Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 20, 1997.

The Department of 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.

U.S. Customs Service (CUS)

OMB Number: 1515-0021.

Form Number: CF 3499.

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Application and Approval to Manipulate, Examine, Sample, or

Transfer Goods.

Description: Customs Form 3499 is prepared by importers or

consignees as an application to request examination, sampling, or

transfer of merchandise under Customs supervision. This form is also an

application for the manipulation of merchandise in a bonded warehouse

and abandonment or destruction of merchandise.

Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,290.

Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 6 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 13,740 hours.

OMB Number: 1515-0046.

Form Number: CF 3485.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Lien Notice.

Description: The Lien Notice enables the carriers, cartmen, and

similar businesses to notify Customs that a lien exists against

individual/business for nonpayment of freight changes, etc., so that

Customs will not permit delivery of the merchandise from public stores

or a bonded warehouse until the lien is satisfied or discharged.

Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 5 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 8,897 hours.

OMB Number: 1515-0054.

Form Number: CF 3173.

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: Application for Extension of Bond for Temporary Importation.

Description: Imported merchandise which is to remain in the U.S.

Customs territory for one (1) year or less without duty payment is

entered as a temporary importation. The importer may apply for an

extension of this period on Customs Form 3173.

Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200.

Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 13 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 3,641 hours.

OMB Number: 1515-0148.

Form Number: CF 331.

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Manufacturing Drawback Entry and/or Certificate.

Description: The Manufacturing Drawback Entry and/or Certificate

serves as an entry, a certificate of manufacture and delivery (or the

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combination), or a certificate of imported merchandise necessary in the

filing of a claim for a refund of duty and/or internal revenue tax

paid.

Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents/Recordkeepers: 3,500.

Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent/Recordkeeper: 20 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/Recordkeeping Burden: 124,998 hours.

OMB Number: 1515-0154.

Form Number: CF 339.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: User Fees.

Description: The User Fees, Customs Form 339, information is

necessary for Customs to effectively collect fees from private and

commercial vessels, private aircraft, operators of commercial trucks,

and passenger and freight railroad cars entering the United States and

recipients of certain dutiable mail entries for certain official

services.

Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit

institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 60,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per Respondent: 20 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 20,000 hours.

Clearance Officer: J. Edgar Nichols (202) 927-1426, U.S. Customs

Service, Printing and Records Management Branch, Room 6216, 1301

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20229.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt (202) 395-7860, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

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