Tecate Port of Entry Closed Due to Southern California Wildfires
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued its most recent Unified Business Resumption Message (UBRM) to the trade on October 23, 2007 at 8:00 am stating that the Tecate Port of Entry is 100% closed due to wildfires, and has suggested the trade use the alternative port of entry of Otay Mesa, California.
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Further CBP updates are scheduled to be posted.
(The major media and Environment News Service report that more than eleven major wildfires are blazing from Los Angeles to San Diego, claiming one life and prompting California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to proclaim a state of emergency in seven counties. More than 100,000 persons have been evacuated.
ENS reports that the San Diego area is ringed with fires fanned by Santa Ana winds gusting to 60 miles per hour, and the National Weather Service says a "red flag warning" is in effect for all of extreme southwestern California through Wednesday afternoon.)
ENS articles (dated 10/22/07) available at http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2007/2007-10-22-091.asp, and http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2007/2007-10-22-01.asp )
CBP communication to trade (dated 10/22/07, 9:30 pm EST), available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/communications_to_trade/bus_resumption/