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Respondents: Owners and operators
of vessels, training institutions, and
mariners.
Frequency: On occasion.
Hour Burden Estimate: The estimated
burden has decreased from 29,366 hours
to 29,234 hours a year, primarily due to
a decrease in the estimated annual
number of vessel respondents.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended.
Dated: September 10, 2019.
James D. Roppel,
U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Information
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[1651–NEW]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: 321 E-Commerce Data Pilot
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments; new collection of
information.
AGENCY:

The Department of Homeland
Security, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection 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 12, 2019) to be assured of
consideration.
SUMMARY:

Written comments and/or
suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice must include
the OMB Control Number 1651–NEW in
the subject line and the agency name.
To avoid duplicate submissions, please
use only one of the following methods
to submit comments:
(1) Email. Submit comments to: CBP_
[email protected].
(2) Mail. Submit written comments to
CBP Paperwork Reduction Act Officer,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Office of Trade, Regulations and
Rulings, Economic Impact Analysis
Branch, 90 K Street NE, 10th Floor,
Washington, DC 20229–1177.

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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/.
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: 321 E-Commerce Data Pilot.
OMB Number: 1651–NEW.
Form Number: N/A.
Current Actions: This submission is
being made to obtain an OMB control
number for this Information Collection
Request and to expand the respondent
group of the recent 321 Data Pilot test
notice on July 23, 2019 (84 FR 35405)
which was limited to nine respondents.
Type of Review: New.

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Affected Public: Businesses.
Abstract: CBP faces significant challenges
in targeting Section 321 shipments, while
still maintaining the clearance speeds the
private sector has come to expect. This is
because CBP does not receive adequate
advance information in order to effectively
and efficiently assess the security risk of the
approximately 1.8 million Section 321
shipments that arrive each day. This pilot is
conducted pursuant to 19 CFR 101.9(a),
which authorizes the Commissioner to
impose requirements different from those
specified in the CBP regulations for the
purposes of conducting a test program or
procedure designed to evaluate the
effectiveness of new technology or
operational procedures regarding the
processing of passengers, vessels, or
merchandise.
In the e-commerce environment,
traditionally regulated parties, such as
carriers, are unlikely to possess all of the
information relating to a shipment’s supply
chain. While CBP receives some advance
electronic data for Section 321 shipments
from air, rail, and truck carriers (and certain
other parties in limited circumstances) as
mandated by current regulations, the
transmitted data often does not adequately
identify the entity causing the shipment to
cross the border, the final recipient, or the
contents of the package. Consequently, CBP
may not receive any advance information on
the entity actually causing the shipment to
travel to the United States, such as the seller
or manufacturer. Some carriers may not have
this information because sellers on ecommerce platforms often contract with
other entities to act as the seller. Similarly,
for the consignee’s name and address, a
carrier might transmit information for the
domestic deconsolidator, which will not
allow CBP to identify in advance of arrival,
the final recipient of the merchandise in the
United States. With the growth of ecommerce, shipments are increasingly
subject to these complex transactions, where
information about the shipment is limited.
As a result, CBP is less able to effectively
target or identify high-risk shipments in the
e-commerce environment and CBP Officers
must use additional time and resources to
inspect Section 321 shipments upon arrival.
CBP anticipates that Section 321 shipments
will continue to grow quickly. Accordingly,
CBP is initiating this voluntary Section 321
Data Pilot to test the feasibility of obtaining
advance information from regulated and nonregulated entities, such as online
marketplaces, as well as requiring additional
advance data elements. This test will enable
CBP to assess the ability of online
marketplaces to transmit information to CBP
that enables CBP to better use resources used
in inspecting and processing these shipments
and better understand the operation of online
marketplaces. Additionally, CBP is testing
whether the transmission of additional
advance data, beyond the data elements
currently required for shipments arriving by
air, truck, or rail, will enable CBP to more
accurately and efficiently target Section 321
shipments. Pursuant to this test, participants
will provide information that identifies the
entity causing the shipment to cross the

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border, the ultimate recipient, and the
product in the shipment with greater
specificity, in advance. CBP will test the
feasibility of using the additional data
elements, transmitted by multiple entities for
a single shipment, to segment risk. In sum,
the pilot will enable CBP to determine if
requiring additional data and involving nonregulated entities will enable CBP to address
the threats and complexities resulting from
the vast increase in Section 321 shipments,
while facilitating cross-border e-commerce.
Participants in the Section 321 Data Pilot
must transmit certain information for any
Section 321 shipments destined for the
United States for which the participant has
information. The required data elements
differ slightly depending on what entity is
transmitting the data. In general, the required
data relates to the entity initiating the
shipment (e.g., the entity causing the
shipment to cross the border, such as the
seller, manufacturer, or shipper), the product
in the package, the listed marketplace price,
and the final recipient (e.g., the final entity
to possess the shipment in the United States).
The data elements are as follow.
1. All participants. All participants,
regardless of filer type, must electronically
transmit the following elements:
• Originator Code of the Participant
(assigned by CBP)
• Participant Filer Type (e.g., carrier or
online marketplace)
• One or more of the following:
Æ Shipment Tracking Number
Æ House Bill Number
Æ Master Bill Number
• Mode of Transportation (e.g., air, truck,
rail, or ocean)
2. Participating carriers. In addition to the
data elements listed above in paragraph 1,
participating carriers must also electronically
transmit the following data elements:
• Shipment Initiator Name and Address (e.g.,
the entity that causes the movement of a
shipment, which may be a seller, shipper,
or manufacturer, but not a foreign
consolidator)
• Final Deliver to Party Name and Address
(e.g., the final entity to receive the
shipment once it arrives in the United
States, which may be a final purchaser or
a warehouse, but not a domestic
deconsolidator)
• Enhanced Product Description (e.g., a
description of a product shipped to the
United States more detailed than the
description on the manifest, which should,
if applicable, reflect the advertised retail
description of the product as listed on an
online marketplace)
• Shipment Security Scan (air carriers only)
(e.g., verification that a foreign security
scan for the shipment has been completed
such as an x-ray image or other security
screening report)
• Known Carrier Customer Flag (e.g., an
indicator that identifies a shipper as a
repeat customer that has consistently paid
all required fees and does not have any
known trade violations)
3. Participating online marketplaces. In
addition to the data elements listed above in
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marketplaces must electronically submit the
following data elements:
• Seller Name and Address (e.g., an
international or domestic company that
sells products on marketplaces and other
websites), and, if applicable, Shipment
Initiator Name and Address (as defined in
Section II.A.2)
• Final Deliver to Party Name and Address
(as defined in Section II.A.2)
• Known Marketplace Seller Flag (e.g., an
indicator provided by a marketplace that
identifies a seller as an entity vetted by the
marketplace and has no known trade
violations)
• Marketplace Seller Account Number/Seller
ID (e.g., the unique identifier a marketplace
assigns to sellers)
• Buyer Name and Address, if applicable
(e.g., the purchaser of a good from an
online marketplace. This entity is not
always the same as the final deliver to
party.)
• Product Picture (e.g., picture of the product
presented on an online marketplace), Link
to Product Listing (e.g., an active and direct
link to the listing of a specific product on
an online marketplace), or Enhanced
Product Description (as defined in Section
II.A.2)
• Listed Price on Marketplace (e.g., the retail
price of a product that a seller lists while
advertising on an online marketplace. For
auction marketplaces, this price is the
price of final sale.)
Different entities may transmit different
data elements for the same shipment. In
addition to the above required data elements,
participants may voluntarily provide the
following optional data elements:
• HTS Number;
• Retail Price in Export Country;
• Shipper Name;
• Shipper Address;
• Shipper Phone Number;
• Shipper Email Address;
• Shipment Initiator Phone Number;
• Consignee Name;
• Consignee Address;
• Consignee Phone Number;
• Consignee Email Address;
• Marketplace Name;
• Buyer Account Number;
• Buyer Address;
• Seller Phone Number;
• Buyer Phone Number;
• Marketplace Website;
• Buyer Name;
• Buyer Confirmation Number;
• Buyer Email Address;
• Carrier Name;
• Known Carrier Customer;
• Merchandise/Product Weight; and,
• Merchandise/Product Quantity.
• Listed Price on Marketplace

Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses per Respondent: 70,000.
Estimated Number of Total Annual
Responses: 1,400,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
seconds.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,944.

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Dated: September 9, 2019.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis
Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[Docket ID FEMA–2019–0002; Internal
Agency Docket No. FEMA–B–1957]

Proposed Flood Hazard
Determinations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Comments are requested on
proposed flood hazard determinations,
which may include additions or
modifications of any Base Flood
Elevation (BFE), base flood depth,
Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA)
boundary or zone designation, or
regulatory floodway on the Flood
Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and
where applicable, in the supporting
Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for
the communities listed in the table
below. The purpose of this notice is to
seek general information and comment
regarding the preliminary FIRM, and
where applicable, the FIS report that the
Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) has provided to the affected
communities. The FIRM and FIS report
are the basis of the floodplain
management measures that the
community is required either to adopt
or to show evidence of having in effect
in order to qualify or remain qualified
for participation in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP). In addition,
the FIRM and FIS report, once effective,
will be used by insurance agents and
others to calculate appropriate flood
insurance premium rates for new
buildings and the contents of those
buildings.

SUMMARY:

Comments are to be submitted
on or before December 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The Preliminary FIRM, and
where applicable, the FIS report for
each community are available for
inspection at both the online location
https://www.fema.gov/preliminaryflood
hazarddata and the respective
Community Map Repository address
listed in the tables below. Additionally,
the current effective FIRM and FIS
report for each community are
accessible online through the FEMA
DATES:

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