77832 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2004 / Notices 

Service solicits comments concerning 

the form ‘‘List of Data (A) and List of 

Data (B).’’

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before February 28, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Financial Management Service, 3700 

East West Highway, Records and 

Information Management Program Staff, 

Room 135, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Rose Miller, 

Surety Bond Branch, 3700 East West 

Highway, Room 632F, Hyattsville, MD 

20782, (202) 874–6850.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial 

Management Service solicits comments 

on the collection of information 

described below: 

Title: List of Data (A) and List of Data 

(B). 

OMB Number: 1510–0047. 

Form Number: TFS 2211. 

Abstract: This information is 

collected from insurance companies to 

assist Treasury Department in 

determining acceptability of the 

companies applying for a Certificate of 

Authority to write or reinsure Federal 

Study bonds. 

Current Actions: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

30. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 18 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 540. 

Comments: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information 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 information.

Wanda Rogers, 

Assistant Commissioner, Financial 

Operations.

[FR Doc. 04–28346 Filed 12–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service 

Financial Management Service; 

Proposed Collection of Information: 

Schedule of Excess Risks

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Financial Management 

Service, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on a 

continuing information collection. By 

this notice, the Financial Management 

Service solicits comments concerning 

the form ‘‘Schedule of Excess Risks.’’

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before February 28, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Financial Management Service, 3700 

East West Highway, Records and 

Information Management Program Staff, 

Room 135, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Rose Miller, 

Surety Bond Branch, 3700 East West 

Highway, Room 632F, Hyattsville, MD 

20782, (202) 874–6850.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial 

Management Service solicits comments 

on the collection of information 

described below: 

Title: Schedule of Excess Risks. 

OMB Number: 1510–0004. 

Form Number: FMS 285–A. 

Abstract: This information is 

collected to assist the Treasury 

Department in determining whether a 

certified or applicant company is 

solvent and able to carry out its 

contracts, and whether the company is 

in compliance with Treasury excess risk 

regulations for writing Federal surety 

bonds. 

Current Actions: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,094. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 20 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,920. 

Comments: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Comments are invited on (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance that quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of informaion 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 information.

Wanda Rogers, 

Assistant Commissioner, Financial 

Operations.

[FR Doc. 04–28348 Filed 12–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service 

Financial Management Service; 

Application and Renewal Fees 

Imposed on Surety Companies and 

Reinsuring Companies; Increase in 

Fees Imposed

SUMMARY: Effective December 31, 2004, 

The Department of the Treasury, 

Financial Management Service, is 

increasing the fees it imposes on and 

collects from surety companies and 

reinsuring companies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6765.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The fees 

imposed and collected, as referred to in 

31 CFR 223.22, cover the costs incurred 

by the Government for services 

performed relative to qualifying 

corporate sureties to write Federal 

business. These fees are determined in 

accordance with the Office of 

Management and Budget Circular A–25, 

as amended. The change in fees is the 

result of a thorough analysis of costs 

associated with the Surety Bond Branch. 

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The new fee rate schedule is as 

follows: 

(1) Examination of a company’s 

application for a Certificate of Authority 

as an acceptable surety or as an 

acceptable reinsuring company on 

Federal bonds—$6,800. 

(2) Determination of a company’s 

continued qualification for annual 

renewal of its Certificate of Authority—

$4,000. 

(3) Examination of a company’s 

application for recognition as an 

Admitted Reinsurer (except on excess 

risks running to the United States)—

$2,400. 

(4) Determination of a company’s 

continued qualification for annual 

renewal of its authority as an Admitted 

Reinsurer—$1,700. 

Questions concerning this notice 

should be directed to the Surety Bond 

Branch, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Financial 

Management Service, Department of the 

Treasury, Hyattsville, MD 20782, 

Telephone (202) 874–6850.

Dated: December 16, 2004. 

Wanda J. Rogers, 

Assistant Commissioner, Financial 

Operations, Financial Management Service.

[FR Doc. 04–28347 Filed 12–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Notice 2005–04

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Notice 

2005–04, Fuel Tax Guidance, Request 

for comments.

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before February 28, 2005 

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to R. Joseph Durbala, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to Carol Savage at 

Internal Revenue Service, room 6516, 

1111 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or at (202) 622–

3945, or through the Internet at 

CAROL.A.SAVAGE@irs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Fuel Tax Guidance, Request for 

comments. 

OMB Number: 1545–1915. 

Notice Number: Notice 2005–04. 

Abstract: Notice 2005–04 provides 

guidance on certain excise tax Code 

provisions that were added or effected 

by the American Jobs Creation Act of 

2004. The information will be used by 

the IRS to verify that the proper amount 

of tax is reported, excluded, refunded, 

or credited. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to the notice at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, not-for-profit 

institutions, farms, Federal, state, local 

or tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

20,263. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 

hour, 41 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 34,390. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information 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 information.

Approved: December 20, 2004. 

Carol Savage, 

Management and Program Analyst.

[FR Doc. 04–28330 Filed 12–27–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Allowance for Private Purchase of an 

Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a 

Government-Furnished Graveliner for 

a Grave in a VA National Cemetery

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Public Law 104–275 was 

enacted on October 9, 1996. It allowed 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

to provide a monetary allowance 

towards the private purchase of an outer 

burial receptacle for use in a VA 

national cemetery. Under VA regulation 

(38 CFR 1.629), the allowance is equal 

to the average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners minus any 

administrative costs to VA. The law 

continues to provide a veteran’s 

survivors with the option of selecting a 

Government-furnished graveliner for 

use in a VA national cemetery where 

such use is authorized. 

The purpose of this Notice is to notify 

interested parties of the average cost of 

Government-furnished graveliners, 

administrative costs that relate to 

processing a claim, and the amount of 

the allowance payable for qualifying 

interments that occur during calendar 

year 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Ciolek, Capital and Performance 

Budgeting (41B1B), National Cemetery 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420. Telephone: 

202–273–5161 (this is not a toll-free 

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 38 

U.S.C. 2306(e)(3) and Public Law 104–

275, Section 213, VA may provide a 

monetary allowance for the private 

purchase of an outer burial receptacle 

for use in a VA national cemetery where 

its use is authorized. The allowance for 

qualified interments that occur during 

calendar year 2005 is the average cost of 

Government-furnished graveliners in