Global Interoperability Standards (GIS)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
01-2025 ROCIS Supporting Statement 1651-0NEW Global Interoperability Standard (GIS).docx Supporting Statement A	2025-02-12
23_0926_privacy-p_ia-cbp003c-acemodernizations (1).pdf Supplementary Document	2025-02-12
DHS-CBP-0020 EIS.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-02-12
30FRN Oil Pipeline.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-02-12
60FRN for 1651-0NEW GIS.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-11-19

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
272470	Non-Standard PDF	New

ICR Details

OMB Control No:	ICR Reference No: 202411-1651-004
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DHS/USCBP	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Global Interoperability Standards (GIS)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 02/12/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	288	0
Time Burden (Hours)	1,152	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: Currently, for pipelines, it takes days for a batch of crude oil to cross the United States border from Canada and eventually travel to the entry point within the United States, leaving no easily identifiable starting point for monitoring timely entry and entry summary filings. Moreover, Canadian crude oil is actively traded as a commodity while in transit though the North American pipeline network, so ownership (and thus the right to make entry) may not be known to CBP until after the commodity crosses the U.S. border. Further, the need for confidentiality of transactional data among private parties, means there are limitations on CBP’s, and the trade’s, visibility into product origin traceability through the supply chain to establish Free Trade Agreement (FTA) eligibility. The current absence of a technology capable of tracking changes in ownership and destination of pipeline-borne goods, from wellhead to refinery, has resulted in CBP creating a patchwork of local policies for data collection from carriers and importers over the course of five decades. Under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP), with the endorsement of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC), and at the suggestion of the COAC's Pipeline Working Group (PWG), industry and CBP Subject Matter Experts conducted three and a half years of joint development with a cohort of SVIP software companies. They determined that entry summary data derived from private party transactions using a common platform of emergent technologies, which passes this data to CBP using the same platform, represents a viable means of regulating continuous flow commodities on a pipeline network. The new platform will consist of decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials (VCs), secured, exchanged and rendered to CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) in accordance with Global Interoperability Standards (GIS). In CBP’s first operational use of GIS data, an SVIP cohort company will identify legitimate products and associated companies to build a transparent supply chain for pipeline-borne crude oil imported from Canada. This will enable recordation of bi-lateral transaction data at each step in a supply chain, secure it from disclosure to unauthorized parties, allow dynamic updates of ownership and destination information, and render these data to CBP in real time while creating an immutable chain of custody from wellhead to refinery. In addition to potentially eliminating all port level paper processes, adoption of these technologies could create a revolutionary automation environment in which pre-arrival data collection, in-bond tracking, and Free Trade Agreement compliance traceability – the business process goals of the PWG – are achieved as a matter of course. Therefore, the purpose of the requested pilot is to test the usefulness of supplying GIS data to ACE technology with a view toward resolving existing and anticipated issues, and by eventually, if the pilot is successful, changing existing policy and regulations to implement the new policies and regulations. This collection of information is authorized by 19 USC 1411 National Customs Automation Program.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 19 USC 1411 Name of Law: National Customs Automation Program
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 71381	09/03/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 3233	01/14/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Non-Standard PDF

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	288	0	0	288	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,152	0	0	1,152	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new collection of information to conduct the oil pipeline test with Neoflow.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $702

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 02/12/2025

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