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Shafer, Maritime Administration, Office 

of Policy and Plans, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, or 

by e-mail: GreatLakesStudy@dot.gov. 

Dates and Addresses: 

The Cleveland, Ohio, meeting will 

take place on February 15, 2011, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving 

Time. The meeting will be held at Hyatt 

Regency Cleveland at The Arcade, 420 

East Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 

44114. 

Persons interested in attending the 

meeting should register by February 4, 

2011. 

The Duluth, Minnesota, meeting will 

take place on February 23, 2011, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving 

Time. The meeting will be held at the 

Inn on Lake Superior, 350 Canal Park 

Drive, Duluth, Minnesota, 55802. 

Persons interested in attending the 

meeting should register by February 11, 

2011. 

The Chicago, Illinois, meeting will 

take place on February 25, 2011, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Daylight Saving 

Time. The meeting will be held at the 

Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, 

301 East North Water Street, Chicago, 

Illinois, 60611. 

Persons interested in attending the 

meeting should register by February 11, 

2011. 

Registration: The meetings are open to 

the public. Advanced registration is 

recommended. To register, interested 

parties should send their name, group 

affiliation, and which of the three 

meetings they will attend to 

GreatLakesStudy@absconsulting.com. 

The meeting agenda will be sent to 

registered participants prior to the 

meeting. 

The Public Meeting will be held at a 

site accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. Individuals who require 

accommodations such as sign language 

interpreters should contact ABS 

Consulting at 

GreatLakesStudy@absconsulting.com, as 

soon as possible, but preferably no less 

than five business days before the 

scheduled meeting. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator, 

Dated: December 23, 2010. 

Murray A. Bloom, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32761 Filed 12–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2010–0373 (Notice No. 

10–10)] 

Information Collection Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

PHMSA invites comments on certain 

information collections pertaining to 

hazardous materials transportation for 

which PHMSA intends to request 

renewal from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the docket number 

(PHMSA–2010–0373) by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Hand Delivery: To Docket 

Operations, Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number or Regulation Identification 

Number (RIN) for this notice. Internet 

users may access comments received by 

DOT at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Note that comments received will be 

posted without change to: http:// 

www.regulations.gov including any 

personal information provided. 

Requests for a copy of an information 

collection should be directed to Steven 

Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, Standards 

and Rulemaking Division (PHH–12), 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., East Building, 2nd Floor, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone (202) 366–8553. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, 

Standards and Rulemaking Division 

(PHH–12), Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., East Building, 

2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone (202) 366–8553. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations requires PHMSA to provide 

interested members of the public and 

affected agencies an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping requests. This notice 

identifies information collection 

requests that PHMSA will be submitting 

to OMB for renewal and extension. 

These information collections are 

contained in 49 CFR 171.6 and the 

Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 

49 CFR parts 171–180). PHMSA has 

revised burden estimates, where 

appropriate, to reflect current reporting 

levels or adjustments based on changes 

in proposed or final rules published 

since the information collections were 

last approved. The following 

information is provided for each 

information collection: (1) Title of the 

information collection, including former 

title if a change is being made; (2) OMB 

control number; (3) summary of the 

information collection activity; (4) 

description of affected public; (5) 

estimate of total annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden; and (6) 

frequency of collection. PHMSA will 

request a three-year term of approval for 

each information collection activity and, 

when approved by OMB, publish a 

notice of the approval in the Federal 

Register. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information collections: 

Title: Requirements for Cargo Tanks. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0014. 

Summary: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information collection provisions in 

parts 178 and 180 of the HMR involving 

the manufacture, qualification, 

maintenance and use of all specification 

cargo tank motor vehicles. It also 

includes the information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements for persons 

who are engaged in the manufacture, 

assembly, requalification and 

maintenance of DOT specification cargo 

tank motor vehicles. The types of 

information collected include: 

(1) Registration Statements: Cargo 

tank manufacturers and repairers, and 

cargo tank motor vehicle assemblers are 

required to be registered with DOT by 

furnishing information relative to their 

qualifications to perform the functions 

in accordance with the HMR. The 

registration statements are used to 

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to ensure that they possess the 

knowledge and skills necessary to 

perform the required functions and they 

are performing the specified functions 

in accordance with the applicable 

regulations. 

(2) Requalification and maintenance 

reports: These reports are prepared by 

persons who requalify or maintain cargo 

tanks. This information is used by cargo 

tank owners, operators and users, and 

DOT compliance personnel to verify 

that the cargo tanks are requalified, 

maintained and are in proper condition 

for the transportation of hazardous 

materials. 

(3) Manufacturers’ data reports, 

certificates and related papers: These 

reports are prepared by cargo tank 

manufacturers and certifiers, and are 

used by cargo tank owners, operators, 

users and DOT compliance personnel to 

verify that a cargo tank motor vehicle 

was designed and constructed to meet 

all requirements of the applicable 

specification. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers, 

assemblers, repairers, requalifiers, 

certifiers and owners of cargo tanks. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 41,366. 

Total Annual Responses: 132,600. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 101,507. 

Frequency of Collection: Periodically. 

Title: Hazardous Materials Incident 

Reports. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0039. 

Summary: This collection is 

applicable upon occurrence of incidents 

as prescribed in §§ 171.15 and 171.16. A 

Hazardous Materials Incident Report, 

DOT Form F 5800.1, must be completed 

by a person in physical possession of a 

hazardous material at the time a 

hazardous material incident occurs in 

transportation, such as a release of 

materials, serious accident, evacuation 

or closure of a main artery. Incidents 

meeting criteria in § 171.15 also require 

a telephonic report. This information 

collection enhances the Department’s 

ability to evaluate the effectiveness of its 

regulatory program, determine the need 

for regulatory changes, and address 

emerging hazardous materials 

transportation safety issues. The 

requirements apply to all interstate and 

intrastate carriers engaged in the 

transportation of hazardous materials by 

rail, air, water, and highway. 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of hazardous materials. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 1,781. 

Total Annual Responses: 17,810. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 23,746. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Radioactive (RAM) 

Transportation Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0510. 

Summary: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information collection provisions in the 

HMR involving the transportation of 

radioactive materials in commerce. 

Information collection requirements for 

RAM include: Shipper notification to 

consignees of the dates of shipment of 

RAM; expected arrival; special loading/ 

unloading instructions; verification that 

shippers using foreign-made packages 

hold a foreign competent authority 

certificate and verification that the 

terms of the certificate are being 

followed for RAM shipments being 

made into this country; and specific 

handling instructions from shippers to 

carriers for fissile RAM, bulk shipments 

of low specific activity RAM and 

packages of RAM which emit high 

levels of external radiation. These 

information collection requirements 

help to establish that proper packages 

are used for the type of radioactive 

material being transported; external 

radiation levels do not exceed 

prescribed limits; and packages are 

handled appropriately and delivered in 

a timely manner, so as to ensure the 

safety of the general public, transport 

workers, and emergency responders. 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of radioactive materials in commerce. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 3,817. 

Total Annual Responses: 21,519. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,270. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Flammable Cryogenic Liquids. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0542. 

Summary: Provisions in 

§ 177.840(a)(2) specify certain safety 

procedures and documentation 

requirements for drivers of motor 

vehicles transporting flammable 

cryogenic liquids. This information 

allows the driver to take appropriate 

remedial actions to prevent a 

catastrophic release of the flammable 

cryogenics should the temperature of 

the material begin to rise excessively or 

if the travel time will exceed the safe 

travel time. These requirements are 

intended to ensure a high level of safety 

when transporting flammable 

cryogenics due to their extreme 

flammability and high compression 

ratio when in a liquid state. 

Affected Public: Carriers of cryogenic 

materials. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Total Respondents: 65. 

Total Annual Responses: 18,200. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,213. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Rail Carrier and Tank Car Tank 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0559. 

Summary: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information provisions in parts 172, 

173, 174, 179, and 180 of the HMR on 

the transportation of hazardous 

materials by rail and the manufacture, 

qualification, maintenance and use of 

tank cars. The types of information 

collected include: 

(1) Approvals of the Association of 

American Railroads (AAR) Tank Car 

committee: An approval is required 

from the AAR Tank Car Committee for 

a tank car to be used for a commodity 

other than those specified in part 173 

and on the certificate of construction. 

This information is used to ascertain 

whether a commodity is suitable for 

transportation in a tank car. AAR 

approval also is required for an 

application for approval of designs, 

materials and construction, conversion 

or alteration of tank car tanks 

constructed to a specification in part 

179 or an application for construction of 

tank cars to any new specification. This 

information is used to ensure that the 

design, construction or modification of 

a tank car or the construction of a tank 

car to a new specification is performed 

in accordance with the applicable 

requirements. 

(2) Progress Reports: Each owner of a 

tank car that is required to be modified 

to meet certain requirements specified 

in § 173.31 must submit a progress 

report to the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA). This information 

is used by FRA to ensure that all 

affected tank cars are modified before 

the regulatory compliance date. 

(3) FRA Approvals: An approval is 

required from FRA to transport a bulk 

packaging (such as a portable tank, IM 

portable tank, intermediate bulk 

container, cargo tank, or multi-unit tank 

car tank) containing a hazardous 

material in container-on-flat-car or 

trailer-on-flat-car service other than as 

authorized by § 174.63. FRA uses this 

information to ensure that the bulk 

package is properly secured using an 

adequate restraint system during 

transportation. Also an FRA approval is 

required for the movement of any tank 

car that does not conform to the 

applicable requirements in the HMR. 

These latter movements are currently 

being reported under the information 

collection for special permit 

applications. 

(4) Manufacturer Reports and 

Certificate of Construction: These 

documents are prepared by tank car 

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users and FRA personnel to verify that 

rail tank cars conform to the applicable 

specification. 

(5) Quality Assurance Program: 

Facilities that build, repair, and ensure 

the structural integrity of tank cars are 

required to develop and implement a 

quality assurance program. This 

information is used by the facility and 

DOT compliance personnel to ensure 

that each tank car is constructed or 

repaired in accordance with the 

applicable requirements. 

(6) Inspection Reports: A written 

report must be prepared and retained for 

each tank car that is inspected and 

tested in accordance with § 180.509 of 

the HMR. Rail carriers, users, and the 

FRA use this information to ensure that 

rail tank cars are properly maintained 

and in safe condition for transporting 

hazardous materials. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers, 

owners and rail carriers of tank cars. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 266. 

Total Annual Responses: 16,782. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,689. 

Frequency of collection: Annually. 

Title: Container Certification 

Statement. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0582. 

Summary: Shippers of explosives, in 

freight containers or transport vehicles 

by vessel, are required to certify on 

shipping documentation that the freight 

container or transport vehicle meets 

minimal structural serviceability 

requirements. This requirement is 

intended to ensure an adequate level of 

safety for transport of explosives aboard 

vessel and ensure consistency with 

similar requirements in international 

standards. 

Affected Public: Shippers of 

explosives in freight containers or 

transport vehicles by vessel. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Annual Respondents: 650. 

Annual Responses: 890,000. 

Annual Burden Hours: 14,908. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Hazardous Materials Public 

Sector Training and Planning Grants. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0586. 

Summary: Part 110 of 49 CFR sets 

forth the procedures for reimbursable 

grants for public sector planning and 

training in support of the emergency 

planning and training efforts of States, 

Indian tribes and local communities to 

manage hazardous materials 

emergencies, particularly those 

involving transportation. Sections in 

this part address information collection 

and recordkeeping with regard to 

applying for grants, monitoring 

expenditures, and reporting and 

requesting modifications. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments, Indian tribes. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Annual Respondents: 68. 

Annual Responses: 68. 

Annual Burden Hours: 5,290. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Response Plans for Shipments 

of Oil. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0591. 

Summary: In recent years, several 

major oil discharges damaged the 

marine environment of the United 

States. Under authority of the Federal 

Water Pollution Control Act, as 

amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 

1990, PHMSA issued regulations in 49 

CFR Part 130 that require preparation of 

written spill response plans. 

Affected Public: Carriers that 

transport oil in bulk, by motor vehicle 

or rail. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Annual Respondents: 8,000. 

Annual Responses: 8,000. 

Annual Burden Hours: 10,560. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Hazardous Materials Security 

Plans. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0612. 

Summary: To assure public safety, 

shippers and carriers must take 

reasonable measures to plan and 

implement procedures to prevent 

unauthorized persons from taking 

control of, or attacking, hazardous 

materials shipments. Part 172 of the 

HMR requires persons who offer or 

transport certain hazardous materials to 

develop and implement written plans to 

enhance the security of hazardous 

materials shipments. The security plan 

requirement applies to shipments of: (1) 

A highway route-controlled quantity of 

a Class 7 (radioactive) material; (2) more 

than 25 kg (55 lbs) of a Division 1.1, 1.2, 

or 1.3 (explosive) material; (3) more 

than 1 L (1.06 qt) per package of a 

material poisonous by inhalation in 

hazard zone A; (4) a shipment of 

hazardous materials in a bulk packaging 

with a capacity equal to or greater than 

13,248 L (3,500 gal) for liquids or gases, 

or greater than 13.24 cubic meters (468 

cubic feet) for solids; (5) a shipment that 

requires placarding; and (6) select 

agents. Select agents are infectious 

substances identified by CDC as 

materials with the potential to have 

serious consequences for human health 

and safety if used illegitimately. A 

security plan will enable shippers and 

carriers to reduce the possibility that a 

hazardous materials shipment will be 

used as a weapon of opportunity by a 

terrorist or criminal. 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of hazardous materials in commerce. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 54,999. 

Total Annual Responses: 54,999. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 427,719. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Inspection and Testing of Meter 

Provers. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0620. 

Summary: This information collection 

and recordkeeping burden is the result 

of efforts to eliminate special permits 

that are no longer needed and 

incorporate the use, inspection, and 

maintenance of mechanical 

displacement meter provers (meter 

provers) used to check the accurate flow 

of liquid hazardous materials into bulk 

packagings, such as portable tanks and 

cargo tank motor vehicles, under the 

HMR. These meter provers are used to 

ensure that the proper amount of liquid 

hazardous materials is being loaded and 

unloaded involving bulk packagings, 

such as cargo tanks and portable tanks. 

These meter provers consist of a gauge 

and several pipes that always contain 

small amounts of the liquid hazardous 

material in the pipes as residual 

material, and, therefore, must be 

inspected and maintained in accordance 

with the HMR to ensure they are in 

proper calibration and working order. 

These meter provers are not subject to 

the specification testing and inspection 

requirements in part 178. However, 

these meter provers must be visually 

inspected annually and hydrostatic 

pressure tested every five years in order 

to ensure they are properly working as 

specified in § 173.5a of the HMR. 

Therefore, this information collection 

requires that: 

(1) Each meter prover must undergo 

and pass an external visual inspection 

annually to ensure that the meter 

provers used in the flow of liquid 

hazardous materials into bulk 

packagings are accurate and in 

conformance with the performance 

standards in the HMR. 

(2) Each meter prover must undergo 

and pass a hydrostatic pressure test at 

least every five years to ensure that the 

meter provers used in the flow of liqiuid 

hazardous materials into bulk 

packagings are accurate and in 

conformance with the performance 

standards in the HMR. 

(3) Each meter prover must 

successfully complete the test and 

inspection and must be marked in 

accordance with § 180.415(b) and in 

accordance with § 173.5a. 

(4) Each owner must retain a record 

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pressure test until the meter prover is 

requalified. 

Affected Public: Owners of meter 

provers used to measure liquid 

hazardous materials flow into bulk 

packagings such as cargo tanks and 

portable tanks. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Total Annual Responses: 250. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 175. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Requirements for United 

Nations (UN) Cylinders. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0621. 

Summary: This information collection 

and recordkeeping burden is the result 

of efforts to amend the HMR to adopt 

standards for the design, construction, 

maintenance and use of cylinders and 

multiple-element gas containers 

(MEGCs) based on the standards 

contained in the United Nations (UN) 

Recommendations on the Transport of 

Dangerous Goods. Aligning the HMR 

with the UN Recommendations 

promotes flexibility, permits the use of 

technological advances for the 

manufacture of the pressure receptacles, 

provides for a broader selection of 

pressure receptacles, reduces the need 

for special permits, and facilitates 

international commerce in the 

transportation of compressed gases. 

Information collection requirements 

address domestic and international 

manufacturers of cylinders that request 

approval by the approval agency for 

cylinder design types. The approval 

process for each cylinder design type 

includes review, filing, and 

recordkeeping of the approval 

application. The approval agency is 

required to maintain a set of the 

approved drawings and calculations for 

each design it reviews and a copy of 

each initial design type approval 

certificate approved by the Associate 

Administrator for not less than 20 years. 

Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users, 

and retesters of UN cylinders. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Total Annual Responses: 150. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 900. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

22, 2010. 

Delmer F. Billings, 

Acting Director, Standards and Rulemaking 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32718 Filed 12–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 22, 2010. 

The Department of the Treasury will 

submit the following public information 

collection requirement 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. A copy of 

the submission may be obtained by 

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance 

Officer listed. Comments regarding 

these information collections should be 

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed 

and to the Treasury PRA Clearance 

Officer, Department of the Treasury, 

1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 

11010, Washington, DC 20220. 

Dates: Written comments should be 

received on or before January 28, 2011 

to be assured of consideration. 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

OMB Number: 1545–1575. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change to a currently approved 

collection. 

Title: REG–116608–97 (TD 8953) 

(Final) Eligibility Requirements after 

Denial of the Earned Income Credit. 

Abstract: This information is to 

provide guidance to taxpayers who have 

been denied the earned income credit 

(EIC). Under Section 1.32–3, to 

demonstrate eligibility, the taxpayer 

must file with Form 1040 a properly 

completed Form 8862. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1 

hour. 

OMB Number: 1545–1903. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change to a currently approved 

collection. 

Title: REG–124405–03 (TD 9168) 

(final) Optional 10–Year Writeoff of 

Certain Tax Preferences. 

Abstract: This collection of 

information is required by the IRS to 

verify compliance with section 59(e). 

This information will be used to 

determine whether the amount of tax 

has been calculated correctly. 

Respondents: Private sector: 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 10,000 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–2069. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change to a currently approved 

collection. 

Title: Form 8283–V Payment Voucher 

for Filing Fee Under Section 170(f)(13). 

Abstract: The Pension Protection Act 

of 2006 (PL 109–280) provides in 

section 1213(c) of the Act that taxpayers 

claiming a deduction for a qualified 

conservation contribution with respect 

to the exterior of a building located in 

a registered historic district in excess of 

$10,000, must pay a $500 fee to the 

Internal Revenue Service or the 

deduction is not allowed. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 690 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–2092. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change to a currently approved 

collection. 

Title: Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) 

Tax Check Waiver. 

Abstract: Taxpayer Advocacy Panel 

(TAP) members must be compliant with 

their tax obligations and must undergo 

and pass a tax check in order to be 

selected as a TAP member. By executing 

the Tax Check Waiver, the applicant 

provides information to facilitate 

conduct of the tax check and authorizes 

the IRS official conducting the check to 

release the results, which are otherwise 

confidential, to the Director of TAP to 

help in determining the suitability of 

the applicant for membership on TAP. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 37 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–2176. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change to a currently approved 

collection. 

Title: REG–134235–08(TD 9501) 

(Final)—Furnishing Identifying Number 

of Tax Return Preparer. 

Abstract: These proposed regulations 

amend section 1.6109–2 of the Income 

Tax Regulations to provide that tax 

return preparers must furnish a preparer 

tax identification number (PTIN) on tax 

returns and claims for refund of tax as 

prescribed by the Internal Revenue 

Service in forms, instructions, or other 

guidance. After the proposed effective 

date of December 31, 2010, a tax return 

preparer’s social security number may 

no longer be used as a valid identifying 

number on tax returns and claims for 

refund. The proposed regulations 

provide that tax return preparers shall 

apply for and regularly renew a PTIN as 

the IRS prescribes. In addition, under 

the proposed regulations, the IRS may 

prescribe in forms, instructions, or other 

guidance (including regulations) 

requirements related to applying for or 

renewing a PTIN. The proposed 

regulations, and any collection of 

information required by the regulations, 

are necessary to accurately identify tax 

return preparers and the tax returns and 


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