95-6458. Public Meetings in Norfolk and Los Angeles on AES Implementation Phase I

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14324-14325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6458]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

U.S. Customs Service


Public Meetings in Norfolk and Los Angeles on AES Implementation 
Phase I

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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    The U.S. Customs Service, Automated Export System Development Team 
announces the following public meetings:

DATES: Norfolk, VA., Friday, March 24, 1995, commencing at 9:00 a.m. 
and Los Angeles, CA, Friday, March 31, 1995, commencing at 9:00 a.m. 
and 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Norfolk, VA; Norfolk International Terminal, Warehouse #4, 
Building C--Training Room, Terminal Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23518
    Los Angeles, CA; Port of Los Angeles Building, Board Room--2nd 
Floor, 425 South Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro, CA 90733

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norfolk Meeting: Mr. Paul Somers, 
[phone]; Pre-registration Fax: [phone]
    Los Angeles Meeting: Ms. Mary Curcio, [phone]; Pre-
registration Fax: [phone]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. Customs Commissioner George J. Weise 
has announced that Phase 1 of the Automated Export System (AES) will be 
implemented at the ports of Baltimore; Norfolk; Houston; Charleston, 
South Carolina and Long Beach, California. Implementation is scheduled 
for July 1995.
    AES is a joint venture between Customs and the Bureau of Census. 
The system is designed to electronically gather export-related 
information from both exporters and carriers prior to actual 
exportation.
    A major goal of AES is to improve the accuracy of export trade 
statistics, which are used as a primary economic indicator. Eventually, 
AES will replace numerous paper and electronic mechanisms for filing 
Shipper's Export Declarations (SED's). AES will also enhance collection 
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee on exports, which is expected to return 
$60 to $80 million to the U.S. Treasury annually.
    Customs, Treasury's lead agency for international trade issues, 
started AES development in May 1994. The AES team has been working 
closely with a Trade Resource Group comprised of members from export-
related industries. [[Page 14325]] 
    In this document, Customs is announcing the following public 
meetings on AES:
    1. Norfolk, Virginia--March 24, 1995, commencing at 9:00 a.m., 
Norfolk International Terminal, Warehouse #4, Building C--Training 
Room, Terminal Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23518, Point of Contact: Mr. Paul 
Somers [phone], Pre-registration fax number: [phone].
    2. Los Angeles, California--March 31, 1995, commencing at 9:00 a.m. 
and 1:00 p.m., Port of Los Angeles Building, Board Room-2nd Floor, 425 
South Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro, California 90733, Point of 
Contact: Ms. Mary Curcio [phone], Pre-registration fax number: 
[phone].
    Additional public meetings on AES Implementation Phase I are 
planned for the following locations; Houston, Texas, April 19, 1995, 
and Charleston, South Carolina, April 4 or 5, 1995. Appropriate notice 
will be published in the Federal Register when the dates, times and 
specific locations for these meetings have been finalized.

    Dated: March 10, 1995.
Sharon A. Mazur,
Director, AES Development Team.
[FR Doc. 95-6458 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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