[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4642-4643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01531]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

United States Mint


Notice of Stakeholder Meeting

AGENCY: United States Mint, 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 its 
second stakeholder meeting. This meeting continues the dialogue 
concerning the Bureau's ongoing Research and Development of alternative 
metal compositions for circulating coinage. This opportunity is for 
interested members of businesses, industries, and agencies.
    Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
    Time: 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EDT)
    Location: United States Mint; 801 Ninth Street NW., Washington, DC, 
2nd floor
    Subject: The purpose of this meeting is to invite individual 
members of stakeholder organizations to share their perspectives on how 
the United States Mint would validate the acceptance of alternative 
metal compositions presented in the most recent report to Congress 
prior to circulation. The alternative metal compositions include those 
with a similar electromagnetic signature (EMS) and weight 
characteristics that fall within the acceptable tolerance range of the 
United States Mint's current circulating coins as well as alternative 
metals with different EMS and weight characteristics than current 
circulating coins. 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. Conducting a 
second stakeholder meeting is one component of the United States Mint's 
continued outreach program to ensure to the greatest extent 
practicable, that any new coins work without interruption in existing 
coin acceptance equipment without modification and additional costs to 
industry stakeholders.
    Information: Attendees are invited to the following link for a copy 
of the United States Mint's bi-annual report to Congress, December 
2014. http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?action=biennialreport
    The report includes a production costs analysis, coin industry 
stakeholder feedback, the alternative metals study phase II technical 
report, and estimated costs of current and alternative metals.

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 4, 2015.
    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 16, 
2015, 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. A 
transcription service provider will document the oral comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Schwager, Office of Coin 
Studies at OfficeofCoinStudies@

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usmint.treas.gov, or by calling 202-354-7291

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

    Dated: January 20, 2015.
Richard A. Peterson,
Deputy Director for Manufacturing and Quality, United States Mint.
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