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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 March 19, 2001 to

be assured of consideration.

Bureau of the Public Debt (PD)

OMB Number: 1535–0023.

Form Number: PD F 4000.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Request to Reissue United States

Savings Bonds.

Description: The form is used by

owners to identify securities for which

reissue is requested and to indicate the

new registration required.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

600,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 300,000 hours.

OMB Number: 1535–0042.

Form Number: PD F 2216.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Application by Preferred

Creditor for Disposition Without

Administration Where Deceased

Owner’s Estate Includes United States

Registered Securities and/or Related

Checks in an Amount not Exceeding

$500.

Description: PD F 2216 is used by a

preferred creditor of a decedent’s estate

to request payment of savings bonds/

notes and/or related checks not

exceeding $500, when estate is not

being administered.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

5,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 835 hours.

OMB Number: 1535–0062.

Form Number: PD F 2966.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Special Bond of Indemnity to

the United States of America.

Description: The form is used by the

purchaser of savings bonds in a chain

letter scheme to request refund of the

purchase price of the bonds.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

5,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 8 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 665 hours.

OMB Number: 1535–0091.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Regulations governing United

States Treasury Certificates of

Indebtedness—State and Local

Government Series.

Description: These are regulations

authorizing the issuing of United States

Treasury Bonds, Notes and Certificates

of Indebtedness of the State and Local

Government Series.

Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 167 hours.

Clearance Officer: Vicki S. Thorpe,

(304) 480–6553, Bureau of the Public

Debt, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV

26106–1328.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10226, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Mary A. Able,

Departmental Reports, Management Office.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

February 8, 2001.

The Department of the 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 March 19, 2001 to

be assured of consideration.

Bureau of the Public Debt (PD)

OMB Number: 1535–0092.

Form Number: PD Fs 4144, 4144–1,

4144–2, 4144–5, 4144–6, 4144–7, and

4144–8.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Subscription for Purchase and

Issue of U.S. Treasury Securities—State

and Local Government Series.

Description: The information is

necessary to establish the accounts for

owners of securities of State and Local

Government Series.

Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

5,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 2,500 hours.

OMB Number: 1535–0111.

Form Numbers: SB 2104, 2152, 2153,

2205, 2253, 2272, and 2305.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Authorization for Purchase and

Request for Change United States

Savings Bonds.

Description: These forms are used to

authorize employers to allot funds from

employee’s pay for the purchase of

Savings Bonds.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,600,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 1 minute.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 33,333 hours.

OMB Number: 1535–0127.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Offering of United States

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Company

Tax and Loss Bonds.

Description: Regulations governing

the issue, reissue, and redemption of

United States Mortgage Guaranty

Insurance Company 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, WV

26106–1328.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt,

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10226, New

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Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Mary A. Able,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

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BILLING CODE 4810–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Bureau of the Public Debt

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;

System of Records

AGENCY: Bureau of the Public Debt,

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of a new Privacy Act

system of records.

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department,

Bureau of the Public Debt, proposes to

add a new system of records to its

inventory of records systems subject to

the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a),

as amended. This action is necessary to

meet the requirements of the Privacy

Act to publish in the Federal Register

notice of the existence and character of

records systems maintained by the

agency (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4)).

DATES: The Bureau of the Public Debt

invites interested parties to submit

comments concerning the new system of

records on or before March 19, 2001.

The new system will become effective

without further notice on March 29,

2001 unless comments dictate

otherwise.

ADDRESSES: Please send written

comments to: Privacy Act Officer,

Bureau of the Public Debt, 999 E Street,

NW., Room 500, Washington, DC

20239–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Catherine Sargent, Information

Resources Management Analyst, (304)

480–7751.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this system of records is to

support Public Debt business processes,

provide electronic services to the public

(E-government), and improve service to

investors in Treasury securities.

Participation by Treasury securities

customers and potential customers is

entirely voluntary. Information

collected will allow Public Debt to

personalize services and provide

choices relating to the presentation of

account information held in Public Debt

systems.

The new system of records report as

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the

Privacy Act has been submitted to the

Committee on Government Operations

of the House of Representatives, the

Committee on Governmental Affairs of

the Senate, and the Office of

Management and Budget, pursuant to

Appendix I to OMB Circular A–130,

‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities for

Maintaining Records About

Individuals,’’ dated February 8, 1996.

The proposed Treasury/BPD .008-

Retail Treasury Securities Access

Application is published in its entirety

below.

Dated: February 8, 2001.

W. Earl Wright, Jr.,

Chief Management and Administrative

Programs Officer.

TREASURY/BPD.008

SYSTEM NAME:

Retail Treasury Securities Access

Application—Treasury/BPD.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Records are maintained at the

following Public Debt locations: (1) 200

Third Street, Parkersburg, WV; (2) Park

Center, 90 Park Center, Parkersburg,

WV; (3) H.J. Hintgen Building, 2nd and

Avery Streets, Parkersburg, WV; (4)

United Building, 5th and Avery Streets,

Parkersburg, WV; and 999 E Street, NW.,

Washington, DC.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Records cover those individuals who

own or make inquiries concerning

United States Treasury securities.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

The types of personal information

collected/used by this system are

necessary to ensure the accurate

identification of individuals doing

business with Public Debt or to provide

personalized service to these

individuals. The types of personal

information presently include or

potentially could include the following:

(a) Personal identifiers (name,

including previous name used; Social

Security number; physical and

electronic addresses; telephone, fax, and

pager numbers);

(b) authentication aids (personal

identification number, password,

account number, shared-secret

identifier, digitized signature, or other

unique identifier);

(c) customer demographics (age,

gender, marital status, income, number

in household, etc.); and

(d) customer preferences (favorite

color, hobby, magazine, etc.; preferred

sources for information, such as

television, newspaper, Internet, etc; or

dates of importance to the customer,

such as birth, anniversary, etc.).

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

31 U.S.C. 3101, et seq. and 5 U.S.C.

301.

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this system of records

is to support Public Debt business

processes, process electronic services to

the public (E-government), and improve

service to investors in Treasury

securities.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

These records may be disclosed to:

(1) Appropriate Federal, State, local,

or foreign agencies or other public

authority responsible for investigating

or prosecuting the violations of, or for

enforcing or implementing a statute,

rule, regulation, order or license where

the disclosing agency becomes aware of

an indication of a violation or potential

violation of civil or criminal law or

regulation;

(2) A court, magistrate, or

administrative tribunal in the course of

presenting evidence, including

disclosures to opposing counsel or

witnesses in the course of civil

discovery, litigation, or settlement

negotiations, or in response to a courtordered subpoena, or in connection

with criminal law proceedings where

relevant or potentially relevant to a

proceeding;

(3) A congressional office in response

to an inquiry made at the request of the

individual to whom the record pertains;

(4) Agents or contractors who have

been engaged to assist the Bureau of the

Public Debt in the performance of a

service related to this system of records

and who need to have access to the

records in order to perform the activity;

(5) The Department of Justice when

seeking legal advice or when (a) the

Department of the Treasury (agency) or

(b) the Bureau of the Public Debt, or (c)

any employee of the agency in his or her

official capacity, or (d) any employee of

the agency in his or her individual

capacity where the Department of

Justice has agreed to represent the

employee, or (e) the United States,

where the agency determines that

litigation is likely to affect the agency or

the Bureau of the Public Debt, is a party

to litigation or has an interest in such

litigation, and the use of such records by

the Department of Justice is deemed by

the agency to be relevant and necessary

to the litigation.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Records are maintained on electronic

media, multiple client-server platforms

that are backed-up to magnetic tape or

other storage media, and/or hard copy.