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A Rule by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau on 07/02/2003
TTB T.D.-2
Ref. Notice No. ATF-953
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The Treasury Department and its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau are correcting an error in the wine labeling regulations regarding the amelioration of fruit (non-grape) and agricultural wines. The Bureau is also making a number of technical corrections to the wine labeling regulations.
Jennifer Berry, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Regulations and Procedures Division, PO Box 18152, Roanoke, Virginia 24014; telephone (540) 344-9333.
Effective January 24, 2003, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 divided the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) into two new agencies, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) in the Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the Department of Justice. Regulation of wine labeling is the responsibility of the new TTB. References to ATF in this document relate to events that occurred prior to January 24, 2003, or to functions that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives continues to perform.
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau administers regulations published in chapter I of title 27 CFR. In a recent review of part 4 of this chapter, Labeling and Advertising of Wine, we noted an error at § 4.22(b)(5) regarding the amelioration of fruit (non-grape) and agricultural wines. We are correcting this error and making several other technical amendments to the wine labeling regulations in part 4.
The regulations at § 4.22(b)(5) state that fruit (non-grape) and agricultural wines may be treated with sugar or water in excess of the quantities prescribed for their standards of identity without TTB viewing such treatment as an alteration of class and type, if, among other conditions, “the content of natural acid is not less than 7.5 parts per thousand.” [Italics added.] This limitation of 7.5 parts per thousand is incorrect. Pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 5383 and 5384, the correct minimum acid level should be 7.69 parts per thousand. Start Printed Page 39455This level is correctly stated in § 24.178(b)(3) as 7.69 grams per liter. “Grams per liter” is equivalent to “parts per thousand.” In order to make these regulations accurate and consistent, we are amending the minimum acid limitation in § 4.22(b)(5) to 7.69 grams per liter.
We have identified a typographical error at § 4.21(h)(2), the standard of identity for imitation and substandard or other than standard wine. The phrase “other than standard wine” has been omitted from this section. The corrected regulation will read as follows:
(2) “Substandard wine” or “other than standard wine” shall bear as a part of its designation the words “substandard” or “other than standard,” * * *. [Addition in italics.]
We have also identified two technical errors at § 4.30(a). Both the first and second sentences of this section use the word “article” to refer to regulatory subparts. “Article” was the term used for subparts when the wine labeling regulations were written in 1935. Later revisions replaced “article” with “subpart,” but these two instances were overlooked. We are correcting this oversight.
We are also removing three obsolete sections from part 4. All three have been replaced with newer sections, and their requirements have been obsolete for years.
ATF published Notice No. 953 on October 3, 2002, proposing to make the corrections and technical amendments described above. No comments were received. Accordingly, we are now finalizing the proposed amendments.
We certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. We expect no negative impact on small entities. We are not imposing any new requirements. Accordingly, the Regulatory Flexibility Act does not require a regulatory flexibility analysis.
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, we are amending 27 CFR part 4 as follows:
2. Amend § 4.21 by revising paragraph (h)(2) introductory text to read as follows:
3. Revise § 4.22(b)(5) to read as follows:
4. Remove § 4.25.
5. Redesignate § 4.25a as § 4.25.
6. Amend § 4.30(a) by removing the word “article” where it appears and replacing it with the word “subpart”.
7. Remove § 4.35.
8. Redesignate § 4.35a as § 4.35.
9. Remove § 4.72.
10. Redesignate § 4.73 as § 4.72.
Signed: March 26, 2003.
[FR Doc. 03-16563 Filed 7-1-03; 8:45 am]