44750 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 163 / Friday, August 22, 1997 / Notices

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

9117, Excise Tax Program Order Blank

for Forms and Publications.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before October 21, 1997

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Garrick R. Shear, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5571, 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,

(202) 622–3945, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5569, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Excise Tax Program Order Blank

for Forms and Publications.

OMB Number: 1545–1096.

Form Number: Form 9117.

Abstract: Form 9117 allows taxpayers

who must file Form 720 returns a

systemic way to order additional tax

forms and informational publications.

Current Actions: Changes to Form

9117.

Form 8807, ‘‘Certain Manufacturers

and Retailers Excise Taxes (for quarters

before April 1996) is now obsolete and

has been removed from the form. The

name and address part of the form is no

longer used as a label. A computerized

label is automatically generated as the

order is released from the system. The

reverse side of the form will contain

alternative ways to obtain tax forms and

information.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organization.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

15,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 500.

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: August 15, 1997.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Art Advisory Panel—Notice of Closed

Meeting

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting of art

advisory panel.

SUMMARY: Closed meeting of the art

advisory panel will be held in

Washington, DC.

DATES: The meeting will be held

September 18th and 19th, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The closed meeting of the

Art Advisory Panel will be held on

September 18th and 19th, 1997, in room

118, beginning at 9:30 a.m., Aerospace

Center Building, 901 D Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Carolan, C:AP:AS:4 901 D Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone

(202) 401–4128, (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. (1988),

that a closed meeting of the Art

Advisory Panel will be held on

September 18th and 19th, 1997, in room

118, beginning at 9:30 a.m., Aerospace

Center Building, 901 D Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20024.

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 section 6103 of Title 26 of

the United States Code.

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) of

Title 5 of the United States Code, and

that the meeting will not be open to the

public.

The Commissioner of Internal

Revenue has determined that this

document is not a significant regulatory

action as defined in Executive Order

12866 and that a regulatory impact

analysis therefore is not required.

Neither does this document constitute a

rule subject to the Regulatory Flexibility

Act (5 U.S.C. Chapter 6).

Michael P. Dolan,

Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

[FR Doc. 97–22399 Filed 8–21–97; 8:45 am]

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