Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 158 / Thursday, August 14, 2008 / Notices 47645 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

[INTL–941–86 and INTL–655–87] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

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 an 

existing notice of proposed rulemaking, 

INTL–941–86, and temporary 

regulation, INTL–655–87 (TD 8178), 

Passive Foreign Investment Companies 

(§§ 1.1294–1T and 1.1297–3T). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 14, 2008 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 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 Allan Hopkins, 

(202) 622–6665, at Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224, 

or through the Internet at 

Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Passive Foreign Investment 

Companies. 

OMB Number: 1545–1028. 

Regulation Project Number: INTL–

941–86 (Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking) and INTL–655–87 

(Temporary regulation). 

Abstract: These regulations specify 

how U.S. persons who are shareholders 

of passive foreign investment companies 

(PFICs) make elections with respect to 

their PFIC stock. 

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: 

275,000. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 25 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 112,500. 

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 will 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: July 31, 2008. 

Glenn P. Kirkland, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–18785 Filed 8–13–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

UTAH RECLAMATION MITIGATION 

AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Lower Duchesne River 

Wetlands Mitigation Project (LDWP), 

Duchesne and Uintah Counties, UT 

AGENCY: Utah Reclamation Mitigation 

and Conservation Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Record of Decision (ROD). 

SUMMARY: On May 22, 2008, the Utah 

Reclamation Mitigation and 

Conservation Commission 

(Commission) selected the Proposed 

Action presented in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), 

Lower Duchesne River Wetlands 

Mitigation Project (LDWP), April 2008. 

The Record of Decision (ROD) for that 

action is available as described below. 

The LDWP is required to mititate for 

impacts of the Bonneville Unit of the 

Central Utah Project and to fulfill other 

commitments to the Ute Indian Tribe 

made as part of the Central Utah Project. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior—

Central Utah Project Completion Act 

Office, and the Commission were jointlead agencies for the FEIS, and the Ute 

Indian Tribe was the lead planning 

partner. The LDWP FEIS addresses 

potential impacts related to construction 

and operation of features proposed for 

the LDWP and incorporates responses to 

public comments received on the Draft 

EIS. Based on the information and 

analyses in the FEIS and other relevant 

information, the Commission 

determined the Proposed Action 

responds best to LDWP needs and 

purposes and does so in an 

environmentally sound manner with 

least potential for adverse effects on 

social and economic resources. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and/or 

FEIS can be obtained at the Utah 

Reclamation Mitigation and 

Conservation Commission, 230 South 

500 East, Suite 230, Salt Lake City, 

Utah, 84102–2045. They may also be 

viewed on the internet via the following 

Web address: http:// 

www.mitigationcommission.gov/ 

news.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Richard Mingo, Planning Coordinator at 

(801) 524–3168. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

LDWP will fulfill certain environmental 

mitigation commitments of the 

Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah 

Project. The Strawberry Aqueduct and 

Collection System is a key component of 

the Bonneville Unit, collecting water 

from the Upper Duchesne River and its 

tributaries and storing it in Strawberry 

Reservoir for delivery westward to the 

Wasatch Front in Utah. As a result, 

wetlands and wildlife habitats along the 

Duchesne River have been adversely 

impacted. Substantial wetland impacts 

occurred on the Uintah and Ouray 

Reservation lands of the Ute Indian 

Tribe. The LDWP has been planned in 

conjunction with the Ute Indian Tribe 

and is intended to fulfill a longstanding 

commitment to mitigate for these 

impacts on Ute Indian tribal wetland 

wildlife resources and to provide 

additional wetland/wildlife benefits to 

the Ute Indian Tribe. The Proposed 

Action would create, restore, and 

otherwise enhance riparian wetland 

habitats along or near the Duchesne 


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