The IRC at 26 U.S.C. 5171 and 5172
provide that an application to register a distilled spirits plant
(DSP) be made in conformity with regulations issued by the
Secretary of the Treasury, while 26 U.S.C. 5201 requires DSPs to
operate in conformity with such regulations. Under these
authorities, the TTB regulations in 27 CFR part 19 prescribe the
use of TTB F 5110.41 to register a DSP or to make certain
amendments to an existing DSP registration. The TTB regulations in
27 CFR part 19 also require DSP operators to submit various
miscellaneous notices or requests to vary their operations from the
requirements of that part. In addition, the regulations in part 19
require persons who are neither registered DSPs nor applicants for
registration to submit applications or notices related to certain
distilled spirits activities, such as the establishment of an
experimental DSP or the use of spirits for research purposes. The
required information assists TTB in determining a person’s
eligibility to establish and operate a DSP, whether a variance from
TTB’s regulatory requirements should be approved, and whether
non-DSP entities are eligible to engage in certain distilled
spirits-related activities.
There are no program changes
associated with this information collection approval request. As
for adjustments, due to changes in agency estimates, TTB is
reporting an increase in the number of annual respondents and
annual responses to this information collection request. These
increases are due to an increase in the number of DSPs registered
with TTB, an increase in the anticipated number of new DSP
registrations due to growth in the “craft” segment of the industry,
and an increase in the number of DSPs that will apply for the
recently-enacted bond exemption (reported as a program change in
the last approval submission for this information collection
request). However, due to a TTB re-evaluation of the burden
associated with new DSP registration applications, we are
decreasing the overall estimated annual burden hours associated
with this information collection. Specifically, TTB notes an
overall increase of 674 responses to the three information
collections included in this request, but a decrease of 1,497
estimated annual burden hours.
$4,600
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Benjamin Birkhill 202 453-2268
benjamin.birkhill@ttb.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.