Approved with
the conditions that BATF will prepare written to the OMB Desk
Officer: 1) by April 1997, findings concerning the appropriateness
of the current reporting threshhold for annual and monthly
reporting (see item # 7. of the narrative statement), 2) by April
1997, progress on achieving major milestones required to meet the
electronic receipt of producer data by late 1998 as mentioned in
item # 3 of the supporting statement, and 4) by April 1998, a
second progress report meeting the objectives of item # 3 of the
supporting statment, Finally, we have corrected item 13 e. of OMB
Form 83-I to 710 hours which we have explained as an
adjustment.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/1999
04/30/1999
04/30/1996
9,422
0
8,776
10,364
0
9,654
0
0
0
Report is used to monitor wine
operations, insure collection of wine tax revenue, and insure wine
is produced in accordance with law and regulations. Report also
provides raw data for ATF's monthly statistical release on
wine.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.