Senators Snowe and Collins announced that CBP has agreed to their requests to replace the existing Port of Entry in Van Buren that was damaged during severe flooding in early May 2008. CBP will work with the U.S. General Services Administration to develop a plan to build a new permanent facility that will meet the economic needs of the region as well as the security needs of CBP. (Press release, dated 09/12/08, available at http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=8cec5872-7156-4db8-9b57-d47083ecaa70&Month=9&Year=2008&Affiliation=R)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Ports of Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles have each issued notices announcing that beginning on September 24, 2008, CBP will use a new system in the issuance of user fee decals and transponders.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a general notice, effective September 8, 2008, announcing its decision to formally terminate the test of the semi-monthly filing and statement processing prototype program that was initiated in April 1998, as part of the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing its deployment of Phase 2 of "ad hoc" capabilities as an enhancement to the Automated Commercial Environment reports.
The Port of Long Beach will host a workshop on the Clean Trucks Program for beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), ocean carriers, customs brokers and freight forwarders and other logistics industry professionals at 1 p.m. September 11, 2008 at the Port Administration Building, 925 Harbor Plaza. The workshop will be webcast live. (POLB press release available at http://www.polb.com/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=436&targetid=1.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its comprehensive document on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entitled "ACE Frequently Asked Questions."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has previously announced that the next customs broker license examination will be held on Monday, October 6, 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an Excel spreadsheet listing the reject reasons for July 2008 for CBP Form 5106 Importer ID input records, CBP Form 301 Customs bonds, bond riders, bond terminations, etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Soldering and Welding Machines and Apparatus.
CBP has posted an updated version of its "ACE on the Road" event schedule, which includes the following events: