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demand, surges in other demands, or to
replace breakdowns; these fleets will
already have an ELD platform that in
many cases will be different from the
one installed on a rental truck.
TRALA states that FMCSA has
recognized the unique compliance
concerns of the short-term CMV rental
vehicle market by granting a partial
exemption from the ELD requirements
for vehicles rented for no longer than 8
days (82 FR 47306, October 11, 2017).
In addition, FMCSA has granted an ELD
waiver to TRALA until April 19, 2018,
for CMVs rented for no longer than 30
days (83 FR 2868, January 19, 2018).
TRALA states that since FMCSA’s
October 11, 2017, decision granting an
exemption of only 8 days for rental
trucks, TRALA members have taken
several steps to resolve the ELD issues.
These include meeting with customers,
building cloud-based portal systems
between ELD providers, and purchasing
thousands of ELDs for rental trucks.
Nevertheless, TRALA members and
their customers state that they need
additional time to come into full
compliance with ELD requirements.
IV. Request for Exemption
TRALA is requesting an exemption
until December 31, 2018, from the ELD
requirements in 49 CFR part 395, as
applied to drivers of property-carrying
CMVs rented for any reason for no
longer than 30 days. Lessors of shortterm CMV rentals are struggling to meet
the current April 19, 2018, waiver
expiration deadline. TRALA states that
its members continue to work diligently
with their customers, developing
systems that will allow renters to record
and report their hours seamlessly, and
partnering with ELD providers to give
the most options available to rental
customers.
According to TRALA, every
customer’s needs are unique. An
additional period through the end of
this year to prepare for this transition
would allow their members to continue
resolving the issues presented by new
technology and the need for individual
customer-based compliance strategies. It
would also allow lessors to meet
seasonal demand for short-term rental
vehicles through the holiday season in
November and December of this year
without disruptions.
TRALA states that allowing shortterm CMV rental truck drivers to not
comply with ELD requirements until
December 31, 2018, will not have any
impact on safety, nor will it provide a
safe harbor for drivers who may try to
avoid compliance with the hours-ofservice (HOS) regulations in general.
Nearly half the States now impose daily
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rental fees which are a significant
disincentive to rent solely for the
purpose of avoiding the ELD
regulations.
TRALA also states that, if the
exemption is granted, law enforcement
officers would be better able to identify
short-term rental vehicles. Under 49
CFR 390.21(e), a CMV rented for a
period not to exceed 30 days is not
required to be marked with the name
and USDOT number of the operating
motor carrier if the vehicle otherwise is
marked with the lessor’s name and
USDOT number, and a copy of the
rental agreement is carried in the
vehicle in accordance with that
provision. Enforcement officials
inspecting such a vehicle would
examine the short-term rental agreement
to determine that the ELD requirement
does not apply to that vehicle. The
official would then check the driver’s
paper record of duty status for
compliance with the HOS regulations.
According to TRALA, their members
represent about 25–30% of CMVs on the
road and are a key component of the
trucking industry. Allowing a further
exemption through December 31, 2018,
to continue the transition efforts
ongoing since the final rule was
published will give all businesses that
use rental trucks comfort that systems
can be deployed to better address the
difficulties confronted by the rental
truck market.
A copy of TRALA’s application for
exemption is available for review in the
docket for this notice.
Issued on: March 5, 2018.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau
[Docket No. TTB–2018–0001]
Proposed Information Collections;
Comment Request (No. 68)
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau, 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,
the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau (TTB) invites comments on the
proposed or continuing information
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collections listed below in this
document.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
May 14, 2018.
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–2018–
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–2018–0001 at https://
www.regulations.gov. A link to that
docket is posted on the TTB website 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
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 the
information collections listed in this
document 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 a continuing
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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 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 Distilled Spirits
Exported.
OMB Number: 1513–0042.
TTB Form Number: F 5110.30.
Abstract: Under the Internal Revenue
Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5062, persons
who export tax-paid distilled spirits
may claim drawback of the excise tax
paid on those spirits, under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury (the Secretary). Under the TTB
regulations, persons use TTB F 5110.30
to claim drawback of the Federal
alcohol excise taxes paid on exported
distilled spirits. The form requests,
among other information, data regarding
the claimant, the tax-paid spirits
exported, and the amount of tax to be
refunded. This information collection is
necessary to protect the revenue as it
allows TTB to verify that the excise tax
has been paid on the spirits and that the
spirits have been exported.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only, and the information
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collection remains unchanged.
However, due to a decrease in the use
of TTB F 5110.30, TTB is decreasing the
estimated total annual burden hours
associated with this information
collection.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 800.
Title: Application and Permit to Ship
Puerto Rican Spirits to the United
Statement Without Payment of Tax.
OMB Number: 1513–0043.
TTB Form Number: F 5110.31.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 7652
imposes excise tax on Puerto Rican
distilled spirits shipped to the United
States for consumption or sale. The IRC
at 26 U.S.C. 5232 provides that distilled
spirits imported or brought into the
United States in bulk containers may be
withdrawn from Customs custody and
transferred to the bonded premises of a
distilled spirits plant without payment
of tax. In addition, the IRC at 26 U.S.C.
5314 allows Puerto Rican spirits,
including denatured distilled spirits, to
be brought into the United States
without payment of tax under certain
circumstances. Under the TTB
regulations in 27 CFR part 26,
applicants use TTB F 5110.31 to apply
for, and to document, the shipment of
Puerto Rican spirits to the United States
without payment of tax. The form
identifies the consignor in Puerto Rico,
the consignee in the United States
receiving the spirits, and the amount of
spirits to be shipped without payment
of tax. This information is necessary to
protect the revenue.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes. However, TTB is decreasing
the estimated number of respondents to
this collection from 20 to 10 and is
decreasing the estimated annual burden
hours from 750 to 375.
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: 375.
Title: Report of Removal, Transfer, or
Sale of Processed Tobacco.
OMB Number: 1513–0130.
TTB Form Number: F 5250.2.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5722
requires manufacturers and importers of
tobacco products, processed tobacco, or
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cigarette papers and tubes to make
reports containing such information, in
such form, at such times, and for such
periods as the Secretary by regulation
prescribes. While processed tobacco is
not subject to Federal excise tax, taxable
tobacco products may be manufactured
using processed tobacco. Therefore, to
protect the revenue by minimizing
diversion of processed tobacco to illegal
manufacturers, TTB has issued
regulations that require manufacturers
and importers of tobacco products or
processed tobacco to report on form
TTB F 5250.2 on a daily basis each
transfer or sale of processed tobacco to
entities that do not hold a TTB tobaccorelated permit.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting
this information collection for extension
purposes only, and the information
collection is unchanged. However, TTB
is decreasing the number of annual
number of respondents, responses, and
burden hours associated with this
information collection. Since TTB first
required this information collection in
2009, TTB has reported that all
manufacturers and importers of tobacco
products and/or processed tobacco were
potential respondents to this collection.
However, based on recent data, TTB
finds that only a small number of such
entities sell or transfer processed
tobacco to non-TTB permit holders.
Therefore, TTB is reducing the reported
annual number of respondents to this
collection from 800 to 15, the annual
number of responses from 4,800 to
3,175, and the estimated number of
annual burden hours from 2,400 to
1,575.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
15.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,575.
Dated: March 8, 2018.
Amy R. Greenberg,
Director, Regulations and Rulings Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Proposed Collection of Information:
Schedule of Excess Risks
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
[Docket No. TTB-2018-0001]
Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request (No. 68)
AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 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, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) invites
comments on the proposed or continuing information collections listed
below in this document.
DATES: Comments are due on or before May 14, 2018.
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-2018-0001 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-2018-0001 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, the information collections
described in it and any associated instructions, and any 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
[email protected] (please do not submit comments on the
information collections listed in this document 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 a continuing
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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 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 Distilled Spirits Exported.
OMB Number: 1513-0042.
TTB Form Number: F 5110.30.
Abstract: Under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5062,
persons who export tax-paid distilled spirits may claim drawback of the
excise tax paid on those spirits, under regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury (the Secretary). Under the TTB regulations,
persons use TTB F 5110.30 to claim drawback of the Federal alcohol
excise taxes paid on exported distilled spirits. The form requests,
among other information, data regarding the claimant, the tax-paid
spirits exported, and the amount of tax to be refunded. This
information collection is necessary to protect the revenue as it allows
TTB to verify that the excise tax has been paid on the spirits and that
the spirits have been exported.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting this information collection for
extension purposes only, and the information collection remains
unchanged. However, due to a decrease in the use of TTB F 5110.30, TTB
is decreasing the estimated total annual burden hours associated with
this information collection.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 800.
Title: Application and Permit to Ship Puerto Rican Spirits to the
United Statement Without Payment of Tax.
OMB Number: 1513-0043.
TTB Form Number: F 5110.31.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 7652 imposes excise tax on Puerto
Rican distilled spirits shipped to the United States for consumption or
sale. The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5232 provides that distilled spirits
imported or brought into the United States in bulk containers may be
withdrawn from Customs custody and transferred to the bonded premises
of a distilled spirits plant without payment of tax. In addition, the
IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5314 allows Puerto Rican spirits, including denatured
distilled spirits, to be brought into the United States without payment
of tax under certain circumstances. Under the TTB regulations in 27 CFR
part 26, applicants use TTB F 5110.31 to apply for, and to document,
the shipment of Puerto Rican spirits to the United States without
payment of tax. The form identifies the consignor in Puerto Rico, the
consignee in the United States receiving the spirits, and the amount of
spirits to be shipped without payment of tax. This information is
necessary to protect the revenue.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting this information collection for
extension purposes. However, TTB is decreasing the estimated number of
respondents to this collection from 20 to 10 and is decreasing the
estimated annual burden hours from 750 to 375.
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: 375.
Title: Report of Removal, Transfer, or Sale of Processed Tobacco.
OMB Number: 1513-0130.
TTB Form Number: F 5250.2.
Abstract: The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5722 requires manufacturers and
importers of tobacco products, processed tobacco, or cigarette papers
and tubes to make reports containing such information, in such form, at
such times, and for such periods as the Secretary by regulation
prescribes. While processed tobacco is not subject to Federal excise
tax, taxable tobacco products may be manufactured using processed
tobacco. Therefore, to protect the revenue by minimizing diversion of
processed tobacco to illegal manufacturers, TTB has issued regulations
that require manufacturers and importers of tobacco products or
processed tobacco to report on form TTB F 5250.2 on a daily basis each
transfer or sale of processed tobacco to entities that do not hold a
TTB tobacco-related permit.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting this information collection for
extension purposes only, and the information collection is unchanged.
However, TTB is decreasing the number of annual number of respondents,
responses, and burden hours associated with this information
collection. Since TTB first required this information collection in
2009, TTB has reported that all manufacturers and importers of tobacco
products and/or processed tobacco were potential respondents to this
collection. However, based on recent data, TTB finds that only a small
number of such entities sell or transfer processed tobacco to non-TTB
permit holders. Therefore, TTB is reducing the reported annual number
of respondents to this collection from 800 to 15, the annual number of
responses from 4,800 to 3,175, and the estimated number of annual
burden hours from 2,400 to 1,575.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,575.
Dated: March 8, 2018.
Amy R. Greenberg,
Director, Regulations and Rulings Division.
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