[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 6672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02332]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
United States Mint
AGENCY: United States Mint, Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of Stakeholder Meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and Continuity
Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-302), the United States Mint announces a
stakeholder meeting for the purpose of obtaining direct, first-hand
input on the impacts of alternative metal compositions for circulating
coinage from interested members of businesses, industries, and
agencies.
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2014.
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EDT).
Location: United States Mint; 801 Ninth Street NW.; Washington, DC,
2nd floor.
Subject: The purpose of this meeting is to invite members of
stakeholder organizations to directly share their perspectives
concerning circulating coins and the impacts of alternative metal
compositions. This input will support the Secretary of the Treasury in
understanding the balance of interests and impacts to the public,
private industry stakeholders, and the Government.
Information: Attendees are invited to the following link for a copy
of the United States Mint's bi-annual report to Congress, December 2012
and the Alternatives Metals study, completed August 2012. http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?action=biennialreport. The study
discusses alternative metals that could potentially change the
following attributes: Weight, color, electromagnetic signature. The
study also touches on implementation and transition periods.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Coin Modernization, Oversight, and
Continuity Act of 2010, in conducting research and development on
circulating coins, the Secretary of the Treasury is required to
consider:
(A) Factors relevant to the potential impact of any revisions to
the composition of the material used in coin production on the current
coinage material suppliers;
(B) Factors relevant to the ease of use and ability to co-circulate
new coinage materials, including the effect on vending machines and
commercial coin processing equipment and making certain, to the
greatest extent practicable, that any new coins work without
interruption in existing coin acceptance equipment without
modification; and
(C) Such other factors that the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with merchants who would be affected by any change in the
composition of circulating coins, vending machine, and other coin
acceptor manufacturers; vending machine owners and operators; transit
officials; municipal parking officials; depository institutions; coin
and currency handlers; armored-car operators; car wash operators; and
American-owned manufacturers of commercial coin processing equipment,
considers to be appropriate and in the public interest.
Special Accommodations: This meeting is physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or
other related accommodations should be directed to the Office of Coin
Studies (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) as soon as possible but
no later than March 3, 2014.
This is not a public meeting. Attendance is by invitation only.
Persons interested in attending the meeting should use the contact
information provided in this notice no later than Monday, March 10,
2014 to request an invitation and obtain additional meeting
information. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served
basis.
Input will be gathered orally, at the stakeholder meeting, and in
writing via a subsequent Federal Register notice requesting comment.
The oral comments will be documented by a transcription service
provider.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Schwager, Office of Coin
Studies at [email protected], or by calling 202-354-
6600.
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 5112(p)(3)(A); Public Law 111-302, section
2(a)(2).
Dated: January 29, 2014.
Richard A. Peterson,
Deputy Director, United States Mint.
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