Notice of Rate To Be Used for Federal Debt Collection, and Discount and Rebate Evaluation, 32820-32821 [2023-10814]
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leakproofness tests for liquid hazardous
materials, hydrostatic pressure tests for
metal, plastic, and composite
containers, cooperage tests for bungtype wooden barrels, and additional
testing for packaging intended to
contain infectious substances. The
specific tests required may vary based
on the outer and inner packaging
material used.
(2) Additional Test Reports
(Reporting): This information collection
consists of the requirement to prepare
and maintain a test report after each
design qualification test or periodic
retest of a packaging. The test report
must be available to the user of the
packaging or a representative of the
DOT upon request and includes details
such as the date, name, and address of
the testing facility, packaging design
type, maximum capacity, characteristics
of test contents, and test descriptions
and results.
(3) Test Reports (Recordkeeping): This
information collection requires that test
report must be made available to a user
of a packaging or a representative of the
DOT, upon request. The test report
includes information such as: the date,
name, and address of the testing facility;
a description of the packaging design
type; the maximum capacity;
characteristics of test contents; and test
descriptions and results.
(4) Closure Instructions (Reporting):
This information collection consists of
the requirement for the manufacturer or
certifier of non-bulk packaging to create
closure instructions, in accordance with
§ 178.2(c). These instructions indicate
Information collection
Respondents
Testing Requirements for Non-Bulk Packaging—Reporting ...........................
Additional Test Reports—Reporting ................................................................
Test Reports—Recordkeeping ........................................................................
Closure Instructions—Reporting ......................................................................
Closure Instructions—Recordkeeping .............................................................
Affected Public: Each non-bulk
packaging manufacturer that tests
packagings to ensure compliance with
the HMR.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Total Number of Respondents: 21,690.
Total Annual Responses: 32,610.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,750.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Hazardous Materials Public
Sector Training and Planning Grants.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0586.
Summary: This OMB control number
describes the information collections in
parts 110 of the HMR pertaining to the
procedures for reimbursable grants for
public sector planning and training in
support of the emergency planning and
training efforts of States, Indian tribes,
and local communities to manage
Total annual
responses
15,000
30
1,000
500
16,080
Hours per
response
2.016
2
0.1
2
0.083
Total annual
burden hours
30,250
60
100
1,000
1,340
hazardous materials emergencies,
particularly those involving
transportation. Sections in this part
address information collection and
recordkeeping with regard to applying
for grants, monitoring expenditures, and
reporting and requesting modifications.
The following is a list of the
information collections and burden
estimates associated with this OMB
Control Number:
Information collection
Respondents
Total annual
responses
Hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
Hazardous Materials Grants Applications .......................................................
62
62
83.23
5,162
Affected Public: State and local
governments, Indian tribes.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Total Annual Respondents: 62.
Annual Responses: 62.
Annual Burden Hours: 5,162.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
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5,000
10
100
500
16,080
the means of closure with which the
package was tested and ensure that any
subsequent shipper maintains the same
level of safety when the package is
closed for transportation of hazardous
materials.
(5) Closure Instructions
(Recordkeeping): This information
collection requires that the
manufacturer or other person certifying
compliance, along each subsequent
distributor of the packaging, provide
closure instructions to each person to
whom the packaging is transferred, as
well as any representative of the DOT,
for inspection.
The following is a list of the
information collections and burden
estimates associated with this OMB
Control Number:
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 17,
2023.
T. Glenn Foster,
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention
Branch, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety,
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023–10857 Filed 5–19–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Fiscal Service
Notice of Rate To Be Used for Federal
Debt Collection, and Discount and
Rebate Evaluation
Bureau of the Fiscal Service,
Fiscal Service, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of rate to be used for
Federal debt collection, and discount
and rebate evaluation.
AGENCY:
The Secretary of the Treasury
is responsible for computing and
publishing the percentage rate that is
used in assessing interest charges for
outstanding debts owed to the
Government (The Debt Collection Act of
SUMMARY:
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1982, as amended). This rate is also
used by agencies as a comparison point
in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of a
cash discount. In addition, this rate is
used in determining when agencies
should pay purchase card invoices
when the card issuer offers a rebate. The
percentage rate generally is calculated
on an annual, calendar year basis;
however, quarterly adjustments are
made to the rate if the annual average
of the method used to calculate it results
in a change of 2 percent or more. Notice
is hereby given that such an adjustment
is being implemented, and the
applicable rate for April through
December 2023 is 3.00 percent.
April 1, 2023, through December
31, 2023.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Department of the Treasury, Bureau of
the Fiscal Service, Disbursing and Debt
Management, E-Commerce Division
(LC–RM 349B), 3201 Pennsy Drive,
Building E, Landover, MD 20785
(Telephone: 202–874–9428).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rate
reflects the Current Value of Funds to
the Treasury for use in connection with
Federal Cash Management systems and
is based on investment rates set for
purposes of Public Law 95–147, 91
Stat.1227 (October 28, 1977). The
Treasury Office of Debt Management
provides the annual Interest Rate
Factors used in determining the Current
Value of Funds Rate, which are based
on weekly average of the Effective
Federal Funds Rate, less 25 basis points
for the 12-month period ending every
September 30. The Current Value of
Funds Rate is rounded to the nearest
whole percentage and becomes effective
each January 1.
Quarterly revisions are made if the
annual average, on a moving basis,
changes by 2 percentage points or more.
The previous notice of rate to be used
for Federal debt collection, and discount
and rebate evaluation, dated November
21, 2022, announced the rate of 1.00
percent for calendar year 2023.
However, with the quarter ending
March 30, 2023, the 12-month moving
average investment rate increased by 2
percent. Therefore, Treasury is revising
the Current Value of Funds Rate for the
remainder of calendar year 2023.
The percentage rate to be applied
during the period April 1, 2023, through
December 31, 2023, is 3.00 percent.
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3717.
Linda Claire Chero,
Assistant Commissioner, Disbursing and Debt
Management and Chief Disbursing Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023–10814 Filed 5–19–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Revenue Procedure 2014–
49
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
The Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), 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 information
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collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
IRS is soliciting comments concerning
Disaster Relief.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before July 21, 2023 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or
by email to pra.comments@irs.gov.
Include ‘‘OMB Number 1545–2237–
Disaster Relief’’ in the subject line of the
message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this collection should be
directed to Martha R. Brinson, at (202)
317–5753, or at Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or
through the internet at
Martha.R.Brinson@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Disaster Relief.
OMB Number: 1545–2237.
Revenue Procedure Number: 2014–49.
Abstract: This revenue procedure
establishes a procedure for temporary
relief from certain requirements of § 42
of the Internal Revenue Code for owners
of low-income buildings (Owners) and
housing credit agencies of States or
possessions of the United States
(Agencies) affected by major disaster
areas declared by the President under
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act, 42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq. (Stafford Act).
Current Actions: There are no changes
in the paperwork burden previously
approved by OMB.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,500.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 30
mins.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,750.
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.
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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. Comments
will be 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 has 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 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 12, 2023.
Martha R. Brinson,
Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2023–10865 Filed 5–19–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Regulation Project
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), 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 information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
IRS is soliciting comments concerning
Requirements for Investments to Qualify
under section 936(d)(4) as Investments
in Qualified Caribbean Basin Countries.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before July 21, 2023 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or
by email to pra.comments@irs.gov.
Include ‘‘OMB Number 1545–1138—
Requirements for Investments to Qualify
under section 936(d)(4) as Investments
in Qualified Caribbean Basin Countries’’
in the subject line of the message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this collection should be
SUMMARY:
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[FR Doc No: 2023-10814]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Fiscal Service
Notice of Rate To Be Used for Federal Debt Collection, and
Discount and Rebate Evaluation
AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Service, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of rate to be used for Federal debt collection, and
discount and rebate evaluation.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for computing and
publishing the percentage rate that is used in assessing interest
charges for outstanding debts owed to the Government (The Debt
Collection Act of 1982, as amended). This rate is also used by agencies
as a comparison point in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of a cash
discount. In addition, this rate is used in determining when agencies
should pay purchase card invoices when the card issuer offers a rebate.
The percentage rate generally is calculated on an annual, calendar year
basis; however, quarterly adjustments are made to the rate if the
annual average of the method used to calculate it results in a change
of 2 percent or more. Notice is hereby given that such an adjustment is
being implemented, and the applicable rate for April through December
2023 is 3.00 percent.
DATES: April 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Department of the Treasury, Bureau of
the Fiscal Service, Disbursing and Debt Management, E-Commerce Division
(LC-RM 349B), 3201 Pennsy Drive, Building E, Landover, MD 20785
(Telephone: 202-874-9428).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rate reflects the Current Value of Funds
to the Treasury for use in connection with Federal Cash Management
systems and is based on investment rates set for purposes of Public Law
95-147, 91 Stat.1227 (October 28, 1977). The Treasury Office of Debt
Management provides the annual Interest Rate Factors used in
determining the Current Value of Funds Rate, which are based on weekly
average of the Effective Federal Funds Rate, less 25 basis points for
the 12-month period ending every September 30. The Current Value of
Funds Rate is rounded to the nearest whole percentage and becomes
effective each January 1.
Quarterly revisions are made if the annual average, on a moving
basis, changes by 2 percentage points or more. The previous notice of
rate to be used for Federal debt collection, and discount and rebate
evaluation, dated November 21, 2022, announced the rate of 1.00 percent
for calendar year 2023. However, with the quarter ending March 30,
2023, the 12-month moving average investment rate increased by 2
percent. Therefore, Treasury is revising the Current Value of Funds
Rate for the remainder of calendar year 2023.
The percentage rate to be applied during the period April 1, 2023,
through December 31, 2023, is 3.00 percent.
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3717.
Linda Claire Chero,
Assistant Commissioner, Disbursing and Debt Management and Chief
Disbursing Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-10814 Filed 5-19-23; 8:45 am]
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