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Place: National Cancer Institute Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W526, Rockville, Maryland 20850 (Virtual
Meeting).
Contact Person: Viktoriya Sidorenko,
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Program and
Review Extramural Staff Training Office,
Division of Extramural Activities, National
Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center
Drive, Room 7W526, Rockville, Maryland
20850, 240–276–5073, viktoriya.sidorenko@
nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel, Discovery
and Development of Natural Products for
Cancer Interception and Prevention (UG3/
UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed).
Date: October 27, 2023.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute at Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W260, Rockville, Maryland 20850 (Virtual
Meeting).
Contact Person: Robert F. Gahl, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Special Review
Branch Division of Extramural Activities,
National Cancer Institute, NIH, 9606 Medical
Center Drive, Room 7W260, Rockville,
Maryland 20850, 240–276–7869 robert.gahl@
nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel, Cancer
Adoptive Cellular Therapy Network (CANAct).
Date: October 27, 2023.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute at Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W238, Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Byeong-Chel Lee, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Resources and
Training Review Branch, Division of
Extramural Activities, National Cancer
Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive,
Room 7W238, Rockville, Maryland 20850,
240–276–7755, [email protected].
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel, SEP–12:
NCI Clinical and Translational Cancer
Research.
Date: November 1, 2023.
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W110, Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Priya Srinivasan, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Resource and
Training Review Branch, Division of
Extramural Activities, National Cancer
Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive,
Room 7W110, Rockville, Maryland 20850,
240–276–5619, [email protected].
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel, NCI Cancer
Moonshot Scholars Diversity Program
Review Meeting B.
Date: November 8, 2023.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Cancer Institute Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W254, Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Susan Lynn Spence, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Research
Technology and Contract Review Branch,
Division of Extramural Activities, National
Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center
Drive, Room 7W254, Rockville, Maryland
20850, 240–620–0819, susan.spence@
nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel, Thyroid
Cancer and other Malignancies in Belarus
Date: November 9, 2023.
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate contract
proposals.
Place: National Cancer Institute Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W608, Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Nadeem Khan, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Research
Technology and Contract Review Branch,
Division of Extramural Activities, National
Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center
Drive, Room 7W608, Rockville, Maryland
20850, 240–276–5856, nadeem.khan@
nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Cancer
Institute Special Emphasis Panel, SBIR
Concept Award.
Date: November 15, 2023.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate contract
proposals.
Place: National Cancer Institute Shady
Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
7W246, Rockville, Maryland 20850
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Jun Fang, Ph.D., Scientific
Review Officer, Research Technology and
Contract Review Branch, Division of
Extramural Activities, National Cancer
Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive,
Room 7W246, Rockville, Maryland 20850,
240–276–5460, [email protected].
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.392, Cancer Construction;
93.393, Cancer Cause and Prevention
Research; 93.394, Cancer Detection and
Diagnosis Research; 93.395, Cancer
Treatment Research; 93.396, Cancer Biology
Research; 93.397, Cancer Centers Support;
93.398, Cancer Research Manpower; 93.399,
Cancer Control, National Institutes of Health,
HHS)
Dated: August 24, 2023.
Melanie J. Pantoja,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[1651–0019]

Vessel Entrance Clearance System
(VECS)
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments; extension of an existing
collection of information.
AGENCY:

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
October 30, 2023) 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 1651–0019 in
the subject line and the agency name.
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/.
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
SUMMARY:

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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: Vessel Entrance and Clearance
System (VECS).
OMB Number: 1651–0019.
Form Number: CBP Form 1300.
Current Actions: Extension.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Abstract: CBP Form 1300, Vessel
Entrance or Clearance Statement, is
used to collect essential commercial
vessel data at time of formal entrance
and clearance in U.S. ports, allows the
master to attest to the truthfulness of all
CBP forms associated with the manifest
package, and collects relevant
information about the vessel and cargo.
The form was developed through
agreement by the United Nations
Intergovernmental Maritime
Organization (IMO) in conjunction with
the United States and various other
countries. The form was developed as a
single form to replace the numerous
other forms used by various countries
for the entrance and clearance of
vessels. CBP Form 1300 is authorized by
5 U.S.C. 301, and 19 U.S.C. 66, 1415,
1624, 2071, 1431, 1433, and 1434, as
well as 46 U.S.C. 501, 60105 and
provided for by 19 CFR 4. This form is
accessible at: http://www.cbp.gov/
newsroom/publications/
forms?title=1300&=Apply.
This form is currently submitted in
paper format and is anticipated to be
submitted electronically as part of CBP’s
efforts to automate maritime forms
through the Vessel Entrance and
Clearance System (VECS), which will
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any vessel entrance or clearance
requirements under the above
referenced statutes and regulations.
VECS will still collect and maintain the
same data as CBP Form 1300 but will
automate the capture of data to reduce
or eliminate redundancy with other data
collected by CBP.
Respondents are enabled to create a
new ACE Account type for Vessel
Agencies through the ACE Portal. The
new account type within ACE will
operate as a portal that leads to the
Vessel Entrance and Clearance System
(VECS), which will run as its own
independent system.
Vessel Agents will be required to
provide identifying information such as;
their name, their employer
identification number (EIN), company
address, and their phone numbers,
which will be requested at the time
Vessel Agents apply for the new ACE
account type.
After creating an ACE account, Vessel
Agencies, Vessel Operating Common
Carriers (VOCCs), and their designees
are able to use the new Vessel Entrance
and Clearance System (VECS) as part of
the ongoing pilot program to test the
functionality of VECS, and will be able
to file vessel entrance, clearance, and
related data to CBP electronically.
CBP is currently running a small
public VECS Pilot on several ports.
VECS will automate and digitize the
collection and processing of the data
and filing requirements for which the
CBP Form 1300 is used. CBP plans to
run an initial public pilot to test the
system. All users who obtained a Vessel
Agency Account through the ACE Portal
will be automatically enrolled into the
VECS public pilot. Initially, the pilot
began at one of eleven ports where
VECS was previously internally tested.
CBP is providing training to each CBP
port and the Vessel Agency personnel at
each port, prior to beginning/expanding
the public pilot in another port.
The VECS public pilot will continue
to expand to additional ports, in an
effort to progressively test and
implement the system nationwide.
There will be no change to the paper
format of CBP Form 1300, and CBP
Form 1300 in paper format will
continue to be accepted.
New Submission
The VECS Pilot will be live for 51 port
codes as of August 2023 enabling fully
electronic processing of vessel entrance
and clearance. The public pilot has
allowed CBP to identify areas for
additional enhancement and
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continuing to test fixes and new
capabilities. VECS pilot will continue to
expand to other port codes while
implementing training for port staff.
Type of Information Collection: CBP
Form 1300.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,624.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses per Respondent: 72.
Estimated Number of Total Annual
Responses: 188,928.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes (0.5 hours).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 94,464.
Dated: August 25, 2023.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis
Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[Docket No. USCBP–2023–0021]

Commercial Customs Operations
Advisory Committee (COAC)
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
ACTION: Committee management; notice
of Federal advisory committee meeting.
AGENCY:

The Commercial Customs
Operations Advisory Committee (COAC)
will hold its quarterly meeting on
Wednesday, September 20, 2023. The
meeting will be open to the public via
webinar only. There is no on-site, inperson option for the public to attend
this quarterly meeting.
DATES: The COAC will meet on
Wednesday, September 20, 2023, from
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT. Please note
that the meeting may close early if the
committee has completed its business.
Comments must be submitted in writing
no later than September 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be open to
the public via webinar only. The
webinar link and conference number
will be posted by 5:00 p.m. EDT on
September 19, 2023, at https://
www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholderengagement/coac/coac-public-meetings.
For information or to request special
assistance for the meeting, contact Ms.
Latoria Martin, Office of Trade
Relations, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, at (202) 344–1440 as soon as
possible. Comments may be submitted
by one of the following methods:
SUMMARY:

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