[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 54653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22384]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

[OMB Number 1117-0047]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested; Application for Import Quota for Ephedrine, 
Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine (DEA Form 488)

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review.

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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. This proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register, Volume 75, Number 128, 
Page 38834 on July 6, 2010, allowing for a 60 day comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days 
for public comment until October 8, 2010. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained 
in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, should be directed to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503. Additionally, 
comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 395-5806.
    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 agency's 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 Information Collection 1117-0013

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Import Quota for 
Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine (DEA Form 488).
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: DEA Form 488, 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: 21 U.S.C. 952 and 21 CFR 1315.34 require that persons who 
desire to import the List I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and 
phenylpropanolamine during the next calendar year shall apply on DEA 
Form 488 for import quota for such List I chemicals.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: DEA estimates 
that fifty-seven (57) individual respondents will submit eighty (80) 
individual import quota applications. DEA estimates that each response 
will take one hour.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: DEA estimates that this collection will involve 
eighty (80) annual public burden hours.

IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED CONTACT:  Lynn Murray, Department 
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice 
Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution 
Square, 145 N Street, NE., Suite 2E-502, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: August 2, 2010.
Lynn Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2010-22384 Filed 9-7-10; 8:45 am]
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