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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 233 / Monday, December 5, 2011 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Declaration of Owner and
Declaration of Consignee When Entry
Is Made by an Agent
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: 1651–0093.
AGENCY:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, CBP invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment
on an information collection
requirement concerning the Declaration
of Owner and Declaration of Consignee
When Entry is made by an Agent (Forms
3347 and 3347A). This request for
comment is being made pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before February 3, 2012,
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Attn.: Tracey Denning, Regulations and
Rulings, Office of International Trade,
799 9th Street NW., 5th Floor,
Washington, DC 20229–1177.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Tracey Denning,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Regulations and Rulings, Office of
International Trade, 799 9th Street NW.,
5th Floor, Washington, DC 20229–1177,
at (202) 325–0265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).
The comments should address: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimates of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; (d)
ways to minimize the burden including
the use of automated collection
techniques or the use of other forms of
information technology; and (e) the
annual cost burden to respondents or
recordkeepers from the collection of
information (total capital/startup costs

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and operations and maintenance costs).
The comments that are submitted will
be summarized and included in the CBP
request for Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
In this document CBP is soliciting
comments concerning the following
information collection:
Title: Declaration of Owner and
Declaration of Consignee When Entry is
made by an Agent.
OMB Number: 1651–0093.
Form Number: CBP Forms 3347 and
3347A.
Abstract: CBP Form 3347, Declaration
of Owner, is a declaration from the
owner of imported merchandise stating
that he/she agrees to pay additional or
increased duties, therefore releasing the
importer of record from paying such
duties. This form must be filed within
90 days from the date of entry. CBP
Form 3347 is provided for by 19 CFR
24.11 and 141.20.
When entry is made in a consignee’s
name by an agent who has knowledge
of the facts and who is authorized under
a proper power of attorney by that
consignee, a declaration from the
consignee on CBP Form 3347A,
Declaration of Consignee When Entry is
Made by an Agent, shall be filed with
the entry summary. If this declaration is
filed, then no bond to produce a
declaration of the consignee is required.
CBP Form 3347 is provided for by 19
CFR 141.19(b)(2).
CBP Forms 3347 and 3347A are
authorized by 19 U.S.C. 1485(d) and are
accessible at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/
cgov/toolbox/forms/.
Action: CBP proposes to extend the
expiration date of this information
collection with no change to the burden
hours or to CBP Forms 3347 and 3347A.
Type of Review: Extension (without
change).
Affected Public: Businesses.
CBP Form 3347
Estimated Number of Respondents:
900.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 6.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
5,400.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 540.
CBP Form 3347A
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 6.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
300.

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Estimated Time per Response: 6
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 30.
Dated: November 30, 2011.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Dominican Republic-Central
America-United States Free Trade
Agreement (CAFTA–DR)
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: 1651–0125.
AGENCY:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, CBP invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment
on an information collection
requirement concerning the Dominican
Republic-Central America-United States
Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA–DR).
This request for comment is being made
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before February 3, 2012,
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and
Rulings, Office of International Trade,
799 9th Street NW., 5th Floor,
Washington, DC 20229–1177.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Tracey Denning,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Regulations and Rulings, Office of
International Trade, 799 9th Street NW.,
5th Floor, Washington, DC 20229–1177,
at (202) 325–0265.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).
The comments should address: (a)
Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
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