Section 103 of the Federal Alcohol
Administration Act (FAA Act, 27 U.S.C. 203) requires that a person
must apply to the Secretary of the Treasury for a "basic permit"
before beginning business as: (1) an importer into the United
States of distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages, (2) a
producer of distilled spirits or wine, or (3) a wholesaler of
distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages. In addition, section
104 of the FAA Act (27 U.S.C. 204(c)) prescribes who is entitled to
a basic permit, and it authorizes the Secretary to prescribe the
manner and form of, and the information required in, basic permit
applications. Under these authorities, the TTB regulations in 27
CFR part 1, subpart C, require that new applications for FAA Act
basic permits must be made on form TTB F 5100.24. This application
enables TTB to determine the location of the proposed business, the
extent of its operations, and if the applicant is qualified under
the FAA Act to receive a basic permit.
US Code:
27 USC 203 & 204 Name of Law: Federal Alcohol
Administration Act
Program changes: TTB notes that
on previous editions of TTB F 5100.25, Item 8 required applicants
to list the sole owner or, as appropriate, the partners, LLC
members/managers, or corporate officers, directors, and
shareholders with more than 10 percent voting stock involved in the
applicant business. Item 9 then required applicants to provide for
each person listed in Item 8, their full name, date and place of
birth, social security or employer identification number, U.S.
citizenship (yes or no), gender, other names used (maiden name,
nick names, etc.), and residences during the past five years. As a
matter of agency discretion, TTB is now eliminating the Item 9 data
fields on TTB F 5100.24 regarding U.S. citizenship and residences
during the past five years. TTB has concluded that it no longer
needs such information to identify persons involved in the
applicant business or to make determinations regarding their
eligibility to receive a basic permit. As a result of eliminating
those two Item 9 data fields, TTB is decreasing the estimated time
to complete TTB F 5100.24 by 15 minutes, from 1.75 hours to 1.5
hours, resulting in an estimated burden decrease of 375 hours for
this information collection. (TTB is not adjusting the estimated
time to complete an electronic FAA Act basic permit application in
PONL since such the ownership information section in PONL is
accounted for under the clearance for 1513–0002, Personnel
Questionnaire. TTB will adjust the burden estimate for 1513–0002 in
the near future.) Adjustments: While the program change noted above
results in an estimated burden decrease of 375 hours for this
information collection, TTB is increasing the overall total number
of annual respondents, responses, and burden hours associated with
it due to changes in agency estimates. These increases are the
result of continued growth in the number of alcohol beverage
industry members who require FAA Act basic permits to legally
operate, which has increased the number of such applications
submitted annually to TTB. TTB also is providing a respondent cost
burden estimate for this information collection.
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.