CBP Issues General Notice on Deployment of ACE/NCAP Test of Automated Truck Manifest in New York
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice announcing that the next groups, or clusters, 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 be in the state of New York.
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(CBP also refers to this NCAP test as ACE Release 4 (Truck Manifest).)
CBP's general notice outlines the following July/August 2006 deployment schedule:
Champlain Service Port and 4 Crossings - No Earlier than June 22, 2006
CBP states that the test will be deployed in the Champlain Service Port at the port of entry of Champlain and the following crossings: Cannon's Corner, Mooers, Overton's Corner, and Rouses Point no earlier than June 22, 2006.
4 Ports of Entry/4 Crossings and Peace Bridge - No Earlier than July 10, 2006
According to CBP, the test will be deployed at the following ports of entry: Alexandria Bay, Ogdensburg, Massena, and Trout River; and the following crossings: Chateaugay, Churubusco, Fort Covington, and Jamieson's Line no earlier than July 10, 2006.
Also, no earlier than July 10, 2006, the test will be deployed at the Peace Bridge in the Service Port of Buffalo.
Lewiston Bridge - No Earlier than August 12, 2006
CBP states that the test will be deployed at the Lewiston Bridge in the service port of Buffalo no earlier than August 12, 2006.
All Other Previously Announced Requirements/Aspects of Test Continue to Apply
CBP states that all requirements and aspects of this ACE/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 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 06/28/06 news, 06062805, for BP summary of CBP's June 2006 Modernization Monthly newsletter which announced that ACE Electronic Truck Manifest was scheduled to be deployed at 14 New York land ports in summer 2006.
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.
See ITT's Online Archives or 10/17/05 news, 05101705 for BP summary of deploying this NCAP test to Michigan.
See ITT's Online Archives or 01/25/06 news, 06012505, for BP summary of deploying this NCAP test to two Texas clusters.
See ITT's Online Archives or 04/21/06 news, 06042105, for BP summary of CBP's announcement that it would implement "Phase 4" enforcement of mandatory advance cargo information for truck carriers at ACE border ports on May 15, 2006, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 04/26/06 news, 06042610, for BP summary of deploying this NCAP test to Texas and California.)
- comments on this notice may be submitted at any time during the test
CBP contact - James Swanson, james.d.swanson@dhs.gov
CBP general notice (FR Pub 07/25/06) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-11849.pdf.