Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Regulation Agency Protests, 18222-18223 [2023-06272]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 18222 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 58 / Monday, March 27, 2023 / Notices render it unfit for beverage purposes) may be withdrawn from distilled spirits plants free of tax for nonbeverage industrial purposes in the manufacture of certain personal and household products. Since it is possible to recover potable alcohol from denatured spirits and articles made with denatured spirits, the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5271–5275 sets forth provisions relating to denatured spirits and articles made with denatured spirits. Under those IRC authorities, the TTB regulations in 27 CFR part 20 require specially denatured spirits (SDS) dealers and manufacturers of nonbeverage products made with denatured alcohol to apply for and obtain a permit. In addition, the part 20 regulations that concern this information collection require such permit holders to submit letterhead applications and notices to TTB regarding certain changes to permit information, use of alternate methods and emergency variations from requirements, adoption or use of certain formulas, discontinuance of business, losses in transit, and requests to waive certain sample shipment and invoice requirements. The information collected implements the IRC’s statutory provisions regarding denatured spirits. Current Actions: There are no program changes or adjustments associated with this information collection at this time, and TTB is submitting it for extension purposes only. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits. Number of Respondents: 3,800. Average Responses per Respondent: 1 (one). Number of Responses: 3,800. Average per-response Burden: 30 minutes. Total Burden: 1,900 hours. 6. OMB Control Number: 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:19 Mar 24, 2023 Jkt 259001 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. Current Actions: There are no program changes or adjustments associated with this information collection, 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. Number of Respondents: 235. Average Responses per Respondent: 1 (one). Number of Responses: 235. Average per-response and Total Burden: As this information collection consists of usual and customary records kept by respondents during the normal course of business, under 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2), there is no additional burden on respondents associated with this information collection. 7. OMB Control Number: 1513–0124. Title: Customer Satisfaction Surveys for Permit Applications, Permits Online (PONL), Formulas Online (FONL), and COLAs Online. Abstract: As part of TTB’s efforts to improve customer service, we survey customers who submit applications for original or amended alcohol or tobacco permits, or for approval of alcohol beverage formulas or certificates of label approval (COLAs). These surveys assist TTB in identifying potential customer needs and problems, along with opportunities for improvement in our applications processes, with particular focus on customer experiences with TTB’s various electronic application systems, Permits Online (PONL), Formulas Online (FONL), and COLAs Online. Current Actions: There are no program changes associated with this information collection, and TTB is submitting it for extension purposes only. As for adjustments, due to changes in agency estimates, TTB is decreasing the estimated number of annual respondents, responses, and total burden hours associated with this collection. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits; and Individuals or households. Number of Respondents: 16,000. Average Responses per Respondent: 1 (one). Number of Responses: 16,000. Average per-response Burden: 12 minutes. PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Total Burden: 3,200 hours. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Melody Braswell, Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2023–06220 Filed 3–24–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–31–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Regulation Agency Protests Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. 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 comment on the proposed information collection listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 26, 2023. ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8100, Washington, DC 20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be obtained from Melody Braswell by emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling (202) 622–1035, or viewing the entire information collection request at www.reginfo.gov. SUMMARY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Regulation Agency Protests. OMB Control Number: 1505–0107. Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved collection. Description: The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); 48 CFR Chapter 1 provides general procedures on handling protests submitted by contractors to federal agencies. Treasury regulations provide detailed guidance for contractors doing business with acquisition offices within the U.S. Department of the Treasury to implement the FAR. FAR part 33.103, Protests to the agency prescribes the policies and procedures for filing protests to the agency. Information is requested of contractors so that the Government will be able to evaluate protests effectively and provide prompt E:\FR\FM\27MRN1.SGM 27MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 58 / Monday, March 27, 2023 / Notices resolution of issues in dispute when contractors file protests. Form: None. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits. Estimated Number of Respondents: 5. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 5. Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10. Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 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 technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services required to provide information. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. Spencer W. Clark, Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2023–06272 Filed 3–24–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AK–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Emergency Capital Investment Program Initial Supplemental Report and Quarterly Supplemental Report Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury. ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment. AGENCY: The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. The public is invited to submit comments on this request. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:19 Mar 24, 2023 Jkt 259001 Comments should be received on or before April 26, 2023 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the documents under review may be viewed at https:// home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/ coronavirus/assistance-for-smallbusinesses/emergency-capitalinvestment-program. For questions related to this program, please contact David Meyer by emailing ecip@ treasury.gov or calling (202) 819–3127. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Emergency Capital Investment Program Initial Supplemental Report and Quarterly Supplemental Report. OMB Control Number: 1505–0275. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Description: Authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, the Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP) was created to encourage low- and moderate-income community financial institutions to augment their efforts to support small businesses and consumers in their communities. Under the program, Treasury will provide approximately $8.70 billion in capital directly to depository institutions that are certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) or minority depository institutions (MDIs) to, among other things, provide loans, grants, and forbearance for small businesses, minority-owned businesses, and consumers, especially in low-income and underserved communities, that may be disproportionately impacted by the economic effects of the COVID–19 pandemic. ECIP capital is eligible for a reduction in the dividend or interest rate payable on the instruments depending on the increase in lending by the recipients of the capital (Recipients) within minority, rural, and urban low-income and underserved communities and to lowand moderate-income borrowers over a baseline amount of lending. Recipients are required to submit an Initial Supplemental Report and quarterly reports to determine their increase in lending to the specified targeted communities over the baseline and DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 18223 therefore their qualification for rate reductions on the dividend or interest rates payable on the ECIP instruments. In addition, these reports will collect data necessary for Treasury and other oversight bodies to evaluate program outcomes over time. Treasury uses the Initial Supplemental Report to establish a baseline amount of qualified lending. Treasury proposes to continue use of this form to collect additional or restated data on a Recipient’s amount of baseline lending, such as in connection with mergers, acquisitions, or other business combinations. Instructions may be modified from time to time to accommodate these uses. Treasury proposes to use the Quarterly Supplemental Report to collect the information required to establish a Recipient’s increase in lending. The Quarterly Supplemental Report has two components: (1) schedules which must be completed each quarter that collect data on activity for the preceding quarter and (2) schedules that collect data on the preceding calendar year of activity that are submitted annually. There are separate schedules and instructions for insured depository institutions, bank holding companies, and savings and loan holding companies; and credit unions. Quarterly Report Schedules: Recipients of ECIP investments will be required to submit two schedules on a quarterly basis. Schedule A-Summary Qualified Lending is used to collect the Qualified Lending and Deep Impact Lending, as defined in the Glossary in the Instructions to the Quarterly Supplemental Report, of a Recipient for a given quarter. Schedule A is therefore used to establish the growth in a Recipient’s Qualified Lending over its baseline Qualified Lending for the purposes of calculating the payment rate on the ECIP preferred shares or subordinated debt issued by the Recipient. Schedule B-Disaggregated Qualified Lending is used to present further detail on the composition of the Participant’s Qualified and Deep Impact Lending. Annual Report Schedules: Annually, Recipients will report on up to ten (10) additional schedules, depending on the origination activity that took place during the prior year. Schedule CAdditional Demographic Data on Qualified Lending collects additional demographic data on certain categories of Qualified Lending and Deep Impact Lending. Schedule D-Additional Placebased Data on Qualified Lending collects additional geographic data on certain categories of Qualified Lending and Deep Impact Lending. E:\FR\FM\27MRN1.SGM 27MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18222-18223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06272]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Regulation Agency Protests

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

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: 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 comment on the proposed 
information collection listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 26, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 1750 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 8100, Washington, DC 20220, or email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be 
obtained from Melody Braswell by emailing [email protected], calling 
(202) 622-1035, or viewing the entire information collection request at 
www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Regulation Agency Protests.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0107.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Description: The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR); 48 CFR 
Chapter 1 provides general procedures on handling protests submitted by 
contractors to federal agencies. Treasury regulations provide detailed 
guidance for contractors doing business with acquisition offices within 
the U.S. Department of the Treasury to implement the FAR. FAR part 
33.103, Protests to the agency prescribes the policies and procedures 
for filing protests to the agency. Information is requested of 
contractors so that the Government will be able to evaluate protests 
effectively and provide prompt

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resolution of issues in dispute when contractors file protests.
    Form: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 5.
    Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget 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 technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 
costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
required to provide information.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-06272 Filed 3-24-23; 8:45 am]
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