Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 14, 2001 / Notices 10345

provisions of 49 CFR part 229.17—

Accident reports.

Dated: Issued in Washington D.C.,

February 1, 2001.

Edward R. English,

Director, Office of Safety Assurance and

Compliance.

[FR Doc. 01–3733 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Financial Management Service;

Proposed Collection of Information:

Authorization Agreement for

Preauthorized Payment

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Financial Management

Service, 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 a

continuing information collection. By

this notice, the Financial Management

Service solicits comments concerning

the form ‘‘Authorization Agreement for

Preauthorized Payment.’’

DATES: Written comment should be

received on or before April 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Financial Management Service, 3700

East West Highway, Programs Branch,

Room 144, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form(s) and instructions

should be directed to Joann Franklin,

Product Promotion Division, 401–14th

Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20227,

(202) 874–7018.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial

Management Service solicits comments

on the collection of information

described below.

Title: Authorization Agreement for

Preauthorized Payment.

OMB Number: 1510–0059.

Form Number: SF 5510.

Abstract: This form is used to collect

information from remitters (individuals

and corporations) to authorize

electronic fund transfers from accounts

maintained at financial institutions to

collect monies for government agencies.

Current Actions. Extension of

currently approved collection.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual burden

Hours: 25,000.

Comments: Comments submitted in

response to this notice will be

summarized and/or included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget 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.

Dated: February 8, 2001.

Bettsy H. Lane,

Assistant Commissioner, Federal Finance.

[FR Doc. 01–3669 Filed 2–13–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds: Name Change—Signet

Star Reinsurance Company

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Fiscal Service, Department of the

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 10 to

the Treasury Department Circular 570;

2000 Revision, published June 30, 2000,

at 40868.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Signet

Star Reinsurance Company, has

formally changed its name to Berkley

Insurance Company, effective December

31, 2000. The Company was last listed

as an acceptable surety on Federal

bonds at 65 FR 40899, June 30, 2000.

A Certificate of Authority as an

acceptable surety on Federal bonds,

dated today, is hereby issued under

Sections 9304 to 9308 of Title 31 of the

United States Code, to Berkley

Insurance Company, Wilmington,

Delaware. The new Certificate replaces

the Certificate of Authority issued to the

Company under its former name. The

underwriting limitation of $22,118,000

established for the Company as of July

1, 2000, remains unchanged until June

30, 2001.

Certificates of Authority expire on

June 30, each year, unless revoked prior

to that date. The Certificates are subject

to subsequent annual renewal as long as

the Company remains qualified (31 CFR

Part 223). A list of qualified companies

is published annually as of July 1, in the

Department Circular 570, which

outlines details as to underwriting

limitations, areas in which licensed to

transact surety business and other

information. Federal bond-approving

officers should annotate their reference

copies of the Treasury Circular 570,

2000 Revision, at page 40874 to reflect

this change.

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: January 26, 2001.

Wanda J. Rogers,

Financial Accounting and Services Division,

Financial Management Service.

[FR Doc. 01–3668 Filed 2–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Form 8873

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