[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 62229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23897]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

31 CFR Part 344

[Department of the Treasury Circular, Public Debt Series No. 3-72]


U.S. Treasury Securities--State and Local Government Series; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of the Public Debt, Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury is extending the comment period 
for the notice of proposed rulemaking published September 30, 2004, 
proposing revisions of the regulations governing State and Local 
Government Series (SLGS) securities. SLGS securities are non-marketable 
Treasury securities that are only available for purchase by issuers of 
tax-exempt securities. The notice of proposed rulemaking provided for a 
comment period to end on November 1, 2004. Treasury is extending the 
comment period to November 16, 2004, in response to industry requests 
for more time to provide comments.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than November 16, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket Number BPD-02-
04, by any of the following methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    <bullet> Agency Web Site: http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov. Follow 
the instructions for submitting comments via e-mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e28d928683cf918b80a2809286cc9690878391cc858d94"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2e415e4a4f035d474c6e4c5e4a005a5c4b4f5d00494158">[email protected]</span></a>.
    <bullet> E-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#36594652571b455f547654465218424453574518515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80eff0e4e1adf3e9e2c0e2f0e4aef4f2e5e1f3aee7eff6">[email protected]</span></a>. Include Docket Number BPD-
02-04 in the subject line of the message.
    <bullet> Fax: 304-480-5277.
    <bullet> Mail: Keith Rake, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of 
the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of the Public Debt, Department of 
the Treasury, P.O. Box 396, Parkersburg, WV 26101-0396, or Edward 
Gronseth, Deputy Chief Counsel, Elizabeth Spears, Senior Attorney, or 
Brian Metz, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of 
the Public Debt, Department of the Treasury, P.O. Box 1328, 
Parkersburg, WV 26106-1328.
    <bullet> Hand Delivery/Courier: Keith Rake, Deputy Assistant 
Commissioner, Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of the 
Public Debt, Department of the Treasury, 200 3rd St., Parkersburg, WV 
26101, or Edward Gronseth, Deputy Chief Counsel, Elizabeth Spears, 
Senior Attorney, or Brian Metz, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Chief 
Counsel, Bureau of the Public Debt, Department of the Treasury, 200 3rd 
St., Parkersburg, WV 26101.
    Instructions: All submissions received must be addressed to the 
Bureau of the Public Debt and include the Docket Number for this notice 
of proposed rulemaking, BPD-02-04. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov. The posting will 
include any personal information that you provide in the submission.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Rake, Deputy Assistant 
Commissioner, Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of the 
Public Debt, P.O. Box 396, Parkersburg, WV 26106-0396, (304) 480-5101, 
or by e-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c5aab5a1a4e8b6aca785a7b5a1ebb1b7a0a4b6eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e28d928683cf918b80a2809286cc9690878391cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a> or Edward Gronseth, Deputy Chief 
Counsel, Elizabeth Spears, Senior Attorney, or Brian Metz, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of the Public Debt, 
Department of the Treasury, P.O. Box 1328, Parkersburg, WV 26106-1328, 
(304) 480-8692, or by e-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8de2fde9eca0fee4efcdeffde9a3f9ffe8ecfea3eae2fb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cf3ecf8fdb1eff5fedcfeecf8b2e8eef9fdefb2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of proposed rulemaking for which 
the comment period is being extended was published on September 30, 
2004, at 69 FR 58756. In order to provide ample time for interested 
parties to review and comment on the notice of proposed rulemaking, the 
comment period is extended until November 16, 2004.

    Dated: October 20, 2004.
Donald V. Hammond,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-23897 Filed 10-21-04; 10:19 am]
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