[Federal Register: November 21, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 225)]
[Notices]
[Page 70241-70242]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Instant Criminal Background Check System Section
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comments Requested
AGENCY: 60 day notice of information collection under review: extension
of a currently approved collection; Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL)
enrollment e-check enrollment form FFL officer employee acknowledge of
responsibilities under the National Instant Criminal Background Check
System (NICS) form.
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), National Instant Criminal Background
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Check System (NICS) Section has submitted 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 60 days until January 21, 2003. 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 Natalie Goff-Haggerty, Program Analyst,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services
(CJIS) Division, NICS Section, Module A-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road,
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306, or facsimile at (304) 625-2356.
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:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency/
component, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's/component's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of the information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including 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
(1) Type of information collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
(2) Title of the form: Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Enrollment/
E-check Enrollment Form, FFL Officer/Employee Acknowledgment of
Responsibilities under the National Instant Criminal Background Check
System (NICS) Form.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
department sponsoring the collection:
Form number: 1110-0026.
Sponsor: Criminal Justice Information (CJIS) Services Division of
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice (DOJ).
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract:
Primary: Any Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) or State Point of
Contact (POC) requesting access to conduct NICS Checks telephonically
or by the Internet through the NICS E-Check.
Brief abstract: The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993,
required the Attorney General to establish a national instant criminal
background check system that any Federal Firearms Licensee may contact,
by telephone or by other electronic means, such as the NICS E-Check,
for information, to be supplied immediately, on whether receipt of a
firearm to a prospective purchaser would violate state or federal law.
Information pertaining to licensees who may contact the NICS is being
collected to manage and control access to the NICS and to the NICS E-
Check, to ensure appropriate resources are available to support the
NICS, and also to ensure the privacy and security of NICS information.
(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 enrollment occurs at approximately 500 per
month for a total of 6,000 per year.
The average response time for reading the directions for the
Federal Firearms Licensee Enrollment/E-Check Enrollment Form is
estimated to be two minutes; time to complete the form is estimated to
be three minutes; and the time it takes to assemble, mail, or fax the
form to the FBI is estimated to be three minutes, for a total of eight
minutes. It is estimated that enrollment occurs at approximately 500
per month for a total of 6,000 per year.
The average hour burden for this specific form is 6,000 x 8
minutes/60 = 800 hours.
The FFL Officer/Employee Acknowledgment of Responsibilities Form
takes approximately three minutes to read the responsibilities and two
minutes to complete the form, for a total of five minutes. The average
hour burden for this specific form is 6,000 x 5 minutes/60 = 500 hours.
The accompanying letter mailed with the packet takes an additional
two minutes to read which would be 6,000 x 2 minutes/60 = 200 hours.
The entire process of reading the letter and completing both forms
would take 15 minutes per respondent. The average hour burden for
completing both forms and reading the accompanying letter would be
6,000 x 15/60 = 1,500 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection:
The entire process of reading the letter and completing both forms
would take 15 minutes per respondent. The average hour burden for
completing both forms and reading the accompanying letter would be
6,000 x 15/60 = 1,500 hours.
If additional information is required, contact: Mr. Robert B.
Briggs, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of
Justice, Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management
Division, Suite 1600, Patrick Henry Building, 601 D Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: November 18, 2002.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 02-29584 Filed 11-20-02; 8:45 am]
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