[Federal Register: November 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 212)]
[Notices]
[Page 64109-64110]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of information collection under review:
Registrants' Inventory of Drugs Surrendered--DEA Form 41.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA), has submitted the following information collection request to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed
information collection is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for
``sixty days'' until January 3, 2005. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
If you have comments, especially on the estimated public burden or
associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument with instructions or additional
information, please contact Patricia M. Good, Chief, Liaison and Policy
Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Washington, DC 20537.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following
four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
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including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of this information collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Registrants' Inventory of Drugs
Surrendered--DEA Form 41.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: DEA Form
41. Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. Other:
Not-for-profit institutions, federal government, state, local or tribal
government. Abstract: Title 21 CFR 1307.21 requires that any registrant
desiring to voluntarily dispose of controlled substances shall list
these controlled substances on DEA Form 41 and submit the form to the
nearest DEA office. The DEA Form 41 is used to account for destroyed
controlled substances, and its use is mandatory.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: DEA estimates
that 22,000 respondents respond annually to this collection, averaging
30 minutes per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: DEA estimates the total public burden for this
collection to be 11,000 hours annually.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Dyer, Department Clearance
Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management
Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building, Suite
1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: October 28, 2004.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 04-24488 Filed 11-2-04; 8:45 am]
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