[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 25752-25753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4073]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

27 CFR Parts 19 and 40

[Re: T.D. TTB-44]
RIN 1513-AA80


Administrative Changes to Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
Regulations Due to the Homeland Security Act of 2002; Correction

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On April 4, 2006, TTB published a final rule in the Federal 
Register making administrative changes to its regulations due to the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002, which divided the former Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury, into two 
separate agencies, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives in the Department of Justice, and the Alcohol and Tobacco 
Tax and Trade Bureau in the Department of the Treasury. That final rule 
contained two incorrect amendatory instructions; this document corrects 
those errors.

DATES: Effective Date: March 31, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hoover, Regulations and 
Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, telephone 
202-927-8076.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective January 24, 2003, section 1111 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 divided the former Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Department of the Treasury, into two 
separate agencies, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
Explosives in the Department of Justice, and the Alcohol and Tobacco 
Tax and Trade Bureau in the Department of the Treasury. On January 24, 
2003, the two Departments published a joint final rule in the Federal 
Register (68 FR 3744) that divided the ATF regulations contained in 
title 27, Code of Federal Regulations, between the two new agencies. 
That final rule placed the regulations administered by the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a newly created 27 CFR 
chapter II, while the regulations administrated by the Alcohol and 
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) remained in 27 CFR chapter I.
    On April 4, 2006, TTB published a final rule in the Federal 
Register making administrative changes to the majority of its 
regulations in 27 CFR

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chapter I, as a consequence of the changes made by section 1111 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002. With the exception of 27 CFR parts 28, 
31, and 41, for which administrative changes were previously made, the 
final rule amended the remaining parts of 27 CFR chapter I that 
required nomenclature, organizational, and other administrative changes 
to conform them to the current name and organizational structure of 
TTB. For example, the final rule replaced references to ATF and its 
officers with appropriate TTB references. The final rule made no 
substantive change to the regulations in question.
    After the publication of the final rule, two amendatory 
instructions were found to contain inadvertent errors. First, 
amendatory instruction 67a, regarding 27 CFR 19.11, referred to ``Area 
Supervisor'' and ``Regional Director'' when it should have referred to, 
respectively, ``Area supervisor'' and ``Region director (compliance).'' 
Second, amendatory instruction 131a, regarding section 40.11, referred 
to ``Regions'' and ``Regional director'' when it should have referred 
to ``Region'' and Regional Director (compliance),'' respectively.


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Therefore, in the Federal Register of April 4, 2006, the following 
corrections are made:
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(1) On page 16928, in the second column, paragraph ``a'' of amendatory 
instruction 67 is corrected to read as follows:
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a. Remove the definitions of ``Area supervisor'', ``ATF bond'', ``ATF 
officer'', ``Director'', ``Region'', and ``Region director 
(compliance)''.

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(2) On page 16948, in the first column, paragraph ``a'' of amendatory 
instruction 131 is corrected to read as follows:
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a. Remove the definitions of ``Appropriate ATF officer'', ``Associate 
Director (Compliance Operations)'', ``ATF'', ``ATF officer'', 
``Director'', ``Region'', and ``Regional Director (compliance)''.

    Dated: April 25, 2006.
Francis W. Foote,
Director, Regulations and Rulings Division.
[FR Doc. 06-4073 Filed 5-1-06; 8:45 am]
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