Technical Correction Regarding Time Limit for Filing Documentation After Release

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

19 CFR Part 142

[T.D. 98-34]

Technical Correction Regarding Time Limit for Filing

Documentation After Release

AGENCY: United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This document makes a technical correction to the regulation

regarding time limit for filing documentation after release, in

accordance with Customs policy of periodically reviewing its

regulations to ensure that they are current and accurate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold Singer, Chief, Regulations

Branch, (202) 927-2268.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In accordance with Customs policy of periodically reviewing its

regulations to ensure that they are current and accurate, Customs has

discovered that there is a typographical error in Sec. 142.23, Customs

Regulations (19 CFR 142.23). Section 142.23 was amended by Treasury

Decision 80-26, which was published in the Federal Register (45 FR

3901) on January 21, 1980. When that amendment was codified in Title 19

in 1980, the word ``period'' was inadvertently omitted. The error has

been carried forward in each volume of Title 19 since that publication.

This document corrects the error.

Inapplicability of Public Notice and Comment and Delayed Effective

Date Requirements, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and Executive

Order 12866

Inasmuch as this amendment merely corrects a typographical error,

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), notice and public procedure thereon are

unnecessary, and pursuant to 5 U.S.C. (d)(3), a delayed effective date

is not required. Since this document is not subject to the notice and

public procedure requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553, it is not subject to the

provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).

This amendment does not meet the criteria for a ``significant

regulatory action'' as defined in Executive Order 12866.

Drafting Information

The principal author of this document was Janet L. Johnson,

Regulations Branch, U.S. Customs Service. However, personnel from other

offices participated in its development.

List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 142

Customs duties and inspection.

Amendment to the Regulations

Part 142, Customs Regulations (19 CFR part 142), is amended as set

forth below.

PART 142--ENTRY PROCESS

1. The general authority citation for part 142 continues to read as

follows:

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 66, 1448, 1484, 1624.

Sec. 142.23 [Amended]

2. Section 142.23 is amended by removing the words ``for quota

class merchandise within the quota'' and adding in their place ``for

quota class merchandise within the quota period''.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Harold M. Singer,

Chief, Regulations Branch.

[FR Doc. 98-10316 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]

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