Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals

Federal Register: April 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 66)

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

OMB Number 1140-0021

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: Firearms

Transaction Record Part II--Intrastate Non-Over-the-Counter.

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. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until June 3, 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 Barbara Terrell, Firearms Enforcement

Branch, 99 New York Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20226.

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

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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: Firearms Transaction Record Part

II--Intrastate Non-Over-the-Counter.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: ATF F 4473 Part II (5300.9). Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and

Explosives.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or households. Other:

Business or other for-profit. The form is used to determine the eligibility of a person to receive a firearm from a Federal firearms licensee and to establish the identity of the buyer. The form is also used in law enforcement investigations to trace firearms or to confirm criminal activity.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated that 500 respondents will complete a 20 minute form.

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There are an estimated 165 annual total burden hours associated with this collection.

If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant,

Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice

Management Division, Department of Justice, Patrick Henry Building,

Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: April 1, 2008.

Lynn Bryant,

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.

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