[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 6672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02332]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


United States Mint

AGENCY: United States Mint, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Stakeholder Meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity 
Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-302), the United States Mint announces a 
stakeholder meeting for the purpose of obtaining direct, first-hand 
input on the impacts of alternative metal compositions for circulating 
coinage from interested members of businesses, industries, and 
agencies.
    Date: Thursday, March 13, 2014.
    Time: 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EDT).
    Location: United States Mint; 801 Ninth Street NW.; Washington, DC, 
2nd floor.
    Subject: The purpose of this meeting is to invite members of 
stakeholder organizations to directly share their perspectives 
concerning circulating coins and the impacts of alternative metal 
compositions. This input will support the Secretary of the Treasury in 
understanding the balance of interests and impacts to the public, 
private industry stakeholders, and the Government.
    Information: Attendees are invited to the following link for a copy 
of the United States Mint's bi-annual report to Congress, December 2012 
and the Alternatives Metals study, completed August 2012. http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?action=biennialreport. The study 
discusses alternative metals that could potentially change the 
following attributes: Weight, color, electromagnetic signature. The 
study also touches on implementation and transition periods.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and 
Continuity Act of 2010, in conducting research and development on 
circulating coins, the Secretary of the Treasury is required to 
consider:
    (A) Factors relevant to the potential impact of any revisions to 
the composition of the material used in coin production on the current 
coinage material suppliers;
    (B) Factors relevant to the ease of use and ability to co-circulate 
new coinage materials, including the effect on vending machines and 
commercial coin processing equipment and making certain, to the 
greatest extent practicable, that any new coins work without 
interruption in existing coin acceptance equipment without 
modification; and
    (C) Such other factors that the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with merchants who would be affected by any change in the 
composition of circulating coins, vending machine, and other coin 
acceptor manufacturers; vending machine owners and operators; transit 
officials; municipal parking officials; depository institutions; coin 
and currency handlers; armored-car operators; car wash operators; and 
American-owned manufacturers of commercial coin processing equipment, 
considers to be appropriate and in the public interest.
    Special Accommodations: This meeting is physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other related accommodations should be directed to the Office of Coin 
Studies (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) as soon as possible but 
no later than March 3, 2014.
    This is not a public meeting. Attendance is by invitation only. 
Persons interested in attending the meeting should use the contact 
information provided in this notice no later than Monday, March 10, 
2014 to request an invitation and obtain additional meeting 
information. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served 
basis.
    Input will be gathered orally, at the stakeholder meeting, and in 
writing via a subsequent Federal Register notice requesting comment. 
The oral comments will be documented by a transcription service 
provider.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Schwager, Office of Coin 
Studies at [email protected], or by calling 202-354-
6600.

    Authority: 31 U.S.C. 5112(p)(3)(A); Public Law 111-302, section 
2(a)(2).

    Dated: January 29, 2014.
Richard A. Peterson,
Deputy Director, United States Mint.
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