Proposed Rule2023-12047
Consideration of Updates to Trade Practice Regulations
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Published
June 5, 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 30 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 request submitted by multiple stakeholder organizations.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 107 (Monday, June 5, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 36515-36516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12047]
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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. 216B; Re: Notice No. 216 and
Notice No. 216A]
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 30 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 request submitted by
multiple stakeholder organizations.
DATES: The comment period for the advance notice of proposed rulemaking
published November 9, 2022, at 87 FR 67612, is extended for thirty
days. Comments are now due on or before July 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 an advance notice of proposed
rulemaking (ANPRM) issued in November 2022, 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. In response to a request from eight alcohol
industry trade associations, TTB extended the comment period for Notice
No. 216 until June 7, 2023 (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>).
TTB recently received another joint request from the same eight
alcohol industry trade associations to extend the comment period for
the ANPRM for an additional 90 days. 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 several factors as a basis for their
request, and state that ``the additional time will allow all producers
and all retailers, large and small, to provide meaningful feedback and
evidence.'' The comment extension request submitted by the associations
is posted in Docket TTB-2022-11 as Comment 37 on the
``<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>'' website.
TTB also received a comment from the Brewers Association, an
industry trade association, opposing any further extension of the
comment period. In its comment, the Brewers Association notes that the
already-extended comment period for Notice No. 216 will have been open
for nearly 7 months by the June 7th closing date. The comment also
notes that as Notice No. 216 is an
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advance notice of proposed rulemaking, there will be further
opportunities to comment as the process continues with the issuance of
a notice of proposed rulemaking, and states that further postponement
of that process is unwarranted. The Brewers Association comment is
posted in Docket TTB-2022-11 as Comment 38 on the ``<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>''
website.
TTB has decided to extend the comment period for Notice No. 216 for
a final time, for an additional 30 days. TTB believes that this 30-day
extension of the comment period, in addition to the time that the
comment period has been open since November 2022, 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, which will provide an opportunity to
comment on proposed regulations, and ultimately conclude the rulemaking
in a timely manner.
Therefore, TTB will now accept public comments on Notice No. 216
through July 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.
Signed: June 1, 2023.
David M. Wulf,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-12047 Filed 6-1-23; 4:15 pm]
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