81 FR 56751 - Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request (No. 60)
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 162 (August 22, 2016)
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 162 (August 22, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-19955 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 56751-56752] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-19955] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau [Docket No. TTB-2016-0001] Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request (No. 60) AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB); Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 October 21, 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.http://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 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 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: Marks on Equipment and Structures (TTB REC 5130/3), and Marks and Labels on Containers of Beer (TTB REC 5130/4). OMB Number: 1513-0086. TTB Recordkeeping Numbers: REC 5130/3 and 5130/4. Abstract: Under the authority of chapter 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C. chapter 51), the TTB regulations require marks, signs, and suitable measuring devices on brewery equipment and structures in order to identify the use and capacity of brewery equipment and structures, tank contents, and taxpaid and nontaxpaid beer. To identify products for purposes [[Page 56752]] of administering the IRC's excise tax provisions, the TTB regulations also require marks, brands, and labels on kegs, cans, bottles, and cases of beer. These marks, brands, and labels identify the name or trade name of the brewer, the place of production of the beer, the contents of the container, and the nature of the product (beer, ale, etc.). Current Actions: TTB is submitting this collection as a revision. The information collection remains unchanged. However, TTB is increasing the estimated number of respondents due to an increase in the number of brewers regulated by TTB. While TTB is increasing the number or respondents, there is no increase in the estimated total annual burden hours for this information collection because markings on and suitable measuring devices for brewery equipment and structures and marking and labeling containers of beer are usual and customary business practices, and would be undertaken even without the TTB regulatory requirements to do so. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits. Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,864. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1 (one). Title: Formula and Process for Domestic and Imported Alcohol Beverages. OMB Number: 1513-0122. TTB Form Number: TTB F 5100.51. Abstract: TTB F 5100.51 (in all formats, including its online equivalent completed using Formulas Online (FONL)) is used by industry members to obtain approval of formulas for alcohol beverage products where the TTB regulations require such approval. The form collect information regarding the person filing, the type of product made, the ingredients used, and the manufacturing process. TTB uses the collected information to ensure appropriate classification of distilled spirits, wine, and malt beverages for labeling and taxation purposes. Current Actions: TTB is submitting this collection as a revision. TTB F 5100.51 (in all formats, including the FONL version) remains unchanged. However, TTB is adding an additional information collection instrument to this information collection request, the Flavor Ingredient Data Sheet (FIDS). TTB provides the FIDS for respondents to use to disclose the ingredients of certain flavors used in the formulas they submit to TTB for approval. The FIDS helps TTB identify the flavors used for labeling and taxation purposes. Respondents will submit the FIDS as supplemental documents to their paper or online entries. We also are increasing the number of respondents to reflect an increase in the number of alcohol beverage industry members submitting formula requests to TTB, and we are increasing the estimated total annual burden hours to reflect that increase and the addition of the FIDS to this information collection request. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits. Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 34,320. Title: Surveys for Applications, Permits Online (PONL), Formulas Online (FONL), and COLAs (Certificates of Label Approval) Online. OMB Number: 1513-0124. TTB Form Number: None. Abstract: As part of our efforts to improve customer service, TTB surveys its customers who apply for original or amended permits, submit formula approval requests, and submit requests for certificates of label approval. These surveys assist TTB in identifying potential customer needs and problems, as well as opportunities for improvement in our applications processes, with particular focus on our customers' experiences with TTB's various electronic application systems. Current Actions: TTB is submitting this collection as a revision. The surveys approved under this OMB control number remain unchanged. However, TTB intends to increase the number of customers it surveys on an annual basis and is, therefore, increasing the number of respondents and the resulting burden hours associated with this information collection. Participation in TTB customer satisfaction surveys is voluntary. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits; individuals. Estimated Number of Respondents: 50,000. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25,000. Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. OMB Number: 1513-0132. TTB Form Number: None. Abstract: This collection of information is necessary to enable TTB to obtain customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders through surveys, usability tests, focus groups, and other evaluative tools approved under this information collection will help ensure that TTB customers and stakeholders have effective, efficient, and satisfying experiences with TTB's programs and Web site. Current Actions: TTB is submitting this collection as a revision. TTB intends to increase its use of surveys, usability tests, focus groups, and other tools it uses to obtain customer and stakeholder feedback in order to improve its service delivery, programs, and Web site. As a result, TTB is increasing the number of respondents and the resulting burden hours associated with this information collection. Participation in TTB surveys, usability tests, focus groups, and other evaluative tools is voluntary. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profits; Non-profits; individuals. Estimated Number of Respondents: 30,000. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 30,000. Dated: August 17, 2016. Amy R. Greenberg, Director, Regulations and Rulings Division. [FR Doc. 2016-19955 Filed 8-19-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810-31-P
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(c) Make recommendations for Notice and request for
ACTION: (please do not submit comments on this
statistics measuring on U.S. port comments. notice to this email address).
capacity and throughput. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(d) Develop a process for the SUMMARY: As part of our continuing
Department to collect timely and effort to reduce paperwork and Request for Comments
consistent data, including identifying respondent burden, and as required by The Department of the Treasury and
safeguards to protect proprietary the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
information. we invite comments on the proposed or Bureau (TTB), as part of their
The final meeting agendas will be continuing information collections continuing effort to reduce paperwork
posted on the BTS Web site at listed below in this notice. and respondent burden, invite the
www.bts.gov/port_performance in DATES: We must receive your written general public and other Federal
advance of the meetings. comments on or before October 21, agencies to comment on the proposed or
Public Participation: The meetings 2016. continuing information collections
will be open to the public on a first- listed below in this notice, as required
come, first-serve basis, especially ADDRESSES: As described below, you
may send comments on the information by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
because space is limited. Members of (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
the public who wish to attend the collections listed in this document
using the ‘‘Regulations.gov’’ online Comments submitted in response to
meetings in-person are asked to send this notice will be included or
RSVPs, including name, affiliation, and comment form for this document, or you
may send written comments via U.S. summarized in our request for Office of
contact information to portstatistics@ Management and Budget (OMB)
dot.gov, in order to request a seat and mail or hand delivery. TTB no longer
accepts public comments via email or approval of the relevant information
to facilitate entry. RSVPs are requested collection. All comments are part of the
by September 19, 2016, for the fax.
• http://www.regulations.gov: Use the public record and subject to disclosure.
September 23, 2016, meeting; and by Please do not include any confidential
October 17, 2016, for the October 21, comment form for this document posted
within Docket No. TTB–2016–0001 on or inappropriate material in your
2016, meeting. Any person requiring comments.
accessibility accommodation, such as ‘‘Regulations.gov,’’ the Federal
For each information collection listed
sign language interpretation, should e-rulemaking portal, to submit
below, we invite comments on: (a)
contact Matthew Chambers at (202) comments via the Internet;
• U.S. Mail: Michael Hoover, Whether the information collection is
366–1270 or via email at: portstatistics@ necessary for the proper performance of
dot.gov five (5) business days before the Regulations and Rulings Division,
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade the agency’s functions, including
meeting. whether the information has practical
Written Comments: Persons who wish Bureau, 1310 G Street NW., Box 12,
Washington, DC 20005. utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
to submit written comments for estimate of the information collection’s
consideration by the Working Group • Hand Delivery/Courier in Lieu of
Mail: Michael Hoover, Alcohol and burden; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
must send them via email to utility, and clarity of the information
portstatistics@dot.gov or mail to Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G
Street NW., Suite 400, Washington, DC collected; (d) ways to minimize the
Matthew Chambers, Designated Federal information collection’s burden on
Officer, Port Performance Freight 20005.
Please submit separate comments for respondents, including through the use
Statistics Working Group, 1200 New of automated collection techniques or
Jersey Avenue SE., Room # E32–342, each specific information collection
listed in this document. You must other forms of information technology;
Washington, DC 20590. Please note that and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
all written comments will be made reference the information collection’s
title, form or recordkeeping requirement costs and costs of operation,
available for public inspection. Written maintenance, and purchase of services
comments must be received on or before number, and OMB number (if any) in
your comment. to provide the requested information.
September 19, 2016, for the September
23, 2016, meeting; and on or before You may view copies of this Information Collections Open for
October 17, 2016, for the October 21, document, the information collections Comment
2016, meeting. listed in it and any associated
Currently, we are seeking comments
instructions, and all comments received
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 16, on the following information collections
2016. in response to this document within
(forms, recordkeeping requirements, or
Docket No. TTB–2016–0001 at https://
Rolf R. Schmitt, questionnaires):
www.regulations.gov. A link to that Title: Marks on Equipment and
Deputy Director, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics.
docket is posted on the TTB Web site at Structures (TTB REC 5130/3), and
https://www.ttb.gov/forms/comment-on- Marks and Labels on Containers of Beer
[FR Doc. 2016–19947 Filed 8–19–16; 8:45 am]
form.shtml. You may also obtain paper (TTB REC 5130/4).
BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P
copies of this document, the OMB Number: 1513–0086.
information collections described in it TTB Recordkeeping Numbers: REC
and any associated instructions, and any 5130/3 and 5130/4.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY comments received in response to this Abstract: Under the authority of
document by contacting Michael Hoover chapter 51 of the Internal Revenue Code
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Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau at the addresses or telephone number of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C. chapter
shown below. 51), the TTB regulations require marks,
[Docket No. TTB–2016–0001] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: signs, and suitable measuring devices
Michael Hoover, Alcohol and Tobacco on brewery equipment and structures in
Proposed Information Collections;
Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street order to identify the use and capacity of
Comment Request (No. 60)
NW., Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; brewery equipment and structures, tank
AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and telephone 202–453–1039, ext. 135; or contents, and taxpaid and nontaxpaid
Trade Bureau (TTB); Treasury. email informationcollections@ttb.gov beer. To identify products for purposes
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of administering the IRC’s excise tax Respondents will submit the FIDS as information collected from our
provisions, the TTB regulations also supplemental documents to their paper customers and stakeholders through
require marks, brands, and labels on or online entries. We also are increasing surveys, usability tests, focus groups,
kegs, cans, bottles, and cases of beer. the number of respondents to reflect an and other evaluative tools approved
These marks, brands, and labels identify increase in the number of alcohol under this information collection will
the name or trade name of the brewer, beverage industry members submitting help ensure that TTB customers and
the place of production of the beer, the formula requests to TTB, and we are stakeholders have effective, efficient,
contents of the container, and the nature increasing the estimated total annual and satisfying experiences with TTB’s
of the product (beer, ale, etc.). burden hours to reflect that increase and programs and Web site.
Current Actions: TTB is submitting the addition of the FIDS to this Current Actions: TTB is submitting
this collection as a revision. The information collection request. this collection as a revision. TTB
information collection remains Type of Review: Revision of a intends to increase its use of surveys,
unchanged. However, TTB is increasing currently approved collection. usability tests, focus groups, and other
the estimated number of respondents Affected Public: Businesses or other tools it uses to obtain customer and
due to an increase in the number of for-profits. stakeholder feedback in order to
brewers regulated by TTB. While TTB is Estimated Number of Respondents: improve its service delivery, programs,
increasing the number or respondents, 3,000. and Web site. As a result, TTB is
there is no increase in the estimated Estimated Total Annual Burden increasing the number of respondents
total annual burden hours for this Hours: 34,320. and the resulting burden hours
information collection because markings Title: Surveys for Applications, associated with this information
on and suitable measuring devices for Permits Online (PONL), Formulas collection. Participation in TTB surveys,
brewery equipment and structures and Online (FONL), and COLAs (Certificates usability tests, focus groups, and other
marking and labeling containers of beer of Label Approval) Online. evaluative tools is voluntary.
are usual and customary business OMB Number: 1513–0124. Type of Review: Revision of a
practices, and would be undertaken TTB Form Number: None. currently approved collection.
even without the TTB regulatory Abstract: As part of our efforts to Affected Public: Businesses and other
requirements to do so. improve customer service, TTB surveys for-profits; Non-profits; individuals.
Type of Review: Revision of a its customers who apply for original or Estimated Number of Respondents:
currently approved collection. amended permits, submit formula 30,000.
Affected Public: Businesses and other approval requests, and submit requests Estimated Total Annual Burden
for-profits. for certificates of label approval. These Hours: 30,000.
Estimated Number of Respondents: surveys assist TTB in identifying Dated: August 17, 2016.
5,864. potential customer needs and problems, Amy R. Greenberg,
Estimated Total Annual Burden as well as opportunities for Director, Regulations and Rulings Division.
Hours: 1 (one). improvement in our applications
[FR Doc. 2016–19955 Filed 8–19–16; 8:45 am]
Title: Formula and Process for processes, with particular focus on our
BILLING CODE 4810–31–P
Domestic and Imported Alcohol customers’ experiences with TTB’s
Beverages. various electronic application systems.
OMB Number: 1513–0122. Current Actions: TTB is submitting
TTB Form Number: TTB F 5100.51. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
this collection as a revision. The surveys
Abstract: TTB F 5100.51 (in all approved under this OMB control Office of the Comptroller of the
formats, including its online equivalent number remain unchanged. However, Currency
completed using Formulas Online TTB intends to increase the number of
(FONL)) is used by industry members to customers it surveys on an annual basis FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
obtain approval of formulas for alcohol and is, therefore, increasing the number
beverage products where the TTB of respondents and the resulting burden FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
regulations require such approval. The hours associated with this information CORPORATION
form collect information regarding the collection. Participation in TTB
person filing, the type of product made, customer satisfaction surveys is Proposed Agency Information
the ingredients used, and the voluntary. Collection Activities; Comment
manufacturing process. TTB uses the Type of Review: Revision of a Request
collected information to ensure currently approved collection.
appropriate classification of distilled Affected Public: Businesses and other Correction
spirits, wine, and malt beverages for for-profits; individuals. In notice document 2016–19268,
labeling and taxation purposes. Estimated Number of Respondents: appearing on pages 54190 through
Current Actions: TTB is submitting 50,000. 54216 in the issue of Monday, August
this collection as a revision. TTB F Estimated Total Annual Burden 15, 2016, make the following
5100.51 (in all formats, including the Hours: 25,000. corrections:
FONL version) remains unchanged. Title: Generic Clearance for the 1. On page 54213, at the top of the
However, TTB is adding an additional Collection of Qualitative Feedback on page, above the table labelled Data Items
information collection instrument to Removed, insert the heading ‘‘Appendix
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Agency Service Delivery.
this information collection request, the OMB Number: 1513–0132. B’’ and, on the following line, insert the
Flavor Ingredient Data Sheet (FIDS). TTB Form Number: None. heading ‘‘FFIEC 031: Data Items
TTB provides the FIDS for respondents Abstract: This collection of Removed or Change in Reporting
to use to disclose the ingredients of information is necessary to enable TTB Threshold’’.
certain flavors used in the formulas they to obtain customer and stakeholder 2. On page 54214, above the table
submit to TTB for approval. The FIDS feedback in an efficient, timely manner, labelled Data Items Removed, insert the
helps TTB identify the flavors used for in accordance with our commitment to heading ‘‘Appendix C’’ and, on the
labeling and taxation purposes. improving service delivery. The following line, insert the heading
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| 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 this | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 56751 |
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