61298 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 199 / Friday, October 15, 2004 / Notices 

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 TTB’s 

Recordkeeping Requirement Number 

5210/6 titled ‘‘Tobacco Products 

Manufacturers ‘‘Supporting Records for 

Removals for the Use of the United 

States.’’

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 Products 

Manufacturers—Supporting Records for 

Removals for the Use of the United 

States. 

OMB Number: 1513–0069. 

TTB Recordkeeping Requirement 

Number: 5210/6. 

Abstract: Tobacco products have 

historically been a major source of 

excise tax revenues for the Federal 

government. In order to safeguard these 

taxes, tobacco products manufacturers 

are required to maintain a system of 

records designed to establish 

accountability over the tobacco products 

and cigarette papers and tubes 

produced. However, these items can be 

removed without the payment of tax if 

they are for the use of the United States. 

Records shall be retained by the 

manufacturer for 3 years following the 

close of the year covered therein and 

shall be made available for inspection 

by any TTB officer upon his request. 

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:

101. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 505. 

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. 04–23160 Filed 10–14–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–31–P

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 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