Revised List of User Fee Airports

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury Customs Service 19 CFR Part 122 [T.D. 00-34] AGENCY: Customs Service, Treasury. ACTION: Final rule. ( printed page 31264) SUMMARY: This document amends the Customs Regulations by revising the list of user fee airports. User fee airports are those which, while not qualifying for designation as international or landing rights airports because of insufficient volume or value of business, have been approved by the Commissioner of Customs to receive the services of Customs officers on a fee basis for the processing of aircraft entering the United States and their passengers and cargo. EFFECTIVE DATE: May 17, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Betsy Passuth, Office of Field Operations, 202-927-0795. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Part 122, Customs Regulations ( 19 CFR part 122 ), sets forth regulations relating to the entry and clearance of aircraft in international commerce and the transportation of persons and cargo by aircraft in international commerce. Under § 1644a, Title 19, United States Code ( 19 U.S.C.1644a ), the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to designate places in the United States as ports of entry for civil aircraft arriving from any place outside of the United States, and for merchandise carried on the aircraft. These airports are referred to as international airports, and the location and name of each are listed in § 122.13, Customs Regulations ( 19 CFR 122.13 ). In accordance with § …