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60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Reports
of Suspicious Orders or Theft/Loss of Listed Chemicals/Machines.
FR Doc E7-24374 [Federal Register: December 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 241)]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration
[OMB Number 1117-0024]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments
Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review; Reports
of Suspicious Orders or Theft/Loss of Listed Chemicals/Machines.
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. Comments are
encouraged and will be accepted until February 15, 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 Mark W. Caverly, Chief, Liaison and Policy Section, Office of Diversion
Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC 20537. 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 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: Reports of Suspicious Orders or
Theft/Loss of Listed Chemicals/Machines.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: 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
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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 2,000
persons respond as needed to this collection. Responses take 15 minutes.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: DEA estimates that this collection takes 500 annual burden hours.
If additional information is required contact: Lynn Bryant, Department
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management
Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry Building, Suite 1600, 601 D
Street NW., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: December 11, 2007.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. E7-24374 Filed 12-14-07; 8:45 am]
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