[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53569-53570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21796]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

[Docket No. TTB-2019-0001]


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request (No. 75)

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB); Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, we invite comments on the continuing information collection 
listed below in this notice.

DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before December 6, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: As described below, you may send comments on the information 
collection described below using the ``Regulations.gov'' online comment 
form for this document, or you may send written comments via U.S. mail 
or hand delivery. We no longer accept public comments via email or fax.
     Internet: To submit comments online, use the comment form 
for this document posted within Docket No. TTB-2019-0001 on the 
Regulations.gov e-rulemaking website at https://www.regulations.gov.
     U.S. Mail: Send comments to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
Officer, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 
Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Delivery comments to the Paper 
Reduction Act Officer, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alcohol and 
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, 
DC 20005.
    You must reference the information collection's title or 
recordkeeping requirement number, and OMB control number in your 
comment.
    You may view copies of this document, the information collection 
described in it, and all comments received in response to this document 
within Docket No. TTB-2019-0001 at https://www.regulations.gov. A link 
to that docket is posted on the TTB website at https://www.ttb.gov/forms/comment-on-form.shtml. You may also obtain paper copies of this 
document and any comments received in response to it by contacting 
Michael Hoover at the addresses or telephone number shown below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hoover, Regulations and 
Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G 
Street NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; 202-453-1039, ext. 135; or 
[email protected] (please do not submit comments to this 
email address).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments

    The Department of the Treasury and its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 
Trade Bureau (TTB), as part of their continuing effort to reduce 
paperwork and respondent burden, invite the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on the continuing information collection 
described below in this notice, as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be included or 
summarized in our request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval of the relevant information collection. All comments are part 
of the public record and subject to disclosure. Please do not include 
any confidential or inappropriate material in your comments.
    We invite comments on: (a) Whether this information collection is 
necessary for the proper performance of the agency's functions, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the information collection's 
burden; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collected; (d) ways to minimize the information 
collection's burden 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 the 
requested information.
    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 has a valid OMB control number.

Information Collections Open for Comment

    Currently, we are seeking comments on the following recordkeeping 
requirement:

OMB Control No. 1513-0110

    Title: Recordkeeping for Tobacco Products Removed in Bond from a 
Manufacturer's Premises for Experimental Purposes--27 CFR 40.232(e).
    Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5704(a) provides that manufacturers 
of tobacco products may remove tobacco products for experimental 
purposes without payment of Federal excise tax, as prescribed by 
regulation. Under that authority, the TTB regulations at 27 CFR 
40.232(e) require the keeping of certain usual and customary business 
records regarding the description, shipment, use, and disposition of 
tobacco products removed for experimental purposes outside of the 
factory. These records are subject to TTB inspection and are necessary 
to protect the revenue, as they allow TTB to account for the lawful 
experimental use and disposition of nontaxpaid tobacco products, and to 
detect diversion of such products into the domestic market.

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    Current Actions: There are no changes to this information 
collection or its estimated burden, and TTB is submitting it for 
extension purposes only.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Annual Burden:

     Number of Respondents: 235.
     Average Responses per Respondent: One.
     Number of Responses: 235.
     Average per-response and Total Burden: None. (Per the OMB 
regulation at 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2), there is no burden associated with 
the collection of usual of customary records kept during the normal 
course of business.)

    Dated: September 30, 2019.
Amy R. Greenberg,
Director, Regulations and Rulings Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-21796 Filed 10-4-19; 8:45 am]
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