Notice 29 Sep 2025 vessel repair, customs, trade regulation, business compliance, homeland security

🚢Agency Information Collection for Vessel Repair and Equipment Purchase

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

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Notice 24 Sep 2025 trade, customs, business operations, compliance, electronic payments, refunds, regulation

💳New ACH Refund Functionality Streamlines Customs Refund Process

This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is making the availability of electronic refunds via Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) more accessible by deploying a new functionality, the ACH Refund Authorization tab, in the Automated Commercial Environment Secure Data Portal (ACE Portal).

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Notice 22 Sep 2025 labor market, department of homeland security, customs, immigration, compliance, cybersecurity, business regulations

📋Unified Agenda

This regulatory agenda is a semiannual summary of projected regulations, existing regulations, and completed actions of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components. This agenda provides the public with information about DHS's regulatory and deregulatory activity. DHS expects that this information will enable the public to be more aware of, and effectively participate in, the Department's regulatory and deregulatory activity. DHS invites the public to submit comments on any aspect of this agenda.

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Notice 16 Sep 2025 fishing vessels, bonded merchandise, customs, compliance, regulation

🐟Regulatory Notice on Bonded Stores for Fishing Vessels

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

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Rule 16 Sep 2025 freight, exports, tonnage tax, customs, vessel operations, vessels, maritime carriers, government regulation, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, compliance, harbors, oil pollution

🚢Amendments to Vessel Tonnage Tax Regulations for Simplified Compliance

This interim final rule amends U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations so that a tonnage year, for purposes of calculating tonnage taxes for a vessel, is aligned with the fiscal year of the Federal Government. Currently, CBP calculates a unique tonnage year for each vessel, starting when the vessel first enters the United States. This rule also permits CBP to issue a single electronic receipt for the payment of tonnage taxes and light money. This rule simplifies the tonnage tax process, decreases the number of errors in assessing tonnage taxes, and simplifies the tracking of tonnage tax payments.

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Notice 15 Sep 2025 regulation, us, compliance, customs, department of homeland security, petroleum, gauging

⚖️Revocation of Freeboard International's Customs Approval

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations, that CBP's approval for Freeboard International's Linden, NJ facility has been revoked from gauging petroleum and petroleum products for customs purposes.

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Notice 15 Sep 2025 regulation, sgs north america, customs, laboratory, texas, petroleum, gauging

⚗️SGS North America Accredited as Commercial Gauger for Petroleum

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that SGS North America, Inc. (Beaumont, TX), has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of August 14, 2024.

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Notice 15 Sep 2025 gauger services, u.s., compliance, customs, petroleum, bureau veritas, regulatory, gauging

⛽Bureau Veritas Approved as Commercial Gauger for Petroleum Products

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that Bureau Veritas Commodities and Trade, Inc. (Sulphur, LA) has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of June 5, 2024.

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Notice 15 Sep 2025 regulation, u.s. customs and border protection, customs, houston, laboratory, gauging, petroleum, accreditation, sgs

⚖️SGS North America Approved as Commercial Gauger and Laboratory

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to CBP regulations, that SGS North America, Inc. (Houston, TX) has been approved to gauge petroleum and certain petroleum products and accredited to test petroleum and certain petroleum products for customs purposes for the next three years as of July 26, 2023.

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Notice 12 Sep 2025 businesses, compliance, customs, accreditation, regulations, border protection

📜Agency Information Collection for Laboratory Accreditation

The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.

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