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normally will be made available within
60 days of the filing of the petition. The
deadline for submission of comments on
the EA will generally be within 30 days
of its service.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: August 27, 2008.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Anne K. Quinlan,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–20431 Filed 9–3–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau
Proposed Information Collections;
Comment Request
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.

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AGENCY:

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 November 3,
2008.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to
Mary A. Wood, Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade Bureau, at any of these
addresses:
• P.O. Box 14412, Washington, DC
20044–4412;
• 202–927–8525 (facsimile); or
• [email protected] (e-mail).
Please send separate comments for
each specific information collection
listed below. You must reference the
information collection’s title, form or
recordkeeping requirement number, and
OMB number (if any) in your comment.
If you submit your comment via
facsimile, send no more than five 8.5 x
11 inch pages in order to ensure
electronic access to our equipment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
obtain additional information, copies of
the information collection and its
instructions, or copies of any comments
received, contact Mary A. Wood,
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau, P.O. Box 14412, Washington,
DC 20044–4412; or telephone 202–927–
8210.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Request for Comments
The Department of the Treasury and
its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau, 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 not do include any confidential
or inappropriate material in your
comments.
We invite comments on: (a) Whether
this 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 records and forms:
Title: Personnel Questionnaire—
Alcohol and Tobacco Products.
OMB Number: 1513–0002.
TTB Form Number: 5000.9.
Abstract: The information listed on
TTB F 5000.9, Personnel
Questionnaire—Alcohol and Tobacco
Products, enables TTB to determine
whether or not an applicant for an
alcohol or tobacco permit meets the
minimum qualifications. The form
identifies the individual, residence,
business background, financial sources
for the business, and criminal record. If
the applicant is found not to be
qualified, the permit may be denied.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

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Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 10,000.
Title: Application and Permit to Ship
Liquors and Articles of Puerto Rican
Manufacture Taxpaid to the United
States.
OMB Number: 1513–0008.
TTB Form Number: 5170.7.
Abstract: TTB F 5170.7 is used to
document the shipment of taxpaid
Puerto Rican articles into the U.S. The
form is verified by Puerto Rican and
U.S. Treasury officials to certify that
products are either taxpaid or deferred
under appropriate bond. This serves as
a method of protection of the revenue.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 100.
Title: Application for Certification/
Exemption of Label/Bottle Approval.
OMB Number: 1513–0020.
TTB Form Number: 5100.31.
Abstract: The Federal Alcohol
Administration Act (the FAA Act, 27
U.S.C. 201 et seq.) requires the alcoholic
beverage labels to provide the consumer
with adequate information regarding a
product’s identity and prohibits the use
of misleading information on such
labels. The FAA Act also authorized the
Secretary of the Treasury Department to
issue regulations to carry out its
provisions. To ensure compliance with
the FAA Act and the related regulations,
industry members complete TTB F
5100.31 as an application to label their
products.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,982.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 41,238.
Title: Report—Proprietor of Export
Warehouse.
OMB Number: 1513–0024.
TTB Form Number: 5220.4.
Abstract: Proprietors who are
qualified to operate export warehouses
that handle untaxpaid tobacco products

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are required to file a monthly report.
This report summarizes all transactions
by the proprietor handling receipts,
dispositions, and on-hand quantities.
TTB F 5220.4 is used for product
accountability and is examined by TTB
National Revenue Center personnel.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
123.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,181.
Title: Claim for Drawback of Tax on
Cigars, Cigarettes, Cigarette Papers and
Tubes.
OMB Number: 1513–0026.
TTB Form Number: 5620.7.
Abstract: TTB F 5620.7 documents
that cigars, cigarettes, and cigarette
papers and tubes were shipped to a
foreign country, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, or a possession of the United
States and that the tax has been paid on
these tobacco articles. TTB F 5620.7 is
the claim form that a person who paid
the tax on the articles uses to file for a
drawback or refund for the tax that was
paid.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
185.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 92.5.
Title: Report—Manufacturer of
Tobacco Products or Cigarette Papers
and Tubes.
OMB Number: 1513–0033.
TTB Form Number: 5210.5.
Abstract: TTB F 5210.5 documents a
tobacco products manufacturer’s
accounting of cigars and cigarettes. The
form describes the tobacco products
manufactured, articles produced,
received, disposed of, and statistical
classes of large cigars. TTB examines
and verifies entries on these reports so
as to identify unusual activities, errors,
and omissions.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.

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Affected Public: Business and other
for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
150.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,800.
Title: Inventory—Export Warehouse
Proprietor.
OMB Number: 1513–0035.
TTB Form Number: 5220.3.
Abstract: TTB F 5220.3 is used by
export tobacco warehouse proprietors to
record inventories that are required by
laws and regulations. The form provides
a uniform format for recording
inventories and establishes a contingent
tax liability on tobacco products.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business and other
for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
98.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 490.
Title: Withdrawal of Spirits, Specially
Denatured Spirits, or Wines for
Exportation.
OMB Number: 1513–0037.
TTB Form Number: 5100.11.
Abstract: TTB F 5100.11 is completed
by exporters to report the withdrawal of
spirits, denatured spirits, and wines
from internal revenue bonded premises,
without payment of tax for direct
exportation; or transfer to a foreign trade
zone, customs manufacturer’s bonded
warehouse, or customs bonded
warehouse; or for use as supplies on
vessels or aircraft.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
300.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 6,000.
Title: Application for Operating
Permit Under 26 U.S.C. 5171(d).
OMB Number: 1513–0040.
TTB Form Number: 5110.25.
Abstract: TTB F 5110.25 is completed
by proprietors of distilled spirits plants
who engage in certain specified types of
activities (such as warehousing bulk
distilled spirits for non-industrial use
without bottling). TTB personnel use
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business, and the types of activities to
be conducted.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business and other
for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
80.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 20.
Title: Drawback on Distilled Spirits
Exported.
OMB Number: 1513–0042.
TTB Form Number: 5110.30.
Abstract: The information collected
on TTB F 5110.30 provides a uniform
format for determining that taxes have
already been paid. The form details
specific operations and accounts for
taxable commodities. Tax liability is
established to prevent jeopardy to the
revenue derived from distilled spirits.
TTB examines and verifies entries so as
to identify unusual activities, errors, or
omissions.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business and other
for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 10,000.
Title: Application and Permit to Ship
Puerto Rican Spirits to the United States
Without Payment of Tax.
OMB Number: 1513–0043.
TTB Form Number: 5110.31.
Abstract: TTB F 5110.31 is used to
allow a person to ship spirits in bulk
into the U.S. The form identifies the
person in Puerto Rico from where
shipments are to be made, the person in
the U.S. receiving the spirits, amounts
of spirits to be shipped, and the bond
of the U.S. person to cover taxes on such
spirits.
Current Actions: We are making
minor changes to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 450.

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Title: Applications for Tobacco
Products and for Cigarette Papers and
Tubes.
OMB Number: 1513–0078.
TTB Form Numbers: 5200.3, 5200.16,
5230.4, and 5230.5.
Abstract: The forms are used by
tobacco industry members to obtain and
amend permits necessary to engage in
business as a manufacturer of tobacco
products, importer of tobacco products,
or proprietor of an export warehouse.
Current Actions: We are making
minor corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business and other
for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
630.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,130.
Title: Special (Occupational) Tax
Registration and Return.
OMB Number: 1513–0112.
TTB Forms Number: 5630.5a,
5630.5d, and 5630.5t.
Abstract: On August 10, 2005,
President Bush signed into law the
‘‘Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users,’’ Public Law 109–59. Section
11125 of that act permanently repealed,
effective July 1, 2008, the special
(occupational) tax (SOT) on all
taxpayers except for Tobacco Product
Manufacturers (TPM), Cigarette Papers
and Tubes Manufacturers (CPTM), and
Tobacco Products Export Warehouse
Proprietors (TPEWP). As a result, 3
forms were created to cover all phases
of the new SOT collection. TTB F
5630.5 was amended to create TTB F
5630.5t, which is used only for
collection of taxes from TPM, CPTM,
and TPEWP; the new TTB F 5630.5a is
a tax return/registration for the period
on and before July 1, 2008; and the new
TTB F 5630.5d is used to register
Alcohol Dealers on and after July 1,
2008.
Current Actions: We are making
corrections to this information
collection and are submitting it as a
revision.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business and other
for-profit, Individuals or households,
Not-for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
35,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 14,583.

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Dated: August 27, 2008.
Francis W. Foote,
Director, Regulations and Rulings Division.
[FR Doc. E8–20451 Filed 9–3–08; 8:45 am]

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of the Currency, 250 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC
is requesting comment on the following
proposed information collection:
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Title: Customer Complaint Form.
OMB Control No.: 1557–0232.
Description: The customer complaint
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
form was developed as a courtesy for
those that contact the Office of the
Office of the Comptroller of the
Comptroller of the Currency’s Customer
Currency
Assistance Group and wish to file a
Proposed Information Collection;
formal, written complaint. The form
Comment Request
allows consumers to focus their issues
and provide a complete picture of their
AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the
concerns, but is entirely voluntary. It is
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
designed to prevent having to go back to
ACTION: Notice and request for comment. a consumer for additional information,
which delays the process. Completion of
SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its
the form allows the Customer
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
Assistance Group to process the
and respondent burden, invites the
complaint more efficiently.
general public and other Federal
The Customer Assistance Group will
agencies to take this opportunity to
use the information to create a record of
comment on a continuing information
the consumer’s contact, including
collection, as required by the Paperwork capturing information that can be used
Reduction Act of 1995. Currently, the
to resolve the consumer’s issues and
OCC is soliciting comment concerning a provide a database of information that is
proposed new collection titled
incorporated into the OCC’s supervisory
‘‘Customer Complaint Form’’.
process.
Type of Review: Regular.
DATES: You should submit written
Affected Public: Businesses or other
comments by: November 3, 2008.
for-profit.
ADDRESSES: You should direct all
Number of Respondents: 14,000.
written comments to: Communications
Total Annual Responses: 14,000.
Division, Office of the Comptroller of
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
the Currency, Public Information Room,
Total Annual Burden Hours: 924.
Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0232, 250
Comments submitted in response to
E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In this notice will be summarized and
addition, comments may be sent by fax
included in the request for OMB
to (202) 874–4448, or by electronic mail approval. All comments will become a
to [email protected]. You
matter of public record.
can inspect and photocopy the
Comments are invited on:
comments at the OCC’s Public
(a) Whether the collection of
Information Room, 250 E Street, SW.,
information is necessary for the proper
Washington, DC 20219. You can make
performance of the functions of the
an appointment to inspect the
agency, including whether the
comments by calling (202) 874–5043.
information shall have practical utility;
For security reasons, the OCC requires
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
that visitors make an appointment to
estimate of the burden of the collection
inspect comments. You may do so by
of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
calling (202) 874–5043. Upon arrival,
visitors will be required to present valid utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
government-issued photo identification
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
and submit to security screening in
the collection on respondents, including
order to inspect and photocopy
through the use of automated collection
comments.
Additionally, you should send a copy techniques or other forms of information
technology; and
of your comments to OCC Desk Officer,
(e) Estimates of capital or startup costs
1557–0232, by mail to U.S. Office of
and
costs of operation, maintenance,
Management and Budget, 725 17th
and purchase of services to provide
Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC
information.
20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974.
Dated: August 28, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
Michele Meyer,
can request additional information or a
Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory
copy of the collection from Mary
Activities Division.
Gottlieb, (202) 874–5090, Legislative
[FR Doc. E8–20492 Filed 9–3–08; 8:45 am]
and Regulatory Activities Division
(1557–0202), Office of the Comptroller
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