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TREAS/DO

RIN: 1505-AB71

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Foreign Repairs to American Vessels; Consolidation of Vessel Repair Units
Abstract: This document proposes to amend the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations governing the location of CBP Vessel Repair Units (VRUs). VRUs are responsible for processing vessel repair entries filed by persons required to declare purchases for or repairs to certain vessels while they are outside the United States. As a result of a sustained decrease in the number of vessel repair entries filed, CBP is proposing to consolidate the VRUs by closing the VRUs located in San Francisco and New York and by requiring all vessel repair entries to be filed at the VRU in New Orleans. CBP also is proposing to amend the CBP regulations relating to the declaration, entry, and assessment of duty with regard to vessel repairs and purchases to advise that the enactment and implementation of free trade agreements between the United States and other countries may impact upon the dutiable status of vessel repair expenditures made in foreign countries that are parties to those agreements, and to require that, if a single entry bond is used for a vessel repair entry, the bond must be attached to the entry at the time of submission. In addition, this document proposes to amend the CBP regulations relating to claims for relief from the assessment of vessel repair duties to reflect a 2004 amendment to the vessel repair statute that created an exemption from vessel repair duties for the cost of certain equipment, repair parts, and materials.
Agency: Department of the Treasury(TREAS)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 19 CFR 4.14
Legal Authority: 19 USC 1431 19 USC 1433 adn 1434 19 USC 1624 19 USC 2071 note 19 USC 66 46 USC app 3 46 USC app 91 5 USC 301 19 USC 1466 19 USC 1498

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/00/2009

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Jennifer Dolan Entry Specialist, Accounts and Summary Management Department of the Treasury Office of International Trade, Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20229 Phone:202 863-6538