1515-AB31

Reporting Requirements for Vessels, Vehicles, and Individuals;

Correction

AGENCY: Customs Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final regulations

(T.D. 93-96), which were published on Tuesday, December 21, 1993 (58 FR

67312). The regulations related to the reporting requirements for

vessels, vehicles, and individuals.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry L. Burton, Attorney, Entry and

Carrier Rulings Branch (202) 482-6933.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On Tuesday, December 21, 1993, Customs published a document in the

Federal Register (T.D. 93-96, 58 FR 67312), that amended the Customs

Regulations to implement certain provisions of the Customs Enforcement

Act of 1986, a part of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, designed to

strengthen Federal efforts to improve the enforcement of Federal drug

laws and enhance the interdiction of illegal drug shipments. The

regulatory changes pertained to the arrival, entry, and departure

reporting requirements applicable to vessels, vehicles, and

individuals, and informed the public regarding applicable penalty,

seizure and forfeiture provisions for violation of the provisions.

As set forth in the Federal Register, the document contained an

error in an amendatory instruction resulting in the inadvertent removal

of two paragraphs from Sec. 4.30(a). At the time the document was

published, Sec. 4.30(a) consisted of three paragraphs: introductory

paragraph (a), paragraph (a)(1), and paragraph (a)(2). The amendatory

instruction which was in error stated that paragraph (a) was being

revised, rather than stating that introductory paragraph (a) was being

revised. Because only the text of introductory paragraph (a) followed

that instruction, paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) were deleted from future

editions of the Customs Regulations (19 CFR). The intent of Customs was

to revise the language of introductory paragraph (a), but to retain

paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2). This document corrects that error by

reinserting those two paragraphs.

List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 4

Cargo vessels, Coastal zone, Customs duties and inspection, Fishing

vessels, Harbors, Imports, Maritime carriers, Passenger vessels,

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Seamen, Vessels, Yachts.

Amendments to the Regulations

Accordingly, Title 19, Chapter I, part 4 of the Customs Regulations

(19 CFR part 4) is corrected by making the following amendments:

PART 4--VESSELS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRADES

1. The general authority citation for part 4 and the specific

authority citation for Sec. 4.30 continue to read as follows:

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1431, 1433, 1434, 1624;

46 U.S.C. App. 3, 91;

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Section 4.30 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 288, 1433, 1446, 1448,

1450-1454, 1490;

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2. Section 4.30(a) is amended by adding paragraphs (a)(1) and

(a)(2) to read as follows:

Sec. 4.30 Permits and special licenses for unlading and lading.

(a) * * *

(1) U.S. and foreign vessels arriving at a U.S. port directly from

a foreign port or place are required to make entry, whether it be

formal or, as provided in Sec. 4.8, preliminary, before the port

director may issue a permit or special license to lade or unlade.

(2) U.S. vessels arriving at a U.S. port from another U.S. port at

which formal entry was made may be issued a permit or special license

to lade or unlade without having to make either preliminary or formal

entry at the second and subsequent ports. Foreign vessels arriving at a

U.S. port from another U.S. port at which formal entry was made may be

issued a permit or special license to lade or unlade at the second and

subsequent ports prior to formal entry without the necessity of making

preliminary entry. In these circumstances, after the master has

reported arrival of the vessel, the port director may issue the permit

or special license or may, in his discretion, require the vessel to be

boarded, the master to make an oath or affirmation to the truth of the

statements contained in the vessel's manifest to the Customs officer

who boards the vessel, and require delivery of the manifest prior to

issuing the permit.

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Dated: January 26, 1996.

Stuart P. Seidel,

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Regulations and Rulings.

[FR Doc. 96-2063 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]

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