Agency Information Collection Activities: Exportation of Used Self-Propelled Vehicles

Tracey Denning
Department of Homeland Security
December 18, 2015

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79056-79057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31912]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[1651-0054]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Exportation of Used 
Self-Propelled Vehicles

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments; extension of an 
existing collection of information.

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SUMMARY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of 
Homeland Security will be submitting the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act: 
Exportation of Used Self-Propelled Vehicles. CBP is proposing that this 
information collection be extended with no change to the burden hours 
or to the information collected. This document is published to obtain 
comments from the public and affected agencies.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before February 16, 
2016 to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be mailed to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and Rulings, Office of 
International Trade, 90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-
1177.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Tracey Denning, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, 90 
K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229-1177, at 202-325-0265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information 
collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-13). The comments should address: (a) Whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including

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whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimates of the burden of the collection of 
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden 
including the use of automated collection techniques or the use of 
other forms of information technology; and (e) the annual cost burden 
to respondents or record keepers from the collection of information 
(total capital/startup costs and operations and maintenance costs). The 
comments that are submitted will be summarized and included in the CBP 
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. In this document, CBP is soliciting comments concerning the 
following information collection:
    Title: Exportation of Used-Propelled Vehicles
    OMB Number: 1651-0054
    Abstract: CBP regulations require an individual attempting to 
export a used self-propelled vehicle to furnish documentation to CBP, 
at the port of export, the vehicle and documentation describing the 
vehicle, which includes the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) or, if 
the vehicle does not have a VIN, the product identification number. 
Exportation of a vehicle will be permitted only upon compliance with 
these requirements. This requirement does not apply to vehicles that 
were entered into the United States under an in-bond procedure, a 
carnet or temporary importation bond. The required documentation 
includes, but is not limited to, a Certificate of Title or a Salvage 
Title, the VIN, a Manufacture's Statement of Origin, etc. CBP will 
accept originals or certified copies of Certificate of Title. The 
purpose of this information is to help ensure that stolen vehicles or 
vehicles associated with other criminal activity are not exported.
    Collection of this information is authorized by 19 U.S.C.1627a 
which provides CBP with authority to impose export reporting 
requirements on all used self-propelled vehicles and by title IV, 
section 401 of the Anti-Car Theft Act of 1992, 19 U.S.C. 1646(c) which 
requires all persons or entities exporting a used self-propelled 
vehicle to provide to the CBP, at least 72 hours prior to export, the 
VIN and proof of ownership of each automobile. This information 
collection is provided for by19 CFR part 192. Further guidance 
regarding these requirements is provided at: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/basic_trade/export_docs/motor_vehicle.xml.
    Action: CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this 
information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the 
information collected.
    Type of Review: Extension (without change).
    Affected Public: Individuals and Businesses.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 750,000.
    Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 750,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 125,000.

    Dated: December 14, 2015.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2015-31912 Filed 12-17-15; 8:45 am]
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