[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46844-46845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22290]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

27 CFR Parts 24 and 252

[T.D. ATF-413]
RIN 1512-AC00


Technical Amendments

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Department of 
the Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule, Treasury decision.

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SUMMARY: This final rule makes technical amendments and conforming 
changes to the wine and exportation of liquors regulations to provide 
clarity and uniformity.

DATES: Effective August 27, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Kern, Regulations Division, 
(202) 927-8210, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 650 
Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20226.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) administers 
regulations published in Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations. These 
regulations are updated April 1 of each year to incorporate new or 
revised regulations that were published by ATF in the Federal Register 
during the preceding year. ATF identified several amendments that are 
needed to provide clarity and uniformity to the regulations in 27 CFR.
    These amendments do not make any substantive changes and are only 
intended to improve the clarity of title 27.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    The provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 
104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR 
part 1320, do not apply to this final rule because there are no 
recordkeeping or reporting requirements.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.) do not apply to this rule because no notice of proposed 
rulemaking is required.

Executive Order 12866

    This final rule is not subject to the requirements of Executive 
Order 12866 because the regulations make nonsubstantive technical 
corrections to previously published regulations.

Administrative Procedure Act

    Because this final rule merely makes technical corrections to 
improve the clarity of the regulations, it is unnecessary to issue this 
final rule with notice and public procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b), or 
subject to the effective date limitation in section 553(d).

Drafting Information

    The author of this document is Nancy M. Kern, Regulations Division, 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

List of Subjects

27 CFR Part 24

    Administrative practice and procedure, Authority delegation, 
Claims, Electronic funds transfers, Excise taxes, Exports, Food 
additives, Packaging and containers, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Research, Scientific equipment, Spices and flavorings, 
Surety bonds, Taxpaid wine bottling house, Transportation, Vinegar, 
Warehouses, Wine.

27 CFR Part 252

    Aircraft, Alcohol and alcoholic beverages, Armed forces, Authority 
delegations, Beer, Claims, Excise taxes, Imports, Labeling, Liquors, 
Packaging and containers, Perfume, Reporting requirements, 
Transportation, Wine.

Authority and Issuance

    Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 24--WINE

    Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 24 continues to read 
as follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5008, 5041, 5042, 
5044, 5061, 5062, 5081, 5111-5113, 5121, 5122, 5142, 5143, 5173, 
5206, 5214, 5215, 5351, 5353, 5354, 5356, 5357, 5361, 5362, 5364-
5373, 5381-5388, 5391, 5392, 5511, 5551, 5552, 5661, 5662, 5684, 
6065, 6091, 6109, 6301, 6302, 6311, 6651, 6676, 7011, 7302, 7342, 
7502, 7503, 7606, 7805, 7851; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306.

    Par. 2. In Sec. 24.177, revise the fourth sentence to read as 
follows:


Sec. 24.177  Chaptalization (Brix adjustment).

    * * * If grape juice or grape wine is ameliorated after 
chaptalization, the quantity of pure dry sugar added to

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juice for chaptalization will be included as ameliorating material. * * 
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    Par. 3. In Sec. 24.180, revise the second sentence to read as 
follows:


Sec. 24.180  Use of concentrated and unconcentrated fruit juice.

    * * * Concentrated fruit juice reduced with water to any degree of 
Brix greater than 22 degrees Brix may be further reduced with water to 
any degree of Brix between its original density and 22 degrees Brix. * 
* *
* * * * *

PART 252--EXPORTATION OF LIQUORS

    Par. 4. The authority citation for part 252 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552(a); 19 U.S.C. 81c, 1202; 26 U.S.C. 5001, 
5007, 5008, 5041, 5051, 5054, 5061, 5111, 5112, 5114, 5121, 5122, 
5124, 5201, 5205, 5207, 5232, 5273, 5301, 5313, 5555, 6302, 7805; 27 
U.S.C. 203, 205; 44 U.S.C. 3504(h).

    Par. 5. In Sec. 252.62, revise the second sentence of paragraph (c) 
to read as follows:


Sec. 252.62  Bond, Form 2735 (5100.30).

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    (c) * * * The exporter may reapportion the bond coverage, if 
changing conditions make this necessary, by filing a consent of surety, 
ATF Form 1533 (5000.18), for approval by the Director of Industry 
Operations (DIO).
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    Signed: June 25, 1999.
John W. Magaw,
Director.

    Approved: June 12, 1999.
John P. Simpson
Deputy Assistant Secretary,
(Regulatory, Tariff and Trade Enforcement).
[FR Doc. 99-22290 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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