[Federal Register: November 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 226)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
[OMB Number 1110-0035]
Criminal Justice Information Services Division; National Instant
Criminal Background Check System Section; Agency Information Collection
Activities: Existing Collection, Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Approval
of an existing collection; The National Instant Criminal Background
Check System (NICS) State Point of Contact (POC) Final Determination
Electronic Submission.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division's NICS
Section will be submitting 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
60 days until January 25, 2008. This process is conducted in accordance
with Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Sec. 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 Natalie N. Snider, Management and Program
Analyst, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information
Services Division, National Instant Criminal Background Check System
Section, Module A-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West
Virginia, 26306, or facsimile at (304) 625-7540.
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:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency/
component, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's/component's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of the information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including 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:
(1) Type of Information Collection: Approval of an Existing
Collection.
(2) Title of the Forms: The National Instant Criminal Background
Check System (NICS) State Point of Contact (POC) Final Determination
Electronic Submission.
(3) Agency Form Number, if any, and the applicable component of the
department sponsoring the collection:
Form Number: 1110-0035.
Sponsor: Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice (DOJ).
(4) Affected Public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract:
Primary: Full State Points of Contact (POC) , Partial-POCs,
Alternate Permit State POCs.
Brief Abstract: This collection is requested of Full State Points
of Contact (POCs), Partial POCs, and Alternate Permit State POCs. Per
28 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 25.6(h), POC States are
required to transmit electronic determination messages to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services
Division's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
Section of the status of a firearm background check in those instances
in which a transaction is ``open'' (transactions unresolved before the
end of the operational day on which the transaction was initiated);
``denied'' transactions; transactions reported to the NICS as open and
subsequently changed to proceed; and overturned denials. The State POC
must communicate this response to the NICS immediately upon
communicating their determination to the Federal Firearms Licensee or
in those cases in which a response has not been communicated, no later
than the end of the operational day in which the transaction was
initiated. For those responses that are not received, the NICS will
assume the transaction resulted in a ``proceed.''
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
There are 21 State POCs and ten Alternate Permit State POCs who
conduct an average of 4,312,811 transactions per year. It is estimated
that 26 percent would be affected by this collection and would require
electronic messages sent to the NICS. This translates to 1,121,331
transactions, which would be the total number of annual responses. The
other 74 percent would not be reported in this collection. It will
require one minute (60 seconds) for each POC State to transmit the
information per transaction to the NICS. Thus, it is estimated that
collectively all respondents will spend 18,689 hours yearly submitting
determinations to the NICS. If the number of transactions were
distributed evenly among the POC States, then 603 hours would be the
estimated time for each of the 31 states to respond. Record keeping
time is part of the routine business process and is not part of this
calculation.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection:
The average yearly hour burden for submitting final determinations
combined is: (4,312,811 total checks x 26 percent)/60 seconds = 18,689
hours.
If additional information is required, contact: Ms. Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, Suite 1600,
Patrick Henry Building, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: November 20, 2007.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. E7-22945 Filed 11-23-07; 8:45 am]
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