Transcript Smart Border Action Plan Update Transportation Border Working Group

Customs Branch
Smart Border Action
Plan Update
Transportation Border
Working Group
June 2003
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THE SMART BORDER DECLARATION
On December 12, 2001, the Canada-U.S. Smart Border
Declaration was signed.
The Declaration outlined a 30-point Action Plan which provides
for on-going collaboration in identifying and addressing security
risks while efficiently expediting the l flow of legitimate trade and
travel across the Canada-U.S. border.
CCRA has the lead on following 8 action items:
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Item 3 - Alternate Inspection Services
Item 8 - API /PNR
Item 10 – Ferry Terminals (Marine Benchmarking)
Item 14 - Harmonized Commercial Processing
Item 15 - Clearance Away From the Border (Rail Pilot
Program)
 Item 16 – Joint Facilities
 Item 17 - Customs Data Exchange
 Item 18 – In-transit Container Targeting
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 International Airports/Seaports
• API/PNR
 Land Border/TransBorder
• NEXUS
• CANPASS AIR/NEXUS AIR
Commercial Processing
 International Airports/Seaports
• Container Targeting at Seaports
• ACI
 Land Border/TransBorder
• FAST
• Rail
Others
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Clearance Away from the Border
Data Exchange
Joint Facilities
Ferry Terminals (Maritime Security)
Technology
Bi-national Border Modelling/Infrastructure Working
Group
 Bi-national Private Sector Advisory Committee
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ADVANCE PASSENGER INFORMATION /
PASSENGER NAME RECORD (API/PNR)
 Canada and the U.S. have agreed to share API, and PNR on a
case-by-case basis, on high-risk travellers destined to either
country.
 The Canadian API program was implemented in air mode in
October 2002.
 The Canadian PNR program is scheduled for phased
implementation in air mode beginning July 2003.
 The automated sharing of information between Canada and
the U.S. is scheduled for implementation in Spring 2004.
 National Centers of Expertise/Targeting will be established in
Ottawa and Washington to manage sharing of information, to
provide greater strategic coordination to detect and interdict
inadmissible people and illegal or controlled goods. Full
implementation is anticipated for spring 2004.
 Also, under Action Item 9, Canada and the U.S. have also
piloted the co-location of customs and immigration officers
in Joint Passenger Analysis Units to determine if this would
improve identification of high risk travellers, in particular to
address terrorism. (CIC has the lead for Canada for this
item.)
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NEXUS HIGHWAY
 The NEXUS Highway program allows pre-approved,
low-risk travellers to use dedicated lanes to clear
customs without being subjected to the usual customs
and immigration questioning.
Operational at following locations:
• British Columbia/Washington
• Douglas/Peace Arch ( June 2002)
• Pacific Highway/Blaine ( June 2002)
• Boundary Bay/Point Roberts ( July 2002)
• Ontario/Michigan-New York
• Sarnia, Ont./Port Huron (November
2000)
• Ambassador Bridge – Windsor/Detroit
( Jan. 2003)
• Peace Bridge – Fort Erie/Buffalo ( Jan.
2003)
• International Tunnel – Windsor/Detroit
(Mar. 2003)
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 To be expanded to:
• Niagara Falls – Rainbow (late June 2003) Whirlpool,
and Queenston/Lewiston bridges ( July 2003)
• Lacolle, Quebec/Champlain, New York St-Armand-dePhilipsburg, Quebec/Highgate Springs, Vermont (August
2003)
• Coutts, Alberta/Sweetgrass, Montana (September 2003)
 Assessing three other sites (to be completed by fall, 2003):
• St. Stephen, New Brunswick/Calais, Maine
• Emerson, Manitoba/Pembina, North Dakota
• Lansdowne, Ontario/Alexandria Bay, New York
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NEXUS (cont’d)
 NEXUS Highway membership (as of May, 2003)
- 42,000 approved applicants
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Washington/British Columbia - 33,200
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Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario – 4,200
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Detroit, Michigan/Windsor, Ontario – 2,500
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Port Huron, Michigan/Sarnia, Ontario – 2,100
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CANPASS AIR
 Initiative for pre-approved, low risk air travellers, will be
available in Canada only
 Based on biometrics – Iris recognition technology
 To be implemented at Vancouver International Airport
in July 2003 and subsequently at international airports
in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal,
Ottawa and Winnipeg.
NEXUS AIR
 Joint Canada/US NEXUS - Air program for air travellers
 Same biometric technology as CANPASS Air
 NEXUS - Air will be piloted at Ottawa and Dorval
International Airports beginning in March, 2004.
Applications should be available February 2004.
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Commercial Processing
CONTAINER TARGETING AT SEAPORTS
 Canadian and U.S. Customs agencies - created joint targeting
teams at five marine ports in 2002.
 Canadian ports of Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax,
 US ports of Newark and Seattle-Tacoma
 CCRA has participated in several tests of targetting processes
to enhance targetting and examination capabilities.
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ADVANCE COMMERCIAL INFORMATION
For high and unknown risk traders, through the Advance
Commercial Information (ACI) initiative, we are working to
allign customs processes for all commercial shipments by 2005
 Phase 1 – Marine (April 2004)
 24-hour rule
 Automated Targeting Tool
 Regulations for Mandatory EDI
 Phase 2 – Other Modes
 Timeframes to be confirmed
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FREE AND SECURE TRADE
 Free And Secure Trade (FAST) is a joint program for
approved carriers, drivers and importers to expedite the
movement of low-risk shipments across the border.
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 Was implemented December 2002 at the following border
crossings in:
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Pacific Highway, British Columbia / Blaine, Washington
Sarnia, Ontario / Port Huron, Michigan
Windsor, Ontario / Detroit, Michigan
Fort Erie, Ontario / Buffalo, New York
Queenston, Ontario / Lewiston, New York
Lacolle, Quebec / Champlain, New York
 The Honourable Elinor Caplan, Minister of National Revenue,
recently announced the expansion of 6 additional FAST passage
sites by December 2003. The are located at:
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Rock Island-Stanstead, Quebec/Highgate Springs, Vermont
St. Armand-de-Philipsburg, Quebec/Derby Line, Vermont
Lansdowne, Ontario/Alexandria Bay, New York
Emerson, Manitoba/Pembina, North Dakota
North Portal, Saskatchewan/Portal, North Dakota
Coutts, Alberta/Sweet Grass, Montana
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FAST (cont’d)
 We have seen a continual growth in interest in the
FAST program. FAST Statistics – as of April 2003:
 Importers - 13 have submitted PIP Memorandums
of Understanding (MOU)
• 2 are FAST approved
 Carriers - 227 have submitted PIP Memorandums
of Understanding (MOU)
• 64 are FAST approved
 Drivers - Over 12,000 drivers have applied
• Over 6,000 approved to-date and almost 3,000
drivers have received their FAST cards
 Next Steps
 Continued expansion of FAST
 Develop and implement proximity card and
transponder technology
 Display of driver photo at primary inspection line
 Streamlining of existing processes
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RAIL
 CCRA and CBP working cooperatively with our industry
partners with a goal of improving security and facilitating
the flow of trade for the movement of goods by rail.
 A Declaration of principles to confirm our roles and
responsibilities was signed by CCRA and CBP on April 2,
2003.
 Working with our industry partners Canadian National
Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway to use detection
equipment as the Rail VACIS, we will implement a risk
management approach for targeting and screening rail
shipments.
 The Stationary Rail Vacis which is a Gamma Ray detection
device will be installed and operated by CBP at the two
locations of Sarnia and Windsor, Ontario. CBP will Vacis XRay 100% of all CN and CP trains. The trains will be
required to slow between 3-5 miles per hour in order to
perform this type of examination.
 CCRA and CBP are finalizing a protocol that will define the
terms and conditions for conducting rail examinations.
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CLEARANCE AWAY FROM THE BORDER
 Proposal to move customs and immigration inspection
activities away from the border to improve security and
relieve congestion where possible.
 Pre-clearance
 Reverse Inspection
 Pre-Processing
 Significant legal and sovereignty issues exist with option
where one country operates with “full powers” on the soil of
the other.
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 JOINT FACILITIES
Current joined or joint facilities:
 Noyan, P.Q - Alburg Springs, Vermont
 Climax, Saskatchewan – Turner, Montana
 Carson, BC – Danville, Washington State
 Little Gold Creek, Yukon – Poker Creek, Alaska
 Agreed to develop a list, with US partners, to be issued in
late Spring 2003 and may include following sites
pending outcome of feasibility studies:
 River de Chute, NB / Easton, ME
 Bloomfield, NB / Monticello, ME
 St. Croix, NB / Vanceboro, ME
 Morses Line, QC / Morses Line, VT
 Winkler, MB / Walhalla, ND
 Snowflake, MB /Hanna, ND
 Chopaka, BC / Nighthawk, WA
 Rykerts, BC / Porthill, ID
 Joined/ joint facilities template to be completed in
September 2003
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DATA EXCHANGE
 Canadian and U.S. Customs agencies have extended the scope of
information they share through:
• the Cooperation Arrangement for the Exchange of
Information for the Purposes of Inquiries Related to
Customs Fraud, signed in December 2001; and
• Agreement signed in April 2003 on the exchange of NAFTA
information including audit plans, audit reports, results of
advance rulings, and origin (re)determinations.
• Working to identify other potential exchange opportunities
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 FERRY TERMINALS (Maritime Security)
 Marine benchmarking exercise completed in May 2002.
 Objective is to enhance Canadian and U.S. border
security at marine terminals through the adoption of a
series of benchmarks for improving security and
contraband interception
 42 recommendations ranging in complexity at various
stages of implementation .examples as follow:
- Creation of a Customs system(potentially a joint
US/Canada system) to capture information regarding
vessels;
- Development of a timely single business window of
advance electronic reporting of pre-arrival notification
for the vessel, crew list and cargo manifests for use by all
applicable agencies to screen for contraband and threats
to security; and
- Establish dedicated Canadian resources to target and
examine suspect travelers or crew in the sea passenger
environment
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Technology
 Mobile VACIS is a truck mounted gamma ray mobile
scanning system which captures an image of contents
of a marine container, rail car, or truck.
 It gives the operators of this equipment an image
similar in many ways to an X-ray.
 The first three mobile VACISTM units located at the
marine ports of Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax.
 Additional units are deployed or scheduled for
deployment across Canada
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BI-NATIONAL BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE/MODELLING
WORKING GROUP
 Ensure effective linkages between border agencies’ specific
program initiatives and other appropriate bi-national
working groups.
 Review border infrastructure proposals on both sides of the
border to ensure they are complementary to the new systems
being implemented (e.g. FAST, NEXUS, etc.) and ensure
maximum traffic efficiencies.
 Analyze border congestion on an ongoing basis using
computer simulation technology to identify problems and
potential solutions.
BI-NATIONAL PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE
 In September 2002, US President George Bush and Canadian
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien called for private sector
consultations on strategic directions for the Canada/U.S.
Shared Border Accord (SBA).
 The first meeting is not expected before the fall.
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NEXT STEPS FOR THE SMART BORDER
DECLARATION PROCESS
 Meetings continue between Deputy Prime Minister
Manley and Homeland Security Secretary Ridge to
ensure progress on all of the Phase 1 initiatives.
 Next Shared Border Accord meeting will be hosted by
the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
(USBCBP) in August, 2003.
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CONCLUSION
 Significant progress to date in streamlining low risk
commercial shipment and traveller (e.g. FAST, NEXUS) and
enhancing security at international airports and seaports
( Joint Intransit Targeting, API).
 More progress to be made during this fiscal year
• Expand NEXUS and FAST
• Roll out CANPASS Air and NEXUS Air
• Roll out Marine ACI and AIR PNR
 Most remaining key initiatives will be in place and operating
by April, 2005.
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