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Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 17 hours.

OMB Number: 1535–0055.

Form Number: PD F 1050.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Creditor’s Consent to

Disposition of United States Securities

and Related Checks Without

Administration of Deceased Owner’s

Estate.

Description: This form is used to

obtain creditor’s consent to dispose of

Savings Bonds/Notes in Settlement of a

deceased owner’s estate without

administration.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, individuals or households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 6 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 300 hours.

OMB Number: 1535–0084.

Form Number: PD F 5263, PD F 5263–

1, PD F 5374 and PD F 5374–1.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Order for Series EE U.S. Savings

Bonds (PD F 5263); Order for Series EE

U.S. Savings Bonds to be Registered in

Name of Fiduciary (PD F 5263–1); Series

I Order for U.S. Savings Bonds (PD F

5374); and Series I Order for U.S.

Savings Bonds to be Registered in Name

of Fiduciary (PD F 5374–1).

Description: These forms are

completed by the purchaser to issue

United States Savings Bonds.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

10,000,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 5 minutes per form.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 830,000 hours.

OMB Number: 1535–0102.

Form Number: PD F 1071.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Certificate of Ownership of

United States Bearer Securities.

Description: PD F 1071 is used to

establish ownership and support of a

request for payment.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, business or other for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 500 hours.

OMB Number: 1535–0126.

Form Number: PD F 3871.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Application for Issue of United

States Mortgage Guaranty Insurance

Company tax and Loss Bonds.

Description: PD F 3871 is submitted

by companies engaged in the business of

writing mortgage guaranty insurance for

the purpose of purchasing ‘‘Tax and

Loss’’ bonds.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

37.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 20 hours.

Clearance Officer: Vicki S. Thorpe

(304) 480–6553, Bureau of the Public

Debt, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg,

West VA 26106–1328.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10226, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–14410 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB review; comment

request

June 1, 2000.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. 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 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before July 10, 2000, to

be assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–0169.

Form Number: IRS Forms 4461, 4461–

A and 4461–B.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Application for Approval of

Master or Prototype Defined

Contribution Plan (4461); Application

for Approval of Master or Prototype

Defined Benefit Plan (4461–A); and

Application for Approval of Master or

Prototype Plan, Mass Submitter

Adopting Sponsor (4461–B).

Description: The IRS uses these forms

to determine from the information

submitted whether the applicant plan

qualifies under section 401(a) of the

Internal Revenue Code for plan

approval. The application is also used to

determine if the related trust qualifies

for tax exempt status under Code

section 501(a).

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 1,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:.

Form Recordkeeping Learning about the law or the

form Preparing the form Copying, assembling, andsending the form to the IRS

4461 ................ 43 hr., 17 min ......................... 6 hr., 44 min ........................... 8 hr., 40 min ........................... 16 min.

4461–A ........... 42 hr., 34 min ......................... 6 hr., 2 min ............................. 7 hr., 55 min ........................... 16 min.

4461–B ........... 5 hr., 59 min ........................... 52 min ..................................... 1 hr., 56 min ........................... 16 min.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 109,388 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1418.

Regulation Project Number: REG–

119227–97 Final and Temporary).

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Kerosene Tax; Aviation Fuel

Tax; Taxable Fuel Measurement and

Reporting; Tax on Heavy Trucks and

Trailers; Highway Vehicle Use Tax.

Description: The regulation finalizes

proposed and temporary regulations

relating to the tax on kerosene, the

refund for certain aviation fuel

producers, and the registration rules for

certain truck dealers.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 346,080.

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Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper: 17 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 97,583 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1504.

Form Number: IRS Form 911.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Application for Taxpayer

Assistance Order (ATAO).

Description: This form is used by

taxpayers to apply for relief from a

significant hardship which may have

already occurred or is about to occur if

the IRS takes or fails to take certain

actions. This form is submitted to the

IRS Taxpayer Advocate Office in the

state or city where the taxpayer lives.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, business or other for-profit,

not-for-profit institutions, farms, State,

Local or Tribal Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

93,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 34,960 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear,

Internal Revenue Service, Room 5244,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–14411 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

Evaluation of and Request for

Comments Regarding the

Reconciliation Prototype

AGENCY: Customs Service, Treasury.

ACTION: General notice: Solicitation of

comments from prototype participants.

SUMMARY: This document requests

comments, via participation in a

voluntary survey, on the Reconciliation

Prototype for the purpose of evaluation

and possible revision or expansion of

the prototype.

DATES: Surveys must be received by July

10, 2000.

ADDRESSES: For those able to use the

electronic survey format, the survey

form is available at http://

www.customs.gov/recon. Electronic

survey responses should be emailed to:

Recon.help@customs.treas.gov. For

those without access to the internet,

contact the following for a hard copy of

the survey: U.S. Customs Service, 1300

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room 5.2A,

Washington, DC 20229–0001, ATTN:

Mr. Don Luther or Ms. Shari McCann,

Reconciliation Team. Hard copy survey

responses should be faxed to the

Headquarters Reconciliation Team at

(202) 927–1096.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Shari McCann at (202) 927–1106 or Mr.

Don Luther at (202) 927–0915.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Customs

announced and explained the

Automated Commercial System (ACS)

Prototype Test of Reconciliation in a

general notice document published in

the Federal Register (63 FR 6257) on

February 6, 1998. Changes and

clarifications to the prototype were

announced in Federal Register

documents published on August 18,

1998 (63 FR 44303), July 21, 1999 (64

FR 39187), and December 29, 1999 (64

FR 73121). Additional information

regarding the Reconciliation Prototype

can be found at http://

www.customs.gov/recon.

The Federal Register notice of

February 6, 1998, entitled ‘‘Revised

National Customs Automation Program

Test Regarding Reconciliation,’’

provided for evaluation of the prototype

and strongly encouraged that

participants participate in the

evaluation process. It set forth various

evaluation methods, including the use

of questionnaires (surveys). Customs has

prepared a survey form that is available

at http://www.customs.gov/recon. For

those without access to the internet, a

survey can be obtained by contacting

the following for a hard copy: U.S.

Customs Service, 1300 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW, Room 5.2A, Washington, DC

20229–0001, ATTN: Mr. Don Luther or

Ms. Shari McCann, Reconciliation

Team.

This notice requests comments from

participants through the survey.

Participants should email electronic

survey responses to the following

address by July 10, 2000:

Recon.help@customs.treas.gov. Hard

copy survey responses should be faxed

to the Headquarters Reconciliation

Team at (202) 927–1096. Survey

responses will be compiled and used to

evaluate the prototype. Results of the

survey evaluation will be published in

the Federal Register, along with any

changes or modifications made to the

prototype as suggested by the

evaluation.

Dated: June 5, 2000.

Robert J. McNamara,

Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of

Field Operations.

[FR Doc. 00–14509 Filed 6–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

[T.D. 00–15]

Application of Producers’ Good Versus

Consumers’ Good Test in Determining

Country of Origin Marking

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service,

Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Final interpretation; extension

of delayed effective date.

SUMMARY: On March 14, 2000, Customs

published as T.D. 00–15 a notice setting

forth a final interpretation stating that

Customs would no longer rely on the

distinction between producers’ goods

and consumers’ goods in making

country of origin marking

determinations. The notice prescribed a

delayed effective date of June 12, 2000,

for the final interpretation. The effective

date was applicable to pipe fittings and

flanges produced in the United States

from imported forgings except for those

which were the subject of a ruling

subject to the procedure specified in 19

U.S.C. 1625. This document advises the

public that the delayed effective date

period for pipe fittings and flanges is

being extended by an additional 90

days.

DATES: This extension is effective June

8, 2000. T.D. 00–15 is applicable to pipe

fittings and flanges on or after

September 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Monika Brenner, Attorney, Special

Classification and Marking Branch,

Office of Regulations and Rulings (202–

927–1254).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On March 14, 2000, Customs

published in the Federal Register (65

FR 13827) T.D. 00–15 a notice setting

forth a final interpretation that adopted

a previously published proposal to the

effect that Customs would no longer rely

on the producers’ good to consumers’

good test of Midwood Industries Inc. v.

United States, 313 F.Supp. 951 (Cust.

Ct. 1970), in determining whether a

substantial transformation of an

imported good has occurred for

purposes of making a country of origin

determination under the Customs