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U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS; Treasury
fee is a Customs duty. For purposes of
this paragraph, any penalty assessable
in relation to an amount of Customs
duty, whether or not any such duty is
in fact due and payable, shall be assessed in the same manner with respect
to any fee required to be paid under
this section.
(2) Jurisdiction. For purposes of determining the jurisdiction of any court or
agency of the United States, any fee
provided for under this section shall be
treated as if such fee is a Customs
duty.
[T.D. 91–33, 56 FR 15039, Apr. 15, 1991]
EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting § 24.23, see the List of CFR
Sections Affected, which appears in the
Finding Aids section of the printed volume
and at www.fdsys.gov.

§ 24.24 Harbor maintenance fee.
(a) Fee. Commercial cargo loaded on
or unloaded from a commercial vessel

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is subject to a port use fee of 0.125 percent (.00125) of its value if the loading
or unloading occurs at a port within
the definition of this section, unless exempt under paragraph (c) of this section or one of the special rules in paragraph (d) of this section is applicable.
(b) Definitions. For the purpose of this
section:
(1) Port means any channel or harbor
(or component thereof) in the customs
territory of the United States which is
not an inland waterway and is open to
public navigation and at which Federal
funds have been used since 1977 for construction, maintenance or operation. It
does not include channels or harbors
deauthorized by Federal law before
1985. A complete list of the ports subject to the harbor maintenance fee is
set forth below:

PORT CODES, NAMES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PORTS SUBJECT TO HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE
[Section 1402 of Pub. L. 99–662, as amended]
Port code, port name and state

Port descriptions and notations

Alabama
1901—Mobile
Alaska
3126—Anchorage ..............................
3106—Dalton Cache .........................
3101—Juneau ...................................
3102—Ketchikan ...............................
3127—Kodiak
3112—Petersburg ..............................
3125—Sand Point .............................
3115—Sitka .......................................
—St. Paul

Includes
Includes
Includes
Includes

Seldovia Harbor, and Homer. Movements between these points are intraport.
Haines Harbor.
only Hoonah Harbor. Fee does not apply to Juneau Harbor.
Metlakatla Harbor. Fee does not apply to Wades Cove.

Includes Wrangell Narrows.
Includes Humboldt, King Cove and Iliuliuk Harbor. Fee does not apply to Dutch Harbor.
Includes Sergius-Whitestone Narrows.

California
2802—Eureka ....................................
Los Angeles/Long Beach Ports .........
2709—Long Beach Harbor
2704—Los Angeles
2713—Port Hueneme
2712—Ventura
2805—Monterrey
2719—Moro Bay ................................
2501—San Diego ..............................
2707—San Luis

Includes Crescent City.
Includes Ventura, Port Hueneme, Channel Islands Harbor, Santa Barbara, Marina Del
Ray, Los Angeles and Long Beach. Movements between these points are intraport.

Includes only Moro Bay.
Includes San Diego River and Mission Bay, and Oceanside Harbor.

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19 CFR Ch. I (4–1–11 Edition)

PORT CODES, NAMES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PORTS SUBJECT TO HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE—
Continued
[Section 1402 of Pub. L. 99–662, as amended]
Port code, port name and state

Port descriptions and notations

San Francisco Bay Area Ports * ........
2813—Alameda
2830—Carquinez Strait
2815—Crockett
2820—Martinez
2811—Oakland
2821—Redwood City
2812—Richmond
2816—Sacramento
2809—San Francisco
2828—San Joaquin
2829—San Pablo Bay
2827—Selby
2810—Stockton
2831—Suisun Bay

Includes all points inshore of the Golden Gate Bridge on the bays and the straits and on
the Napa, Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and on the deep water channels to
Sacramento and Stockton. Movements between points above Suisun Bay (Longitude
122 degrees West at Port Chicago) are intraport. Movements between points below
Longitude 122 degrees West and the Golden Bridge are all intraport. All other movements are interport.

Connecticut
0410—Bridgeport ...............................
0411—Hartford ..................................
0412—New Haven
0413—New London ...........................

Includes Housatonic River, and Stamford Harbor, and Wilson Point Harbor. Movements
between these points are intraport.
Includes all points on the Connecticut River between Hartford and Long Island Sound.
Movements within this area are intraport.
Includes all points on the Thames River from the mouth to, and including Norwich, CT.
Also includes Groton, CT.

Delaware
Delaware River Ports, DE, NJ, PA * ..
1102—Chester, PA
1107—Camden, NJ
1113—Gloucester, NJ
1118—Marcus Hook, PA
1105—Paulsboro, NJ
1101—Philadelphia, PA
1103—Wilmington, DE

Includes all points on the Delaware River from Trenton to the sea at a line between
Cape Henlopen and Cape May, all points on the lower four miles of the Christina
River, Delaware, and all points on the lower six miles of Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania.
Fee applies to all movements on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal east of U.S.
Highway 13. Includes Absecon Inlet (Atlantic City) and Cold Spring Inlet. Movements
within this area are intraport.

District of Columbia
Potomac River Ports, DC, MD, VA *
5402—Alexandria, VA
5401—Washington, DC

Includes all points on the Potomac River (see Chesapeake Bay Ports map) from a line
between Point Lookout and the Little Wicomico River at Chesapeake Bay to and including Washington and Alexandria. Movements between these points are intraport.

Florida
1807—Boca Grande
1805—Fernandina Beach
5205—Fort Pierce
1803—Jacksonville
5202—Key West
5201—Miami
1818—Panama City ..........................
1819—Pensacola
1816—Port Canaveral
5203—Port Everglades
Tampa Bay Ports * .............................
1814—St Petersburg
1801—Tampa
5204—West Palm Beach

For HMF purposes, also includes Carrabelle and Port St. Joe.

Includes Alafia River, Port Manatee, Port Sutton, Port Tampa Weedon Island, and all
other points on or approached using the Tampa Harbor Channel inshore of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Movements between these points are intraport.

Georgia
1701—Brunswick ...............................
1703—Savannah

Includes St. Marys River.

Hawaii
3202—Hilo .........................................
3201—Honolulu .................................
3203—Kahului ...................................
3204—Nawiliwili-Port Allen ................

Includes
Includes
Includes
Includes

Kawaihae.
Barbers Point Harbor.
Kaunakakai Harbor.
both Nawiliwili and Port Allen.

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PORT CODES, NAMES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PORTS SUBJECT TO HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE—
Continued
[Section 1402 of Pub. L. 99–662, as amended]
Port code, port name and state
Illinois
Southern Lake Michigan Ports ..........
3901—Chicago, IL
3904—East Chicago, IN
3905—Gary, IN
Indiana
Southern Lake Michigan Ports ..........
3901—Chicago, IL
3904—East Chicago, IN
3905—Gary, IN
Louisiana
2017—Lake Charles ..........................
Mississippi River Ports/Baton Rouge
and Vicinity *.
2004—Baton Rouge
2010—Gramercy
Mississippi River Ports/New Orleans
and Vicinity *.
2002—New Orleans
2005—Port Sulphur
2001—Morgan City * ..........................

Maine
0102—Bangor
0111—Bath
0131—Portsmouth, NH
0132—Belfast ....................................

Port descriptions and notations

Includes Waukegan Harbor, IL, Indiana Harbor (East Chicago, IN) Calumet Harbor, the
Chicago River (up to the North Avenue Bridge) and the Chicago Harbor. Fee applies
at the ports of Michigan City and Burns Waterway Harbor, IN. Fee does not apply at
Buffington Harbor or Gary Harbor. Movements within an area from Waukegan, IL to
Michigan City, IN are intraport.
Includes Waukegan Harbor, IL. Indiana Harbor (East Chicago, IN) Calumet Harbor, the
Chicago River (up to the North Avenue Bridge) and the Chicago Harbor. Fee applies
at the ports of Michigan City and Burns Waterway Harbor, IN. Fee does not apply at
Buffington Harbor or Gary Harbor. Movements within an area from Waukegan, IL to
Michigan City, IN are intraport.
Includes all points on the Calcasieu River and Pass. Also includes Mermentau River
from Catfish Point Control Structure to the Gulf.
Includes all river points from River Mile 115 Above Head of Passes (AHP) at the St.
Charles Parish-Jefferson Parish line, to River Mile 233.9 AHP at Baton Rouge. Includes Destrehan, Good Hope, and St. Rose. Movements between these points are
intraport.
Includes all river points from River mile 115 Above Head of Passes (AHP) to Mile 21.6
Below Head of Passes (BHP) via Southwest Pass and to Mile 14.7 BHP via South
Pass. Also includes all points on the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, Avondale, and the
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. Movements between these points are intraport.
Includes Atchafalaya River from Morgan City to the Gulf. Includes all points on the
Houma Navigation Canal, and points on the Gulf Intra-coastal Waterway between Mile
49.8 West and Mile 107.0 West. Movements between these points are intraport.

Includes all Penobscot River points (Bucksport and Winterport), and Georges River. Fee
does not apply at Belfast, Searsport, Sandy Point, or Castine Harbor.

0101—Portland
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay Ports, MD * ............
1303—Baltimore
1302—Cambridge
1301—Annapolis
Massachusetts
0401—Boston ....................................

Includes all Maryland points on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary waters except for
the Potomac Rivers. Also includes the Waterway from the Delaware River to the
Chesapeake Bay west of U.S. 13 highway bridge. Movements between these points
are intraport. (Also see Chesapeake Bay Ports: VA.)
Includes all of the Port of Boston inshore of Castle Island on the Inner Harbor and Chelsea and Mystic River and all points on the Weymouth Fore, and Town and Black Rivers, and Dorchester Bay. Also includes Plymouth Harbor. Movements between points
on the Saugus River in the North and Plymouth Harbor in the South are intraport.

0404—Gloucester
0407—Fall River
Michigan
3843—Alpena ....................................
Monroe/Detroit/Harbor Beach
3801—Detroit
3802—Port Huron
3808—Escanaba ...............................

South Central Lake Superior Ports ...
3809—Marquette
3842—Presque Isle
Eastern Lake Michigan Ports ............
3815—Muskegon
3816—Grand Haven
3844—Ferrysburg
Upper Lake Huron Ports ...................
3803—Sault Ste. Marie
3804—Saginaw-Flint-Bay City
3843—Alpena

Fee does not apply to Stoneport.
Includes Monroe, Detroit, and the Detroit River, St. Clair River, Port Huron and all points
on the Rouge and Black Rivers. Fee also applies at Harbor Beach, MI. All movements
within this area between Monroe and Harbor Beach, MI are intraport.
Fee applies at all points on the little Bay de Noc above Escanaba, including Gladstone
and Kipling. Movements within an area from Escanaba to the Mackinac Bridge are
intraport. Fee does not apply at Escanaba.
Includes Ontonagon Harbor, all points on the Harbor, all points on the Keweenaw Waterway, Presque Isle Harbor and Marquette and Grand Marais. Movements between all
Michigan ports on Lake Superior are intraport.
Fee applies at Charlevoix, Frankfort, Portage Lake, Manatee, Ludington, Pentwater Harbor, Ferrysburg, White Lake Harbor, Muskegon, Grand Haven, and South Haven, Holland, and St. Joseph/Benton Harbor, MI. All movements between Eastern Lake Michigan ports are intraport.
Includes all points on the St. Mary’s River, the ports of Cheyboygan, Alpena, Bay City,
and Saginaw River. Does not include Alabaster, Cacit, Port Dolomite, Port Inland, Port
Gypum or Stoneport. Movements within an area from Sault Ste. Marie and the Saginaw River are intraport.

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19 CFR Ch. I (4–1–11 Edition)

PORT CODES, NAMES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PORTS SUBJECT TO HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE—
Continued
[Section 1402 of Pub. L. 99–662, as amended]
Port code, port name and state

Port descriptions and notations

Minnesota
Duluth/Superior Area Ports ...............
3601—Duluth
3602—Ashland
3608—Superior
3614—Silver Bay

Fee applies at Two Harbors and Duluth, MN, and Superior, WI. Fee also applies at Ashland and Port Wing, WI and Grand Marais, MN. Fee does not apply at Taconite, or Silver Bay, MN. All movements between Silver Bay, MN and Ashland, WI are considered
intraport.

Mississippi
1902—Gulfport ..................................
1903—Pascagoula

Does not include Bienville.

New Hampshire
0131—Portsmouth, NH
New Jersey
Delaware River Ports, DE, NJ, PA * ..
1102—Chester, PA
1107—Camden, NJ
1113—Gloucester, NJ
1118—Marcus Hook, PA
1105—Paulsboro, NJ
1101—Philadelphia, PA
1103—Wilmington, DE
1003—Newark ...................................
1004—Perth Amboy ..........................

Includes all points on the Delaware River from Trenton to the sea at a line between
Cape Henlopen and Cape May, all points on the lower four miles of the Christina
River, Delaware, and all points on the lower six miles of the Schuylkill River, PA. Fee
applies to all movements on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal east of U.S. Highway 13. Includes Absecon Inlet (Atlantic City) and Cold Spring Inlet. Movements between these points are intraport.

See New York Harbor.
See New York Harbor.

New York
New York Harbor, NY, NJ * ...............
1001—New York
1003-Newark
1004—Perth Amboy
1002—Albany * ..................................
0901—Buffalo-Niagara Falls .............

0706—Cape Vincent
0701—Ogdensburg
0904—Oswego
0903—Rochester
0905—Sodus Point ............................

Includes all points in New York and New Jersey with the Port of New York on the waters
inshore of a line between Sandy Hook and Rockaway Point and south of Tappan Zee
Bridge on the Hudson and west of Throgs Neck Bridge of the East River. Movements
between these and all points within the New York Port District boundaries described in
New York Code (Chapter 154, Laws of New York, 1921), are intraport.
Includes all points on the Hudson River between Tappan Zee Bridge and the Troy Lock
and Dam. Movements between points within this area are intraport.
Includes Buffalo Harbor, Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor, and all points on
Cattaraugus Creek, and Dunkirk Harbor. Movements between these points are
intraport.

Includes Little Sodus Bay Harbor, and Great Sodus Bay Harbor.

North Carolina
1511—Beaufort-Morehead City .........
1501—Wilmington ...............

Includes Ocracoke Inlet. Movements within this area are intraport.
Includes all points on the Cape Fear and Northeast Cape Fear Rivers inshore of the Atlantic Ocean entrance. Movements within this area are intraport.

Ohio
Lake Erie Ports ..................................
4108—Ashtabula
4101—Cleveland
4109—Conneaut
4106—Erie, PA
4111—Fairport
4117-Huron
4121—Lorain
4105—Toledo-Sandusky

Includes Toledo, Sandusky, Huron, Lorain, Cleveland, Fairport, Ashtabula, Conneaut and
Erie. Movements between these points are intraport. Fee does not apply at Marblehead.

Oregon
Columbia River Ports, OR, WA .........
2901—Astoria, OR
2904—Portland, OR
2909—Kalama, WA
2905—Longview, WA
2908—Vancouver, WA
2903—Coos Bay ...............................
2902—Newport ..................................

Includes all points on the Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam, and all points
on the Willamette River downstream of River Mile 21. Includes the Multnoma Channel,
the Skipanon Channel, and Oregon Slough. Movements between points within this
area are intraport.

Includes Port Orford, the Siuslaw River, and Umpaqua River. Movements between these
points are intraport.
Includes Tillamook Bay, and Yaguina Bay and Harbor.

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PORT CODES, NAMES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PORTS SUBJECT TO HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE—
Continued
[Section 1402 of Pub. L. 99–662, as amended]
Port code, port name and state

Port descriptions and notations

Pennsylvania
Delaware River Ports, DE, NJ, PA * ..
1102—Chester, PA
1107—Camden, NJ
1113—Gloucester, NJ
1118—Marcus Hook, PA
1105—Paulsboro, NJ
1101—Philadelphia, PA
1103—Wilmington, DE

Includes all points on the Delaware River from Trenton to the sea at a line between
Cape Henlopen and Cape May, all points on the lower four miles of the Christina
River, Delaware, and all points on the lower six miles of the Schuykill River, Pennsylvania. Fee applies to all movements on the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal east of
U.S. Highway 13. Includes Absecon Inlet (Atlantic City) and Cold Spring Inlet. Movements between these points are intraport.

Puerto Rico
4907—Mayaguez
4908—Ponce .....................................
4909—San Juan ................................

Does not include Guayanilla and Tallaboa.
Includes Arecibo.

Rhode Island
0502—Providence .............................

Federal project limit: Providence River East of Prudence Island just above Dyer Island
and ending at Hurricane Barrier at Fox Point. The areas west of Prudence Island, including Quonset Point, Patience Island, Warwick Neck and Greenwich Bay are not
subject to the fee.

South Carolina
1601—Charleston ..............................

Includes the Ashley River, Cooper River, Shipyard River, and Port Royal Harbor. Movements within this area are intraport.

1602—Georgetown
Texas
2301—Brownsville .............................
5312—Corpus Christi
5311—Freeport
Galveston Bay Ports * ........................
5310—Galveston
5306—Texas City
5301—Houston * ................................

5313—Port Lavaca ............................
Sabine Ports * ....................................
2104—Beaumont
2103—Orange
2101—Port Arthur
2102—Sabine

Includes Port Isabel and Brazos Island Harbor. Movements between these points are
intraport.

Includes Port Bolivar and all points on Galveston Bay in Galveston County. Movements
between points within this area are intraport.

Includes Bayport, Baytown, and all other points on or accessed via the Houston Ship
Channel from the Liberty/Chambers county line on the north to the Chambers/Galveston county line to the south. Movements within this area are intraport.
Includes Matagorda Ship Channel.
Includes Port Neches, Sabine Pass and all other points on the Sabine-Neches Waterway. Movements between these points are intraport.

Virginia
Potomac River Ports, DC, MD, VA *
5402—Alexandria, VA
5401—Washington, DC
Chesapeake Bay Ports,VA * ..............
1406—Cape Charles
1402—Newport News
1401—Norfolk
James River Ports, VA ......................
1408—Hopewell
1404—Richmond/Petersburg

Includes all points on the Potomac River (see Chesapeake Bay Ports map) from a line
between Point Lookout and the Little Wicomico River at Chesapeake Bay to and including Washington and Alexandria. Movements between these points are intraport.
Includes all Virginia points on the Chesapeake Bay inshore of a line from Cape Henry to
Cape Charles, and tributary waters including the ports of Hampton Roads. Does not
include the Potomac River or the James River above the James River Bridge at Newport News. Movements between points within this area are intraport. (Also see Chesapeake Bay Ports, MD.)
Includes all points on the James River above the James River Bridge at Newport News.
Movements between these points are intraport.

Washington
3003—Aberdeen ................................

Includes Grays Harbor and Yaguina Bay and Harbor. Movements between these points
are intraport.

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19 CFR Ch. I (4–1–11 Edition)

PORT CODES, NAMES, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PORTS SUBJECT TO HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE—
Continued
[Section 1402 of Pub. L. 99–662, as amended]
Port code, port name and state

Port descriptions and notations

Puget Sound Ports, WA* ...................
3005—Bellingham
3006—Everett
3007—Port Angeles
3001—Seattle
3002—Tacoma
3026—Olympia

Fee applies only at ports listed. Bellingham includes all of Bellingham Bay and tributary
waters north of Chuchanut Bay on the east, and Portage Island on the west. Port
Everett includes all of Port Dardner (an arm of Possession Sound) between Elliott
Point on the south to, and including, the Snahomish River on the north. The port of
Olympia includes all points on Budd Inlet extending from Cooper and Dofflemyer Point
on the north to, and including, the city of Olympia on the south. The fee applies to all
points within the Inner Harbor of the Port of Seattle, including Salmon Bay, Lakes
Union and Washington, the Lake Washington Ship Canal, and Kenmore Navigation
Channel. Includes all points on Elliott Bay and tributary waters between West Point on
the north and Duwamish Head on the south. Fee applies at all points within Tacoma
Harbor including all of Commensement Bay and tributary waters between Browns
Point on the east and Point Defiance on the west. Movements between these ports
and any other U.S. points on Puget Sound or the Strait of Juan de Fuca east of Cape
Flattery are intraport.
Includes only access channel and berthing areas adjacent to Anacortes Industrial Park
off 30th Street.
Includes all points on the Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam, and all points
on the Willamette River downstream of River mile 21. Includes the Multnoma Channel,
the Skipanon Channel, and Oregon Slough. Movements between points within this
area are intraport.

3010—Anacortes ...............................
Columbia River Ports, WA,
OR.
2901—Astoria, OR
2904—Portland, OR
2909—Kalama, WA
2905—Longview, WA
2908—Vancouver, WA
Wisconsin
3602—Ashland ....................
Green Bay/Marinette Area Ports .......
3703—Green Bay
3702—Marinette
Western Lake Michigan Ports ...........
3701—Milwaukee
3708—Racine
3707—Sheboygan

See Duluth/Superior Area Ports, MN.
Fee applies to all movements between points along the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal. Fee also applies to Green Bay, Oconto, and Menominee/Marinette.
Movements between points from Menominee and points along the Sturgeon Bay and
Lake Michigan Ship Canal are intraport.
Includes the ports of Milwaukee, Racine, and Sheboygan, MN. All movements between
these points are intraport.

*Indicates that a map of this area is available from the Budget Division, Office of Finance, U.S. Customs Service, Room 6328,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20229; tel. 202–927–0034.

(2) Commercial cargo means, unless exempted by paragraphs (c) (1) and (2) of
this section, merchandise transported
on a commercial vessel and passengers
transported for compensation or hire.
Whenever the term ‘‘cargo’’ is used, it
means merchandise, but not passengers.
(3) Commercial vessel means, unless exempted by paragraph (c)(3) of this section, any vessel used in transporting
commercial cargo by water for compensation or hire, or in transporting
commercial cargo by water in the business of the owner, lessee or operator of
the vessel.
(4) Ferry means any vessel which arrives in the U.S. on a regular schedule
during its operating season at intervals
of at least once each business day.
(5) Humanitarian assistance is considered to be assistance which is required
for the survival of the affected popu-

lation in cases of, or in preparation for,
emergencies of all kinds. Such relief
assistance would include, but is not
limited to: food items, shelter, clothing, basic home utensil kits, and small
electric generators.
(6) Development assistance is considered to be assistance similar to that
provided for pursuant to chapter 1 of
part 1 of the 1961 Foreign Assistance
Act, as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2151–1(b).
Such development assistance would include, but is not limited to, aid to promote: Agricultural productivity, reduction of infant mortality, reduction of
rates of unemployment and underemployment, and an increase in literacy.
(7) Non-profit means an organization
or cooperative exempt from income
taxation pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3).
(c) Exemptions. The following are not
subject to the fee:

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(1) Bunker fuel, ship’s stores, sea
stores and vessel equipment.
(2) Fish or other aquatic animal life,
caught and not previously landed on
shore.
(3) Ferries engaged primarily in the
transport of passengers and their vehicles between points within the U.S. or
between the U.S. and contiguous countries.
(4) Certain loadings and unloadings of
cargo in Alaska, Hawaii, or the possessions of the U.S. as defined in this
paragraph.
(i) Descriptions of exempt loadings/
unloadings:
(A) Cargo loaded on a vessel in a port
in the U.S. mainland for transportation
to Alaska, Hawaii, or any possession of
the U.S. for ultimate use or consumption in Alaska, Hawaii, or any possession of the U.S.
(B) Cargo loaded on a vessel in Alaska, Hawaii, or any possession of the
U.S. for transportation to the U.S.
mainland for ultimate use or consumption in the U.S. mainland.
(C) Cargo described in paragraph
(c)(4)(i)(A) of this section unloaded in
Alaska, Hawaii, or any possession of
the U.S.
(D) Cargo described in paragraph
(c)(4)(i)(B) of this section unloaded in
the U.S. mainland.
(E) Cargo loaded on a vessel in Alaska, Hawaii, or a possession of the U.S.
and unloaded in the state or possession
in which loaded.
(ii) For purposes of paragraph (c)(4)
of this section:
(A) Cargo does not include crude oil
with respect to Alaska.
(B) U.S. mainland means the continental U.S. excluding Alaska.
(C) Possessions of the U.S. means
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa,
U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Pacific Trust Territories.
(5) Commercial vessels, if any fuel
used to move the cargo is subject to
the Inland Waterway Fuel Tax (See
section 4042, Internal Revenue Code of
1954, as amended by Pub. L. 95–502 and
Pub. L. 99–662).
(6) Cargo entering the U.S. in bond
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with respect to cargo exported to Canada or Mexico;
(i) The Secretary of the Treasury determines that Canada or Mexico has
imposed a substantially equivalent
port use fee on commercial vessels or
commercial cargo using ports of their
countries; or
(ii) A study made pursuant to the
Water Resources Development Act of
1986 (Pub. L. 99–662) finds that the fee is
not likely to cause significant economic loss to a U.S. port or diversion
of a significant amount of cargo to a
port in a contiguous country.
(7) Cargo or vessels of the U.S. or any
agency or instrumentality of the U.S.
(8) Cargo owned or financed by nonprofit organizations or cooperatives
which is certified by the CBP as intended for use in humanitarian or development assistance overseas, including contiguous countries.
(i) The donated cargo is required to
be certified as intended for use in humanitarian or development assistance
overseas by CBP. Subsequent to payment of the fee, a refund request may
be made by electronically submitting
to CBP the Harbor Maintenance Fee
Amended Quarterly Summary Report
(CBP Form 350), as well as the Harbor
Maintenance Fee Quarterly Summary
Report (CBP Form 349) for the quarter
covering the payment to which the refund request relates, using the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) via an
Internet account established by the
payer
and
located
at
http://
www.pay.gov. In the alternative, the
requisite forms may be mailed to the
Office of Finance, Revenue Division,
Customs and Border Protection, using
the
current
address
posted
at
Forms.CBP.gov. Upon request by CBP,
the party requesting the refund must
also submit to CBP, via mail, any supporting documentation deemed necessary by CBP to certify that the entity donating the cargo is a nonprofit organization or cooperative and that the
cargo was intended for humanitarian
or development assistance overseas (including contiguous countries). A description of the cargo listed in the
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if such use in not reflected in the documents, are acceptable evidence for certification purposes. Approved HMF refund payments will be made via ACH to
those payers who are enrolled in the
ACH refund program; all others will receive HMF refund payments via mail.
(ii) Each nonprofit organization or
cooperative claiming the exemption
under this subpart must maintain documentation pertaining to the exemption for a period of 5 years. The documentation must be made available for
inspection by CBP in accordance with
the provisions of §§ 162.1a through 162.1i
of this chapter.
(d) Special rules—(1) Intraport. The fee
is not to be assessed on the mere movement of commercial cargo within a
port.
(2) Same vessel, same cargo. If a fee is
assessed when cargo is loaded on a vessel, the unloading of the same cargo
from that vessel is not subject to the
fee. If a fee is assessed when cargo is
unloaded from a vessel, the reloading
of the same cargo on that vessel is not
subject to the fee.
(3) De minimis for individual shipments.
The fee will not be assessed on loadings
or unloadings of cargo in which:
(i) For imported cargo: The shipment
would be entitled to be entered under
informal entry procedures as provided
for in § 143.21 of this chapter.
(ii) For domestic cargo: The value of
the shipment does not exceed $1,000.
(4) De minimis for quarterly payments.
Quarterly payment is not required if
the total value of all shipments for
which a fee was assessed for the quarter does not exceed $10,000.
(e) Collections, supplemental payments,
and refunds—(1) Domestic vessel movements—(i) Time and place of liability.
Subject to the exemptions and special
rules of this section, when cargo is
loaded on a commercial vessel at a port
within the definition of this section to
be transported between ports in the
U.S. or is unloaded from a commercial
vessel at a port within the definition of
this section after having been transported between ports in the U.S., the
shipper (the person or corporation who
pays the freight) of that cargo is liable
for the payment of the port use fee at
the time of unloading. The fee will be
imposed only once on a movement pur-

suant to paragraph (d)(2) of this section. The fee is to be based upon the
value of the cargo as determined by
standard commercial documentation
where such documentation is available.
Otherwise, the value is to be determined under 19 U.S.C. 1401a as if it
were imported merchandise. The Vessel
Operation Report (Army Corps of Engineers Form 3925) is to be completed and
submitted to the Army Corps of Engineers in accordance with the procedures set forth in 33 CFR Ch. II, part
207. The shipper’s name, either the internal revenue service or social security number of the shipper and the tax
exemption code (as it appears in the
Vessel Operation Report instructions)
claimed for the shipment are to be included on the Vessel Operation Report.
(ii) Fee payment. The shipper whose
name appears on the Vessel Operation
Report must pay all accumulated fees
for which he is liable on a quarterly
basis in accordance with paragraph (f)
of this section by submitting to CBP a
Harbor Maintenance Fee Quarterly
Summary Report, CBP Form 349. The
CBP Form 349 must either be submitted electronically to CBP using the
Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) via an
Internet account established by the
payer and located at http://www.pay.gov
or, alternatively, mailed with a single
check or money order payable to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection to the
Office of Finance, Revenue Division,
Customs and Border Protection, using
the
current
address
posted
at
Forms.CBP.gov.
(2) Import vessel movements—(i) Time
and place of liability. Subject to the exemptions and special rules of this section, when imported cargo is unloaded
from a commercial vessel at a port
within the definition of this section,
and destined for either consumption,
warehousing, or foreign trade zone admission, the importer of that cargo, or
in the case of foreign trade zones, the
person or corporation responsible for
bringing merchandise into the zone, is
liable for the payment of the port use
fee at the time of unloading. The fee is
based on the CBP appraised value of
the shipment pursuant to 19 U.S.C.
1401a, the same basis as that used for
duty payment. The fee will be collected

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on all formal entries, including warehouse entries and temporary importation under bond entries, and admissions into foreign trade zones.
(ii) Fee payment. The port use fee on
unloading of imported cargo must be
paid in accordance with the normal
CBP collection procedures set forth in
§§ 24.1 and 141.1 of this chapter, except
as provided for merchandise admitted
into foreign trade zones in paragraph
(e)(2)(iii) of this section. The CBP
Entry Summary Form (CBP Form
7501), is to be completed with the
amount of the fee shown and identified
on the form. The fee must be paid by
the importer by adding it to any normal duty, tax or fee payable at the
time of formal entry processing.
If no other duty, tax, or fee is imposed
on the shipment, and the fee exceeds
$3, a check or money order for the
amount of the fee must be attached to
the CBP entry forms submitted.
(iii) Foreign Trade Zones. In cases
where imported cargo is unloaded from
a commercial vessel at a port within
the definition of this section and admitted into a foreign trade zone, the
applicant for admission (the person or
corporation responsible for bringing
merchandise into the zone) who becomes liable for the fee at the time of
unloading
pursuant
to
paragraph
(e)(3)(i) of this section, must pay all
fees for which he is liable on a quarterly basis in accordance with paragraph (f) of this section by submitting
to CBP a Harbor Maintenance Fee
Quarterly Summary Report, CBP Form
349. The CBP Form 349 must either be
submitted electronically to CBP using
the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH)
via an Internet account established by
the payer and located at http://
www.pay.gov or, alternatively, mailed
with a single check or money order
payable to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to the Office of Finance,
Revenue Division, Customs and Border
Protection, using the current address
posted at Forms.CBP.gov. Fees must be
paid for all shipments unloaded and admitted to the zone, or in the case of direct deliveries under §§ 146.39 and 146.40
of this chapter, unloaded and received
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(3) Passengers—(i) Time and place of liability. Subject to the exemptions and
special rules of this section, when a
passenger boards or disembarks a commercial vessel at a port within the definition of this section, the operator of
that vessel is liable for the payment of
the port use fee. The fee is to be based
upon the value of the actual charge for
transportation paid by the passenger or
on the prevailing charge for comparable service if no actual charge is
paid. The vessel operator on each
cruise is liable only once for the port
use fee for each passenger.
(ii) Fee payment. The operator of the
passenger-carrying vessel must pay the
accumulated fees for which he is liable
on a quarterly basis in accordance with
paragraph (f) of this section by submitting to CBP a Harbor Maintenance Fee
Quarterly Summary Report, CBP Form
349. The CBP Form 349 must either be
submitted electronically to CBP using
the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH)
via an Internet account established by
the payer and located at http://
www.pay.gov or, alternatively, mailed
with a single check or money order
payable to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection to the Office of Finance,
Revenue Division, Customs and Border
Protection, using the current address
posted at Forms.CBP.gov.
(4) Refunds and supplemental payments—(i) General. To make supplemental payments or seek refunds of
harbor maintenance fees paid relative
to the unloading of imported cargo, the
procedures applicable to supplemental
payments or refunds of ordinary duties
must be followed. To seek refunds of
quarterly-paid
harbor
maintenance
fees pertaining to export movements,
the procedures set forth in paragraph
(e)(4)(iv) of this section must be followed. To make supplemental payments on any quarterly-paid harbor
maintenance fee or seek refunds of
quarterly-paid
harbor
maintenance
fees pertaining to other than export
movements, the procedures set forth in
paragraph (e)(4)(iii) must be followed.
(ii) Time limit for refund requests. A refund request must be received by CBP
within one year of the date the fee for
which the refund is sought was paid to
CBP or, in the case of fees paid relative
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a foreign trade zone and subsequently
withdrawn from the zone under 19
U.S.C. 1309, within one year of the date
of withdrawal from the zone.
(iii) For fees paid on other than export
movements. If a supplemental payment
is made for any quarterly-paid harbor
maintenance fee or a refund is requested relative to quarterly fee payments previously made regarding the
loading or unloading of domestic cargo,
the unloading of cargo destined for admission into a foreign trade zone, or
the boarding or disembarking of passengers, the refund request or supplemental payment must be accompanied
by a Harbor Maintenance Fee Amended
Quarterly Summary Report, CBP Form
350, along with a copy of the Harbor
Maintenance Fee Quarterly Summary
Report, CBP Form 349, for the quarter(s) covering the payment to which
the refund request or supplemental
payment relates. A request for a refund
must specify the grounds for the refund. Supplemental payments and HMF
refund requests, accompanied by the
requisite CBP Forms 350 and 349 and, if
applicable, supporting documentation,
must be submitted electronically to
CBP using the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) via an Internet account
established by the payer and located at
http://www.pay.gov or, alternatively,
mailed to the Office of Finance, Revenue Division, Customs and Border
Protection, using the current address
posted at Forms.CBP.gov. If a supplemental payment is mailed, a single
check or money order payable to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection must
be attached to each CBP Form 350. Approved HMF refund payments will be
made via ACH to those payers who are
enrolled in the ACH refund program;
all others will receive HMF refund payments via mail.
(iv) For fees paid on export movements.
CBP will process refund requests relative to fee payments previously made
regarding the loading of cargo for export as follows:
(A) Refund request. For export fee
payments made prior to July 1, 1990,
the exporter (the name that appears on
the SED or equivalent documentation
authorized under 15 CFR 30.39(b)) or its
agent must submit a letter of request
for a refund specifying the grounds for

the refund and identifying the specific
payments made. The letter must be accompanied by the proof of payment set
forth in paragraph (e)(4)(iv)(C) of this
section. For export fee payments made
on or after July 1, 1990, supporting documentation is not required with the refund request. For these payments, the
request must specify the grounds for
the refund, identify the quarters for
which a refund is sought, and contain
the following additional information:
the exporter’s name, address, and employer identification number (EIN); the
name and EIN of any freight forwarder
or other agent that made export fee
payments on the exporter’s behalf; and
a name, telephone number, and facsimile number of a contact person. Refund requests must either be submitted
electronically to CBP using the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) via an
Internet account established by the
payer and located at http://www.pay.gov
or, alternatively, mailed to the Office
of Finance, Revenue Division, Customs
and Border Protection, using the current address posted at Forms.CBP.gov.
Approved HMF refund payments will be
made using the ACH to those payers
who are enrolled in the ACH refund
program; all others will receive HMF
refund payments via mail.
(B) Refund procedure—(1) Processing
order; power of attorney. Generally, a
properly filed refund request will be
processed in the chronological order of
its receipt. A refund request filed on
behalf of an exporter by an agent other
than a freight forwarder must be supported by a power of attorney or letter
signed by the exporter authorizing the
representation. A refund request filed
by an agent other than a freight forwarder that lacks a power of attorney
or authorization letter will not be
processed unless one or the other is
submitted. A refund request filed by a
freight forwarder does not require a
power of attorney or authorization letter to be processed; however, if CBP
has not received a power of attorney or
authorization letter for an exporter
covered in a freight forwarder’s refund
request and that exporter has filed a
separate refund request on its own behalf, that freight forwarder’s entire refund request will be removed from the
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processed after the processing of all exporter refund requests is completed.
(2) HMT Payment Report and Report/
Certification. In processing a request for
a refund, CBP will conduct a search of
its records (CBP electronic database
and paper document sources) and
produce for issuance to the exporter (or
its agent, as appropriate) a ‘‘Harbor
Mantenance Tax Payment Report’’
(HMT Payment Report) that lists all
payments reflected in those records for
the entire period the fee was in effect.
CBP will also produce for issuance to
the exporter a ‘‘Harbor Maintenance
Tax Refund Report and Certification’’
(Report/Certification) that lists all
payments supported by paper documentation, either retained by CBP (relative to payments made on and after
July 1, 1990) or submitted by the exporter with its refund request (relative
to payments made at any time the fee
was in effect). Where a refund request
was filed on the exporter’s behalf by an
agent other than a freight forwarder, a
power of attorney or authorization letter must be filed with CBP before CBP
will issue these reports. The Report/
Certification sets forth the total
amount of the refund that CBP believes
it owes the exporter for the payments
listed in that report (minus any previous refunds). Pre-July 1, 1990, payments listed in the HMT Payment Report for which paper documentation
has not been provided by the exporter
will not be listed in the Report/Certification. The exporter has 120 days from
the date the HMT Payment Report and
the Report/Certification are issued (the
120-day period) to sign and return to
CBP the Report/Certification in order
to receive the refund set forth in that
report and/or to submit to CBP a request for a Revised Report/Certification. Where the exporter chooses to
receive the refund set forth in the Report/Certification, the exporter must
sign and return the report to CBP. CBP
will issue the refund upon receipt of
the signed report.
(3) Revised Report/Certification. A request for a Revised Report/Certification must be accompanied by documentation to support any payments
not listed in the Report/Certification
or corrections to listed payments. See
paragraph (e)(4)(iv)(C) of this section

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regarding acceptable documentation. If
an exporter (or its agent, as appropriate) both signs and returns to CBP a
Report/Certification and requests a Revised Report/Certification, CBP will
not, when reviewing the request for a
Revised Report/Certification, approve
for refund any corrections to the payments that were listed in the signed
Report/Certification; CBP will, however, in that circumstance, consider
approving any additional payments
that were not listed in the signed Report/Certification. If an exporter does
not sign and return to CBP a Report/
Certification, but requests a Revised
Report/Certification, CBP will consider
approving for refund corrections to the
payments listed in the Report/Certification and additional payments. Where
the exporter requests a Revised Report/
Certification, CBP will review the documentation submitted with the request, make a determination, and,
within 60 days of the request’s receipt,
issue a Revised Report/Certification
that lists all payments approved for refund and the total amount of the refund owed. In order to receive the refund set forth in a Revised Report/Certification, the exporter must sign and
return it to CBP. CBP will issue the refund upon its receipt of the signed report. An exporter, within the 120-day
period, may submit additional requests
for a Revised Report/Certification, with
appropriate documentation, to cover
any payments not approved for refund
in a Revised Report/Certification previously issued by CBP.
(4) Protest. For purposes of filing a
protest under 19 U.S.C. 1514 (and 19
CFR part 174), unless issuance of a Revised Report/Certification is pending,
any payments not approved for refund
in a Report/Certification or a Revised
Report/Certification issued by CBP
within the 120-day period will be considered denied as of the date the period
expires; a protest covering such payments must be filed within 180 days of
that date. For any payments not approved for refund in a Revised Report/
Certification issued after expiration of
the 120-day period, a protest may be
filed within 180 days of that report’s
issuance.
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Report/Certification or Revised Report/
Certification must be signed by an officer of the company duly authorized to
bind the company or by an agent (such
as a broker or freight forwarder) representing the exporter in seeking a refund under this section. A Report/Certification or Revised Report/Certification signed by the exporter or its
agent and received by CBP constitutes
the exporter’s agreement that the
amount of the refund set forth in the
report is accurate and CBP’s payment
of that refund amount is in full accord
and satisfaction of all payments approved for refund in the report. The
signed Report/Certification or Revised
Report/Certification also represents
the exporter’s release, waiver, and
abandonment of all claims, excluding
claims for interest, against the Government, its officers, agents, and assigns
for costs, attorney fees, expenses, compensatory damages, and exemplary
damages arising out of the payments
approved for refund in the report. When
an agent, including a freight forwarder,
signs a Report/Certification or Revised
Report/ Certification on behalf of an
exporter(s), the agent certifies that it
is acting on the exporter’s behalf and
will use due diligence to forward the
refund to the exporter, and, in the
event the agent does not forward the
refund to the exporter, will notify Customs and return the refund to CBP
within one year of its receipt of the refund. Upon receipt of the signed Report/Certification or Revised Report/
Certification, CBP releases, waives,
and abandons all claims other than
fraud against the exporter, its officers,
agents, or employees arising out of all
payments approved for refund in the
report.
(C) Documentation. For payments
made prior to July 1, 1990, supporting
documentation is required to obtain a
refund and must be submitted in accordance with paragraphs (e)(4)(iv)(A)
and/or (B)(3) of this section. For payments made on and after July 1, 1990,
supporting documentation is not required to obtain a refund, unless the
exporter seeks to prove corrections of
payments listed in the Report/Certification (if the exporter did not sign and
return it to CBP) and/or additional
payments not listed in a Report/Certifi-

cation, in accordance with paragraph
(e)(4)(iv)(B)(3) of this section. The supporting documentation that CBP will
accept as establishing entitlement to a
refund, whether submitted with a refund request or a request for a Revised
Report/Certification, is whichever of
the following documents CBP accepted
with the payment at the time it was
made: a copy of the Export Vessel
Movement Summary Sheet; where an
Automated Summary Monthly Shipper’s Export Declaration was filed, a
copy of a letter containing the exporter’s identification, its employer identification number (EIN), the Census Bureau reporting symbol, and, the quarter for which the payment was made;
or a copy of a Harbor Maintenance Fee
Quarterly Summary Report, CBP Form
349, for the quarter covering the refund
requested. CBP also will consider other
documentation offered as proof of payment of the fee, such as cancelled
checks and/or affidavits from exporters
attesting to the fact that all quarterly
harbor maintenance tax payments
made by the exporter were made exclusively for exports, and will accept that
other documentation as establishing
entitlement for a refund only if it
clearly proves the payments were made
for export harbor maintenance fees in
the amounts sought to be refunded and
were made by the party requesting the
refund or the party on whose behalf the
refund was requested.
(f) Quarterly payments. All quarterly
payments required by this section
must be received no later than 31 days
after the close of the quarter being
paid. Quarterly periods end on the last
day of March, June, September, and
December.
(g) Maintenance of records. Each importer, applicant for admission of cargo
into a foreign trade zone, shipper and
cruise vessel operator affected by this
section must maintain all such documentation necessary for CBP to verify
the accuracy of fee computations and
to otherwise determine compliance
under the law. Such documentation
must be maintained for a period of 5
years from the date of fee calculation.
The affected parties must advise the
Director, Revenue Division, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, at the
current
address
posted
at

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS; Treasury
Forms.CBP.gov, of the name, address,
email and telephone number of a responsible officer who is able to verify
any records required to be maintained
under this paragraph. The Director,
Revenue Division, must be promptly
notified of any changes in the identifying information submitted. The
records must be maintained and made
available for inspection, copying, reproduction or other official use by CBP
in accordance with the provisions of
part 163 of this chapter.
(h) Penalties/liquidated damages for
failure to pay harbor maintenance fee and
file summary sheet—(1) Amount of penalty or damages. Any party (including
the importer, or shipper) who fails to
pay the harbor maintenance fee and
file the summary sheet at the time
specified by regulation will incur a
penalty equal to the amount of liquidated damages assessable for late filing of an entry summary pursuant to
the provisions of § 142.15 of this chapter. An importer will be liable for payment of liquidated damages under the
basic importation and entry bond, for
failure to pay the harbor maintenance
fee, as provided in such bond.
(2) Application for relief. The party
must follow the procedures set forth in
part 171 of this chapter in filing an application for relief. Any application to
cancel liquidated damages incurred
must be made in accordance with part
172 of this chapter.
(3) Mitigation. Any penalty assessed
under this provision will be mitigated
in a manner consistent with guidelines
relating to cancellation of claims for
liquidated damages for late filing of
entry summaries. Any liquidated damages assessed under this provision will
be mitigated in a manner consistent
with guidelines published by the authority of the Commissioner of CBP for
cancellation of claims for untimely
payment of estimated duties, taxes and
charges.
(i) Privacy Act notice. Whenever an
identification number is requested on
the summary sheets provided for in
paragraph (e) of this section, the disclosure of the social security number is
mandatory when an internal revenue
service number is not disclosed. Identification numbers are solicited under
the authority of Executive Order 9397

§ 24.25

and Pub. L. 99–662. The identification
number provides unique identification
of the party liable for the payment of
the harbor maintenance fee. The number will be used to compare the information on the summary sheets with information submitted to the government on other forms required in the
course of shipping or importing merchandise, which contain the identification number, e.g., Vessel Operation Report, to verify that the information
submitted is accurate and current.
Failure to disclose an identification
number may cause a penalty pursuant
to paragraph (h) of this section. The
above information is set forth pursuant
to the Privacy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–
579).
[T.D. 87–44, 52 FR 10201, Mar. 30, 1987]
EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting § 24.24, see the List of CFR
Sections Affected, which appears in the
Finding Aids section of the printed volume
and at www.fdsys.gov.

§ 24.25 Statement processing and Automated Clearinghouse.
(a) Description. Statement processing
is a voluntary automated program for
participants in the Automated Broker
Interface (ABI), allowing the grouping
of entry/entry summaries and entry
summaries on a daily basis. The related duties, taxes, fees, and interest
may be paid with a single payment.
The preferred method of payment is by
Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) debit
or ACH credit, except where the importer of record has provided a separate check payable to the ‘‘U.S. Customs Service’’ for Customs charges (duties, taxes, or other debts owed Customs (see § 111.29(b) of this chapter)). A
particular statement payment must be
accomplished entirely through ACH or
completely by check or cash. A mixing
of payment methods for a single statement will not be accepted. ACH debit
(see paragraph (b)(2) of this section) is
an arrangement in which the filer electronically provides payment authorization for the Treasury-designated ACH
processor to perform an electronic
debit to the payer’s bank account; ACH
credit is described in § 24.26. The payment amount will then be automatically credited to the account of the Department of the Treasury. If a filer

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Signing Authority               : Superintendent of Documents
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Signing Date                    : 2014:08:21 09:24:53-04:00
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