U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that in preparation for the Nov. 1 deadline for mandatory filing of all electronic entries and corresponding entry summaries in the Automated Commercial Environment, 14 partner government agencies will participate in controlled, technical tests of their PGA message set and/or Document Image System functionality.
Pilot Rollout Dates. The rollout of these pilot tests is planned as follows.
| Phase | Launch date | Locations | Port codes |
| Phase I | Aug. 12, 2015 | Baltimore Philadelphia Louisville Chicago Detroit Port Huron Laredo Los Angeles Long Beach JFK Newark Otay Mesa | 1303, 1305 1101, 1108, 1195 4115, 4196 3901, 3906 3801, 3807 3802 2304 2704, 2720, 2775 2709 4701 4601, 4670, 4671, 4770, 4772, 4778 2506 |
| Phase II | Sept. 2, 2015 | Miami Memphis Atlanta Charleston Seattle Tacoma Blaine Boston Los Angeles field office New York field office Baltimore field office Buffalo field office Detroit field office Houston field office Laredo field office San Diego field office | 5201, 5206, 5295, 5296, 5297 2006, 2095 1704 1601 3001, 3029, 3071, 3073, 3077, 3095 3002 3004 0401, 0417 all remaining ports all remaining ports all remaining ports all ports all remaining ports all ports all remaining ports all remaining ports |
| Phase III | Sept. 16, 2015 | San Francisco El Paso Atlanta field office Chicago field office Miami/Tampa field office New Orleans field office Seattle field office | 2801, 2809, 2870 2402, 2479 all remaining ports all remaining ports all remaining ports all remaining ports all remaining ports |
| Phase IV | Sept. 23, 2015 | Boston field office El Paso field office San Francisco/Portland field office San Juan field office Tucson field office | all remaining ports all remaining ports all remaining ports all ports all ports |
Agency Participation. Some PGAs are already participating in pilot tests while others will begin this month at the initial 12 port locations. The pilot types and estimated launch dates for each PGA are as follows.
| | | Type of Pilot |
| Agency/program | Est. start date | PGA MS | DIS |
| Agricultural Marketing Service | August | Y | Y |
| Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service – Lacey Act | August | Y | N |
| APHIS – core | September | Y | Y |
| Food Safety and Inspection Service* | DIS pilot ongoing; expansion in August | Y | |
| National Marine Fisheries Service | DIS pilot ongoing/ expansion in August | Y | Y |
| DOC Enforcement and Compliance | August | N | Y |
| Food and Drug Administration | August | Y | N |
| Centers for Disease Control | August | N | Y |
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection | DIS pilot ongoing | N | Y |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | August | Y | N |
| Directorate of Defense Trade Controls | August | Y | N |
| National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | August | Y | Y |
| Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau | August | Y | N |
| EPA - ozone depleting substances** - vehicles and engines*** - pesticides | PGA MS and DIS pilots ongoing; expansion in August | Y | Y |
| Fish and Wildlife Service | January 2016 | Y | Y |
| EPA - hazardous waste | PGA MS pilot ongoing (export) | Y | N |
* currently effective at ports of Sweet Grass, Champlain, Buffalo, Detroit, Philadelphia, Houston, New York/Newark, Savannah, Wilmington, Los Angeles, LAX, Long Beach, Miami, San Francisco, San Francisco Airport, Oakland, and Seattle
** currently effective at ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles and New York/Newark
*** currently effective at ports of Detroit, Port Huron and New York/Newark
CBP advises members of the trade community to continue to check online for an amended list of locations indicating which PGAs will be testing at each port as well as information on the expansion phases.