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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 160 / Monday, August 23, 2021 / Notices vessels of over 200 gross registered tons GRT is authorized to serve as master on inspected vessels of less than 100
GRT within any restrictions on their merchant mariner credential MMC.
The Coast Guard will use the Policy Letter Issuance of Endorsements for Master of Self-Propelled Vessels of Less Than 100 GRT to Mariners Holding Endorsements as Mate of Self-Propelled Vessels of 200 GRT or More and 46
CFR 15.901 in issuing endorsements for mariners to serve as a master on vessels less than 100 GRT. The Coast Guard issued this policy letter to clarify the process for the issuance of national officer endorsements for master of selfpropelled vessels of less than 100 GRT
for mariners who hold national endorsements for mate of inspected selfpropelled vessels of 200 GRT or more.
For mariners holding a MMC
endorsement that authorizes service as mate on inspected self-propelled vessels of 200 GRT or more, the Coast Guard may include in the mariners MMC a national endorsement as master of selfpropelled vessels of less than 100 GRT.
This will apply to the following national endorsements:
1 Chief Mate of Self-Propelled Vessels of Unlimited Tonnage;
2 Second Mate of Self-Propelled Vessels of Unlimited Tonnage;
3 Third Mate of Self-Propelled Vessels of Unlimited Tonnage;
4 Mate of Self-Propelled Vessels of Less Than 1,600 GRT;
5 Mate of Self-Propelled Vessels of Less Than 500 GRT;
6 Chief Mate OSV;
7 Mate OSV; and 8 Mate Pilot of Towing Vessels.
Mariners holding one of the endorsements above authorizing service on either near-coastal waters or oceans will be issued an endorsement as Master of Near Coastal Self-Propelled Vessels of Less Than 100 GRT. Mariners holding one of the endorsements above for inland waters or for Great Lakes and inland waters will be issued a master less than 100 GRT endorsement with the same route as their mate endorsement.
Mariners holding endorsements as Chief Mate OSV and Mate OSV will be issued endorsements as master of less than 100 GRT that are not restricted to offshore supply vessels. Mariners holding endorsements as Mate Pilot of Towing Vessels will be issued endorsements as master of less than 100
GRT that are not restricted to towing vessels. All other restrictions on the mariners mate endorsement will apply to the endorsement for master for less than 100 GRT.
Mariners seeking to add the master less than 100 GRT endorsement to their
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MMCs, must specifically apply for it in order for the Coast Guard to add the endorsement to their credential.
However, mariners holding one of the endorsements listed in above are not required to have the endorsement as master in their MMC in order to serve as master on an inspected vessel of less than 100 GRT. As specified in 46 CFR
15.901a, any mariner holding an endorsement authorizing service as mate on an inspected vessel of 200 GRT
or more may serve as master on a vessel of less than 100 GRT on the same route as their equivalent mate endorsement.
This notice is issued under authority of 5 U.S.C. 552a.
Dated: August 18, 2021.
J.G. Lantz, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Uruguay Beef Imports Approved for the Electronic Certification System eCERT
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.

AGENCY:

ACTION:

General notice.

This document announces that the export certification requirement for certain imports of beef from the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Uruguay subject to a tariff-rate quota will be accomplished through the Electronic Certification System eCERT. All imports of beef from Uruguay that are subject to the tariff-rate quota must have a valid export certificate with a corresponding eCERT transmission at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption. The United States Government USG has approved the request from Uruguay to transition, from the way the USG
currently receives export certificates from Uruguay, to eCERT as the method of transmission. The transition to eCERT
will not change the tariff-rate quota filing process or requirements.
Importers will continue to provide the export certificate numbers from Uruguay in the same manner as when currently filing entry summaries with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The format of the export certificate numbers will remain the same for the corresponding eCERT transmissions.

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The use of the eCERT process for certain Uruguayan beef importations subject to a tariff-rate quota will be effective for beef entered, or withdrawn from a warehouse, for consumption on or after August 30, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Peterson, Chief, Quota and Agriculture Branch, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of Trade, 202 3848905, or HQQUOTA@cbp.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background There is an existing tariff-rate quota on certain beef from the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Uruguay pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 3 of Chapter 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States HTSUS.
The tariff-rate quota for beef from Uruguay was established by section 6 of the Presidential Proclamation No. 6763
December 23, 1994, as a result of the Uruguay Round Agreements, approved by Congress in section 101 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 19
U.S.C. 3511a, Pub. L. 103465, 108
Stat. 4814. Tariff-rate quotas permit a specified quantity of merchandise to be entered or withdrawn for consumption at a reduced duty rate during a specified period. Furthermore, section 2012.3 of title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR states that beef may only be entered as a product of an eligible country for a tariff-rate quota if the importer makes a declaration to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection CBP
that a valid export certificate is in effect with respect to the beef. In addition, the CBP regulations, at 19 CFR 132.15, set forth provisions relating to the requirement that an importer must possess a valid export certificate at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, to claim the in-quota tariff rate of duty on entries of beef subject to the tariff-rate quota.
The Electronic Certification System eCERT is a system developed by CBP
that uses electronic data transmissions of information normally associated with a required export document, such as a license or certificate, to facilitate the administration of quotas and ensure that the proper restraint levels are charged without being exceeded. Uruguay currently submits export certificates to CBP via email, and in the administration of the quota, CBP
validates these certificates with the certificate numbers provided by importers on their entry summaries.
Uruguay requested to participate in the eCERT process to comply with the United States tariff-rate quota for beef exported from Uruguay for importation
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