[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67807-67808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27699]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service


Fee Schedule for the Transfer of U.S. Treasury Book-Entry 
Securities Held on the National Book-Entry System

    Authority:  31 CFR 357.45.
AGENCY: Bureau of the Public Debt, Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is announcing a new 
fee schedule applicable to transfers of U.S. Treasury book-entry 
securities maintained on the National Book-Entry System (NBES) that 
occur on or after January 3, 2011.

DATES: Effective Date: January 3, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Hawkins or Kristina Yeh, Bureau 
of the Public Debt, Department of the Treasury at (202) 504-3550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Treasury has established a fee structure for 
the transfer of Treasury book-entry securities maintained on NBES. 
Treasury reassesses this fee structure periodically, based on our 
review of the latest book-entry costs and volumes.
    For each Treasury securities transfer or reversal sent or received 
on or after January 3, 2011, the basic fee will increase from $0.31 to 
$0.38. The Federal Reserve will also increase its fee for Federal 
Reserve funds movement from $0.06 to $0.07. This will result in a 
combined fee of $0.45 for each transfer of Treasury book-entry 
securities. The surcharge for an off-line Treasury book-entry 
securities transfer will remain $33.00. The basic transfer fee assessed 
to both sends and receives is reflective of costs associated with the 
processing of securities transfers. The off-line surcharge reflects the 
additional processing costs associated with the manual processing of 
off-line securities transfers.
    Treasury does not charge a fee for account maintenance, the 
stripping and reconstitution of Treasury securities, the wires 
associated with original issues, or interest and redemption payments. 
Treasury currently absorbs these costs.
    The fees described in this notice apply only to the transfer of 
Treasury book-entry securities held on NBES. Information concerning 
fees for book-entry transfers of Government Agency securities, which 
are priced by the Federal Reserve System, is set out in a separate 
Federal Register notice published by the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System.
    The following is the Treasury fee schedule that will take effect on 
January

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3, 2011, for book-entry transfers on NBES:

                            Treasury-NBES Fee Schedule \1\--Effective January 3, 2011
                                                  [In dollars]
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                                                                                             Funds \2\
                 Transfer type                   Basic        Off[dash]line surcharge         movement    Total
                                                  fee                                           fee        fee
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On-line transfer originated...................     0.38  N/A                                       0.07     0.45
On-line transfer received.....................     0.38  N/A                                       0.07     0.45
On-line reversal transfer originated..........     0.38  N/A                                       0.07     0.45
On-line reversal transfer received............     0.38  N/A                                       0.07     0.45
Off-line transfer originated..................     0.38  33.00                                     0.07    33.45
Off-line transfer received....................     0.38  33.00                                     0.07    33.45
Off-line account switch received..............     0.38  0.00                                      0.07     0.45
Off-line reversal transfer originated.........     0.38  33.00                                     0.07    33.45
Off-line reversal transfer received...........     0.38  33.00                                     0.07    33.45
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\1\ Treasury does not charge a fee for account maintenance, the stripping and reconstituting of Treasury
  securities, the wires associated with original issues, or interest and redemption payments. Treasury currently
  absorbs these costs.
\2\ The funds movement fee is not a Treasury fee, but is charged by the Federal Reserve for the cost of moving
  funds associated with the transfer of a Treasury book-entry security.


Richard L. Gregg,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-27699 Filed 11-2-10; 8:45 am]
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