CBP has posted the U.S. Border Patrol Weekly Blotter for June 17 - 23, 2010. The Blotter provides information on Border Patrol activities during the specified week.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is fast-tracking a review of environmental issues to help speed modification or replacement of the Bayonne Bridge, effectively creating a double-track process begun last year with a comprehensive ongoing planning analysis of alternatives to address height concerns. With bigger ships expected to start calling on the region’s port facilities upon expansion of the Panama Canal by mid-decade, the agency is expediting efforts to determine a cost-effective solution to address the low-clearance issues posed by the current height of the span’s vehicular deck.
A U.S. District Court decision has validated U.S. Customs and Border Protection Laboratories and Scientific Services' use of trace metal profiles in analyzing agricultural product for country of origin.
In the June 23, 2010 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 44, No. 26), CBP published a notice that revokes or modifies certain rulings in order to correctly classify the product described below.
CBP has issued a Unified Business Resumption Messaging message providing an update on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. According to CBP, Pensacola Pass will continue to be closed to vessel traffic during flood tide, beginning at 7:00 pm, June 11, 2010. All other waterways are currently open with no restrictions.
CBP has posted an updated list of non-vessel operating common carrier sea AMS participants.
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that the fix for the program to generate approximately 1300 daily and monthly final statements was not completed on June 21, 2010. The statements were still pending generation to the trade. CBP anticipated fixing this program by COB June 22 with the missing statements being provided to the trade on June 23.
An overview of a number of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, is provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)
CBP has posted an updated list of companies/persons offering sea Automated Manifest System data processing services to the trade community.
Minutes from the May 6, 2010 meeting of the COAC Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Subcommittee were recently posted to CBP’s Web site. During this meeting, Subcommittee members discussed a number of IPR issues, including: