[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31223-31224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15496]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
[Docket No. 829; Ref: ATF O 1130.2]


Delegation Order; Delegation to Bureau Headquarters Personnel of 
Authorities of the Director in 27 CFR Parts 4, 5, and 7, Federal 
Alcohol Administration (FAA) Act

    1. Purpose. This order delegates certain authorities of the 
Director to Bureau Headquarters Enforcement personnel.
    2. Cancellation.
    a. ATF O 1100.124A, Delegation Order--Delegation to the Associate 
Director (Compliance Operations) of Authorities of the Director in 27 
CFR Parts 4, 5, and 7, Federal Alcohol Administration (FAA) Act, dated 
April 12, 1984, is canceled.
    b. Specific authorities relating to 27 CFR Parts 4, 5, and 7, as 
outlined in paragraph 5.b. of ATF O 1100.142, Delegation Order--
Redelegation by the Associate Director (Compliance Operations) of 
Certain Authorities in Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations, are 
canceled.
    3. Background. Under current regulations, the Director has the 
authority to take final action on matters relating to the labeling and 
advertising of wine, distilled spirits, and beer. The Bureau has 
determined that certain of these authorities should, in the interest of 
efficiency, be redelegated to a lower organizational level.
    4. Delegations. Under the authority vested in the Director, Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, by Treasury Department Order No. 120-
01, dated June 6, 1972 (formerly Treasury Department Order No. 221).
    a. The Chief, Product Compliance Branch is delegated authority to 
take final action on the following matters:
    (1) To determine, pursuant to application, whether wine made from 
any variety of any species which is too strongly flavored at 75 percent 
minimum varietal content may be labeled with the varietal name, under 
27 CFR 4.23(c)(2).
    (2) To determine, whether a name of geographic significance which 
is also the designation of a class or type of wine, is deemed to be 
generic or semigeneric, under 27 CFR 4.24(a)(1) and 4.24(b)(1).
    (3) To deem a name of geographic significance, which has not been 
found to be generic or semigeneric to be the distinctive designation of 
a wine when found that is known to the consumer and to the trade as a 
designation of a specific wine of a particular place or region, 
distinguishable from all other wines, under 27 CFR 4.24(c)(1).
    (4) To determine when a brand name has viticultural significance, 
under 27 CFR 4.39(i).
    (5) To allow the use of product names with specific geographical 
significance that because of their long usage are recognized by 
consumers as fanciful product names and not representations as to 
origin; and to require the label to bear a statement disclaiming the 
geographical reference as a representation as to the origin of the 
wine, under 27 CFR 4.39(j).
    (6) To determine as generic those geographical names or distinctive 
places for distilled spirits or malt beverages, which have by usage and 
common knowledge lost their geographical significance to such an extent 
that they have become generic, under 27 CFR 5.22(k)(2), 5.22(1)(2) and 
7.24(g).
    b. ATF Specialist, in the Product Compliance Branch, is delegated 
authority to take final action on the following matters:
    (1) To determine whether a brand name, either when qualified by the 
word ``brand'' or when not so qualified, conveys no erroneous 
impression as to the age, origin, identity, or other characteristics of 
the product, under 27 CFR 4.33(b), 5.34(a), and 7.23(b).
    (2) To approve methods for permanently marking the net contents on 
bottles, under 27 CFR 4.37(c) and 5.38(c).
    (3) To require the submission of a full and accurate statement of 
the contents of containers and bottles to which labels are to be or 
have been affixed, under 27 CFR 4.38(h) and 5.33(g).
    (4) To prohibit any statement, design, device, or representation of 
or relating to analyses, standards, tests, guarantees, irrespective of 
falsity, which is likely to mislead the consumer, on a container or 
bottle of wine, distilled spirits, or malt beverage, or on any label on 
such container, or (with concurrence of the Chief, Market Compliance 
Branch) any individual covering, carton, or other wrapper of such 
container, or any written, printed, graphic, or other matter 
accompanying such container to the consumer, under 27 CFR 4.39(a)(4), 
4.39(a)(5), 5.42(a)(4), 5.42(a)(5), 7.29(a)(4), and 7.29(a)(5).
    (5) To require that dates on labels, which refer to the 
establishment of any business or brand name, be stated in direct 
conjunction with the name of the person, company, or brand name to 
which it refers in order to prevent confusion as to the person, 
company, or brand name to which the establishment date is applicable, 
under 27 CFR 4.39(d).

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    (6) To prohibit the use of any label which contains any statement, 
design, device, or pictorial representation, which relates to or is 
capable of being construed as relating to the Armed Forces of the 
United States or to the American flag, or any emblem, seal, insignia, 
or decoration associated with the Armed Forces or the flag, under 27 
CFR 4.39(g), 5.42(b)(7), and 7.29(d).
    (7) To require that the words ``cordial'' or ``liqueur'' be used to 
designate a product when it is necessary to clearly indicate that the 
product is a cordial or a liqueur, under 27 CFR 5.35(a).
    (8) To require that the State of distillation be shown on the label 
or to permit such other labeling as may be necessary to negate any 
misleading or deceptive impression which may be created as to the 
actual State of distillation, under 27 CFR 5.36(d).
    (9) To specifically exempt, pursuant to application, liquor bottles 
of unusual design from the ``headspace'' and ``design'' requirements 
under 27 CFR 5.46.
    (10) To approve certificates of label approval, under 27 CFR 4.40, 
4.50(a), 5.51, 5.55(a), 7.31 and 7.41.
    (11) To approve exemptions from label approval, under 27 CFR 
4.50(b) and 5.55(b).
    (12) To issue duplicate originals of certificates of label approval 
or of certificates of exemptions, under 27 CFR 4.52 and 5.55(c).
    (13) To approve distilled spirits formulas, under 27 CFR 5.26.
    (14) To approve applications by successors to adopt predecessors' 
distilled spirits formulas, under 27 CFR 5.28.
    c. The Chief, Market Compliance Branch is delegated authority to 
take final action on the following matters:
    (1) To prohibit the use of any advertisement for wine, distilled 
spirits, or malt beverages which contains any statement, design, 
device, or representation of or relating to analyses, standards, tests, 
or any guarantee, irrespective of falsity, which is likely to mislead 
the consumer, under 27 CFR 4.64(a)(4), 4.64(a)(5), 5.65(a)(4), 
5.65(a)(5), 7.54(a)(4), and 7.54(a)(5).
    (2) To prohibit the use of an advertisement for distilled spirits 
which contains any statement, design, device, or pictorial 
representation which relates to or is capable of being construed as 
relating to the Armed Forces of the United States, or the American 
flag, or any emblem, seal, insignia, or decoration associated with such 
flag or Armed Forces, under 27 CFR 5.65(g).
    5. Redelegation. The authorities in this order may not be 
redelegated.
    6. For Information Contact. William Moore, Product Compliance 
Branch, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 650 Massachusetts 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20226, (202) 927-8140.

    Dated: May 29, 1996.
John W. Magaw,
Director.
[FR Doc. 96-15496 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
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