| Title: | MODIFICATION OF APPLICATION BD RECORD 4B |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2002-05-22 |
| To: | abi |
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THIS NOTICE IS OF PRIMARY INTEREST TO LAND BORDER ABI
PARTICIPANTS RECEIVING THE APPLICATION 'BD' (BROKER
DOWNLOAD) BILL OF LADING OUTPUT DATA SET, AND TO SOFTWARE
VENDORS WHOSE CLIENTS ARE LAND BORDER ENTRY FILERS CLEARING
AUTOMATED RAIL CARGO.
IN SUPPORT OF INITIATIVES COMING FROM THE OFFICE OF
HOMELAND SECURITY, CHANGES WERE MADE IN ONE OF THE RECORDS
CONTAINED WITHIN THE OUTPUT DATA SET KNOWN AS THE BROKER
DOWNLOAD OF RAIL AMS. DUE TO THE PRIORITY OF THIS CHANGE,
THE STANDARD 90 DAY NOTIFICATION INTERVAL COULD NOT BE
OBSERVED, AND IT IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
THE FOLLOWING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE OPTIONAL '4B'
OUTPUT RECORD WITHIN THE 'BROKER DOWNLOAD' APPLICATION AS
DETAILED IN THE AUTOMATED MANIFEST SYSTEM (RAIL) CHAPTER OF
THE CATAIR DOCUMENT (AMENDMENT 3 - MARCH 2002):
THE 'REFERENCE QUALIFIER' FIELD IN THE 4B RECORD EXPANDS
FROM POSITIONS 3 AND 4 TO POSITIONS 3 TO 5.
THE 'REFERENCE NUMBER' FIELD IN THE 4B RECORD NOW OCCUPIES
POSITIONS 6 THROUGH 35 AND THE REMAINING POSITIONS (36 TO
80) ARE SPACE FILL.
NEW REFERENCE QUALIFIER VALUES, 'FEN' (FOREIGN ENTRY
NUMBER) AND 'XC' (CANADIAN CARGO CONTROL NUMBER) HAVE BEEN
ADDED TO 'NOTE 1' ASSOCIATED WITH THE 4B RECORD.
ABI PARTICIPANTS THAT RECEIVE 'BD' (BROKER DOWNLOAD) OUTPUT
OF RAIL AMS BILL OF LADING DATA SHOULD UPDATE THEIR
SOFTWARE TO PROPERLY INTERPRET THE NEWLY EXPANDED 4B
RECORD.