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RIN: 0648-AV76

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Collection and Use of Tax Identification Numbers From Holders of and Applicants for National Marine Fisheries Service Permits
Abstract: In conformance with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (Debt Collection Act), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will issue a rule to require that each existing holder of and future applicant for a permit, license, endorsement, authorization, transfer or like instrument issued by the agency to provide a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) (business' employer identification number or individual's social security number) and Date of Incorporation or Date of Birth, as appropriate. Under the Debt Collection Act, NMFS is required to collect the TIN to report on and collect any delinquent non-tax debt owed to the Federal Government. NMFS plans to use Date of Incorporation or Date of Birth information for administrative aspects of permitting procedures with appropriate confidentiality safeguards pursuant to the Privacy Act. The rule will specify (a) The particular uses that may be made of the reported TIN, (b) the effects, if any, of not providing the required information, (c) how the information will be used to ascertain if the permit holder or applicant owes delinquent non-tax debt to the Government pursuant to the Debt Collection Act, (d) the effects on the permit holder or applicant when such delinquent debts are owed, and (e) the agency's intended communications with the permit holder or applicant regarding the relationship of such delinquent debts to its permitting process and the need to resolve such debts as a basis for completing permit issuance or renewal. The rule will amend existing agency permit regulations and contain all appropriate modified and new collections-of-information pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 216 50 CFR 222 50 CFR 229 50 CFR 300 50 CFR 600 50 CFR 648 50 CFR 660 50 CFR 679 and 680 50 CFR 697
Legal Authority: 31 USC 7701 16 USC 1801 et seq 16 USC 1361 et seq 16 USC 1531 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/00/2008
NPRM Comment Period End	12/00/2008

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Alan Risenhoover Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13362, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone:301 713-2334 Fax:301 713-0596 Email: alan.risenhoover@noaa.gov