[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 72 (Friday, April 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19988-19989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7581]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, we invite comments on the proposed or continuing information 
collections listed below in this notice.

DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before June 14, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments to Mary A. Wood, Alcohol and Tobacco 
Tax and Trade Bureau, at any of these addresses:
     P.O. Box 14412, Washington, DC 20044-4412;
     (202) 927-8525 (facsimile); or
     [email protected] (e-mail).
    Please send separate comments for each specific information 
collection listed below. You must reference the information 
collection's title, and form and OMB numbers (if any) in your comment. 
If you submit your comment via facsimile, send no more than five 8.5 x 
11 inch pages in order to ensure electronic access to our equipment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain additional information, 
copies of the information collections and their instructions, or copies 
of any comments received, contact Mary A. Wood, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 
and Trade Bureau, P.O. Box 14412, Washington, DC 20044-4412; or 
telephone (202) 927-8210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    The Department of the Treasury and its Alcohol Tobacco Tax and 
Trade Bureau, as part of their continuing effort to reduce paperwork 
and respondent burden, invite the general public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on the proposed or continuing information 
collections listed in this notice, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be included or 
summarized in our request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval of the relevant information collection. All comments are part 
of the public record and subject to disclosure. Please do not include 
any confidential or inappropriate material in your comments.
    We invite comments on: (a) Whether the information collection is 
necessary for the proper performance of the agency's functions, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the information collection burden; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collected; (d) ways to minimize the information 
collection's burden 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 the 
requested information.

Information Collections Open for Comment

    Currently, we are seeking comments on the following forms:
    Title: Claim--Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Taxes.
    OMB Number: 1513-0030.
    TTB Form Number: 5620.8.
    Abstract: This form is used, along with other supporting documents, 
to obtain credit, remission, and allowance of tax on taxable articles 
(alcohol, beer, tobacco products, firearms, and ammunition) that have 
been lost and to obtain refund of overpaid taxes and abatement of over 
assessed taxes.
    Current Actions: There are no changes to this information 
collection and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, individuals or 
households, not-for-profit institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,000.
    Title: Report of Wine Premises Operations.
    OMB Number: 1513-0053.
    TTB Form Number: 5120.17.
    Abstract: TTB collects this information in order to monitor 
activities at bonded wine premises. Information on production, 
removals, and raw materials used is analyzed to ensure compliance with 
tax and consumer protection laws enforced by TTB. The record retention 
period for this information collection is 3 years.
    Current Actions: There are no changes to this information 
collection and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,755.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,642.
    Title: Tobacco Bond--Surety (formerly Corporate Surety Bond--
Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes), and Tobacco Bond--
Collateral (formerly Collateral Bond--Tobacco Products and Cigarette 
Papers and Tubes).
    OMB Number: 1513-0103.
    TTB Form Numbers: 5200.24 (formerly 5220.5) and 5200.25 (formerly 
5210.13), respectively.
    Abstract: TTB requires a corporate surety bond or a collateral bond 
to ensure payment of the excise tax on tobacco products and cigarette 
papers and tubes removed from the factory or warehouse. These TTB forms 
identify the agreement to pay and the persons from which TTB will 
attempt to collect any unpaid excise tax. Manufactures of tobacco 
products or cigarette papers and tubes and proprietors of export 
warehouses, along with corporate sureties if applicable, are the 
respondents for these TTB forms. These forms are filed with collateral 
sufficient to cover the excise tax on tobacco products and cigarette 
papers and tubes.
    Current Actions: There are changes to this information collection 
and it is

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being submitted as an extension of a revised, currently approved 
collection.
    Type of Review: Revision and extension.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25.

    Dated: April 11, 2005.
William H. Foster,
Chief, Regulations and Procedures Division.
[FR Doc. 05-7581 Filed 4-14-05; 8:45 am]
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