CCLME.ORG - 19 CFR PART 101—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Bucksport................................. Belfast.
Coburn Gore............................... Jackman.
Daaquam................................... Jackman.
Easton.................................... Fort Fairfield.
Estcourt.................................. Fort Kent.
Forest City............................... Houlton.
Hamlin.................................... Van Buren.
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Maryland
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Salisbury................................. Baltimore.
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Massachusetts
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Provincetown.............................. Plymouth.
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Michigan
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Alpena.................................... Saginaw-Bay City-Flint.
Detour.................................... Sault Ste. Marie.
Escanaba.................................. Sault Ste. Marie.
Grand Haven............................... Muskegon.
Houghton.................................. Sault Ste. Marie.
Marquette................................. Sault Ste. Marie.
Rogers City............................... Saginaw-Bay City-Flint.
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Minnesota
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Crane Lake................................ Duluth, MN-Superior, WI.
Ely....................................... Duluth, MN-Superior, WI.
Lancaster................................. Noyes.
Oak Island................................ Warroad.
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Mississippi
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Biloxi.................................... Mobile, AL.
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Montana
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Wild Horse................................ Great Falls.
Willow Creek.............................. Great Falls.
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New Jersey
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Atlantic City............................. Philadelphia-Chester, PA and
Wilmington, DE.
Port Norris............................... Philadelphia-Chester, PA and
Wilmington, DE.
Tuckerton................................. Philadelphia-Chester, PA and
Wilmington, DE, PA.
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New York
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Cannons Corners........................... Champlain-Rouses Point.
Churubusco................................ Trout River.
Jamieson's Line........................... Trout River.
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New Hampshire
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Pittsburg................................. Beecher Falls, VT.
Monticello................................ Houlton, ME.
Orient.................................... Houlton, ME.
Ste. Aurelie.............................. Jackman, ME.
St. Pamphile.............................. Jackman, ME.
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New Mexico
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Antelope Wells (Mail: Hachita, NM)........ Columbus, NM.
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North Dakota
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Grand Forks............................... Pembina.
Minot..................................... Pembina.
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Ohio
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Akron..................................... Cleveland.
Fairport Harbor........................... Ashtabula/Conneaut.
Lorain.................................... Sandusky.
Marblehead-Lakeside....................... Sandusky.
Put-in-Bay................................ Sandusky.
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Oklahoma
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Muskogee.................................. Tulsa.
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Texas
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Amistad Dam............................... Del Rio.
Falcon Dam................................ Roma.
Fort Hancock.............................. Fabens.
Los Ebanos................................ Rio Grande City.
Marathon.................................. El Paso.
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Vermont
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Beebe Plaine.............................. Derby Line.
Canaan.................................... Beecher Falls.
East Richford............................. Richford.
Newport................................... Derby Line.
North Troy................................ Derby Line.
West Berkshire............................ Richford.
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(d) Temporary Customs stations. Customs stations may be designated for a temporary time only, to provide Customs facilities where needed because of certain large-scale operations. Because these designations change from time to time they are not listed. However, current information as to the existence of such stations may be obtained from the local port director.

[T.D. 77–241, 42 FR 54937, Oct. 12, 1977]

Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting §101.4, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.

§ 101.5 Customs preclearance offices in foreign countries.
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Listed below are the preclearance offices in foreign countries where U. S. Customs officers are located. A Director, Preclearance, located in the Office of Field Operations at Customs Headquarters, is the responsible Customs officer exercising supervisory control over all preclearance offices.

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Country Customs office
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Aruba................................. Orangestad
The Bahamas........................... Freeport
Nassau
Bermuda............................... Kindley Field
Canada................................ Calgary, Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Montreal, Quebec
Ottawa, Ontario
Toronto, Ontario
Vancouver, British Columbia
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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[T.D. 01–81, 66 FR 56431, Nov. 8, 2001]

§ 101.6 Hours of business.
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Except as specified in paragraphs (a) through (g) of this section, each Customs office shall be open for the transactions of general Customs business between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on all days of the year:

(a) Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. In addition to Saturdays, Sundays, and any other calendar day designated as a holiday by Federal statute or Executive Order, Customs offices shall be closed on the following national holidays:

(1) The first day of January.

(2) The third Monday of February.

(3) The last Monday of May.

(4) The fourth day of July.

(5) The first Monday of September.

(6) The second Monday of October.

(7) The eleventh day of November.

(8) The fourth Thursday of November.

(9) The twenty-fifth day of December.

If a holiday falls on Saturday, the day immediately preceding such Saturday will be observed. If a holiday falls on Sunday, the day immediately following such Sunday will be observed. (5 U.S.C. 6103(b)(1)); (E.O. No. 11582, Jan. 1, 1971; 34 FR 2957; 3 CFR Ch. 11)

(b) Local conditions requiring different hgurs. If, because of local conditions, different but equivalent hours are required to maintain adequate service, such hours shall be observed provided the Commissioner of Customs approves them and provided further that a notice of business hours is prominently displayed at the principal entrance and in each public room of the Customs office.

(c) Fixing of hours. At each port or station where there is no full-time Customs employee, the port director shall fix the hours during which the Customs office will be open for the transaction of general Customs business. Notice of such hours shall be prominently displayed at the principal entrance of the office.

(d) State and local holidays. Each Customs office shall be open for the transaction of business on all State and local holidays occurring on days other than Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays listed in paragraph (a) of this section. The appropriate principal field officer may excuse any employee(s) without charge to leave when a state or local holiday interferes with the performance of his work in a Customs office.

(e) Services performed outside a Customs office. Customs services required to be performed outside a Customs office shall be furnished between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (or between the corresponding hours at ports where different but equivalent hours are required for the maintenance of adequate service) on all days when the Customs office is open for the transaction of general Customs business.

(f) Customs services not within prescribed hours. Where there is a regularly recurring need for Customs services outside the hours prescribed in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section and the volume and duration of the required services are uniformly such as to require, of themselves or in immediately consecutive combination with other essential Customs activities of the port, the full time of one or more Customs employees, the necessary number of regular tours of duty to furnish such services on all days of the year except Sundays and national holidays may be established with the approval of the Commissioner of Customs.

(g) Customs services furnished private interests. Other than as specified in this section. Customs services shall be furnished private interests only in accordance with the provisions of §24.16 of this chapter.

[T.D. 77–241, 42 FR 54937, Oct. 12, 1977, as amended by T.D. 82–145, 47 FR 35478, Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 95–77, 60 FR 50019, Sept. 27, 1995]

§ 101.7 Customs seal.
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(a) Design. According to the design furnished by the Department of the Treasury, the Customs seal of the United States shall consist of the seal of the Department of the Treasury surrounded by an outer circle in which appear the words “Treasury” at the top and “U.S. Customs Service” at the bottom.

(b) Use of the Customs seal. The Customs seal currently in official use, including the dies, rolls, plates, and like devices now in the possession of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, shall continue to be equally effective as the official seal of the United States Customs Service and shall continue to be so used by each Customs officer and employee having possession of the seal until that particular device requires replacing and is replaced. Use of the United States Customs seal shall be restricted in the following manner:

(1) The Customs seal of the United States shall be impressed upon all official documents requiring the impress of a seal. It shall be impressed upon all marine documents and landing certificates, certificates of weight, gauge, or measure, and similar classes of documents for outside interests.

(2) The impress of the seal is not necessary on documents passing within the Customs Service nor shall the seal be used in the manner of a notary seal to indicate authority to administer oaths.

§ 101.8 Identification cards.
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Each Customs employee shall be issued an appropriate identification card with that employee's photograph and signature, signed by the appropriate issuing officer.

§ 101.9 Test programs or procedures; alternate requirements.
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(a) General testing. For purposes of conducting a test program or procedure designed to evaluate the effectiveness of new technology or operational procedures regarding the processing of passengers, vessels, or merchandise, the Commissioner of Customs may impose requirements different from those specified in the Customs Regulations, but only to the extent that such different requirements do not affect the collection of the revenue, public health, safety, or law enforcement. The imposition of any such different requirements shall be subject to the following conditions:

(1) Defined purpose. The test is limited in scope, time, and application to such relief as may be necessary to facilitate the conduct of a specified program or procedure;

(2) Prior publication requirement. Whenever a particular test allows for deviation from any regulatory requirements, notice shall be published in the Federal Register not less than thirty days prior to implementing such test, followed by publication in the Customs Bulletin. The notice shall invite public comments concerning the methodology of the test program or procedure, and inform interested members of the public of the eligibility criteria for voluntary participation in the test and the basis for selecting participants.

(b) NCAP testing. For purposes of conducting an approved test program or procedure designed to evaluate planned components of the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP), as described in section 411(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 411), the Commissioner of Customs may impose requirements different from those specified in the Customs Regulations, but only to the extent that such different requirements do not affect the collection of the revenue, public health, safety, or law enforcement. In addition to the requirement of paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the imposition of any such different requirements shall be subject to the following conditions:

(1) Prior publication requirement. For tests affecting the NCAP, notice shall be published in the Federal Register not less than thirty days prior to implementing such test, followed by publication in the Customs Bulletin. The notice shall invite public comments concerning any aspect of the test program or procedure, and inform interested members of the public of the eligibility criteria for voluntary participation in the test and the basis for selecting participants; and,

(2) Post publication requirement. Within a reasonable time period following the completion of the test, a complete description of the results shall be published in both the Federal Register and the Customs Bulletin.

[T.D. 95–21, 60 FR 14214, Mar. 16, 1995]