CHAPTER 11 SUBCHAPTER V HANDBOOKS & REFERENCE MATERIALS

Privacy Act Statement

28 U.S.C. § 589b authorizes the collection of individual debtor information, and provision of this information is mandatory under 11 U.S.C. §§ 704 and 1183.  The United States Trustee will use the information collected by required financial reporting forms (including UST Form 101-11(V)-NDR A, UST Form 101-11(V)-NDR B, UST Form 101-11(V)-NDR C, UST Form 101-11(V)-NDR D, UST Form 101-11(V)-NDR E, UST Form 101-11(V)-NDR F, and UST Form 101-11(V)-FR) to evaluate a chapter 11 debtor’s progress through the bankruptcy system and the subchapter V trustee’s administration of the case.  This information may be disclosed to a bankruptcy trustee or examiner when the information is needed to perform the trustee’s or examiner’s duties or to the appropriate federal, state, local, regulatory, tribal, or foreign law enforcement agency when the information indicates a violation or potential violation of law.  Other disclosures may be made for routine purposes.  The United States Trustee may also use this information to calculate statutory fee assessments under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(6) (when applicable).  For a discussion of the types of routine disclosures that may be made, you may consult the Executive Office for United States Trustee’s systems of records notice, UST-001, “Bankruptcy Case Files and Associated Records.” See 71 Fed. Reg. 59,818 et seq. (Oct. 11, 2006).  A copy of the notice may be obtained at the following link: http://www.justice.gov/ust/eo/rules_regulations/index.htm.  Failure to provide this information could result in the dismissal or conversion of the bankruptcy case or other action by the United States Trustee.  11 U.S.C. § 1112(b)(4)(F).