[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61401-61402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25949]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Voluntary Chemist Certification Program 
Applications, Notices, and Records

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury will submit the following 
information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this 
notice. The public is invited to submit comments on these requests.

DATES: Comments should be received on or before December 31, 2018 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to (1) Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 
Treasury, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, or email at [email protected] and (2) Treasury PRA 
Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8100, Washington, 
DC 20220, or email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be

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obtained from Jennifer Quintana by emailing [email protected], calling 
(202) 622-0489, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)

    1. Title: Voluntary Chemist Certification Program Applications, 
Notices, and Records.
    OMB Control Number: 1513-NEW.
    Type of Review: Request for a new OMB Control Number.
    Description: The TTB chemist certification program, established 
under the authority of section 105(e) of the Federal Alcohol 
Administration Act (FAA Act; 27 U.S.C. 205(e)) and explained in TTB 
Procedure 2018-2, is a voluntary program that certifies private 
industry chemists to analyze alcohol beverages and report the results 
of specific chemical analyses on alcohol beverages to the governments 
of importing countries. As a condition of importation, some countries 
require that their own government laboratories (or laboratories 
certified by their government) perform these analyses, while other 
countries allow a person certified by the government of the exporting 
country to perform the analyses. TTB conducts its chemist certification 
program as a service to the alcohol beverage industry to facilitate the 
export of domestic alcohol beverage products. This certification 
program helps ensure that chemists, enologists, brewers, and 
technicians generate quality data and have the required proficiencies 
to conduct chemical analyses associated with exportation of alcohol 
beverages from the United States. This program includes application and 
notice requirements, including letterhead applications for 
certification, submission of the results of qualifying analyses of TTB-
supplied alcohol beverage samples, and miscellaneous letterhead 
applications and notices regarding additional certifications, requests 
for TTB-affirmed reports of analysis, and notices of changes in 
employment place or status. Under this program, certified chemists and 
their laboratories must also maintain usual and customary records 
regarding all analysis results conducted under the authority of a TTB 
certificate, and records related to laboratory equipment, quality 
control policies, procedures and systems, and analyst training and 
competence.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 310.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 310.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.33 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 412.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: November 26, 2018.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-25949 Filed 11-28-18; 8:45 am]
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