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Buffalo, New York, and Seattle,

Washington.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 78

(6 groups, 13 participants in each).

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Response: 3 hours.

Contact call—5 minutes.

Focus group sessions—2 hours.

Travel time—1 hour.

Frequency of Response: Other (one

time only).

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

195 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear,

(202) 622–3869, Internal Revenue

Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20224.

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Form 5306

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

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, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

Currently, the IRS is soliciting

comments concerning Form 5306,

Application for Approval of Prototype

or Employer Sponsored Individual

Retirement Account.

Written comments should be received

on or before December 15, 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 Martha R. Brinson,

(202) 622–3869, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Application for Approval of

Prototype or Employer Sponsored

Individual Retirement Account.

OMB Number: 1545–0390.

Form Number: 5306.

Abstract: This application is used by

employers who want to establish an

individual retirement account trust to be

used by their employees. The

application is also used by banks and

insurance companies that want to

establish approved prototype individual

retirement accounts or annuities. The

data collected is used to determine if the

individual retirement account trust or

annuity contract meets the requirements

of Code section 408(a), 408(b), or 408(c)

so that the IRS may issue an approval

letter.

Current Actions: There are no changes

being made to the form at this time.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

600.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 12

hr., 46 min.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 7,662.

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: September 30, 1997.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Advisory Group to the Commissioner

of Internal Revenue

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of determination of

necessity for renewal of the Advisory

Group to the Commissioner of Internal

Revenue.

SUMMARY: It is in the public interest to

continue the existence of the Advisory

Group to the Commissioner of Internal

Revenue.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Merci del Toro, Office of Public Liaison,

C:I, Room 3308, 1111 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224;

Telephone: 202–622–5081 (not a tollfree number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

5 U.S.C. App. (1982), the Acting

Commissioner of Internal Revenue

announces the renewal of the following

advisory committee:

Title. Advisory Group to the

Commissioner of Internal Revenue (will

subsequently be referred to as the

Commissioner’s Advisory Group or

CAG).

Purpose. The CAG assists the Internal

Revenue Service by providing valuable

advice and information on general

management issues that determine how

taxpayers view the fairness and integrity

of the Federal tax system. The CAG also

provides invaluable advice and

recommendations on the administration

of new and existing servicewide tax

administration programs. The CAG’s

advice and recommendations also

provide the IRS with a gauge to measure

problems encountered by taxpayers

when dealing with the IRS or in meeting

their tax obligations. The CAG provides

an efficient and organized method of

obtaining timely comments from a

diverse section of the taxpaying public.

This organized forum is the least costly

method to obtain invaluable advice and

experiences from a balanced cross-
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1A copy of this list may be obtained by

contacting Ms. Jacqueline Caldwell, Assistant

General Counsel, at 202/619–6982, and the address

is room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547–0001.

section of professionals and private

citizens.

Statement of Public Interest. It is in

the public interest to continue the

existence of the CAG. The Secretary of

Treasury, with the concurrence of the

General Services Administration, has

also approved renewal of the group.

CAG members represent a wide

spectrum of the public, allowing the IRS

to easily obtain timely and pertinent

feedback.

Authority for the CAG will expire two

years from the date the Charter is

approved by the Assistant Secretary for

Management and CFO and is filed with

the appropriate congressional

committees, unless the CAG is renewed

prior to the expiration of the charter.

The Acting Commissioner of Internal

Revenue has determined that this

document is not a major rule as defined

in Executive Order 12291 and that a

regulatory impact analysis is not

required. Neither does this document

constitute a rule subject to the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.,

Chapter 6).

Dated: October 2, 1997.

Michael P. Dolan,

Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition Determinations

Notice is hereby given of the

following determinations: Pursuant to

the authority vested in me by the Act of

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C.

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March

27, 1978 (43 F.R. 13359, March 29,

1978), and Delegation Order No. 85–5 of

June 27, 1985 (50 F.R. 27393, July 2,

1985), I hereby determine that the

objects on the list specified below, to be

included in the exhibit, ‘‘The Nature of

Diamonds’’ (See listed) 1, imported from

abroad for the temporary exhibition

without profit within the United States,

are of cultural significance. These

objects are imported pursuant to a loan

agreement with the foreign lenders. I

also determine that the exhibition or

display of the listed exhibit objects at

the American Museum of Natural

History, New York City, New York, from

on or about November 1, 1997, to on or

about April 26, 1998; the Cranbrook

Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills,

Michigan, on or about the Summer

1998; the Denver Museum of Natural

History, Denver, Colorado, on or about

Spring 1999; The National History

Museum of Los Angeles County, Los

Angeles, California, on or about Spring

1999; the Milwaukee Public Museum,

Inc., Milwaukee Wisconsin, on or about

Fall 1999; the Field Museum of Natural

History, Chicago, Illinois; California

Academy of Sciences, San Francisco,

California; Houston Museum of Natural

Science, Houston, Texas, from on or

about January 2000 to on or about

December 31, 2002; and other sites in

the United States as scheduled, is in the

national interest. Public Notice of these

determinations is ordered to be

published in the Federal Register.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Les Jin,

General Counsel.

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