[Federal Register: December 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 241)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration
[OMB Number 1117-0024]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Reports
of Suspicious Orders or Theft/Loss of Listed Chemicals/Machines.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA), 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
until February 15, 2008. 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 Mark W. Caverly, 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, 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: Reports of Suspicious Orders or
Theft/Loss of Listed Chemicals/Machines.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection:
Form Number:
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: None.
Abstract: Persons handling listed chemicals and tableting and
encapsulating machines are required to report thefts, losses and
suspicious orders pertaining to these items. These reports provide DEA
with information
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regarding possible diversion to illicit drug manufacture.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: DEA estimates
that 2,000 persons respond as needed to this collection. Responses take
15 minutes.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: DEA estimates that this collection takes 500
annual burden hours.
If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant,
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: December 11, 2007.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. E7-24374 Filed 12-14-07; 8:45 am]
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