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Olson: The pre-inspection here at Amtrak's facility

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in Vancouver, B.C. happened in 1995.

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And it was agreement between then the Legacy Organizations of U.S. Immigration

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and U.S. Customs and U.S. Agriculture to have a pre-inspection facility.

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So we've been doing this for 20 years.

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From Vancouver to Seattle the ride on Amtrak Cascades

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is about three hours and forty-five minutes.

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With full pre-clearance the stop in Blaine goes away

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and we save about 15 minutes off of that.

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Well, we're very positive about the ability to

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move into full pre-clearance here in Vancouver,

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because of the fact that we have been doing pre-inspection for 20 years.

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We're set for it. The facility is set for it.

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There is a few minor changes that we might want to make,

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then U.S. CBP and CBS and I have talked about that

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and so Amtrak will be sitting down with them and saying

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what are those minor things that need to happen to get into full pre-clearance?

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But all in all, we're set for full pre-clearance here in Vancouver, B.C.