Under the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5214, denatured spirits (alcohol to which denaturants have been added to render it unfit for beverage purposes) may be withdrawn from distilled spirits plants free of tax for nonbeverage industrial purposes in the manufacture of personal and household products. Since it is possible to recover potable alcohol from denatured spirits and articles made with denatured spirits, a comprehensive system of controlling denatured spirits and articles made with denatured spirits is imposed by the IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5271â5275. In order to protect the revenue and public safety, these IRC sections and their implementing regulations in 27 CFR part 20 require an application and permit to withdraw and use specially denatured spirits, and require formulas, recordkeeping, reporting, and other operational procedures.
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).
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(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;
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