[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67893-67894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28287]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Currency Transaction Report by Casinos (``CTRC'').

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (``FinCEN''), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, FinCEN invites comment on a proposed extension of an 
existing information collection requirement contained in the form, 
``Currency Transaction Report by Casinos (CTRC).'' This request for 
comments is being

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made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments are welcome and must be received on or before 
January 6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Office of Chief 
Counsel, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the 
Treasury, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, Virginia 22183, Attention: PRA 
Comments--CTRC Form. Comments also may be submitted by electronic mail 
to the following address: [email protected], again with a 
caption, in the body of the text, ``Attention: PRA Comments--CTRC 
Form.''
    Inspection of comments. Comments may be inspected, between 10 a.m. 
and 4 p.m., in the FinCEN reading room in Washington, DC. Persons 
wishing to inspect the comments submitted must request an appointment 
by telephoning (202) 354-6400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leonard Senia, Senior Regulatory 
Program Specialist; or Russell Stephenson, Regulatory Program Analyst, 
Office of Compliance and Regulatory Enforcement, FinCEN, at (202) 354-
6015; and Judith R. Starr, Chief Counsel and Christine L. Schuetz, 
Attorney-Advisor, Office of Chief Counsel, FinCEN, at (703) 905-3590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Currency Transaction Report by Casinos (CTRC).
    OMB Number: 1506-0005.
    Form Number: 8362.
    Abstract: The statute generally referred to as the ``Bank Secrecy 
Act,'' Titles I and II of Public Law 91-508, as amended, codified at 12 
U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951-1959, and 31 U.S.C. 5311-5332, authorizes 
the Secretary of the Treasury, inter alia, to require financial 
institutions to keep records and file reports that are determined to 
have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, and regulatory 
matters, or in the conduct of intelligence or counter-intelligence 
activities, to protect against international terrorism, and to 
implement counter-money laundering programs and compliance 
procedures.\1\ Regulations implementing Title II of the Bank Secrecy 
Act appear at 31 CFR part 103. The authority of the Secretary to 
administer the Bank Secrecy Act has been delegated to the Director of 
FinCEN.
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    \1\ Language expanding the scope of the Bank Secrecy Act to 
intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to protect against 
international terrorism was added by Section 358 of the Uniting and 
strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to 
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 (the 
``USA Patriot Act''), Public Law 107-56.
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    Section 5313(a) authorizes the Secretary to issue regulations that 
require a report when ``a domestic financial institution is involved in 
a transaction for the payment, receipt, or transfer of United States 
coins or currency (or other monetary instruments the Secretary of the 
Treasury prescribes), in an amount, denomination, or amount and 
denomination, or under circumstances the Secretary prescribes.'' 
Regulations implementing section 5313(a) are found at 31 CFR 103.22. In 
general, the regulations require the reporting of transactions in 
currency in excess of $10,000 a day. Casinos as defined in 31 U.S.C. 
5312(a)(2)(X) and 31 CFR 103.11(n)(7)(i) are financial institutions 
subject to the currency transaction reporting requirement. Card clubs, 
as defined in 31 CFR 103.11(n)(8)(i), are casinos subject to currency 
transaction reporting. (See 63 FR 1919, January 13, 1998.) The Currency 
Transaction Report by Casinos, IRS Form 8362, is the form casinos and 
card clubs use to comply with the currency transaction reporting 
requirements.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Affected public: Business or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: As required.
    Estimated Burden: Reporting average of 19 minutes per response.\2\ 
Form record keeping average of 5 minutes per response, for a total of 
24 minutes.
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    \2\ This burden relates to the completion of the CTRC form only. 
The recordkeeping burden of 31 CFR 103.22 is reflected in the final 
rule requiring casinos and card clubs to file currency transaction 
reports of suspicious activity.
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    Estimated number of respondents=550.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses=237,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 94,800.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of 
information displays a valid OMB control number. Records required to be 
retained under the Bank Secrecy Act must be retained for five years.

Request for Comments

    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will 
become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance 
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected: (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates 
of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance and 
purchase of services to provide information.

    Dated: October 31, 2002.
James F. Sloan,
Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
[FR Doc. 02-28287 Filed 11-6-02; 8:45 am]
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