CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings
According to various documents posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site, the Department of Homeland Security recently announced its intent to issue two waivers of certain laws to expedite security improvements at the southwest border. Congress gave the DHS Secretary authority to waive all legal requirements necessary to expeditiously install additional physical barriers and roads at the border to deter illegal activity.
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1. DHS Waives Certain Laws to Expedite Southwest Border Fence, Etc.
One waiver applies to certain environmental and land management laws for various project areas in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. A separate waiver was signed for the levee-border barrier project in Hidalgo County, Texas.
(Documents - press release on the waivers, list of areas of high illegal entry, statement by the DHS Secretary, notice on the Hidalgo fence waiver, and list of areas of high illegal entry in Hidalgo County, TX - posted 04/01/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/highlights/dhs_waiver/)
2. Other CBP Postings and Messages
The following have also been issued by CBP:
Chart on how cargo flows in U.S. CBP has posted a diagram depicting how cargo flows securely to the U.S. (from both the U.S. and overseas perspective). This diagram also shows the location of the Container Security Initiative (CSI) ports as of September 28, 2007. (Chart, posted 03/28/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/cargo_control/cargo_flow_map.ctt/cargo_flow_map.pdf)
CBP/PPQ Stakeholders Conference tentative agenda. CBP has reposted the tentative agenda for the CBP/Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Stakeholders Conference that will be held April 29 - May 1, 2008 in Washington, DC. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/24/08 news, 08032450 2, for previous BP summary on the conference.) (Tentative agenda, posted 04/03/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/cargo_control/agric_quar_insp/conference_ag.ctt/conference_ag.doc)
CBP seizes marijuana concealed in monumental stone. CBP has issued a news release announcing that officers at the Calexico east port of entry detained a Mexican truck driver and seized over 754 pounds of marijuana hidden inside a shipment of concreteic monumental stone products. (News release, dated 04/01/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/04012008_4.xml)
Organization and operations info for labs, scientific services. CBP has posted a notice regarding the organization and operations of its laboratories and scientific services. (Notice, dated 04/02/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/operations_support/labs_scientific_svcs/org_and_operations.xml)
3. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions
The antidumping and countervailing messages U.S. Customs Border and Protection issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.
An overview of a number of recent AD/CV messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, are provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)