70970 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 223 / Friday, November 19, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 12, 2010. 

The Department of the Treasury will 

submit the following public information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. Copies of 

the submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance 

Officer listed. Comments regarding this 

information collection should be 

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed 

and to the Treasury Department 

Clearance Officer, Department of the 

Treasury, Room 11000, 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 20, 2010 

to be assured of consideration. 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

(FinCEN) 

OMB Number: 1506–0046. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change to a currently approved 

collection. 

Title: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network; Anti-Money Laundering 

Programs; Special Due Diligence 

Programs for Certain Foreign Accounts. 

Abstract: The Financial Crimes 

Enforcement Network is renewing 

without change this Bank Secrecy Act 

regulation that implements section 

5318(i)(2) of title 31, United States 

Code, as added by section 312 of the 

Uniting and Strengthening America by 

Providing Appropriate Tools Required 

to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism 

(USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001 (‘‘Act’’), 

which requires U.S. financial 

institutions to conduct enhanced due 

diligence with regard to correspondent 

accounts established, maintained, 

administered, or managed for certain 

types of foreign banks. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 56,326 

hours. 

Bureau Clearance Officer: Russell 

Stephenson (202) 354–6012, Department 

of the Treasury, Financial Crimes 

Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 39, 

Vienna, VA 22183; (202) 354–6012. 

OMB Reviewer: Shagufta Ahmed, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395–7873. 

Celina Elphage, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 8849 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, 

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 Form 

8849, Claim for Refund of Excise Taxes. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before January 18, 2011 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Allan Hopkins, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6129, 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 Ralph M. Terry, at 

(202) 622–8144, or at Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224, 

or through the Internet, at 

Ralph.M.Terry@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Claim for Refund of Excise 

Taxes. 

OMB Number: 1545–1420. 

Form Number: 8849. 

Abstract: IRC Sections 6402, 6404, 

6511 and sections 301.6402–2, 

301.6404–1, and 301.6404–3 of the 

regulations allow for refunds of taxes 

(except income taxes) or refund, 

abatement, or credit or interest, 

penalties, and additions to tax in the 

event of errors or certain actions by the 

IRS. Form 8849 is used by taxpayers to 

claim refunds of excise taxes. 

Current Actions: There are no 

significant changes to the form 

previously approved by OMB. Changes 

were made to the estimates to more 

accurately capture the burden on the 

taxpayer. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, individuals or 

households, and not-for-profit 

institutions, farms, and Federal, State, 

local or tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of responses: 

313,391. 

Estimated Time per response: 61 

hours, 50 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,225,195. 

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: November 10, 2010. 

Allan Hopkins, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

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