Coordinated Clearance Point of Departure Determination

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Coordinated Clearance Point of Departure
Determination
CRITICAL MUST HAVES BEYOND THE BORDER
PERIMETER STRATEGY MUST DELIVER CANADA-U.S.
TRANSPORTATION BORDER WORKING GROUP
PLENARY Buffalo, New York
Presented by Jim Phillips April 9, 2014
Can/Am Border Trade Alliance
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Coordinated Clearance Point of Departure
Determination
THE BEYOND THE BORDER PERIMETER VISION
DECLARATION WAS ISSUED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND
PRIME MINISTER HARPER ON FEBRUARY 4, 2011
FOLLOWED BY THE AGREED UPON SPECIFIC ACTION PLAN
ON DEC. 5, 2011.
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BORDER PERIMETER VISION MEETING WITH U.S.
AMBASSADOR JACOBSON February 17, 2011 Can/Am BTA
Recommended Essentials to be in the Vision (All
were subsequently included in the Action Plan or
implemented.) Economics will be determining
Border Management. Budget cuts to CBP and CBSA
will impact heavily. Security efforts are not
likely to be reduced thus COMMON SENSE and
REALITY are needed to MORE EFFECTIVELY AND WITH
LESS COST TO GOVERNMENT AND TRADE STAKEHOLDERS
EXPEDITE KNOWN LOW-RISK TRUSTED TRADER SHIPMENTS
AND TRUSTED TRAVELER CROSSINGS. Detailed
specifics for a majority of the following
contained in COORDINATED CLEARANCE- POINT OF
DEPARTURE DETERMINATION document presented. 8
SPECIFIC BORDER ISSUE IMPROVEMENTS WITH
SOLUTIONS
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CanAmBTA presented

• 8 SPECIFICS BORDER ISSUE IMPROVEMENTS WITH
  SOLUTIONS
• ENTRY-EXIT Canadian Entry at land border
  become US Exit match and vice versa.
• Save billions
  versus US Exit Booth construction and staffing.
• Avoid major US
  Exiting Grid Lock. US provide Readers to PILs.
• EXPEDITE LOW-RISK Upgrade FAST to Modified
  Green Lane
• Trusted
  Trader (CSA, C-TPAT, PIP) access to Primary
  Inspection.
• Eliminate
  duplicate Inspection at Land Border by risk
  targeting
• at
  departure.
• Peace Bridge Truck Pre-processing Canadian Side -
  Pre-process not Pre-clear by US.
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  EARLY DELIVERABLE saves 300 Million
• 
  Full descriptive Slide Deck Handout
  given.
• Biometric check of foreign visitors prior to
  boarding offshore so NO non low-risk people can
  reach US or Canadian soil.

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CanAmBTA presented

• Issue RFID Vicinity Canadian Passport Companion
  Card for land border crossing.
• Saves 24
  seconds per person inspection time. Equates to
• saving
  200,000 hours wait time by Canadian cardholders
  and
• 200,000
  hours reduced Officer inspection time EACH for
  CBSA
• and CBP
  Primary Inspection Booth time.
• Develop Joint or Cross Designation for 2 way
  Inspection at low volume rural crossings.
• Streamline current excessive Border Regulations
  in Partnership with Industry.
• TSA recognize NEXUS at US airport passenger
  inspections. NEXUS is proven low CATSA does at
  Canadian major airports.
• Detailed specifics for a majority of the above
  contained in COORDINATED CLEARANCE- POINT OF
  DEPARTURE DETERMINATION document presented.

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• Beyond The Border Specifies
• Economic Benefits
• Enhanced and convergent Canadian and U.S. cargo
  security programs and cooperation with
  international partners to enhance global supply
  chain security will
• Optimize efficiency of offshore cargo clearing by
  providing joint responses to threats thus
  enhancing supply chain security and accelerating
  the legitimate flow of cargo between Canada and
  the U.S.
• Provide greater consistency and predictability in
  the processes each country assesses risk at the
  perimeter and conducts examination on behalf of
  the other country that will enable expedited
  clearance of cargo that proceeds to cross the
  Canada / U.S. land border.
• Improve economic competitiveness due to reduced
  examinations and/or re-inspections and associated
  costs, as well as reduced waiting times at the
  border. CHECK ONCE ACCEPT TWICE

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• Beyond The Border Specifies
• Economic Benefits
• Harmonization of pre-arrival data requirements
  for all stakeholders and alternate processes and
  approaches for Trusted Trader participants.
• Data harmonization will mean streamlining the
  requirements and reducing complexity for trade to
  provide the same information to both Agencies
  thereby reducing the compliance burden on
  industry
• Consistency in data requirements will decrease
  the likelihood of errors, resulting in higher
  compliance rates, and therefore, fewer data
  corrections and fewer delays at the border.
• Harmonizing data elements will allow for
  increased accuracy in risk assessments based on
  common data elements, thus expediting processing
  of low risk goods.
• Reduced costs to industry conducting business
  across the border by implementing, where
  practicable, common practices and streamlined
  procedures for customs processing of Trusted
  Trader participants.

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EXPEDITED CARGO CLEARANCE REQUIRES A
COMPLETED BEYOND THE BORDER INITIATIVE ENHANCED
AND EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE ADVANCE ACCURATE
DATA EFFECTIVE TARGETING INTERCHANGEABLE SHARED
DATA INTEROPERABLE TECHNOLOGY AND
EQUIPMENT HARMONIZED REGULATIONS CBSA CBP ONE
FACE AT THE BORDER FOR ALL OGAS OGDS
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Coordinated ClearancePoint of Departure
DeterminationGoods Movement Concept
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CONTAINER SECURITY INITIATIVE (CSI) PORT 60 OF
THEM CURRENTLY PROCESS ALMOST 90 OF CONTAINERS
ARRIVING THE US. COMMISSIONER BONNER ANNOUNCED
AT SOME POINT ONLY CSI PORTS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO
SHIP TO U.S.
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CSI Port
Canada or US
100 TARGETED AND RISK ASSESSED
US or Canada
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SMART BOX TECHNOLOGY - LIVE PILOT TESTING
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100 Smart Box Sealed
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Low Risk
LOW RISK LOADS
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High/Unknown Risk
Low Risk
VACIS for High or Unknown Risk Cargo
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High/Unknown Risk
Low Risk
Or Destuff Container
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NO LOAD NON LOW-RISK
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High/Unknown Risk
No Unauthorized Intrusion To Smart Seal
Low Risk
Overseas CSI Port
Canada or US
US or Canada
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SINCE ALL CONTAINERS ARE LOW RISK ASSESSED AT
LOADING EXCEPT FOR RANDOM CHECKS AND INTEL
RECEIVED GREEN LANE OFFLOADING DIRECT TO RAIL AND
TRUCK OCCURS AND NO DUPLICATE INSPECTION OF THE
CARGO IS NEEDED ELIMINATES DUPLICATE INSPECTION
AT ARRIVAL PORT AND 49TH PARALLEL AS ALREADY DONE
AT OFFSHORE LOADING CURRENT BYB IS 2 FOR 1
CHECKED ONCE ACCEPTED TWICE CANADA OR US SEAPORT
AND LAND BORDER.
ENVISIONED END STATE IS (3 FOR 1)
CHECKED PRIOR TO LOADING AND ACCEPTED AT
LOADING, ARRIVING CANADA OR U.S. SEAPORT AND
SHARED LAND BORDER
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High/Unknown Risk
No Unauthorized Intrusion To Smart Seal
Low Risk
Overseas CSI Port
Green LaneOffloading
Canada or US
US or Canada
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• SECURE TRANSIT CORRIDOR

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Apex-Secure Transit Corridors
Creating a More Secure Supply Chain for Truck
and Rail Conveyances
Using an Electronic Chain of Custody Security
Device, a Multilayered Approach to Conveyance
Security
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Notional Overview of CBPs Truck CONOPs
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• DHS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY
• NOTE RED TEXT ON DESCRIPTION, OBJECTIVE AND
  DELIVERABLES ON SLIDE 27.

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• DHS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY APRIL 4, 2012
• Secure Transit Corridors Tech Demonstration
  Summary
• Description
• Demonstrate a rail and truck security device that
  will monitor unauthorized door openings or
  anomalies and provide encrypted in-transit
  tracking for C-TPAT Tier III members supply
  chains routes originating from Mexico and
  Canada and ending in the U.S.
• Joint effort with CBP
• Objective
• Increase conveyance security without impacting
  and potentially improving the flow of commerce
• Deliverables
• A leave-behind capability to operate four supply
  chain routes (three truck and one rail).
• Phased cost estimates for full-scale data server
  implementation and acquisition planning for 100
  truck, and 34 rail Points of Entry (POEs) will
  also provide estimates for 228 Maritime and Air
  POEs.
• Technical performance standards and test plans
  for certifying future ECoC-like devices from open
  market.
• Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism ,
  a voluntary importer based program to secure the
  supply chain of goods entering the United States.
  
• Coordinating with the Canada Border Services
  Agency (CBSA) at the Ambassador Bridge Detroit,
  MI Port of Entry

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Implement Pre-inspection andPre-clearance
Initiatives

• Beyond the Border Perimeter Action Plan
• The Pre-clearance Agenda
• Canada and the United States (U.S.) will
  negotiate, by December, 2012, a pre-clearance
  agreement for the land, marine and rail modes to
  provide the legal framework and reciprocal
  authorities necessary for the CBSA and CBP to
  effectively carry out their missions in the other
  country.
• Canada and the U.S. will launch, by September,
  2012, a land cargo pre-inspection pilot in at
  least one location in Canada.

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• CAN/AM BTA BELIEVES PRE-CLEARANCE LAND/RAIL/SEA
  AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW ALL OF THE PRIORITIES ON
  SLIDE 30 TO BE ACHIEVED

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Implement Pre-inspection andPre-clearance
Initiatives

• THIS PARADIGM SHIFTING TREATY PROVIDES
• HIGH VALUE DIRECT BENEFICIAL IMPACTS
• CORNWALL SOLUTION
• PEACE BRIDGE COMMERCIAL PROCESSING
• SMALL PORTS INSPECTION (JOINT 2 OFFICER TEAMS)
• RAIL PASSENGER EFFICIENCY QUEBEC-NY AND
  
  VANCOUVER-SEATTLE (eliminate stop at actual
  Border)
• SECURE TRANSIT CORRIDOR (PLANT TO CUSTOMER)(I.E.
  SAME DRIVERS, SAME PRODUCTS, SAME PORT)
• PORT SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS TO MAXIMIZE UTILIZATION,
  EFFECTIVENESS AND MINIMIZE NEW INVESTMENT
• LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT OF BRIDGE CROSSING PROCESSING
  ZONES
• ETCETERA

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Coordinated ClearancePoint of Departure
DeterminationPassenger Flow Concept
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Canada or US
Overseas Airport
US or Canada
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• BIOMETRIC CHECK BEFORE BOARDING OFFSHORE . US
  VISIT IN PLACE. CANADA MIGRATION TEAMS PARTIALLY
  IN PLACE AND INTERCEPT A MAJORITY OF INADMISSIBLE
  PEOPLE.
• CURRENTLY CANADIAN IMMIGRATION AND DFAIT HAVE
  200 POINTS OF SERVICE GLOBALLY FOR BIOMETRICS.
  US-VISIT AND STATE DEPT. HAVE 207 CONSULAR
  LOCATIONS AND 300 PLUS PORTS OF ENTRY GLOBALLY
  FOR BIOMETRICS WITH 13 SECOND MAXIMUM RESPONSE TO
  OFFICERS.
• CANADA INITIATING ENTRY/EXIT AND ELEC-TRONIC
  TRAVEL AUTHORITY FOR ALL NON VISA APPLICANTS
  EXCEPT U.S

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100 Screening Biographical Biometric Threats
Overseas Airport
Canada or US
US or Canada
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• LOW RISK BOARD.OTHERS NO BOARD

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High/Unknown Risk
Low Risk
Overseas Airport
Canada or US
US or Canada
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Destination
Overseas Airport
Canada or US
US or Canada
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• Beyond The Border Specifies
• Defining Success
• Canada and the United States (U.S.) will screen
  and identify travelers at the earliest point
  possible.
• Canada will implement the electronic Travel
  Authorization (eTA), to improve screening of all
  visa-exempt foreign nationals, and Interactive
  Advance Passenger Information (IAPI) to make
  board/no-board decisions on all travelers
  flying to Canada prior to departure.
• These initiatives will mirror measures taken in
  the U.S. through its Electronic System for Travel
  Authorization (ESTA) and Advance Passenger
  Information System Quick Query (AQQ) systems.
• IAPI will push the CBSAs risk management
  processes away from the North American Perimeter.
  
• Non bona fide travelers will be identified prior
  to departure.

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Coordinated ClearancePoint of Departure
DeterminationTraffic Streaming
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• THIS SLIDE CONCEPT OF STREAMING RFID LIKE NEXUS
  WAS INTRODUCED IN MAY 2007. IN 2010 CBP ANNOUNCED
  THAT ALL LAND PORTS WITH 3 OR MORE PASSENGER
  LANES WOULD STREAM VICINITY RFID TRAVELERS IN
  READY LANES FOR PROCESSING TIME SAVINGS IN BYB BY
  SUMMER OF 2012 WHERE PRACTICAL.

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Mixed Flows of Vehicles Approaching Land
Border(as much as 60 miles back)
Canada or US
USor Canada
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FACTORS DETERMINING PROCESSING CAPACITY OF
PRIMARY INPECTION AT A LAND PORT NUMBER OF
PRIMARY INSPECTION BOOTHS THE NUMBER OF HOURS
EACH BOOTH IS OPERATIONAL WHEN TRAFFIC IS
PRESENT THE PROCESSING DWELL TIME FOR EACH
VEHICLE
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• EXPEDITING TRUCK BORDER CROSSING
• INVOLVED ELEMENTS
• INFRASTRUCTURE
• STAFFING
• INSPECTION PROCESS
• ACCURATE PRE-ARRIVAL DATA
• DRIVER PREPAREDNESS
• ACCESS TO PLAZA PRIMARY BOOTH

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• Access to the Plaza and the Primary inspection
  booth
• The current Monte Carlo uncontrolled random
  arrival (first come first serve) of trucks
  approaching land border Port plazas and Primary
  inspection booths within prohibits optimizing the
  border crossing process and penalizes those who
  have made the considerable effort and investment
  to comply with specified Trusted Trader programs
  to achieve known low-risk status that promised
  but have never yet delivered meaningful
  reductions in their border crossing process.
• The key to achieving public security along with
  economic security, while substantially reducing
  congestion and delay, is participation in known
  low-risk Trusted Trader and Trusted Traveler
  enrollment processes and pre-arrival information.
  Access to the primary inspection booths without
  having to queue using processes such as Traffic
  Streaming is essential.

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• Integrated Cross-Border Law Enforcement April 3,
  2012
• Integrated Enforcement
• We intend to build on existing bilateral law
  enforcement programs to develop the next
  generation of integrated cross-border law
  enforcement operations that leverage
  cross-designated officers and resources to
  jointly identify, assess, and interdict persons
  and organizations involved in transnational crime
  
• Can/Am BTA asks why not CBSA/CBP Officers _at_ Land
  Ports ?

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• Integrated Cross-Border Law Enforcement April 3,
  2012
• Existing Border Enforcement Program
• Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET)
• Bi-national partnership with joint governance
• Canadian and U.S. law enforcement partners
  sharing intelligence and conducting joint
  operations
• Enhances security along the shared border
  (between the ports of entry)
• Shiprider
• Specially trained and cross-designated Canadian
  and U.S. law enforcement officers jointly crewing
  each other's vessels
• Pilot projects conducted and evaluated
  (2005-2007), Framework Agreement signed in May
  2009
• Legislation required to ratify the Agreement
• Border Enforcement Security Team (BEST)
• ICE-led multi-agency teams developed to identify,
  disrupt and dismantle criminal organizations
  posing significant threats to border security
• Since 2008, four BESTs have been established on
  the Canada-U.S. border
• Select Canadian officers are co-located and
  cross-designated in the US

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• Integrated Cross-Border Law Enforcement April 3,
  2012
• Guiding Principles
• Respect for sovereignty and domestic laws
• Operations conducted under the direction/managemen
  t/laws of the host country
• Cross-designation/Reciprocal authorities
• US and CDN officers cross-designated to enforce
  host country laws
• Selection of involved agencies and individuals at
  discretion of each country
• Specialized training
• Dedicated and co-located resources
• Bi-national governance model
• Can/Am BTA asks why not CBSA/CBP Officers at
  Land Border Ports ?

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• Beyond The Border Specifies
• The Action Plan Commitments
• We Will
• Develop for each country an inventory of fees and
  charges at the border which sets out their
  purpose and legal basis, how they are collected,
  how much is collected, their intended use and the
  rationale for collecting them at the border.
• Using an agreed methodology, Commission a
  disinterested third party to conduct an economic
  impact assessment of such fees, including their
  cumulative effect, on the competitive position of
  three economic sectors in Canada and the United
  States for which cross-border activity is
  important.
• Public Safety Canada and the U.S. Department of
  Homeland Security will produce and publish a
  joint Report on the above, which would be
  presented to Leaders and made available to the
  public by September 30, 2012.
• Can/Am BTA Comment No cash should be collected
  by Officers at border inspection.

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BEYOND THE BORDER PERIMETER STRATEGY
MUST DELIVER PILOTS
LEADING TO OPERATION ON EACH OTHERS SOIL NEW
PARADIGM FOR SMALL/RURAL PORT INSPECTION END OF
DUPLICATE INSPECTION AT SHARED LAND
BORDER CANADA VICINITY RFID PASSPORT COMPANION
CARD ENTRY EXIT (PEOPLE AND IMPORT/EXPORT OF
GOODS) USDA FDA CROSS-DESIGNATION TO CBP FOR
24/7 SERVICE
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BEYOND THE BORDER PERIMETER
STRATEGY
MUST DELIVER   DIRECT STREAMED ACCESS TO PRIMARY
CUSTOMS INSPECTIONFOR TRUSTED TRADER TIERS
(ISA/CSA) (FAST) (C-TPAT/PIP TIER 2) (C-TPAT/PIP)
  CONSISTENT CUSTOMS BEST PRACTICE OPERATING
METRICS THE CURRENT BTB ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTS
BORDER ENFORCEMENT SECURITY TEAMS (BEST)
EMPOWERING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO WORK IN
EACH OTHERS COUNTRY. WE NEED BORDER ENFORCEMENT
FACILITATION TEAMS (BEFT) CBP AND CBSA OFFICERS
EMPOWERED TO PERFORM RESPECTIVE DUTIES WITHIN THE
PLAZA TO PLAZA AREAS OF LAND BORDER
PORTS CREATING THE CUSTOMS PROCESSING ZONES
FIRST PROPOSED IN THE 1995 CANADA/U.S. SHARED
BORDER ACCORD
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Thank You

• For more information
• Jim Phillips
• 716-754-8824
• canambta_at_aol.com
• BOTTOM LINE WE NEED TO GET BEYOND THE BORDER
• PERIMETER STRATEGY DONE AND DONE RIGHT TO
• INCLUDE THE MUST HAVES AS THE GLOBAL
• COMPETIVENESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF CANADA
• AND THE U.S. DEPEND ON IT !!!!!!!!

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