[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4642-4643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01531]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
United States Mint
Notice of Stakeholder Meeting
AGENCY: United States Mint, 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 its
second stakeholder meeting. This meeting continues the dialogue
concerning the Bureau's ongoing Research and Development of alternative
metal compositions for circulating coinage. This opportunity is for
interested members of businesses, industries, and agencies.
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EDT)
Location: United States Mint; 801 Ninth Street NW., Washington, DC,
2nd floor
Subject: The purpose of this meeting is to invite individual
members of stakeholder organizations to share their perspectives on how
the United States Mint would validate the acceptance of alternative
metal compositions presented in the most recent report to Congress
prior to circulation. The alternative metal compositions include those
with a similar electromagnetic signature (EMS) and weight
characteristics that fall within the acceptable tolerance range of the
United States Mint's current circulating coins as well as alternative
metals with different EMS and weight characteristics than current
circulating coins. 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. Conducting a
second stakeholder meeting is one component of the United States Mint's
continued outreach program to ensure to the greatest extent
practicable, that any new coins work without interruption in existing
coin acceptance equipment without modification and additional costs to
industry stakeholders.
Information: Attendees are invited to the following link for a copy
of the United States Mint's bi-annual report to Congress, December
2014. http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?action=biennialreport
The report includes a production costs analysis, coin industry
stakeholder feedback, the alternative metals study phase II technical
report, and estimated costs of current and alternative metals.
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 4, 2015.
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 16,
2015, 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. A
transcription service provider will document the oral comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Schwager, Office of Coin
Studies at OfficeofCoinStudies@
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usmint.treas.gov, or by calling 202-354-7291
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 5112(p)(3)(A); Public Law 111-302, section
2(a)(2)
Dated: January 20, 2015.
Richard A. Peterson,
Deputy Director for Manufacturing and Quality, United States Mint.
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