Change of Address for Office of Regulations and Rulings

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

Change of Address for Office of Regulations and Rulings

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of change of address.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Regulations and Rulings of the U.S. Customs

Service is relocating on or about September 26-29, 1997, to the Ronald

Reagan Building and International Trade Center at 1300 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Consequently, all correspondence directed

to the Office of Regulations and Rulings, including ruling requests and

comments regarding pending Customs regulatory proposals, should be sent

to the new address indicated below. Further, anyone wishing to view

comments on regulatory projects will need to come to the new address.

The phone numbers of the Office of Regulations and Rulings will also

change. This document gives notice of the new address and phone

numbers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Clark, Regulations Branch,

(202) 482-6970.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Office of Regulations and Rulings (OR&R) of the U.S. Customs

Service is relocating on or about September 26-29, 1997, to the the

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center at 1300

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Anyone wishing to submit comments on a

regulatory proposal or submit a ruling request to the United States

Customs Service should address the correspondence to: U.S. Customs

Service, Office of Regulations and Rulings, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20229, with either the Regulations Branch or other

appropriate branch name inserted into the address.

Viewing Comments

As of September 29, 1997, anyone wishing to view comments that were

addressed to the Regulations Branch of Customs on a proposal published

in the Federal Register should come to the address set forth in the

preceding paragraph. It is highly recommended that, until all offices

at Customs have relocated, you call Joseph Clark at (202) 927-2340

before coming to schedule an appointment to view the comments.

Phone Numbers

The phone numbers for the Office of Regulations and Rulings as of

September 26, 1997 are as follows:

Assistant Commissioner, OR&R--927-0760

Operational Oversight Division--927-0760

International Agreements Staff--927-2255

International Trade Compliance Division--927-2244

Regulations Branch--927-2340

Penalties Branch--927-2344

Entry Procedures and Carriers Branch--927-2320

Intellectual Property Rights Branch--927-2330

Value Branch--927-2399

Disclosure Law Branch--927-2333

Commercial Rulings Division 927-2244

Duty and Refund Determination Branch--927-2077

Textile Branch--927-2380

Special Classification and Marking Branch--927-2310

General Classification Branch--927-2388

Dated: September 15, 1997.

Stuart P. Seidel,

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Regulations and Rulings.

[FR Doc. 97-24952 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]

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