[Federal Register: October 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 199)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: 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 public and other Federal
agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections,
as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.). Currently, we are seeking comments on TTB's Recordkeeping
Requirement Number 5210/10 titled ``Tobacco--Record of Disposition of
More Than 60,000 Cigarettes in a Single Transaction.''
DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before December 14,
2004.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to Sandra Turner, 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
formcomments@ttb.gov (e-mail).
Please 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 Sandra Turner, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
and Trade Bureau, P.O. Box 14412, Washington, DC 20044-4412; or
telephone 202-927-8210.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Tobacco--Record of Disposition of
More Than 60,000 Cigarettes in a Single Transaction.
OMB Number: 1513-0076.
TTB Recordkeeping Requirement Number: 5210/10.
Abstract: Records must be maintained by tobacco products
manufacturers and cigarette distributors showing the details of large
cigarette transactions. The records are used to trace the
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movement of contraband cigarettes and to help curtail the illicit
traffic in cigarettes between states. The record retention period for
this information collection is 3 years.
Current Actions: There are no changes to this information
collection and it is being submitted for extension purposes only.
Type of Review: Extension.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 9,500.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,140,000.
Request for Comments
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be included or
summarized in our request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of this information collection. All comments are part of the
public record and subject to disclosure. Please do not 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.
Dated: September 27, 2004.
William H. Foster,
Chief, Regulations and Procedures Division.
[FR Doc. 04-23161 Filed 10-14-04; 8:45 am]
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