CBP Extends "Contingency Plan" for Those That Normally Pay Annual Land Border Decal and Transponder Fees
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing the extension of the contingency plan to allow conveyances that normally pay annual user fees to be cleared by CBP without a per crossing/arrival payment until February 28, 2009 (from January 31, 2009).
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This contingency plan does not affect the collection of per crossing/arrival fees for conveyances that normally pay per crossing/arrival.
(CBP previously authorized a contingency plan due to the late delivery of the Decal and Transponder Online Procurement System (DTOPS), which did not go live until November 17, 2008, and left annual land border decal and transponder fee subscribers with an abbreviated window of opportunity to submit their electronic applications for annual fee renewals. As a result, internal resources were stretched as CBP worked to process all the applications for annual fee renewals by the end of the calendar year.)
Contingency Plan Extended Due to Backlog in Processing Applications
The contingency plan has been extended due to a backlog in processing decal and transponder applications that were submitted to the CBP National Finance Center prior to January 1, 2009.
In Order to be Eligible, Operators Must Submit Certain Evidence
In order to be eligible for the waiver of the per crossing/arrival fee, commercial and private conveyance operators must present a certified Finance Center acknowledgment or one of the following pieces of evidence:
Commercial Conveyances:
- 8 transponder, or
DTOPS transmission receipt, or
CBP Finance Center electronic receipt, or
Verification through the ACE system of the 2008 annual fee payment
Private Conveyances:
- 8 transponder, or
DTOPS transmission receipt, or
CBP Finance Center electronic receipt, or
CBP Form 368 (Cash Collection or Receipt)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 12/18/08 news, 08121810, for previous BP summary announcing that CBP approved a contingency plan, which was to end on January 31, 2009.
See ITT's Online Archives or 11/18/08 news, 08111815, for BP summary announcing that DTOPS went live on November 17th, etc.)
CBP contact- Chris Kennally (202) 344-2476
CBP notice (dated 01/27/09) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/pleasure_boats/user_fee/user_fee_contingency.xml