[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51904-51905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17877]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau


Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), 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 November 13, 
2007.

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, form or recordkeeping requirement number, and OMB 
number (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 collection and its 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 and 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 below 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 not do include 
any confidential or inappropriate material in your comments.
    We invite comments on: (a) Whether this 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's 
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, 
recordkeeping requirements, or questionnaires:
    Title: Notice of Release of Tobacco Products, Cigarette Papers, or 
Cigarette Tubes.
    OMB Number: 1513-0025.
    TTB Form Number: 5200.11.
    Abstract: This form documents the release of tobacco products and 
cigarette papers and tubes from customs custody, or the return of such 
articles, to a manufacturer or an export warehouse proprietor for use 
in the United States without payment of tax or duty. The form is also 
used to ensure compliance with laws and regulations at the time of 
these transactions and for post audit examinations.
    Current Actions: There are minor corrections to this information 
collection, and it is being submitted as a revision. We have made a few 
grammatical corrections to the form as well as updated an office name.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 268.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 536.

    Title: Notice of Change in Status of Plant.
    OMB Number: 1513-0044.
    TTB Form Number: 5110.34.
    Abstract: TTB F 5110.34 is necessary to show the use of the 
distilled spirits plant (DSP) premises for other activities or by 
alternating proprietors. It describes the proprietor's use of plant 
premises and other information to show that the change in plant status 
is in conformity with law and regulations. It also shows what bond 
covers the activities of the DSP at a given time.
    Current Actions: We made minor grammatical changes to this 
information collection, and it is being submitted as a revision.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,000.

    Title: Tax Deferral Bond--Distilled Spirits (Puerto Rico).
    OMB Number: 1513-0050.
    TTB Form Number: 5110.50.
    Abstract: TTB F 5110.50 is the bond to secure payment of excise 
taxes on distilled spirits shipped from Puerto Rico to the U.S. on 
deferral of the tax. The form identifies the principal, the surety, 
purpose of bond, and allocation of the penal sum among the principal's 
locations.
    Current Actions: We made minor grammatical changes to this 
information collection and it is being submitted as a revision.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10.

    Title: Usual and Customary Business Records Maintained by Brewers.

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    OMB Number: 1513-0058.
    Recordkeeping Requirement Number: 5130/1.
    Abstract: TTB audits brewers' records to verify production of beer 
and cereal beverages, and to verify the quantity of beer removed 
subject to tax and removed without payment of tax.
    Current Actions: This information collection is being submitted as 
a revision. There is an increase to the number of respondents; however, 
there is no change to the burden. Since these are usual and customary 
records that the tobacco manufacturer would keep in the normal course 
of doing business, the burden remains at one (1).
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,640.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: One (1).

    Title: Recordkeeping for Tobacco Products Removed in Bond from 
Manufacturers' Premises for Experimental Purposes--27 CFR 40.232(d).
    OMB Number: 1513-0110.
    Recordkeeping Requirement Number: None.
    Abstract: The prescribed records apply to manufacturers who ship 
tobacco products in bond for experimental purposes. TTB can examine 
these records to determine that the proprietor has complied with law 
and regulations that allow such tobacco products to be shipped in bond 
for experimental purposes without payment of the excise tax.
    Current Actions: This information collection is being submitted as 
a revision. There is an increase to the number of respondents; however, 
there is no change to the burden. These are usual and customary records 
that the tobacco manufacturer would keep in the normal course of doing 
business; therefore, the burden remains at one (1).
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or 
households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 170.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: One (1).

    Title: Statement of Ultimate Vendor (27 CFR 53.179(b)); Exemption 
Certificate (27 CFR 53.134(d)(2)); Exemption Certificate (27 CFR 
53.135(c)); Statement of Manufacturer's Vendee (27 CFR 53.133(d)); and 
Statement of Manufacturer's Vendee (27 CFR 53.132(c)).
    OMB Number(s): To be assigned.
    TTB Form Numbers: TTB I 5600.33; TTB I 5600.34; TTB I 5600.35; TTB 
I 5600.36, and TTB I 5600.37, respectively.
    Abstract: 27 CFR part 53 requires that, in some cases, persons who 
sell firearms or ammunition tax-free use specific exemption 
certificates or statements to support the tax-free sales. In addition, 
27 CFR part 53 requires a specific statement from the ultimate vendor 
to support claims for certain tax refunds or credits. Although the 
regulations require firearms and ammunition excise taxpayers to design 
and reproduce these certificates or statements as specified in the 
regulations, in order to promote uniformity among excise taxpayers and 
compliance with regulations, these certificates and statements are 
needed.
    Current Actions: We are changing this information collection. 
First, we are changing the ``I'' in the form number to an ``F.'' 
Secondly, because some of the forms have the same name, we are changing 
the names of four of the forms to: Exemption Certificate (Use on 
Certain Vessels or Aircraft), TTB F 5600.34; Exemption Certificate (Use 
by State or Local Governments), TTB F 5600.35; Statement of 
Manufacturer's Vendee (For Exports), TTB F 5600.36; and Statement of 
Manufacturer's Vendee (Use in Further Manufacture), TTB F 5600.37. TTB 
F 5600.33 will remain the same, ``Statement of Ultimate Vendor.'' 
Thirdly, we added a Paperwork Reduction Act Notice to each of the 
forms. Finally, the regulations require the information collected in 
these forms to be collected and retained, but not in any particular 
format. The regulations offer these forms as merely a uniform way of 
collecting the required information. Therefore, we are seeking approval 
of these forms; but more importantly, we are seeking approval of the 
information collection requirements found in the regulatory sections 
listed above.
    Type of Review: Existing collection in use without an OMB control 
number.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; individuals or 
households; State or Local Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 52,500.

    Dated: September 5, 2007.
Francis W. Foote,
Director, Regulations and Rulings Division.
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