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Number of Respondents: 2 (Monthly
Average).
Number of Responses: 24.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Total Annual Burden: 24 hours.
Needs and Uses: The Department uses
this form as the means to fulfill its
obligation under the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (the Act). The
Act’s legislative history indicates that
one of its statutory goals is to prevent
candidates for Federal political office
from incurring large amounts of
unsecured debt with regulated
transportation companies (e.g. airlines).
This information collection allows the
Department to monitor and disclose the
amount of unsecured credit extended by
airlines to candidates for Federal office.
All certificated air carriers are required
to submit this information.
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires
a statistical agency to clearly identify
information it collects for non-statistical
purposes. BTS hereby notifies the
respondents and the public that BTS
uses the information it collects under
this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to,
publication of both Respondent’s
identity and its data, submission of the
information to agencies outside BTS for
review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 10,
2009.
Anne Suissa,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
March 10, 2009.
The Department of the Treasury will
submit the following public information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. Copies of
the submission(s) may be obtained by
calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance
Officer listed. Comments regarding this
information collection should be
addressed to the OMB reviewer listed
and to the Treasury Department
Clearance Officer, Department of the
Treasury, Room 11000, 1750
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20220.
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DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 15, 2009 to
be assured of consideration.
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau (TTB)
OMB Number: 1513–0027.
Type of Review: Extension.
Form: TTB F 5200.14.
Title: Taxable Articles without
Payment of Tax.
Description: The tobacco
manufacturer or export warehouse
proprietor is liable for the tax on
tobacco products until execution of the
certification by Customs or an
authorized receiving officer on TTB F
5200.14, which indicates verification of
export or bonded transfer. TTB needs
this information to protect the revenue.
If this TTB form is not properly
completed, TTB will assess the tax on
the manufacturer of tobacco products or
cigarette papers and tubes or on the
proprietor of the export warehouse or
customs manufacturing warehouse for
products not exported or properly
disposed of.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 59,840
hours.
OMB Number: 1513–0051.
Type of Review: Extension.
Form: TTB F 5110.74.
Title: Application for an Alcohol Fuel
Producer under 26 U.S.C. 5181.
Description: This form is used by
persons who wish to produce and
receive spirits for the production of
alcohol fuels as a business or for their
own use and for State and local
registration where required. The form
describes the person(s) applying for the
permit, location of the proposed
operation, type of material used for
production, and amount of spirits to be
produced.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 394
hours.
OMB Number: 1513–0090.
Type of Review: Extension.
Form: TTB F 5000.25.
Title: Excise Tax Return—Alcohol and
Tobacco (Puerto Rico).
Description: Businesses in Puerto Rico
report their Federal excise tax liability
on distilled spirits, wine, beer, tobacco
products, cigarette papers and tubes on
TTB F 5000.25. TTB needs this form to
identify the taxpayer and to determine
the amount and type of taxes due and
paid.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 119
hours.
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OMB Number: 1513–0013.
Type of Review: Extension.
Form: TTB F 5000.18.
Title: Change of Bond (Consent of
Surety).
Description: A Change of Bond
(Consent of Surety), TTB F 5000.18, is
executed by both the bonding company
and a proprietor and acts as a binding
legal agreement between the two parties
to extend the terms of a bond. A bond
is necessary to cover specific liabilities
on the revenue produced from
untaxpaid commodities. TTB F 5000.18
is filed with TTB and a copy is retained
by TTB as long as it remains current and
in force.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,000
hours.
OMB Number: 1513–0111.
Type of Review: Revision.
Form: TTB F 5013.2.
Title: COLAs Online Access Request.
Description: The information on this
form will be used by TTB to
authenticate end users on the system to
electronically file Certificates of Label
Approval (COLAs). The system will
authenticate end users by comparing
information submitted to records in
multiple databases.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 410
hours.
Clearance Officer: Frank Foote, (202)
927–9347. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
and Trade Bureau, Room 200 East, 1310
G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
OMB Reviewer: Shagufta Ahmed,
(202) 395–7873. Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10235, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503.
Celina Elphage,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Suspicious Activity Report
by Casinos and Card Clubs
AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (‘‘FinCEN’’), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: FinCEN invites comment on a
renewal without change of an
information collection contained in the
form, ‘‘Suspicious Activity Report by
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Casinos and Card Clubs (SAR–C).’’ The
form will be used by casinos and card
clubs to report suspicious activity to the
Department of the Treasury. This
request for comments covers 31 CFR
103.21. This request for comments is
being made pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
DATES: Written comments are welcome
and must be received on or before May
15, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Regulatory Policy and
Programs Division, Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network, Department of
the Treasury, P.O. Box 39, Vienna,
Virginia 22183, Attention: PRA
Comments—SAR–Casinos and Card
Clubs Form. Comments also may be
submitted by electronic mail to the
following Internet address:
regcomments@fincen.gov, again with a
caption, in the body of the text,
‘‘Attention: PRA Comments—SAR–
Casinos and Card Clubs Form.’’
Inspection of comments. Comments
may be inspected, between 10 a.m. and
4 p.m., in the FinCEN reading room in
Vienna, VA. Persons wishing to inspect
the comments submitted must request
an appointment with the Disclosure
Officer by telephoning (703) 905–5034
(Not a toll free call).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
FinCEN Regulatory Helpline at 800–
949–2732, select option 4.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Suspicious Activity Report by
Casinos and Card Clubs.
OMB Number: 1506–0006.
Form Number: FinCEN Form 102.
Abstract: The statute generally
referred to as the ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act,’’
Titles I and II of Public Law 91–508, as
amended, codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b,
12 U.S.C. 1951–1959, and 31 U.S.C.
5311–5331, authorizes the Secretary of
the Treasury, inter alia, to require
financial institutions to keep records
and file reports that are determined to
have a high degree of usefulness in
criminal, tax, and regulatory matters, or
in the conduct of intelligence or
counter-intelligence activities, to protect
against international terrorism, and to
implement counter-money laundering
programs and compliance procedures.1
Regulations implementing Title II of the
Bank Secrecy Act appear at 31 CFR Part
1 Language
expanding the scope of the Bank
Secrecy Act to intelligence or counter-intelligence
activities to protect against international terrorism
was added by section 358 of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
(USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 (the ‘‘USA Patriot
Act’’), Public Law 107–56.
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103. The authority of the Secretary of
the Treasury to administer the Bank
Secrecy Act has been delegated to the
Director of the Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network. The Secretary of
the Treasury was granted authority in
1992, with the enactment of 31 U.S.C.
5318(g), to require financial institutions
to report suspicious transactions.
The information collected on this
form is required to be provided
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 5318(g) and 31
CFR 103.21. This information will be
made available, in accordance with
strict safeguards, to appropriate criminal
law enforcement and regulatory
personnel for use in official
performance of their duties, for
regulatory purposes and in
investigations and proceedings
involving domestic and international
money laundering, tax violations, fraud,
and other financial crimes.
Reports filed by casinos required to
report suspicious transactions under 31
CFR 103.21, and any reports filed
voluntarily by casinos or card clubs will
be subject to the protection from
liability contained in 31 U.S.C.
5318(g)(3) and the provision contained
in 31 U.S.C. 5318(g)(2) which prohibits
notification of any person involved in
the transaction that a suspicious activity
report has been filed. The current SAR–
C may be reviewed at https://
www.fincen.gov/forms/files/fin102_sarc.pdf.
Type of Review: Renewal without
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions.
Frequency: As required.
Estimated Reporting Burden: The
reporting average for the form is 60
minutes per response and the
recordkeeping average is 2 hours per
response for a total of 3 hours. This
burden relates to the completion of the
form and the recordkeeping burden of
31 CFR 103.21.
Estimated Number of Respondents =
925.
Estimated Total Annual Responses =
11,200.
Estimated Total Annual Reporting
and Recordkeeping Burden: 33,600
hours.
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
displays a valid OMB control number.
Records required to be retained under
the Bank Secrecy Act must be retained
for five years.
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Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected: (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information 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 information.
Dated: March 9, 2009.
James H. Freis, Jr.,
Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Fiscal Service
Financial Management Service;
Proposed Collection of Information:
Trace Request for Electronic Funds
Transfer (EFT) Payment; and Trace
Request Direct Deposit
AGENCY: Financial Management Service,
Fiscal Service, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: The Financial Management
Service, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on a
continuing information collection. By
this notice, the Financial Management
Service solicits comments concerning
forms FMS 150.1 ‘‘Trace Request for
Electronic Funds Transfer Payment’’
and FMS–150.2 ‘‘Trace Request Direct
Deposit.’’
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before May 15, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Financial Management Service, 3700
East-West Highway, Records and
Information Management Branch, Room
135, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Suspicious Activity Report
by Casinos and Card Clubs
AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (``FinCEN''), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: FinCEN invites comment on a renewal without change of an
information collection contained in the form, ``Suspicious Activity
Report by
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Casinos and Card Clubs (SAR-C).'' The form will be used by casinos and
card clubs to report suspicious activity to the Department of the
Treasury. This request for comments covers 31 CFR 103.21. This request
for comments is being made pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
DATES: Written comments are welcome and must be received on or before
May 15, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Regulatory Policy
and Programs Division, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department
of the Treasury, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, Virginia 22183, Attention: PRA
Comments--SAR-Casinos and Card Clubs Form. Comments also may be
submitted by electronic mail to the following Internet address:
regcomments@fincen.gov, again with a caption, in the body of the text,
``Attention: PRA Comments--SAR-Casinos and Card Clubs Form.''
Inspection of comments. Comments may be inspected, between 10 a.m.
and 4 p.m., in the FinCEN reading room in Vienna, VA. Persons wishing
to inspect the comments submitted must request an appointment with the
Disclosure Officer by telephoning (703) 905-5034 (Not a toll free
call).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FinCEN Regulatory Helpline at 800-
949-2732, select option 4.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Suspicious Activity Report by Casinos and Card Clubs.
OMB Number: 1506-0006.
Form Number: FinCEN Form 102.
Abstract: The statute generally referred to as the ``Bank Secrecy
Act,'' Titles I and II of Public Law 91-508, as amended, codified at 12
U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951-1959, and 31 U.S.C. 5311-5331, authorizes
the Secretary of the Treasury, inter alia, to require financial
institutions to keep records and file reports that are determined to
have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax, and regulatory
matters, or in the conduct of intelligence or counter-intelligence
activities, to protect against international terrorism, and to
implement counter-money laundering programs and compliance
procedures.\1\ Regulations implementing Title II of the Bank Secrecy
Act appear at 31 CFR Part 103. The authority of the Secretary of the
Treasury to administer the Bank Secrecy Act has been delegated to the
Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The Secretary of
the Treasury was granted authority in 1992, with the enactment of 31
U.S.C. 5318(g), to require financial institutions to report suspicious
transactions.
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\1\ Language expanding the scope of the Bank Secrecy Act to
intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to protect against
international terrorism was added by section 358 of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 (the
``USA Patriot Act''), Public Law 107-56.
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The information collected on this form is required to be provided
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 5318(g) and 31 CFR 103.21. This information will
be made available, in accordance with strict safeguards, to appropriate
criminal law enforcement and regulatory personnel for use in official
performance of their duties, for regulatory purposes and in
investigations and proceedings involving domestic and international
money laundering, tax violations, fraud, and other financial crimes.
Reports filed by casinos required to report suspicious transactions
under 31 CFR 103.21, and any reports filed voluntarily by casinos or
card clubs will be subject to the protection from liability contained
in 31 U.S.C. 5318(g)(3) and the provision contained in 31 U.S.C.
5318(g)(2) which prohibits notification of any person involved in the
transaction that a suspicious activity report has been filed. The
current SAR-C may be reviewed at https://www.fincen.gov/forms/files/
fin102_sar-c.pdf.
Type of Review: Renewal without change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions.
Frequency: As required.
Estimated Reporting Burden: The reporting average for the form is
60 minutes per response and the recordkeeping average is 2 hours per
response for a total of 3 hours. This burden relates to the completion
of the form and the recordkeeping burden of 31 CFR 103.21.
Estimated Number of Respondents = 925.
Estimated Total Annual Responses = 11,200.
Estimated Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: 33,600
hours.
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 displays a valid OMB control number. Records required to be
retained under the Bank Secrecy Act must be retained for five years.
Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected: (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information 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 information.
Dated: March 9, 2009.
James H. Freis, Jr.,
Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
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