2024-27861. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Identification Markings Placed on Firearms

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Department of Justice

1. [OMB 1140-0050]

AGENCY:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Department of Justice.

ACTION:

30-Day Notice.

SUMMARY:

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.

DATES:

Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until December 27, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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: Jennifer Scott, FIPB, 99 New York Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20226, either by email at [e-mail] or [e-mail] or telephone at 202-648-7190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register , volume 89, page 81111, on Monday, October 7, 2024, allowing a 60-day comment period. 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, ( print page 93662) including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

—Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and/or

—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.

Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function and entering either the title of the information collection or the OMB Control Number 1140-0052. This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Justice, information collections currently under review by OMB.

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

Overview of This Information Collection

1. Type of Information Collection: Revision of a previously approved collection.

2. Title of the Form/Collection: Identification Markings Placed on Firearms.

3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: None. Component: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Department of Justice.

4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract:Affected Public: Private Sector-for or not for profit institutions. Abstract: Each licensed firearms manufacturer and licensed firearms importer must legibly identify each firearm by engraving, casting, stamping (impressing), or otherwise conspicuously placing on the frame or receiver an individual serial number, any associated license number, and all other additional required information to a depth of at least .003 inch and in a print size no smaller than 1/16 inch. Used to facilitate the investigations of the criminal use of firearms. Information Collection (IC) OMB #1140-0050 is being revised to reflect an increase in costs resulting from an increase in the number of respondents and firearms covered by the information collection, and from adding both a burden hour monetized value and start-up costs based on a rulemaking that occurred since the last time this collection was renewed.

5. Obligation to Respond: The obligation to respond is mandatory per 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44 and 26 U.S.C. § 5842.

6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,662 total respondents.

7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 minute.

8. Frequency: One per firearm.

9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 257,419,782 hours.

10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $45,598,278.00.

If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218 Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: November 22, 2024.

Darwin Arceo,

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