[Nhcoll-l] ACE entry situation
Ellen Paul
ellen.paul at verizon.net
Sun Aug 14 07:12:41 EDT 2016
So...if you are signing something on behalf of the university, then yes,
absolutely you need to go to university counsel. My guess is that they
will want to have someone higher up the food chain sign it. The POA is
standard so the language itself isn't a problem. It's that they need to
know what's going on and limit the authority of employees to obligate
the university. I'm sure brokers get POAs from corporations all the
time that cover all employees so I don't think the mismatch between the
name on the POA and the name on the permit will be an issue. However,
they may want verification from the university prior to the import that
you are still an employee.
By the way, this makes it all the more important that when you have
someone sending something to you, you send them my patented import kit
with all the paperwork and instructions. The brokers are going to have a
hard enough time getting up-to-speed on the intricacies of these imports
without having to deal with inadequate paperwork and other glitches
caused by shippers outside the U.S. who have not graduated from the OC
Import Academy.
Ellen
Ellen Paul
Ellen Paul
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On 8/13/16 9:47 AM, Carla Cicero wrote:
> Ditto, many thanks Ellen!
>
> Re: power of attorney, I assume that is something we would need to
> run by our campus attorney's office? Can you advise on how that works
> if you're doing this on behalf of an organization like a University?
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Kevin Winker
> <kevin.winker at alaska.edu <mailto:kevin.winker at alaska.edu>> wrote:
>
> Thanks for all your hard work on this, Ellen! It looks like you've
> found a way for us to navigate through turbulent waters.
>
> Best, K.
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Ellen Paul
> <ellen.paul at verizon.net <mailto:ellen.paul at verizon.net>> wrote:
>
> I am pleased to report that we are able to recommend to you
> the customs brokerage of John S. Connor, Inc. in Baltimore for
> handling your ACE entry and APHIS core process.
>
> They will, when the USFWS joins the system, handle that too.
>
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>
> They can handle the electronic filings nationwide.
>
> You will need to give them a power-of-attorney. That form and
> other documents are here:
>
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>
> They have handled imports for the NMNH so they are familiar
> with imports of wildlife research material.
>
> Further, the Ornithological Council will be working with them
> to assure that they have/develop the expertise necessary to
> "translate" what you do into the correct data for ACE, APHIS,
> and USFWS modules. They are working on a proposal for the
> entire community and I will share that with you as soon as I
> have it. Obviously, you are not obligated to use this company
> and I know some of your universities and institutions have
> established relationships with brokers. However, in addition
> to what we hope will be competitive pricing, you will have the
> advantage of working with a company that has or will develop
> special knowledge of the nature of your imports. Having seen
> the APHIS Core, I can personally say that this specialized
> knowledge is essential to avoid the inadvertent entry of data
> that is incorrect and could cause problems. It is
> exceptionally complex. I expect that the USFWS Core will be
> equally complex.
>
> Note that I have said that the OC's limited capacity is such
> that we really can't help members of the other taxonomic
> societies. That remains true on a one-to-one basis but not
> true as to our working relationship with John S. Connor. Some
> of you have taken the time to write to thank me for trying to
> get this problem sorted out and you have no idea how grateful
> I am to you. It is very rare that anyone takes the time to say
> thanks. I really, really appreciate it.
>
> The OC is a tiny organization - I'm the only staffer - and we
> have a tiny budget that is always stretch thin. If any of you
> should want to help support our work, we have a paypal account
> button on our homepage: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__naturalhistory.si.edu_BIRDNET_&d=CwICaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=Vot03c2SITTgdbZr31EvMymfRyzOxTk_vRaWlDjg9mY&s=F3JQUJB16OqdbasuGw3YVoCzyptdN4vhZzG-V4Xz6ss&e=
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>
> I encourage all of you to develop internal systems that will
> help you to reduce the overall costs of these entries by
> "bundling" your exports and imports to a particular location.
> So, for instance, if the bird dept. is sending something to a
> particular museum, contact the other depts. and ask if anyone
> else is also sending things to that museum in the near future.
> Ditto for imports. I know this isn't all that likely except
> for the larger institutions, but it could happen, so why not
> give it a shot?
>
> In terms of long-range forecast for this situation - the
> Administration wants it to be fully operational by the end of
> the year. Based on the concerns raised by the commercial
> importing community, I have a feeling that CBP and the other
> agencies realize that they need to be reasonable and
> realistic, The silver lining of the fact that we are in the
> middle of this dreadful election season is the political
> reality that the Administration will start to check-out in a
> few weeks. Top dogs will be leaving, everyone down the chain
> of command will relax a bit because after all - a new boss is
> coming. It is not unheard of for new Administrations to pull
> the plug entirely on ongoing initiatives, or neglect them to
> the point that they die on the vine. That's particularly true
> in the case of regime change. Add to that the fact that the
> CBP contacts we have been talking to (now those are people who
> deserve huge thanks!) have heard us and realize we need time
> to adjust to this whole thing. They've been talking to their
> field ops people and so for the coming months, you may not
> have a problem with your traditional "show-up-and-declare"
> method. This is more the case because the USFWS isn't in the
> ACE single window system yet so they have to let you do that
> the traditional way and in that case, what is the point of
> making you go through the ACE system for customs and APHIS?
> Their own rules prohibit "hybrid entries."
>
> I'll be out of the country from 8/20 - 9/17 so if you have any
> questions or concerns, speak now or wait a month!
>
> Ellen
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>
> Ellen Paul
>
> Executive Director
>
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> Carla Cicero, Ph.D
> Staff Curator of Birds
> Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
> 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
> University of California
> Berkeley, CA 94720-3160
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