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than 60 calendar days after the end of 

the calendar quarter being reported. In 

order to reduce the initial reporting 

burden in 2005 associated with 

implementing this information 

collection, these mandatory reporting 

requirements will be phased in over a 

period of three quarters. In the first 

phase, reporting will begin for all fair 

value positions in the first two columns 

of Form D, and for net settlements for 

only OTC foreign exchange contracts. 

This phase will be effective beginning 

with the March 2005 reporting date, 

which covers the first calendar quarter 

of 2005. In the second phase, reporting 

will begin for net settlements data for all 

exchange-traded contracts and will be 

effective beginning with the June 2005 

reporting date, which covers the second 

calendar quarter of 2005. In the final 

phase, reporting will begin for all of the 

remaining information. This Phase will 

be implemented beginning with the 

September 2005 reporting date, which 

covers the third calendar quarter of 

2005. 

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice: This 

data collection has been approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act and assigned 

control number 1505–0199. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a valid control number 

assigned by OMB. The estimated 

average burden associated with this 

collection of information, when fully 

implemented, is 30 hours per 

respondent per filing. Comments 

concerning the accuracy of this burden 

estimate and suggestions for reducing 

this burden should be directed to the 

Department of the Treasury, Attention 

Administrator, International Portfolio 

Investment Data Reporting Systems, 

Room 4410@1440NYA, Washington, DC 

20220, and to OMB, Attention Desk 

Officer for the Department of the 

Treasury, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 

20503.

Dwight Wolkow, 

Administrator, International Portfolio 

Investment Data Reporting Systems.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of International Affairs 

Survey of U.S. Ownership of Foreign 

Securities as of December 31, 2004

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, 

Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of reporting 

requirements. 

SUMMARY: By this Notice, the 

Department of the Treasury is informing 

the public that it is conducting a 

mandatory survey of U.S. ownership of 

foreign securities as of December 31, 

2004. This notice constitutes legal 

notification to all United States persons 

who are in the reporting panel set forth 

in this Notice that they must respond to 

this survey. Additional copies of the 

reporting form SHCA and instructions 

may be printed from the Internet at: 

http://www.treas.gov/tic/forms.html.

Who Must Report: It is expected that 

reporting will be required only from 

those organizations which reported the 

largest values of securities data on the 

benchmark survey Form SHC entitled 

‘‘U.S. Ownership of Foreign Securities, 

Including Selected Money Market 

Instruments as of December 31, 2001’’. 

The panel for this survey is expected to 

include: the 36 largest custodians and 

largest end-investors that filed schedule 

2 in the aforementioned 2001 

benchmark survey; and 194 of the next 

largest end-investors that filed schedule 

3 in the aforementioned 2001 

benchmark survey. Entities required to 

report will be contacted individually by 

the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 

Entities not contacted by the Federal 

Reserve Bank of New York have no 

reporting responsibilities. 

What to Report: This report will 

collect information on U.S. resident 

holdings of foreign securities, i.e.,

equities, long-term debt securities, and 

short-term debt securities (including 

selected money market instruments). 

How to Report: Copies of the survey 

forms and instructions, which contain 

complete information on reporting 

procedures and definitions, may be 

obtained at the Web site address given 

above in the SUMMARY, or by contacting 

the survey staff of the Federal Reserve 

Bank of New York at (212) 720–6300, email: SHC.help@ny.frb.orq. The mailing 

address is: Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York, Statistics Function, 4th Floor, 33 

Liberty Street, New York, NY 10045–

0001. 

When to Report: Data must be 

submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank 

of New York, acting as fiscal agent for 

the Department of the Treasury, by 

March 4, 2005. 

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice: This 

data collection has been approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act and assigned 

control number 1505–0146. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a valid control number 

assigned by OMB. The estimated 

average burden associated with this 

collection of information is 48 hours per 

respondent for end-investors and 

custodians that file schedule 3 reports 

covering their securities entrusted to 

U.S. resident custodians, 145 hours per 

respondent for large end-investors filing 

Schedule 2 reports, and 700 hours per 

respondent for large custodians of 

securities filing Schedule 2 reports. 

Comments concerning the accuracy of 

this burden estimate and suggestions for 

reducing this burden should be directed 

to the Department of the Treasury, 

Attention Administrator, International 

Portfolio Investment Data Reporting 

Systems, Room 4410@1440NYA, 

Washington, DC 20220, and to OMB, 

Attention Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Treasury, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Washington, DC 20503.

Dwight Wolkow, 

Administrator, International Portfolio 

Investment Data Reporting Systems.

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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. 

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 the TTB Form 

5130.6 titled ‘‘Drawback on Beer 

Exported.’’

DATES: We must receive your written 

comments on or before December 14, 

2004.

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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: Drawback on Beer Exported. 

OMB Number: 1513–0017. 

TTB Form Number: 5130.6. 

Abstract: When taxpaid beer is 

removed from a brewery and ultimately 

exported, the brewer exporting the beer 

is eligible for a drawback (refund) of 

Federal taxes paid. By completing this 

form and submitting documentation of 

exportation, the brewer may receive a 

refund of Federal taxes paid. 

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 forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,000. 

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 

not do 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.

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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. 

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 the TTB Form 

5200.7 titled ‘‘Schedule of Tobacco 

Products, Cigarette Papers or Tubes 

Withdrawn from the Market.’’

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: Schedule of Tobacco Products, 

Cigarette Papers or Tubes Withdrawn 

from the Market. 

OMB Number: 1513–0034. 

TTB Form Number: 5200.7. 

Abstract: TTB Form 5200.7 is used by 

persons who intend to withdraw 

tobacco products from the market for 

which the taxes has already been paid 

or determined. The form describes the 

products that are to be withdrawn to 

determine the amount of tax to be 

claimed later as a tax credit or refund. 

The form notifies TTB when withdrawal 

or destruction is to take place, and TTB 

may elect to supervise withdrawal or 

destruction. 

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 forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

119. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,071. 

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.

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