Notice2025-18713
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Bureau of Engraving and Printing Features of Interest Survey for Banknote Equipment Manufacturers
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Published
September 26, 2025
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Treasury Department
Abstract
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to comment on the proposed information collections listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 185 (Friday, September 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 46464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18713]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Bureau of Engraving and Printing Features of Interest
Survey for Banknote Equipment Manufacturers
AGENCY: Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites
the general public and other federal agencies to comment on the
proposed information collections listed below, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 25,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, to Wendy Haines at Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, BEP and CRM Customer Support, 14th and C Streets SW,
Washington, DC 20228 or by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#591b1c140638373d061a0b14061a2c2a2d36343c2b060a2c2929362b2d193b3c29773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d59790988ab4bbb18a9687988a96a0a6a1bab8b0a78a86a0a5a5baa7a195b7b0a5fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be
obtained from Wendy Haines by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7e5e2eaf8c6c9c3f8e4f5eaf8e4d2d4d3c8cac2d5f8f4d2d7d7c8d5d3e7c5c2d789c0c8d1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a383f37251b141e2539283725390f090e15171f0825290f0a0a15080e3a181f0a541d150c">[email protected]</span></a>, calling (202) 870-4687, or
viewing the entire information collection request at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Features of Interest Survey
for Banknote Equipment Manufacturers.
OMB Control Number: 1520-0012.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Description: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing Feature of
Interest Survey for Banknote Equipment Manufacturers (BEMs) is
voluntarily completed by BEM companies to inform BEP's efforts to
develop features to be included in future Federal Reserve Note (FRN)
redesigns. The survey gives BEM companies the opportunity to comment
whether proposed features and/or FRN redesigns (a.k.a. Features of
Interest) can be detected, validated, transported, and stored by their
products. Banknote Equipment Manufacturers (BEMs) are companies that
produce any type of equipment that handles banknotes for commercial
purposes involving accept/reject decisions for FRNs.
Form: None.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for profits.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
Frequency of Response: 3 per year.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 45.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 45.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record. Comments are invited on: (a) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
through the use of technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
required to provide information.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Rachel W. McGuane,
BEP PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-18713 Filed 9-25-25; 8:45 am]
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