2023-23643. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection, eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; Self-Certification, Training, and Logbooks for Regulated Sellers and Mail-Order Distributors of Scheduled ...

AGENCY:

Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.

ACTION:

60-Day notice.

SUMMARY:

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Department of Justice (DOJ), 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.

DATES:

Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until December 26, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

If you have additional 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 Scott A Brinks, Regulatory Drafting and Policy Support Section, Drug Enforcement Administration; Mailing Address: 8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152; Telephone: [phone], Email: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 Bureau of Justice Statistics, 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;

—Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected can be enhanced; 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.

Abstract: The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA), which is Title VII of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–177), requires that on and after September 30, 2006, a regulated seller must not sell at retail over the counter (non-prescription) products containing the List I chemicals ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, unless it has self-certified to DEA, through DEA's website. The Methamphetamine Production Prevention Act of 2008 (MPPA) (Pub. L. 110–415) was enacted in 2008 to clarify the information entry and signature requirements for electronic logbook systems permitted for the retail sale of scheduled listed chemical products.

Overview of This Information Collection

1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved collection.

2. Title of the Form/Collection: Self-Certification, Training, and Logbooks for Regulated Sellers and Mail-Order Distributors of Scheduled Listed Chemical Products.

3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: DEA Form 597. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division.

4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as the obligation to respond: Affected public (Primary): Private Sector—business or other for-profit. The obligation to respond is mandatory per 21 CFR 1314.

5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: DEA estimates that 20,467,641 persons respond as needed to this collection. Responses take 3 minutes for Training record, 15 minutes for Self-Certification, and 1 minute for Transaction Record (regulated seller) and Transaction record (customer).

6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated with the collection: DEA estimates that this collection takes 727,455 annual burden hours.

7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the collection, if applicable: $157,279.

Total Burden Hours

Activity	Number of respondents	Frequency	Total annual responses	Time per response (mins.)	Total annual burden (hours)
Training record	51,559	13.200	680,579	3	34,029
Self-Certification		1.000	51,559	15	12,890
Transaction record (regulated seller)		395.975	20,416,082	1	340,268
Transaction record (customer)	20,416,082	1.000	20,416,082	1	340,268
Unduplicated Totals	20,467,641	N/A	41,564,302		727,455

If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, Washington, DC.

Dated: October 19, 2023.

Darwin Arceo,

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