Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:

Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)

Notices

Pages 29792-29793

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

FR Doc No: 2011-12538

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

OMB Number 1117-0024

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comments Requested: Reports of Suspicious Orders or Theft/Loss of

Listed Chemicals/Machines

ACTION: 30-Day notice of information collection under review.

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 at 76 FR 14994, March 18, 2011, allowing for a 60 day comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days for public comment until June 22, 2011. 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 Cathy A. Gallagher, Acting Chief, Liaison and Policy Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration, 8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield, VA 22152; (202) 307-7297.

Written comments concerning this information collection should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attn: DOJ Desk Officer. The best way to ensure your comments are received is to e-mail them to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or fax them to (202) 395-7285. All comments should reference the eight-digit OMB number for the collection or the title of the collection. If you have questions concerning the collection, please contact Cathy A. Gallagher, Acting Chief, Liaison and Policy Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration, 8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield, VA 22152, (202) 307-7297, or the DOJ Desk Officer at (202) 395-3176.

Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of

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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 Information Collection 1117-0024

(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 sponsoring the collection:

Form number: Notification of suspicious orders and thefts is provided in writing on an as needed basis and does not occur using a form.

Component: 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 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 there are 300 responses to this collection and that responses occur on an as needed basis. Responses take 15 minutes.

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: DEA estimates that this collection takes 75 annual burden hours.

If additional information is required contact: Lynn Murray,

Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice

Management Division, Department of Justice, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street, NE., Suite 2E-808, Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: May 17, 2011.

Lynn Murray,

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

FR Doc. 2011-12538 Filed 5-20-11; 8:45 am

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