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###### Department of Justice

          - [OMB Number 1117-0004]

# AGENCY:

Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.

# ACTION:

30-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. This proposed information collection was previously published in the                         **Federal Register**                         on September 11, 2023, allowing for a 60-day comment period.                    

# DATES:

Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until December 18, 2023.

# 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 Scott A. Brinks, Regulatory Drafting and Policy Support Section, Drug Enforcement Administration; Mailing Address: 8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152; Telephone: (571) 362-3261, email:                         *scott.a.brinks@dea.gov.*

# 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 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, 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 1117-0004. 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                           ( print page 78790)                        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:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

                    2.                     *Title of the Form/Collection:*                     Application for Permit to Export Controlled Substances; Application for Permit to Export Controlled Substances for Subsequent Reexport.                

                    3.                     *Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection:*                     DEA Forms: 161, 161R, and 161R-EEA. The applicable component within the Department of Justice is the Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control.                

                    4.                     *Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract:*                     Affected public (Primary): Business or other for-profit. Affected public (Other): Not-for-profit institutions; Federal, State, local, and tribal governments.                

*Abstract:*Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR), Sections 1312.21 and 1312.22 require that any person who desires to export or reexport controlled substances listed in schedules I or II, any narcotic substance listed in schedules III or IV, or any non-narcotic substance in schedule III which the Administrator has specifically designated by regulation in § 1312.30, or any non-narcotic substance in schedule IV or V which is also listed in schedule I or II of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, must have an export permit.                

                    5.                     *Obligation to Respond:*                     Mandatory per 21 CFR 1312.                

                    6.                     *Total Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     162.                

                    7.                     *Estimated Time per Respondent:*                     30 minutes for DEA—161 (online) and 45 minutes for paper DEA-161, DEA-161R, and DEA-161REEA.                

                    8.                     *Frequency:*                     DEA-161 (online) is 49.39506173 and paper DEA-161, DEA-161R, DEA-161REEA is 13.44444.                

                    9.                     *Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:*                     5,635 hours.                

                    10.                     *Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden:*                     $0.                

*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 7, 2023.

Darwin Arceo,

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

[FR Doc. 2023-25323 Filed 11-15-23; 8:45 am]

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