[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 4083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1578]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Departmental Offices; Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, on behalf of itself and the 
United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) and as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites 
the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on an proposed 
extension to an information collection, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). The 
BEP intends to request approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for extension of an existing information collection, 
titled ``Owner's Affidavit of Partial Destruction of Mutilated 
Currency.'' The current information collection is assigned OMB Number 
1520-0001. The information collection requests owners of partially 
destroyed U.S. currency to complete a notarized affidavit (BEP Form 
5283) for each redemption claim submitted when substantial portions of 
notes are missing.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 26, 2012 
to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this information collection should be 
addressed to the BEP Contact listed below and to the Treasury 
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Department of the Treasury, Room 
11000, 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submission(s) may be 
obtained by contacting Sonya White, Deputy Chief Counsel, United States 
Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, 14th and 
C Streets SW., Washington, DC 20228, by telephone at (202) 874-8184, or 
by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Owner's Affidavit of Partial Destruction of Mutilated 
Currency.''
    OMB Control Number: 1520-0001.
    Abstract: The Congressional Act of March 17, 1862, authorized the 
Secretary of the Treasury to redeem or replace damaged U.S. currency 
under such regulations as he or she might prescribe. The authority has 
been delegated to the Office of Currency Standards, and is guided by 
Treasury Department Circular 55 which states an affidavit form will be 
requested from the remitters of damaged currency when substantial 
portions are missing from the notes presented to the Treasury for 
redemption. Treasury's Mutilated Currency Examiners use the information 
stated in the affidavit to make a fair and equitable determination of 
the redemption value of such damaged currency.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 150 per year. The 
BEP will conduct the majority of its information collection activities 
at conferences and meeting of organizations of blind and visually 
impaired persons. The BEP is able to estimate the number of attendees 
at such conferences and meetings. The BEP, however, only collects 
information from volunteers who stop by its information booth, and who 
care to take the time responding to questions. It is difficult, 
therefore, to estimate the actual number of respondents from whom BEP 
may be able to collect information in a year.
    Estimated Average Time per Respondent: 36 minutes per response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 90 burden hours.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of 
Management and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of 
public record. The public is invited to submit written comments 
concerning: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau, including 
whether the information will have practical uses; (b) the accuracy of 
the above estimate of the burden of the proposed information 
collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the reporting 
and/or record keeping burdens on respondents, including the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Treasury Department PRA Clearance Officer: Robert Dahl, Department 
of the Treasury, Room 11000, 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 
DC 20220.
    BEP Contact: Sonya White, Deputy Chief Counsel, United States 
Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Room 419-
A, 14th and C Streets SW., Washington, DC 20228.

Robert Dahl,
Treasury Department PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-1578 Filed 1-25-12; 8:45 am]
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