FWS Reinstates Designated Port Exception Permit, Allowing Entries at Unstaffed Ports
The Fish and Wildlife Service will again issue Designated Port Exception Permits (DPEP) to authorize entries at ports with no FWS staff present, it said in a bulletin issued Dec. 13 (here). The agency had done away with the permits…
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in October (see 1610240012), but “due to feedback received from the trade, the Service has rescinded that decision,” it said. FWS "has begun the process of consulting with CBP to determine the necessary programming changes to ACE needed to implement the DPEP process,” it said. Changes may not be complete until February, it said. Until ACE is updated, importers will not be able to pilot in ACE with the FWS at non-staffed port locations, but they will be able to obtain clearance at non-staffed ports through eDecs, FWS said. Trade groups had asked FWS to reinstate the permits (see 1611140019 and 1612050011).