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material for distribution at the meeting
should reach the Coast Guard no later
than February 7, 2003. If you would like
a copy of your material distributed to
each member of the Working Group in
advance of the meeting, please submit
15 copies to Mr. Miante at the address
in ADDRESSES, or an electronic version
to the e-mail address in FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT, no later than
February 7, 2003.
Information on Services for Individuals
With Disabilities
For information on facilities or
services for individuals with disabilities
or to request special assistance at the
meeting, contact the Assistant Executive
Director as soon as possible.
Dated: January 28, 2003.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security
& Environmental Protection.
[FR Doc. 03–2522 Filed 2–3–03; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Proposed Advisory Circular: Type
Certification of an Airplane Originally
Certificated to Joint Aviation
Regulations—Very Light Airplane
(JAR–VLA) Standards
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of and requests comments
on a proposed AC, which provides
information and guidance concerning
type certification of a Joint Aviation
Regulations—Very Light Airplane. This
notice is necessary to give all interested
persons an opportunity to present their
views on the proposed AC.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 7, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send all comments on the
proposed AC to: Mr. Pat Mullen, Federal
Aviation Administration, Small
Airplane Directorate, Aircraft
Certification Service, Standards Office
(ACE–110), 901 Locust, Room 301,
Kansas City, Missouri 64106.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Pat Mullen, telephone (816) 329–4128
or fax (816) 329–4090.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited
Interested persons are invited to
comment on the proposed AC by
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arguments as they may desire.
Commenters should identify AC 23–11A
and submit comments, in duplicate, to
the address specified above. All
communications received on or before
the closing date for comments will be
considered by the Small Airplane
Directorate before issuing the final AC.
The proposed AC can be found and
downloaded from the Internet at http:/
/www.airweb.faa.gov/DraftAC by taking
the following steps: Under ‘‘Search
Help’’ click on ‘‘Open for Comment.’’ A
paper copy of the proposed AC may be
obtained by contacting the person
named above under the caption FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Discussion
The subject advisory circular
describes one way to show compliance
to Title 14 of the Code of Federal
Regulations part 23 for type certification
of Joint Aviation Regulations—Very
Light Airplanes if the type certification
will be for either a part 23 Normal or
Utility Category Type Certificate or a
‘‘special class’’ airplane, following
§ 21.17(b).
Material in the AC is neither
mandatory nor regulatory in nature and
does not constitute a regulation. In
addition, the material is not to be
construed as having any legal status and
should be treated accordingly.
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri on January
28, 2003.
Michael Gallagher,
Manager, Small Airplane Directorate, Aircraft
Certification Service.
[FR Doc. 03–2525 Filed 2–3–03; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Management Service
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;
System of Records
AGENCY: Financial Management Service,
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of proposed new system
of records.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the
Financial Management Service gives
notice of a proposed new Privacy Act
system of records entitled ‘‘Treasury/
FMS .017—Collections Records.’’
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than March 6, 2003. The proposed
new system of records will become
effective March 17, 2003 unless
comments are received which would
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ADDRESSES: You should send your
comments to Robert Spiegel, Disclosure
Officer, Financial Management Service,
401 14th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20227. Comments received will be
available for inspection at the same
address between the hours of 9 a.m. and
4 p.m. Monday through Friday. You
may send your comments by electronic
mail to robert.spiegel@fms.treas.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Spiegel, Disclosure Officer, (202)
874–6837.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended,
5 U.S.C. 552a, the Financial
Management Service (FMS) is proposing
to establish a new system of records
entitled ‘‘Collection Records
—Treasury/FMS .017.’’ FMS collects
more than $2 trillion in Federal receipts
through a network of more than 10,000
financial institutions. It manages the
collection of Federal receipts such as
taxes, customs duties, loan repayments,
fines, fees, and lease payments. Citizens
and others make payments to the
Federal government in a variety of ways.
Many people mail a check to a post
office box, known as a ‘‘lockbox,’’ which
is managed by a financial institution as
the financial agent of the Department of
the Treasury. Some people pay over-thecounter for goods and services at the
time of receipt of those goods or
services. Others make payments
electronically by credit card, debit card,
or by authorizing the government to
debit their bank account. FMS offers a
variety of cost-efficient ways by which
Federal agencies may collect receipts
due from the public to the government
while ensuring that information
pertaining to such collections remains
secure and confidential.
FMS continually seeks to modernize
the government collections program.
Through its electronic money program,
FMS is initiating new collection
mechanisms using the Internet or other
communications networks to help
Federal agencies modernize their
collection activities. For example,
through an Internet site known as
‘‘Pay.gov,’’ a person can authorize a
payment to the government via the
Internet. Electronic Federal Tax
Payment System, or ‘‘EFTPS,’’ allows
taxpayers to authorize the payment of
certain types of taxes on-line. In both
cases, the payor submits information to
a government Web site, which allows
the government to debit the person’s
bank account or charge the person’s
credit card. The process used by the
government and the information
collected from payors is similar to how
the private sector handles commercial

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transactions over the Internet. Another
type of electronic collection mechanism
known as ‘‘paper check conversion’’
allows the government to convert a
paper check to an Automated Clearing
House (ACH) debit, that is, to an
electronic debit of the payor’s checking
account, as is done in the private sector.
With better technology, FMS expects to
develop new collections vehicles in the
future.
FMS’s electronic money programs are
developed to efficiently facilitate the
collection and reporting of receipts from
the public in accordance with legal
authorities. Simultaneously, FMS seeks
to protect the government and the
public from risks such as the
unauthorized use of electronic payment
methods, identity theft, and inadvertent
disclosure of confidential information.
The records covered by the proposed
system are necessary not only to process
financial transactions, but to
authenticate the identity of someone
electronically authorizing a payment to
the government and to verify the payor’s
ability to make the payment authorized.
Thus, the records are collected and
maintained for three primary reasons.
First, in order to process a payment
electronically, a payor needs to submit
his or her name and bank account or
credit card account information.
Without such information, FMS would
not be able to process the payment as
requested by the individual authorizing
the payment.
Second, to authenticate the identity of
the person initiating the electronic
transaction (i.e., user claiming to be
‘‘John Doe’’ is, in fact, ‘‘John Doe’’), FMS
may, in some instances, require some or
all of the following additional
information from an individual: date of
birth; driver’s license number;
employer’s name, address and
telephone number (currently, employer
information is not mandatory); user
name, password, and/or unique
question and answer chosen by the
person using the Internet to initiate the
electronic transaction. The information
collected and maintained for a
particular transaction will depend upon
the level of risk associated with the
transaction. FMS will work with the
Federal agency for which collections are
being made to determine the financial
risk associated with a transaction, as
well as the risk of identity theft. For
example, if an individual is paying an
obligation, such as a student loan, an
agency may need less information than
in the case of someone purchasing
goods from the government. The agency
may determine there is a lower
likelihood that someone would pay a
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someone would purchase goods in a
one-time non-recurring transaction with
the government. This is not to minimize
the amount of security associated with
an electronic loan repayment process,
which in any event will be stringent, but
to note that less personal information
may be needed in order to provide the
degree of security required for a
particular transaction type. FMS
recognizes that security needs must
always be balanced with privacy
concerns, and therefore, seeks to limit
personal information requirements to
only what is needed to securely process
transactions.
Third, to verify the financial and
other information provided by the
person initiating the electronic
transaction and to evaluate the payor’s
ability to make the payment authorized
(for example, to verify the validity of the
payor’s credit card account
information), FMS may compare
information submitted with information
available in FMS’s electronic
transaction historical database or
commercial databases used for
verification purposes, much like a store
clerk determines whether someone
paying by paper check has a history of
writing bad checks. The ability to
research historical transaction
information will help eliminate the risk
of fraudulent activity, such as the
purchase of government products using
an account with insufficient funds or
using a stolen identity. By collecting
and maintaining a certain amount of
unique personal information about an
individual who purchases goods from
the government, FMS can help ensure
that the individual’s sensitive financial
information will not be fraudulently
accessed or used by anyone other than
the individual.
The authentication of identity and
verification of account information is
required under FMS’s regulation
governing Federal agencies’ use of the
ACH system (see 31 CFR part 210). Part
210, which incorporates the private
sector rules governing ACH
transactions, requires a debit to a
consumer’s account to be authorized in
writing and signed or similarly
authenticated. For the ‘‘similarly
authenticated’’ standard to be met, the
process of obtaining a consumer’s
authorization electronically must
provide evidence of both the consumer’s
identity and his or her assent to the
transaction. In addition, the rules
governing ACH debits initiated over the
Internet require that an agency employ
a ‘‘commercially reasonable fraudulent
transaction detection system to screen
each entry’’ and use ‘‘commercially
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(bank account) routing numbers are
valid.’’ An agency is required to retain
a copy of each authorization for two
years. The information collected and
maintained for authentication and
verification purposes is intended to
assist agencies in meeting the
requirements of part 210.
In addition to the purposes cited
above, the information contained in the
covered records will be used for
collateral purposes related to the
processing of financial transactions,
such as collection of statistical
information on operations, development
of computer systems, investigation of
unauthorized or fraudulent activity
related to electronic transactions, and
the collection of debts arising out of
such activity.
Thus, the information contained in
the records covered by FMS’s proposed
system of records and FMS’s use of the
information is necessary to process
financial transactions while protecting
the government and the public from
financial risks that could be associated
with electronic transactions. It is noted
that the proposed system covers records
obtained in connection with various
mechanisms that are either used
currently or may be used in the future
for electronic financial transactions. Not
every transaction will require the
collection or disclosure of all of the
information listed under ‘‘Categories of
records in the system.’’ The categories of
records cover the broad spectrum of
information that might be connected to
various types of transactions. FMS has
attempted to cover the information
needed for the types of transactions
processed in today’s technological
environment, as well as some or all of
the information that might be required
in connection with future yet-to-be
developed collections mechanisms or
future security needs. Security needs are
constantly changing with the evolution
of technology. FMS is aware that the
information used today to authenticate
an individual and verify a transaction
may need to be upgraded in the future.
FMS recognizes the sensitive nature
of the confidential information it
obtains when collecting receipts from
the public and has many safeguards in
place to protect the information from
theft or inadvertent disclosure. When
appropriate, FMS’s contractual
arrangements with commercial database
vendors include provisions that
preclude the vendors from retaining,
disclosing, and using for other purposes
the information provided by FMS to the
vendor. In addition to various
procedural and physical safeguards,
access to computerized records is
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access codes, and other internal
mechanisms, to those whose official
duties require access solely for the
purposes outlined in the proposed
system. Access to the system is granted
only as authorized by a security
manager after security background
checks. The information in the
Collections Records system will allow
the public to enjoy the benefits of
electronic payment authorization while
minimizing the risks of identity theft,
fraudulent transactions, and the loss of
public funds.
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 Reform 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 November 30, 2000.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, FMS proposes a new system
of records Treasury/FMS .017–
Collections Records which is published
in its entirety below.
Dated: January 29, 2003.
W. Earl Wright, Jr.,
Chief Management and Administrative
Programs Officer.
Treasury/FMS .017
SYSTEM NAME:

Collections Records—Treasury/
Financial Management Service.
SYSTEM LOCATION:

Records are located at the Financial
Management Service, U.S. Department
of the Treasury, Liberty Center Building
(Headquarters), 401 14th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20227. Records are also
located throughout the United States at
various Federal Reserve Banks and
financial institutions, which act as
Treasury’s fiscal and financial agents.
The address(es) of the fiscal and
financial agents may be obtained from
the system manager below.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:

Individuals who electronically
authorize payments to the Federal
government through the use of
communication networks, such as the
Internet, via means such as Automated
Clearing House (ACH), check
conversion, credit card, and/or stored
value card.

electronically authorize payments to the
Federal government to the extent such
records are covered by the Privacy Act
of 1974. The records may contain
identifying information, such as an
individual’s name(s), taxpayer
identifying number (i.e., social security
number or employer identification
number), home address, home
telephone number, and personal e-mail
address (home and work); an
individual’s employer’s name, address,
telephone number, and e-mail address;
an individual’s date of birth and driver’s
license number; information about an
individual’s bank account(s) and other
types of accounts from which payments
are made, such as financial institution
routing and account number; credit card
numbers; information about an
individual’s payments made to or from
the United States (or to other entities
such as private contractors for the
Federal government), including the
amount, date, status of payments,
payment settlement history, and
tracking numbers used to locate
payment information; user name and
password assigned to an individual;
other information used to identify and/
or authenticate the user of an electronic
system to authorize and make payments,
such as a unique question and answer
chosen by an individual; information
concerning the authority of an
individual to use an electronic system
(access status) and the individual’s
historical use of the electronic system.
The records also may contain
information about the governmental
agency to which payment is made and
information required by such agency as
authorized or required by law.
The information contained in the
records covered by FMS’s proposed
system of records is necessary to process
financial transactions while protecting
the government and the public from
financial risks that could be associated
with electronic transactions. It is noted
that the proposed system covers records
obtained in connection with various
mechanisms that are either used
currently or may be used in the future
for electronic financial transactions. Not
every transaction will require the
maintenance of all of the information
listed in this section. The categories of
records cover the broad spectrum of
information that might be connected to
various types of transactions.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321; 31 U.S.C.
chapter 33; 31 U.S.C. 3720

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

PURPOSE(S):

Collections records containing
information about individuals who

The purpose of this system is to
maintain records about individuals who

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electronically authorize payments to the
Federal government. The information
contained in the records is maintained
for the purpose of facilitating the
collection and reporting of receipts from
the public to the Federal government
and to minimize the financial risk to the
Government and the public of
unauthorized use of electronic payment
methods. Examples of payment
mechanisms authorized electronically
include ACH, check conversion, credit
card, or stored value cards. Individuals
may authorize payments using paper
check conversion or Internet-based
systems through programs such as
‘‘Pay.gov’’ and ‘‘Electronic Federal
Taxpayer Payment System (EFTPS).’’
The information also is maintained to:
(a) Provide collections information to
the Federal agency collecting the public
receipts;
(b) Authenticate the identity of
individuals who electronically
authorize payments to the Federal
government;
(c) Verify the payment history and
eligibility of individuals to
electronically authorize payments to the
Federal government;
(d) Provide statistical information on
collections operations;
(e) Test and develop enhancements to
the computer systems that contain the
records; and
(f) Collect debts owed to the Federal
government from individuals when the
debt arises from the unauthorized use of
electronic payment methods.
FMS’s use of the information
contained in the records is necessary to
process financial transactions while
protecting the government and the
public from financial risks that could be
associated with electronic transactions.
The records are collected and
maintained for three primary reasons.
First, in order to process a payment
electronically, a payor needs to submit
his or her name and bank account or
credit card account information.
Without such information, FMS would
not be able to process the payment as
requested by the individual authorizing
the payment. Second, to authenticate
the identity of the person initiating the
electronic transaction, FMS may, in
some instances, require some or all of
the information described in ‘‘Categories
of records in the system,’’ above,
depending upon the level of risk
associated with a particular type of
transaction. Third, to verify the
financial and other information
provided by the person initiating the
electronic transaction and to evaluate
the payor’s ability to make the payment
authorized, FMS may compare
information submitted with information

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available in FMS’s electronic
transaction historical database or
commercial databases used for
verification purposes, much like a store
clerk determines whether someone
paying by paper check has a history of
writing bad checks. The ability to
research historical transaction
information will help eliminate the risk
of fraudulent activity, such as the
purchase of government products using
an account with insufficient funds or
using a stolen identity. By collecting
and maintaining a certain amount of
unique personal information about an
individual who purchases goods from
the government, FMS can help ensure
that the individual’s sensitive financial
information will not be fraudulently
accessed or used by anyone other than
the individual.
In addition, the information contained
in the covered records will be used for
collateral purposes related to the
processing of financial transactions,
such as collection of statistical
information on operations, development
of computer systems, investigation of
unauthorized or fraudulent activity
related to electronic transactions, and
the collection of debts arising out of
such activity.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

These records may be used to disclose
information to:
(1) Appropriate Federal, state, local or
foreign agencies responsible for
investigating or prosecuting the
violation of, or for enforcing or
implementing, a statute, rule,
regulation, order, or license, but only if
the investigation, prosecution,
enforcement or implementation
concerns a transaction(s) or other
event(s) that involved (or contemplates
involvement of), in whole or part, an
electronic method of collecting receipts
for the Federal government. The records
and information may also be disclosed
to commercial database vendors to the
extent necessary to obtain information
pertinent to such an investigation,
prosecution, enforcement or
implementation.
(2) Commercial database vendors for
the purposes of authenticating the
identity of individuals who
electronically authorize payments to the
Federal government, to obtain
information on such individuals’
payment or check writing history, and
for administrative purposes, such as
resolving a question about a transaction.
For purposes of this notice, the term
‘‘commercial database vendors’’ means
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information from consumer credit,
check verification, and address
databases.
(3) A court, magistrate, or
administrative tribunal, in the course of
presenting evidence, including
disclosures to opposing counsel or
witnesses, for the purpose of civil
discovery, litigation, or settlement
negotiations or in response to a
subpoena, where arguably relevant to
the litigation, or in connection with
criminal law proceedings.
(4) A congressional office in response
to an inquiry made at the request of the
individual to whom the record pertains.
(5) Fiscal agents, financial agents,
financial institutions, and contractors
for the purpose of performing financial
management services, including, but not
limited to, processing payments,
investigating and rectifying possible
erroneous reporting information,
creating and reviewing statistics to
improve the quality of services
provided, conducting debt collection
services, or developing, testing and
enhancing computer systems.
(6) Federal agencies, their agents and
contractors for the purposes of
facilitating the collection of receipts,
determining the acceptable method of
collection, the accounting of such
receipts, and the implementation of
programs related to the receipts being
collected.
(7) Federal agencies, their agents and
contractors, credit bureaus, and
employers of individuals who owe
delinquent debt for the purpose of
garnishing wages only when the debt
arises from the unauthorized use of
electronic payment methods. The
information will be used for the purpose
of collecting such debt through offset,
administrative wage garnishment,
referral to private collection agencies,
litigation, reporting the debt to credit
bureaus, or for any other authorized
debt collection purpose.
(8) Financial institutions, including
banks and credit unions, and credit card
companies for the purpose of collections
and/or investigating the accuracy of
information required to complete
transactions using electronic methods
and for administrative purposes, such as
resolving questions about a transaction.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:

Debt information concerning a
government claim against a debtor when
the debt arises from the unauthorized
use of electronic payment methods is
also furnished, in accordance with 5
U.S.C. 552a(b)(12) and 31 U.S.C.
3711(e), to consumer reporting agencies,
as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting

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Act, 5 U.S.C. 1681(f), to encourage
repayment of a delinquent debt.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:

Records are maintained in electronic
media.
RETRIEVABILITY:

Records are retrieved by account
number (such as financial institution
account number or credit card account
number), name (including an
authentication credential, e.g., a user
name), social security number,
transaction identification number, or
other alpha/numeric identifying
information.
SAFEGUARDS:

All officials access the system of
records on a need-to-know basis only, as
authorized by the system manager after
security background checks. Procedural
and physical safeguards, such as
personal accountability, audit logs, and
specialized communications security,
are utilized. Accountability and audit
logs allow systems managers to track the
actions of every user of the system. Each
user has an individual password (as
opposed to a group password) for which
he or she is responsible. Thus, a system
manager can identify access to the
records by user. Access to computerized
records is limited, through use of
encryption, access codes, and other
internal mechanisms, to those whose
official duties require access. Storage
facilities are secured by various means
such as security guards, locked doors
with key entry, and limited virtual
access requiring a physical token.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records for payments and associated
transactions will be retained for seven
(7) years or as otherwise required by
statute or court order. Audit logs of
transactions will be retained for a period
of six (6) months or as otherwise
required by statute or court order.
Records in electronic media are
electronically erased using industryaccepted techniques.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Chief Architect, Electronic Commerce,
Federal Finance, Financial Management
Service, 401 14th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20227.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Inquiries under the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended, shall be addressed to
the Disclosure Officer, Financial
Management Service, 401 14th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20227. All

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individuals making inquiries should
provide with their request as much
descriptive matter as is possible to
identify the particular record desired.
The system manager will advise as to
whether FMS maintains the records
requested by the individual.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Individuals requesting information
under the Privacy Act of 1974, as
amended, concerning procedures for
gaining access to or contesting records
should write to the Disclosure Officer.
All individuals are urged to examine the
rules of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury published in 31 CFR part 1,
subpart C, and appendix G, concerning
requirements of this Department with
respect to the Privacy Act of 1974, as
amended.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

See ‘‘Record access procedures’’
above.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information in this system is provided
by the individual on whom the record
is maintained (or by his or her
authorized representative), other
persons who electronically authorize
payments to the Federal government,
Federal agencies responsible for
collecting receipts, Federal agencies
responsible for disbursing and issuing
Federal payments, Treasury fiscal and
financial agents that process collections,
and commercial database vendors.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Customs Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request; Declaration of Person Who
Performed Repairs
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, Customs invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on an information collection
requirement concerning the Declaration
of a Person Who Performed Repairs.
This request for comment is being made
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–13; 44
U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)).

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DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 7, 2003, to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to U.S. Customs Service, Information
Services Group, Attn.: Tracey Denning,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room
3.2C, Washington, DC 20229.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to U.S. Customs
Service, Attn.: Tracey Denning, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 3.2C,
Washington, DC 20229, Tel. (202) 927–
1429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Customs
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13;
44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)). The comments
should address: (1) 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 estimates 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 including
the use of automated collection
techniques or the use of other forms of
information technology; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and
costs of operations, maintenance, and
purchase of services to provide
information. The comments that are
submitted will be summarized and
included in the Customs request for
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record. In this
document Customs is soliciting
comments concerning the following
information collection:
Title: Declaration of Person Who
Performed Repairs.
OMB Number: 1515–0137.
Form Number: None.
Abstract: The Declaration of Person
Who Performed Repairs is used by
Customs to ensure duty-free status for
entries covering articles repaired
aboard. It must be filed by importers
claiming duty-free status.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to the information collection. This
submission is being submitted to extend
the expiration date.
Type of Review: Extension (without
change).
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20,472.

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Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 10,236.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost on
the Public: N/A.
Dated: January 27, 2003.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, Information
Services Branch.
[FR Doc. 03–2589 Filed 2–3–03; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Customs Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request Deferral of Duty on Large
Yachts Imported for Sale
AGENCY: U.S. Customs, Department of
the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, Customs invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on an information collection
requirement concerning the Deferral of
Duty on Large Yachts Imported for Sale.
This request for comment is being made
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C.
3505(c)(2)).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 7, 2003, to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Tracey Denning, Customs Service,
Information Services Group, Room
3.2.C, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20229.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to U.S. Customs
Service, Attn.: Tracey Denning, Room
3.2.C, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20229, Tel. (202) 927–
1429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Customs
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13;
44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)). The comments
should address: (1) 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 estimates of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to

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