Proposed Rule2023-00111
Consideration of Updates to Trade Practice Regulations
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Published
January 9, 2023
Effective
November 9, 2022
Issuing agencies
Treasury DepartmentAlcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Abstract
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is extending for an additional 90 days the comment period for an advance notice of proposed rulemaking it published on November 9, 2022, entitled, "Consideration of Updates to Trade Practice Regulations." TTB is taking this action in response to a joint request made by eight alcohol industry trade associations.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00111]
[[Page 1171]]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
27 CFR Parts 6, 8, 10, and 11
[Docket No. TTB-2022-0011; Notice No. 216A; Re: Notice No. 216]
RIN 1513-AC92
Consideration of Updates to Trade Practice Regulations
AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Treasury.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is
extending for an additional 90 days the comment period for an advance
notice of proposed rulemaking it published on November 9, 2022,
entitled, ``Consideration of Updates to Trade Practice Regulations.''
TTB is taking this action in response to a joint request made by eight
alcohol industry trade associations.
DATES: For the advance notice of proposed rulemaking published as
Notice No. 216 on November 9, 2022, at 87 FR 67612, comments are now
due on or before June 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may electronically submit comments on the advance notice
of proposed rulemaking and view copies of that notice, this comment
period extension notice, and any comments TTB receives within Docket
No. TTB-2022-0011 as posted on the <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> website at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. A link to that docket is available on the TTB
website at <a href="https://www.ttb.gov/laws-and-regulations/all-rulemaking">https://www.ttb.gov/laws-and-regulations/all-rulemaking</a>
under Notice No. 216. Alternatively, you may submit comments via postal
mail to the Director, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alcohol and
Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW, Box 12, Washington, DC
20005. Please see the Public Participation section of Notice No. 216
for information on the specific issues and questions on which TTB is
soliciting comments, and for information on the submission,
confidentiality, and public disclosure of comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Forster-Smith, Regulations
and Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G
Street NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; telephone 202-453-1039 ext.
150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through a recently-published advance notice
of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau (TTB) solicited comments on its trade practice regulations
related to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act's tied house,
exclusive outlet, commercial bribery, and consignment sales
prohibitions, which are contained in 27 CFR parts 6, 8, 10, and 11,
respectively. TTB published that ANPRM as Notice No. 216,
``Consideration of Updates to Trade Practice Regulations,'' in the
Federal Register on November 9, 2022, at 87 FR 67612. TTB solicited
comments on specific issues and questions set out in the ANPRM and also
invited comments on any other issue or concern related to its trade
practice regulations.
As originally published, the comment period closing date for the
ANPRM was March 9, 2023.
TTB recently received a joint request from eight alcohol industry
trade associations to extend the comment period for the ANPRM for an
additional 90 days; see Comment 21 as posted in Docket TTB-2022-0011 on
the ``<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>'' website at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. The
eight associations supporting the request are the Wine Institute, the
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), WineAmerica,
the American Distilled Spirits Alliance (ADSA), the Wine and Spirits
Wholesalers of America (WSWA), American Beverage Licensees (ABL), the
Beer Institute, and the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA).
The eight associations cite the changes to the beverage alcohol
industry since the trade practice regulations were last revised, the
differential affect changes to the regulations may have on small, mid-
size, and large producers, the broad scope of the ANPRM, and the on-
going holiday season as the reasons they are requesting an extension to
the ANPRM's comment period for an additional 90 days.
In response to that request, TTB is extending the comment period
for Notice No. 216 for an additional 90 days. TTB believes that the 90-
day extension of the comment period, in addition to the original 120-
day comment period, will be of sufficient length to allow interested
parties to consider and comment on the issues raised in the ANPRM,
while allowing TTB to then proceed with a notice of proposed rulemaking
and ultimately conclude the rulemaking in a timely manner.
Therefore, TTB will now accept public comments on Notice No. 216
through June 7, 2023. See the ANPRM, Notice No. 216, for complete
information on the specific issues and questions on which TTB is
seeking comment, as well as information on how to submit comments
electronically or by postal mail, and on the confidentiality and public
disclosure of any submitted comments.
Mary G. Ryan,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-00111 Filed 1-6-23; 8:45 am]
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