64476 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 209 / Friday, October 27, 2000 / Notices

Legal Division Performance Review

Board, Internal Revenue Service Panel:

1. Chairperson, Judith C. Dunn,

Deputy Chief Counsel (Operations);

2. Thomas M. McGivern, Counselor to

the General Counsel;

3. Cynthia J. Mattson, Deputy Division

Counsel (Large and Mid-Size Business);

4. Martha Sullivan , Deputy Division

Counsel ι2 (Small Business/Self

Employed);

5. Richard J. Mihelcic, Associate Chief

Counsel (Finance and Management);

6. Heather C. Maloy, Associate Chief

Counsel (Income Tax and Accounting);

7. Joseph F. Maselli, Area Counsel

(Large and Mid-Size Business)(Area

2)(Heavy Manufacturing, Construction

and Transportation).

In addition, I hereby appoint the

following persons to serve on the

Performance Review Board for the

Deputies Chief Counsel:

8. Robert E. Wenzel, Deputy

Commissioner of Internal Revenue; and

9. Eric Solomon, Acting Deputy

Assistant Secretary (Tax Policy).

This publication is required by 5

U.S.C. 4314(c)(4).

Dated: October 23, 2000.

Stuart L. Brown,

Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service.

[FR Doc. 00–27694 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds—Terminations;

Reliance Insurance Company, Reliance

Insurance Company of Illinois,

Reliance National Indemnity Company,

Reliance Surety Company, United

Pacific Insurance Company

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Fiscal Service, Department of the

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 2 to

the Treasury Department Circular 570;

2000 Revision, published June 30, 2000,

at 65 FR 40868.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that the Certificates of

Authority issued by the Treasury to the

above named Companies, under the

United States Code, Title 31, Sections

9304–9308, to qualify as acceptable

sureties on Federal bonds are

terminated effective immediately.

The Companies were last listed as

acceptable sureties on Federal bonds at

65 FR 40896, 40897, and 40903, June 30,

2000.

With respect to any bonds, including

continuous bonds, currently in force

with above listed Companies, bondapproving officers should secure new

bonds with acceptable sureties in those

instances where a significant amount of

liability remains outstanding. In

addition, bonds that are continuous in

nature should not be renewed.

The Circular may be viewed and

downloaded through the Internet at

http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570/

index.html. A hard copy may be

purchased from the Government

Printing Office (GPO), Subscription

Service, Washington, DC, telephone

(202) 512–1800. When ordering the

Circular from GPO, use the following

stock number: 048–000–00536–5.

Questions concerning this notice may

be directed to the U.S. Department of

the Treasury, Financial Management

Service, Financial Accounting and

Services Division, Surety Bond Branch,

3700 East-West Highway, Room 6A04,

Hyattsville, MD 20782.

Dated: October 16, 2000.

Judith R. Tillman,

Assistant Commissioner, Financial

Operations, Financial Management Service.

[FR Doc. 00–27672 Filed 10–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Form 706–A

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,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is

soliciting comments concerning Form

706–A, United States Additional Estate

Tax Return.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before December 26, 2000

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Garrick R. Shear, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5244, 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 5244, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: United States Additional Estate

Tax Return.

OMB Number: 1545–0016.

Form Number: Form 706–A.

Abstract: Form 706–A is used by

individuals to compute and pay the

additional estate taxes due under

Internal Revenue Code section 2032A(c)

for an early disposition of specially

valued property or for an early cessation

of a qualified use of such property. The

IRS uses the information to determine

that the taxes have been properly

computed.

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: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

180.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 8 hr.,

11 min.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,474.

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