CBP Issues General Notice on ACE/NCAP Test of Automated Truck Manifest in Michigan
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice announcing that the next group, or cluster, of ports to be deployed for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)/National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning the transmission of automated truck manifest data for truck carrier accounts will occur at certain ports in Michigan.
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(CBP also refers to this NCAP test as ACE Release 4 (Truck Manifest).)
Seven Ports in Michigan Cluster to be Deployed by End of October 2005
CBP states that for the Michigan cluster of ports listed below, the test will be deployed no earlier than the following dates:
| Windsor Tunnel | October 4 |
| Barge Transport | October 5 |
| Ambassador Bridge | October 7 |
| Port Huron | October 14 |
| Marine City | October 18 |
| Algonac | October 18 |
| Sault St. Marie | October 28 |
(CBP notes that no port in this cluster is designated as the "model port.")
All Other Previously Announced Requirements/Aspects of Test Continue to Apply
CBP states that all requirements and aspects of this NCAP test, as set forth in its September 2004 notice announcing the test and as modified by its March 2005 notice clarifying that all relevant data elements are required to be submitted in the automated truck manifest submission, continue to apply.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 09/14/04 and 09/15/04 news, 04091410 and 04091515, for BP summaries of the September 2004 notice announcing the NCAP test. See ITT's Online Archives or 03/22/05 news, 05032205, for BP summary of the March 2005 notice modifying the test.)
(CBP has previously stated that this NCAP test allows participating truck carrier accounts to transmit electronic manifest data in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) (including advance cargo information as required by Section 343 of the Trade Act of 2002, as amended by the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 (MTSA)). CBP has also previously stated that truck carrier accounts that participate in this test have the ability to electronically transmit truck manifest data and obtain release of their cargo, crew, conveyances, and equipment via the ACE Secure Data Portal or electronic data interchange (EDI) messaging.)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 06/01/05 news, 05060110, for BP summary of CBP's notice on modifications to the NCAP test deployment schedule, which stated that the next deployment sites would be in clusters with a "model port" and announced that Sumas, WA would be the model port for the first cluster which included Blaine, WA.
See ITT's Online Archives or 08/01/05 news, 05080110, for BP summary of CBP's notice on deploying this NCAP test to the Douglas, Arizona and Pembina, North Dakota clusters.)
CBP contact - Thomas Fitzpatrick Thomas.Fitzpatrick@dhs.gov
CBP general notice (FR Pub 10/14/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-20579.pdf