[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 49 (Monday, March 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11178-11179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5533]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Suspicious Activity Report 
by Casinos and Card Clubs

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: FinCEN invites comment on a renewal without change of an 
information collection contained in the form, ``Suspicious Activity 
Report by

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Casinos and Card Clubs (SAR-C).'' The form will be used by casinos and 
card clubs to report suspicious activity to the Department of the 
Treasury. This request for comments covers 31 CFR 103.21. This request 
for comments is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

DATES: Written comments are welcome and must be received on or before 
May 15, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Regulatory Policy 
and Programs Division, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department 
of the Treasury, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, Virginia 22183, Attention: PRA 
Comments--SAR-Casinos and Card Clubs Form. Comments also may be 
submitted by electronic mail to the following Internet address: 
[email protected], again with a caption, in the body of the text, 
``Attention: PRA Comments--SAR-Casinos and Card Clubs Form.''
    Inspection of comments. Comments may be inspected, between 10 a.m. 
and 4 p.m., in the FinCEN reading room in Vienna, VA. Persons wishing 
to inspect the comments submitted must request an appointment with the 
Disclosure Officer by telephoning (703) 905-5034 (Not a toll free 
call).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FinCEN Regulatory Helpline at 800-
949-2732, select option 4.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Suspicious Activity Report by Casinos and Card Clubs.
    OMB Number: 1506-0006.
    Form Number: FinCEN Form 102.
    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. 5311-5331, 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 of the 
Treasury to administer the Bank Secrecy Act has been delegated to the 
Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The Secretary of 
the Treasury was granted authority in 1992, with the enactment of 31 
U.S.C. 5318(g), to require financial institutions to report suspicious 
transactions.
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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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    The information collected on this form is required to be provided 
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 5318(g) and 31 CFR 103.21. This information will 
be made available, in accordance with strict safeguards, to appropriate 
criminal law enforcement and regulatory personnel for use in official 
performance of their duties, for regulatory purposes and in 
investigations and proceedings involving domestic and international 
money laundering, tax violations, fraud, and other financial crimes.
    Reports filed by casinos required to report suspicious transactions 
under 31 CFR 103.21, and any reports filed voluntarily by casinos or 
card clubs will be subject to the protection from liability contained 
in 31 U.S.C. 5318(g)(3) and the provision contained in 31 U.S.C. 
5318(g)(2) which prohibits notification of any person involved in the 
transaction that a suspicious activity report has been filed. The 
current SAR-C may be reviewed at http://www.fincen.gov/forms/files/fin102_sar-c.pdf.
    Type of Review: Renewal without change of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: As required.
    Estimated Reporting Burden: The reporting average for the form is 
60 minutes per response and the recordkeeping average is 2 hours per 
response for a total of 3 hours. This burden relates to the completion 
of the form and the recordkeeping burden of 31 CFR 103.21.
    Estimated Number of Respondents = 925.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses = 11,200.
    Estimated Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: 33,600 
hours.
    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: March 9, 2009.
James H. Freis, Jr.,
Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
 [FR Doc. E9-5533 Filed 3-13-09; 8:45 am]
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