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22. Contributing Factors
Pipeline operators currently select
only one cause on the form. Factors
contributing to, but not causing an
incident are often relevant to preventing
future incidents. We propose collecting
data about contributing factors. The
proposal is similar to a recommendation
made by NTSB in their January 2015
safety study report. The NTSB
recommended revising the GT/GG Form
to collect multiple root causes. We are
proposing to collect contributing factors
in addition to the apparent cause on all
four forms. This data would help
stakeholders develop a more thorough
understanding of the incident and ways
to prevent future incidents.
II. Summary of Impacted Collection
Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of
Federal Regulations, requires PHMSA to
provide interested members of the
public and affected agencies an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping requests.
This notice identifies several
information collection requests that
PHMSA will submit to OMB for
renewal. PHMSA expects many of the
new data elements are already known
by the operator and no report requires
the completion of all fields on the
forms. PHMSA has estimated the
burdens below by adding 20% to the
previous burdens—12 hours instead of
10.
The following information is provided
for each information collection: (1) Title
of the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) Current expiration
date; (4) Type of request; (5) Abstract of
the information collection activity; (6)
Description of affected public; (7)
Estimate of total annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden; and (8)
Frequency of collection. PHMSA will
request a three-year term of approval for
each information collection activity.
PHMSA requests comments on the
following information collections:
1. Title: Incident Reporting for Gas
and LNG.
OMB Control Number: PHMSA will
request from OMB.
Current Expiration Date: N/A.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
collection.
Abstract: PHMSA is proposing
revision to the following incident report
forms to improve the granularity of the
data collected in several areas: Gas
Distribution Incident Report (PHMSA F.
7100.1); Incident Report—Natural and
Other Gas Transmission and Gathering
Pipeline System (PHMSA F 7100.2); and
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Incident Report—Liquefied Natural Gas
Facilities (PHMSA F 7100.3). PHMSA is
also requesting a new OMB Control
Number to collectively cover these
forms.
Affected Public: Pipeline Operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Estimated number of responses: 301.
Estimated annual burden hours:
3,612.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
2. Title: Transportation of Hazardous
Liquids by Pipeline: Recordkeeping and
Accident Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0047.
Current Expiration Date: 7/31/2015.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: This information collection
covers recordkeeping and accident
reporting by hazardous liquid pipeline
operators who are subject to 49 CFR part
195. PHMSA is proposing to revise the
form PHMSA F7000–1 to improve the
granularity of the data collected in
several areas.
Affected Public: Hazardous liquid
pipeline operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Annual Responses: 847.
Annual Burden Hours: 56,229.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Comments are invited on:
(a) The need for the renewal and
revision of these collections of
information for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2016,
under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline
Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau
[Docket No. TTB–2016–0001]
Proposed Information Collections;
Comment Request (No. 59)
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau (TTB); Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 proposed or
continuing information collections
listed below in this notice.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before July 12, 2016.
ADDRESSES: As described below, you
may send comments on the information
collections listed in this document
using the ‘‘Regulations.gov’’ online
comment form for this document, or you
may send written comments via U.S.
mail or hand delivery. TTB no longer
accepts public comments via email or
fax.
• https://www.regulations.gov: Use the
comment form for this document posted
within Docket No. TTB–2016–0001 on
‘‘Regulations.gov,’’ the Federal erulemaking portal, to submit comments
via the Internet;
• U.S. Mail: Michael Hoover,
Regulations and Rulings Division,
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau, 1310 G Street NW., Box 12,
Washington, DC 20005.
• Hand Delivery/Courier in Lieu of
Mail: Michael Hoover, Alcohol and
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G
Street NW., Suite 400, Washington, DC
20005.
Please submit separate comments for
each specific information collection
listed in this document. You must
reference the information collection’s
title, form or recordkeeping requirement
number, and OMB number (if any) in
your comment.
You may view copies of this
document, the information collections
listed in it and any associated
instructions, and all comments received
in response to this document within
Docket No. TTB–2016–0001 at https://
www.regulations.gov. A link to that
docket is posted on the TTB Web site at
https://www.ttb.gov/forms/comment-onform.shtml. You may also obtain paper
copies of this document, the
information collections described in it
and any associated instructions, and any
SUMMARY:
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comments received in response to this
document by contacting Michael Hoover
at the addresses or telephone number
shown below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Hoover, Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street
NW., Box 12, Washington, DC 20005;
telephone 202–453–1039, ext. 135; or
email informationcollections@ttb.gov
(please do not submit comments on this
notice to this email address).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 proposed or
continuing information collections
listed 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.
For each information collection listed
below, we invite comments on:
(a) Whether the 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.
Information Collections Open for
Comment
Currently, we are seeking comments
on the following information collections
(forms, recordkeeping requirements, or
questionnaires):
Title: Drawback on Wines Exported.
OMB Number: 1513–0016.
TTB Form Number: F 5120.24.
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Abstract: The Internal Revenue Code
(IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5062(b), provides, in
general, that exporters of taxpaid
domestic wine may claim ‘‘drawback’’
of the Federal excise tax paid or
determined on the exported wine.
Exporters use TTB F 5120.24 to
document the wine’s exportation and to
submit drawback claims for the
exported wine. TTB uses the provided
information to determine if the exported
wine is eligible for drawback and to
calculate the amount of drawback due.
This information is necessary to protect
the revenue.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting
this collection as a revision. The
information collection remains
unchanged. However, TTB is increasing
the estimated number of respondents
and the resulting total annual burden
hours associated with this information
collection due to an increase in the
number of wine exporters filing
drawback claims on TTB F 5120.24.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
40.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 179.
Title: Specific and Continuing
Transportation Bonds—Distilled Spirits
or Wines Withdrawn for Transportation
to Manufacturing Bonded Warehouse,
Class Six.
OMB Number: 1513–0031.
TTB Form Numbers: F 5100.12 and F
5110.67.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C.
5214(a)(6) and 5362(c)(4) authorizes the
transfer without payment of tax of,
respectively, distilled spirits and wine
from a bonded premises to certain
bonded warehouses. Under 19 U.S.C.
1311, bonds are required for such
transfers to protect the revenue. In order
to provide proprietors of manufacturing
bonded warehouses with operational
flexibility based on individual need,
TTB allows the filing of either a specific
bond to cover a single shipment, using
TTB F 5100.12, or a continuing bond to
cover multiple shipments, using TTB F
5110.67.
Current Actions: We are submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only. The information
collection, estimated number of
respondents, and estimated number of
burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 10.
Title: Usual and Customary Business
Records Relating to Tax-Free Alcohol,
TTB REC 5150/3.
OMB Number: 1513–0059.
TTB Recordkeeping Number: REC
5130/3.
Abstract: Under the IRC at 26 U.S.C.
5214, distilled spirits may be withdrawn
free of tax for nonbeverage purposes by
educational organizations, hospitals,
laboratories, and similar institutions.
Pursuant to section 5214, TTB has set
forth recordkeeping requirements in 27
CFR part 22 to maintain accountability
of tax-free spirits in order to protect the
revenue.
Current Actions: We are submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only. The information
collection, estimated number of
respondents, and estimated number of
burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; and State, Local, and Tribal
Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,268.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1 (one).
Title: Letterhead Applications and
Notices Relating to Denatured Spirits,
TTB REC 5150/2.
OMB Number: 1513–0061.
TTB Recordkeeping Number: REC
5150/2.
Abstract: Under the IRC at 26 U.S.C.
5214, denatured spirits (alcohol to
which denaturants have been added to
render it unfit for beverage purposes)
may be withdrawn from distilled spirits
plants free of tax for nonbeverage
industrial purposes in the manufacture
of personal and household products.
Since it is possible to recover potable
alcohol from denatured spirits and
articles made with denatured spirits, a
comprehensive system of controlling
denatured spirits and articles made with
denatured spirits is imposed by the IRC
at 26 U.S.C. 5271–5275. In order to
protect the revenue and public safety,
these IRC sections and their
implementing regulations in 27 CFR
part 20 require an application and
permit to withdraw and use specially
denatured spirits, and require formulas,
recordkeeping, reporting, and other
operational procedures.
Current Actions: We are submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only. The information
collection, estimated number of
respondents, and estimated number of
burden hours remain unchanged.
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Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profits; Not-for-profit institutions;
and State, Local, and Tribal
Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,778.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,890.
Title: Tobacco Products Importer or
Manufacturer—Records of Large Cigars
Wholesale Prices (TTB REC 5230/1).
OMB Number: 1513–0071.
TTB Recordkeeping Number: REC
5230/1.
Abstract: The Internal Revenue Code
(IRC), at 26 U.S.C. 5701, imposes a
Federal excise tax on large cigars based
on a percentage of the price for which
such cigars are sold by the manufacturer
or importer. Pursuant to the authority
provided by the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5741
to require recordkeeping, TTB has
prescribed by regulation that
manufacturers and importers maintain a
list of large cigar sale prices. This
provides TTB a means of verifying that
the correct amount of tax was
determined and ultimately paid by the
manufacturer or importer of large cigars.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting
this collection as a revision. The
information collection remains
unchanged. However, TTB is decreasing
the estimated number of respondents
and the resulting total annual burden
hours associated with this information
collection due to a decrease in TTB’s
estimate of the number of tobacco
product manufacturers and importers
subject to this information collection
requirement.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
280.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 653.
Title: Marks on Wine Containers (TTB
REC 5120/3).
OMB Number: 1513–0092.
TTB Recordkeeping Number: REC
5120/3.
Abstract: Under the authority of the
IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5357, 5368, 5388, and
5662, the TTB regulations require that
proprietors of bonded wine cellars
identify wine kept on bonded premises
with certain marks or labels placed on
containers, such as tanks, barrels, bins,
pallets, and cases, and that proprietors
label wine bottles and other consumer
containers with certain information,
such as brand name, type of wine, and
alcohol content, prior to removal for
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consumption or sale. While the marking
and labeling of wine containers by
proprietors is a usual and customary
business practice, the regulatory
requirements to display these marks and
labels protects the revenue. The marking
and labeling covered under this
information collection identifies the
contents of wine containers and helps to
ensure that once wine is removed from
bond coverage the correct Federal excise
tax will be collected.
Current Actions: We are submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only. The information
collection, estimated number of
respondents, and estimated number of
burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,506.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1 (one).
Title: Recordkeeping for Tobacco
Products Removed in Bond from a
Manufacturer’s Premises for
Experimental Purposes—27 CFR
40.232(e).
OMB Number: 1513–0110.
TTB Recordkeeping Number: None.
Abstract: The Internal Revenue Code
at 26 U.S.C. 5704(e) 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 records
regarding the shipment, description,
use, and disposition of tobacco products
removed for experimental purposes
outside of the factory. Although the
keeping of such records is a usual and
customary business practice for
manufacturers of tobacco products,
these records provide TTB information
that it uses to identify the lawful
experimental use and disposition of
nontaxpaid tobacco products, and to
detect and prevent their diversion into
the market.
Current Actions: We are submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only. The information
collection, estimated number of
respondents, and estimated number of
burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
235.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1 (one).
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Title: COLAs Online Access Request.
OMB Number: 1513–0111.
TTB Form Number: F 5013.2.
Abstract: Respondents use this form
to apply for access to TTB’s COLAs
Online system, which allows alcohol
beverage industry members to
electronically apply for a Certificate of
Label Approval or for an exemption
from label approval. TTB uses the
provided information to identify the
company on whose behalf the applicant
claims to act, to verify the scope of the
applicant’s authority to act, and to
evaluate the applicant’s qualifications
for access to the COLAs Online system
before TTB issues that person a
password allowing access to this TTB
information system. This is necessary to
protect the COLAs Online system from
unauthorized users and other threats.
Current Actions: We are submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only. The information
collection, estimated number of
respondents, and estimated number of
burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,366.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 410.
Title: Petition for the Establishment of
an American Viticultural Area.
OMB Number: 1513–0127.
TTB Form Number: None.
Abstract: Under the FAA Act at 27
U.S.C. 205(e), TTB regulates the use of
applications of origin on wine labels,
including the use of American
viticultural area (AVA) names. Based on
petitions submitted by interested
parties, TTB establishes new AVAs or
modifies existing AVAs through the
rulemaking process. The TTB
regulations in 27 CFR part 9 specify the
information that must be included in
such petitions so that TTB is able to
evaluate the petitioner’s proposal and
determine if it meets TTB’s regulatory
requirements for creating a new AVA or
amending the name, boundary, or other
terms of an existing AVA.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting
this collection as a revision. The
information collection remains
unchanged. However, TTB is increasing
the estimated number of respondents
and the resulting total annual burden
hours associated with this information
collection due to an increase in the
number of AVA petitions received
annually by TTB.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
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Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
15.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,950.
Title: Alternate Method—Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE) and
Partner Government Agency Message
Set for Imports Regulated by the
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau.
OMB Number: 1513—NEW.
Abstract: TTB administers several
provisions of the U.S. Code that relate
to the importation of alcohol beverages,
industrial spirits, tobacco products,
processed tobacco, and cigarette papers
and tubes. The International Trade Data
System (ITDS) is an interagency
program to establish a single electronic
access point through which importers
and exporters may submit the data
required by Federal government
agencies for importation and
exportation. The Security and
Accountability for Every Port Act (SAFE
Port Act) (Pub. L. 109–347) of 2006
mandated participation in ITDS for all
agencies that require documentation for
clearing or licensing the importation
and exportation of cargo.
The Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) provides a ‘‘single
window’’ that allows importers and
exporters to enter one set of data for
each shipment of imported or exported
goods. The TTB Partner Government
Agency (PGA) Message Set defines the
TTB-specific information that importers
may submit electronically through ACE
to meet TTB requirements.
With regard to imports, TTB intends
to issue an alternate method to allow
importers to submit the TTB PGA
Message Set electronically, in lieu of
submitting paper documents to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at
importation. This information collection
covers the data that would be submitted
electronically through ACE under that
alternate method. Most of the
information that the alternate method
will require importers to submit through
ACE is already required by TTB’s
regulations. However, there are some
additional requirements. For example,
importers who are required to have a
TTB permit number will submit their
TTB permit number when filing
electronically in ACE. In general,
importers of TTB-regulated
commodities are required to obtain a
permit from TTB, but they have not
previously been required by regulation
to file that number with CBP. The
information collected under this
information collection appears in the
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‘‘ACE Filing Instructions for TTBRegulated Commodities’’ available at
www.cbp.gov.
Current Actions: We are submitting
this new information collection for
OMB approval.
Type of Review: Approval of a new
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,525.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 105,250.
Dated: May 9, 2016.
Angela Jeffries,
Assistant Director, Regulations and Rulings
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Form 2063
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury, 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 proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is
soliciting comments concerning Form
2063, U.S. Departing Alien Income Tax
Statement.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before July 12, 2016 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Tuawana Pinkston, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the form and instructions
should be directed to Allan Hopkins at
Internal Revenue Service, Room 6129,
1111 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20224, or through the
Internet at Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: U.S. Departing Alien Income
Tax Statement.
OMB Number: 1545–0138.
Form Number: 2063.
SUMMARY:
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Abstract: Form 2063 is used by a
departing resident alien against whom a
termination assessment has not been
made, or a departing nonresident alien
who has no taxable income from United
States sources, to certify that they have
satisfied all U.S. income tax obligations.
The data is used by the IRS to certify
that departing aliens have complied
with U.S. income tax laws.
Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to the form at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Responses:
20,540.
Estimated Time per Response: 50
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17,049.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of information covered
by this notice:
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.
Books or records relating to a collection
of information must be retained as long
as their contents may become material
in the administration of any internal
revenue law. Generally, tax returns and
tax return information are confidential,
as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
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.
Approved: May 5, 2016.
Allan Hopkins,
Tax Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
[Docket No. TTB-2016-0001]
Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request (No. 59)
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 proposed or continuing information
collections listed below in this notice.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before July 12,
2016.
ADDRESSES: As described below, you may send comments on the information
collections listed in this document using the ``Regulations.gov''
online comment form for this document, or you may send written comments
via U.S. mail or hand delivery. TTB no longer accepts public comments
via email or fax.
https://www.regulations.gov: Use the comment form for this
document posted within Docket No. TTB-2016-0001 on ``Regulations.gov,''
the Federal e-rulemaking portal, to submit comments via the Internet;
U.S. Mail: Michael Hoover, Regulations and Rulings
Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW.,
Box 12, Washington, DC 20005.
Hand Delivery/Courier in Lieu of Mail: Michael Hoover,
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW., Suite 400,
Washington, DC 20005.
Please submit separate comments for each specific information
collection listed in this document. You must reference the information
collection's title, form or recordkeeping requirement number, and OMB
number (if any) in your comment.
You may view copies of this document, the information collections
listed in it and any associated instructions, and all comments received
in response to this document within Docket No. TTB-2016-0001 at https://www.regulations.gov. A link to that docket is posted on the TTB Web
site at https://www.ttb.gov/forms/comment-on-form.shtml. You may also
obtain paper copies of this document, the information collections
described in it and any associated instructions, and any
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comments received in response to this document by contacting Michael
Hoover at the addresses or telephone number shown below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hoover, Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW., Box 12, Washington, DC 20005;
telephone 202-453-1039, ext. 135; or email
informationcollections@ttb.gov (please do not submit comments on this
notice 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 proposed or continuing information
collections listed 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.
For each information collection listed below, we invite comments
on:
(a) Whether the 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.
Information Collections Open for Comment
Currently, we are seeking comments on the following information
collections (forms, recordkeeping requirements, or questionnaires):
Title: Drawback on Wines Exported.
OMB Number: 1513-0016.
TTB Form Number: F 5120.24.
Abstract: The Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5062(b),
provides, in general, that exporters of taxpaid domestic wine may claim
``drawback'' of the Federal excise tax paid or determined on the
exported wine. Exporters use TTB F 5120.24 to document the wine's
exportation and to submit drawback claims for the exported wine. TTB
uses the provided information to determine if the exported wine is
eligible for drawback and to calculate the amount of drawback due. This
information is necessary to protect the revenue.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting this collection as a revision.
The information collection remains unchanged. However, TTB is
increasing the estimated number of respondents and the resulting total
annual burden hours associated with this information collection due to
an increase in the number of wine exporters filing drawback claims on
TTB F 5120.24.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 179.
Title: Specific and Continuing Transportation Bonds--Distilled
Spirits or Wines Withdrawn for Transportation to Manufacturing Bonded
Warehouse, Class Six.
OMB Number: 1513-0031.
TTB Form Numbers: F 5100.12 and F 5110.67.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5214(a)(6) and 5362(c)(4) authorizes
the transfer without payment of tax of, respectively, distilled spirits
and wine from a bonded premises to certain bonded warehouses. Under 19
U.S.C. 1311, bonds are required for such transfers to protect the
revenue. In order to provide proprietors of manufacturing bonded
warehouses with operational flexibility based on individual need, TTB
allows the filing of either a specific bond to cover a single shipment,
using TTB F 5100.12, or a continuing bond to cover multiple shipments,
using TTB F 5110.67.
Current Actions: We are submitting this information collection for
extension purposes only. The information collection, estimated number
of respondents, and estimated number of burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10.
Title: Usual and Customary Business Records Relating to Tax-Free
Alcohol, TTB REC 5150/3.
OMB Number: 1513-0059.
TTB Recordkeeping Number: REC 5130/3.
Abstract: Under the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5214, distilled spirits may be
withdrawn free of tax for nonbeverage purposes by educational
organizations, hospitals, laboratories, and similar institutions.
Pursuant to section 5214, TTB has set forth recordkeeping requirements
in 27 CFR part 22 to maintain accountability of tax-free spirits in
order to protect the revenue.
Current Actions: We are submitting this information collection for
extension purposes only. The information collection, estimated number
of respondents, and estimated number of burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; and State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,268.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1 (one).
Title: Letterhead Applications and Notices Relating to Denatured
Spirits, TTB REC 5150/2.
OMB Number: 1513-0061.
TTB Recordkeeping Number: REC 5150/2.
Abstract: Under the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5214, denatured spirits
(alcohol to which denaturants have been added to render it unfit for
beverage purposes) may be withdrawn from distilled spirits plants free
of tax for nonbeverage industrial purposes in the manufacture of
personal and household products. Since it is possible to recover
potable alcohol from denatured spirits and articles made with denatured
spirits, a comprehensive system of controlling denatured spirits and
articles made with denatured spirits is imposed by the IRC at 26 U.S.C.
5271-5275. In order to protect the revenue and public safety, these IRC
sections and their implementing regulations in 27 CFR part 20 require
an application and permit to withdraw and use specially denatured
spirits, and require formulas, recordkeeping, reporting, and other
operational procedures.
Current Actions: We are submitting this information collection for
extension purposes only. The information collection, estimated number
of respondents, and estimated number of burden hours remain unchanged.
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Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits; Not-for-profit
institutions; and State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,778.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,890.
Title: Tobacco Products Importer or Manufacturer--Records of Large
Cigars Wholesale Prices (TTB REC 5230/1).
OMB Number: 1513-0071.
TTB Recordkeeping Number: REC 5230/1.
Abstract: The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), at 26 U.S.C. 5701,
imposes a Federal excise tax on large cigars based on a percentage of
the price for which such cigars are sold by the manufacturer or
importer. Pursuant to the authority provided by the IRC at 26 U.S.C.
5741 to require recordkeeping, TTB has prescribed by regulation that
manufacturers and importers maintain a list of large cigar sale prices.
This provides TTB a means of verifying that the correct amount of tax
was determined and ultimately paid by the manufacturer or importer of
large cigars.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting this collection as a revision.
The information collection remains unchanged. However, TTB is
decreasing the estimated number of respondents and the resulting total
annual burden hours associated with this information collection due to
a decrease in TTB's estimate of the number of tobacco product
manufacturers and importers subject to this information collection
requirement.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 280.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 653.
Title: Marks on Wine Containers (TTB REC 5120/3).
OMB Number: 1513-0092.
TTB Recordkeeping Number: REC 5120/3.
Abstract: Under the authority of the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5357, 5368,
5388, and 5662, the TTB regulations require that proprietors of bonded
wine cellars identify wine kept on bonded premises with certain marks
or labels placed on containers, such as tanks, barrels, bins, pallets,
and cases, and that proprietors label wine bottles and other consumer
containers with certain information, such as brand name, type of wine,
and alcohol content, prior to removal for consumption or sale. While
the marking and labeling of wine containers by proprietors is a usual
and customary business practice, the regulatory requirements to display
these marks and labels protects the revenue. The marking and labeling
covered under this information collection identifies the contents of
wine containers and helps to ensure that once wine is removed from bond
coverage the correct Federal excise tax will be collected.
Current Actions: We are submitting this information collection for
extension purposes only. The information collection, estimated number
of respondents, and estimated number of burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,506.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1 (one).
Title: Recordkeeping for Tobacco Products Removed in Bond from a
Manufacturer's Premises for Experimental Purposes--27 CFR 40.232(e).
OMB Number: 1513-0110.
TTB Recordkeeping Number: None.
Abstract: The Internal Revenue Code at 26 U.S.C. 5704(e) 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 records regarding the
shipment, description, use, and disposition of tobacco products removed
for experimental purposes outside of the factory. Although the keeping
of such records is a usual and customary business practice for
manufacturers of tobacco products, these records provide TTB
information that it uses to identify the lawful experimental use and
disposition of nontaxpaid tobacco products, and to detect and prevent
their diversion into the market.
Current Actions: We are submitting this information collection for
extension purposes only. The information collection, estimated number
of respondents, and estimated number of burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 235.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1 (one).
Title: COLAs Online Access Request.
OMB Number: 1513-0111.
TTB Form Number: F 5013.2.
Abstract: Respondents use this form to apply for access to TTB's
COLAs Online system, which allows alcohol beverage industry members to
electronically apply for a Certificate of Label Approval or for an
exemption from label approval. TTB uses the provided information to
identify the company on whose behalf the applicant claims to act, to
verify the scope of the applicant's authority to act, and to evaluate
the applicant's qualifications for access to the COLAs Online system
before TTB issues that person a password allowing access to this TTB
information system. This is necessary to protect the COLAs Online
system from unauthorized users and other threats.
Current Actions: We are submitting this information collection for
extension purposes only. The information collection, estimated number
of respondents, and estimated number of burden hours remain unchanged.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,366.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 410.
Title: Petition for the Establishment of an American Viticultural
Area.
OMB Number: 1513-0127.
TTB Form Number: None.
Abstract: Under the FAA Act at 27 U.S.C. 205(e), TTB regulates the
use of applications of origin on wine labels, including the use of
American viticultural area (AVA) names. Based on petitions submitted by
interested parties, TTB establishes new AVAs or modifies existing AVAs
through the rulemaking process. The TTB regulations in 27 CFR part 9
specify the information that must be included in such petitions so that
TTB is able to evaluate the petitioner's proposal and determine if it
meets TTB's regulatory requirements for creating a new AVA or amending
the name, boundary, or other terms of an existing AVA.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting this collection as a revision.
The information collection remains unchanged. However, TTB is
increasing the estimated number of respondents and the resulting total
annual burden hours associated with this information collection due to
an increase in the number of AVA petitions received annually by TTB.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
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Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,950.
Title: Alternate Method--Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and
Partner Government Agency Message Set for Imports Regulated by the
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
OMB Number: 1513--NEW.
Abstract: TTB administers several provisions of the U.S. Code that
relate to the importation of alcohol beverages, industrial spirits,
tobacco products, processed tobacco, and cigarette papers and tubes.
The International Trade Data System (ITDS) is an interagency program to
establish a single electronic access point through which importers and
exporters may submit the data required by Federal government agencies
for importation and exportation. The Security and Accountability for
Every Port Act (SAFE Port Act) (Pub. L. 109-347) of 2006 mandated
participation in ITDS for all agencies that require documentation for
clearing or licensing the importation and exportation of cargo.
The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) provides a ``single
window'' that allows importers and exporters to enter one set of data
for each shipment of imported or exported goods. The TTB Partner
Government Agency (PGA) Message Set defines the TTB-specific
information that importers may submit electronically through ACE to
meet TTB requirements.
With regard to imports, TTB intends to issue an alternate method to
allow importers to submit the TTB PGA Message Set electronically, in
lieu of submitting paper documents to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) at importation. This information collection covers the
data that would be submitted electronically through ACE under that
alternate method. Most of the information that the alternate method
will require importers to submit through ACE is already required by
TTB's regulations. However, there are some additional requirements. For
example, importers who are required to have a TTB permit number will
submit their TTB permit number when filing electronically in ACE. In
general, importers of TTB-regulated commodities are required to obtain
a permit from TTB, but they have not previously been required by
regulation to file that number with CBP. The information collected
under this information collection appears in the ``ACE Filing
Instructions for TTB-Regulated Commodities'' available at www.cbp.gov.
Current Actions: We are submitting this new information collection
for OMB approval.
Type of Review: Approval of a new collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,525.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 105,250.
Dated: May 9, 2016.
Angela Jeffries,
Assistant Director, Regulations and Rulings Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-11334 Filed 5-12-16; 8:45 am]
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