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TREAS/DO RIN: 1505-AB97 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: Electronic Payment and Refund of Quarterly Harbor Maintenance Fees  
Abstract: Amendment to part 24 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations prescribing an alternative procedure by which payers of the quarterly harbor maintenance fee (HMF) may submit payments or refund requests to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) electronically via an Internet account established by the payer and located at www.pay.gov. CBP will continue to accept quarterly HMF payments or refund requests via mail. This document also clarifies the regulations to state that each HMF quarterly payment, whether paper or electronic, must be accompanied by a CBP Form 349 (HMF Quarterly Summary Report) and that supplemental HMF payments must be accompanied by both a CBP Form 350 (HMF Amended Quarterly Summary Report) and a CBP Form 349. The changes set forth in this document are intended to provide the trade with an expanded electronic payment/refund option for quarterly HMF payments and to modernize and enhance CBP’s port use fee collection efforts. 
Agency: Department of the Treasury(TREAS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 19 CFR 24.24   
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301    19 USC 58a to 58c    19 USC 66    19 USC 1202 (General Note 3(i), Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS))    19 USC 1505    26 USC 4461    ...   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/05/2008  73 FR 45364   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/06/2008    
Final Action  06/00/2009    
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:
Kim Cochenour
Accountant, Collections, Refunds and Analysis Branch
Department of the Treasury
Office of Finance, Revenue Division, Customs and Border Protection, Suite 100, 6650 Telecom Drive,
Indianapolis, IN 46278
Phone:317 614-4598
Email: hmf@dhs.gov

Deborah Thompson
Accountant, Collections, Refunds and Analysis Branch
Department of the Treasury
United States Customs Service
Revenue Division, Office of Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 6650 Telecom Drive, Suite 100,
Indianapolis, IN 46278
Phone:317 614-4607
Email: deborah.a.thompson@cbp.dhs.gov