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render it unfit for beverage purposes) may be withdrawn from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. 5271–5275. 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).
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;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.