Various provisions of chapter 51 of
the Internal Revenue Code (IRC; 26 U.S.C. chapter 51) govern or
authorize the Secretary to issue regulations regarding certain
aspects of wine production and treatment. The IRC also imposes
standards for natural and agricultural wines, the cellar treatment
of natural wine, and the labeling of all wines. Under those IRC
authorities, the TTB regulations in 27 CFR part 24 require wine
premises proprietors to submit letterhead applications or notices
to TTB when they desire to use alternate regulatory compliance
methods or procedures or when they desire to undertake certain
specified wine premises operations, particularly those that affect
the kind, tax rate, or volume of wine produced or removed. In
general, operations posing a greater jeopardy to the revenue
require submission of letterhead applications subject to TTB
approval, while operations posing less jeopardy to the revenue
require submission of letterhead notices that do not require TTB
pre-approval. This information collection is necessary to ensure
that proposed wine-related alternative methods or procedures or
operations comply with relevant laws and regulations, and do not
jeopardize the revenue or unduly burden TTB’s administration of 27
CFR part 24.
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.