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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

Proposed Information Collections; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of our continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

we invite comments on the proposed or 

continuing information collections 

listed below in this notice. 

DATES: We must receive your written 

comments on or before January 28, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments to 

Mary A. Wood, Alcohol and Tobacco 

Tax and Trade Bureau, at any of these 

addresses: 

• P.O. Box 14412, Washington, DC 

20044–4412; 

• 202–453–2686 (facsimile); or 

• formcomments@ttb.gov (e-mail). 

Please send separate comments for 

each specific information collection 

listed below. You must 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 Mary A. Wood, 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau, P.O. Box 14412, Washington, 

DC 20044–4412; or telephone 202–453– 

2265. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

The Department of the Treasury and 

its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau (TTB), as part of their 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invite the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on the proposed or 

continuing information collections 

listed below in this notice, as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be included or 

summarized in our request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval of the relevant 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. 

Information Collections Open for 

Comment 

Currently, we are seeking comments 

on the following forms and 

recordkeeping requirements: 

Title: Notice of Change in Status of 

Plant. 

OMB Control Number: 1513–0044. 

TTB Form Numbers: 5110.34. 

Abstract: TTB F 5110.34 is necessary 

to show the use of the distilled spirits 

plant (DSP) premises for other activities 

or by alternating proprietors. It 

describes proprietor’s use of plant 

premises and other information to show 

that the change in plant status is in 

conformity with law and regulations. It 

also shows what bond covers the 

activities of the DSP at a given time. 

Current Actions: We are submitting 

this information collection for extension 

purposes only. The information 

collection, estimated number of 

respondents, and estimated total annual 

burden hours remain unchanged. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,000. 

Title: Tax Deferral Bond—Distilled 

Spirits (Puerto Rico). 

OMB Control Number: 1513–0050. 

TTB Form Number: 5110.50. 

Abstract: TTB F 5110.50 is the bond 

to secure payment of excise taxes on 

distilled spirits shipped from Puerto 

Rico to the U.S. on deferral of the tax. 

The form identifies the principal, the 

surety, purpose of bond, and allocation 

of the penal sum among the principal’s 

locations. 

Current Actions: We are submitting 

this information collection for extension 

purposes only. The information 

collection, estimated number of 

respondents, and estimated total annual 

burden hours remain unchanged. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 10. 

Title: Tobacco Products 

Manufacturers—Supporting Records for 

Removal 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 must be retained by the 

manufacturer for 3 years following the 

close of the year covered therein and 

must be made available for inspection 

by any TTB officer upon his/her request. 

Current Actions: We are submitting 

this information collection for extension 

purposes only. The information 

collection, estimated number of 

respondents, and estimated total annual 

burden hours remain unchanged. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

101. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 505. 

Titles: Statement of Ultimate Vendor. 

Exemption Certificate (Use on Certain 

Vessels or Aircraft). 

Exemption Certificate (Use by State or 

local Governments). 

Statement of Manufacturer’s Vendee 

(For Export). 

Statement of Manufacturer’s Vendee 

(Use in Further Manufacture). 

OMB Control Number: 1513–0128. 

TTB Form Numbers: 5600.33, 

5600.34, 5600.35, 5600.36, 5600.37, 

respectively. 

Abstract: Title 27, CFR, part 53 

requires that, in some cases, persons 

who sell firearms or ammunition taxfree use specific exemption certificates 

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or statements to support the tax-free 

sales. In addition, 27 CFR part 53 

requires a specific statement from the 

ultimate vendor to support claims for 

certain tax refunds or credits. Although 

the regulations require firearms and 

ammunition excise taxpayers to design 

and reproduce these certificates or 

statements as specified in the 

regulations, in order to promote 

uniformity among excise taxpayers and 

compliance with regulations, these 

certificates and statements are needed. 

Current Actions: We are submitting 

this information collection request for 

extension purposes only. The 

information collection, estimated 

number of respondents, and estimated 

total annual burden hours remain 

unchanged. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; individuals or households; State 

or Local Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 52,500. 

Dated: November 19, 2010. 

Gerald Isenberg, 

Director, Regulations and Rulings Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29863 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–31–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Art Advisory Panel—Closed Meeting 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of Closed Meeting of Art 

Advisory Panel for Decorative Art. 

SUMMARY: A closed meeting of the Art 

Advisory Panel will be held in 

Washington, DC. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

December 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The closed meeting of the 

Art Advisory Panel for Decorative Art 

will be held on December 8, 2010, in the 

Appeals Media Center beginning at 9:30 

a.m., Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph E. Bothwell, C:AP:PV:ART, 1099 

14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. Telephone (202) 435–5611 (not a 

toll free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., that a 

closed meeting of the Art Advisory 

Panel for Decorative Art will be held on 

December 8, 2010, beginning at 9:30 

a.m., in room 4112, Appeals Large 

Conference Room, Franklin Court 

Building, 1099 14th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. 

The agenda will consist of the review 

and evaluation of the acceptability of 

fair market value appraisals of works of 

art involved in Federal income, estate, 

or gift tax returns. This will involve the 

discussion of material in individual tax 

returns made confidential by the 

provisions of 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

A determination as required by 

section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act has been made that this 

meeting is concerned with matters listed 

in section 552b(c)(3), (4), (6), and (7), 

and that the meeting will not be open 

to the public. 

Diane S. Ryan, 

Chief, Appeals. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30049 Filed 11–24–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Publication of the Tier 2 Tax Rates 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Publication of the tier 2 tax 

rates for calendar year 2011 as required 

by section 3241(d) of the Internal 

Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. section 3241). 

Tier 2 taxes on railroad employees, 

employers, and employee 

representatives are one source of 

funding for benefits under the Railroad 

Retirement Act. 

DATES: The tier 2 tax rates for calendar 

year 2011 apply to compensation paid 

in calendar year 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Edmondson, 

CC:TEGE:EOEG:ET1, Internal Revenue 

Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20224, Telephone 

Number (202) 622–0047 (not a toll-free 

number). 

TIER 2 TAX RATES: The tier 2 tax 

rate for 2011 under section 3201(b) on 

employees is 3.9 percent of 

compensation. The tier 2 tax rate for 

2011 under section 3221(b) on 

employers is 12.1 percent of 

compensation. The tier 2 tax rate for 

2011 under section 3211(b) on employee 

representatives is 12.1 percent of 

compensation. 

Dated: November 17, 2010. 

Nancy Marks, 

Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel 

(Tax Exempt and Government Entities). 

[FR Doc. 2010–29887 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0060] 

Agency Information Collection (Claim 

for One Sum Payment (Government 

Life Insurance)) Activities under OMB 

Review 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice 

announces that the Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, will submit the 

collection of information abstracted 

below to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and comment. 

The PRA submission describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected cost and burden; it includes 

the actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

http://www.Regulations.gov; or to VA’s 

OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900– 

0060’’ in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records 

Service (005R1B), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461– 

7485, fax (202) 273–0443 or e-mail 

denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0060.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles: 

a. Claim for One Sum Payment 

(Government Life Insurance), VA Form 

29–4125. 

b. Claim for Monthly Payments 

(National Service Life Insurance), VA 

Form 29–4125a. 

c. Claim for Monthly Payments 

(United States Government Life 

Insurance, (USGLI)), VA Form 

29–4125k. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0060. 

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