[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24058-24059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10355]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

[OMB Number 1140-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection 
Comments Requested: Report of Multiple Sale or Other Disposition of 
Certain Rifles

ACTION: 30-Day Notice.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) 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 242, page 79021 on December 17, 2010, allowing for a 
60-day comment period. ATF received 12,680 comments from this 
collection (8928 commenters support the collection, and 3752 commenters 
opposed to the collection).
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days 
for public comment until May 31, 2011. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. To ensure that comments on the 
information collection are received, OMB recommends that written 
comments be faxed to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
OMB, Attn: DOJ Desk Officer, Fax: 202-395-7285, or e-mailed to [email protected]. All comments should be identified with the OMB 
control number [1140-NEW]. Also include the DOJ docket number found in 
brackets in the heading of this document.
    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:

--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;
--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;
--The quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and
--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: New.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Report of Multiple Sale or Other 
Disposition of Certain Rifles
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: ATF F 
3310.12. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
    (4) Affected public who will be required to respond, as well as a 
brief abstract: Primary: Business or For-Profit. Other: None. Abstract: 
The purpose of this information collection is to require Federal 
firearms licensees to report multiple sales or other dispositions 
whenever the licensee sells or otherwise disposes of two or more rifles 
with the following characteristics: (a) Semi-automatic; (b) a caliber 
greater than .22 (including .223/5.56 caliber); and (c) the ability to 
accept a detachable magazine, to the same person at one time or during 
any five consecutive business days. This requirement will apply only to 
Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) who are dealers and/or pawnbrokers in 
Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents: ATF estimates 
that 8,479 respondents will be subject to the reporting requirement. 
However, ATF anticipates fewer than 30% of the potential respondents 
will be required to report multiple sales of the subset of rifles that 
is the subject of this collection. This estimate is based upon the fact 
that, during fiscal year 2010, 2,509 FFLs in the affected states 
submitted reports of multiple sales of hand guns. ATF estimates that a 
similar number of FFLs are likely to submit reports of multiple sales 
of the subject rifles.

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    (6) The estimated average burden per respondent: In fiscal year 
2010, 36,148 reports of multiple sales of hand guns sales were 
submitted by FFLs in the four southwest border states. Because the 
specified rifles ((a) semi-automatic; (b) a caliber greater than .22 
(including .223/5.56 caliber); and (c) the ability to accept a 
detachable magazine) are a subset of the long gun category, we estimate 
we will receive 18,074 reports of multiple sale of the specified rifles 
from FFLs located in the four southwest border states. We estimate that 
each report will take 12 minutes to complete. If we receive 18,074 
reports from 2,509 licensees the total burden is 3,615 hours. The 
estimated annual burden per respondent is 1 hour and 26 minutes.
    If additional information is required contact: Lynn Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, 2 Constitution 
Square, Room 2E-808, 145 N Street, NE., Washington, DC 20530.

     Dated: April 25, 2011.
Lynn Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2011-10355 Filed 4-28-11; 8:45 am]
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