67408 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 24, 1997 / Notices

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: DOJ Desk Officer,

Washington, DC 20530. Additionally,

comments may be submitted to OMB via

facsimile to (202) 395–7285. Comments

may also be submitted to the

Department of Justice (DOJ), Justice

Management Division, Information

Management and Security Staff,

Attention: Department Clearance

Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20530. Additionally,

comments may be submitted to DOJ via

facsimile to (202) 514–1590.

Written comments and suggestions

from the public and affected agencies

concerning the proposed collection of

information 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, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

2. 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;

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 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 the Information Collection

1. Type of Information Collection:

Revision of a currently approved

collection.

2. Title of the Form/Collection:

Application for Registration (DEA Form

225) and Application for Registration

Renewal (DEA Form 225a).

3. Agency form number: DEA Fort

225, DEA Form 225a; Applicable

component of the Department of Justice

sponsoring the collection; 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 forprofit, Other: individuals or households,

Not-for-profit institutions and State,

Local or Tribal Government.

The Controlled Substances Act

requires all firms and individuals who

manufacture, distribute, import, export,

conduct research or dispense controlled

substances to register with DEA.

Registration provides a closed system of

distribution to control the flow of

controlled substances through the

distribution chain.

These revisions of the forms will not

add any burden to the affected public.

The subject forms are being revised to

provide the ability to use an Optical

Character Reader (OCR) for form

processing and to provide for registrants

Social Security Number and/or Tax

Identification Number. The OCR will

enable DEA to increase efficiency and

accelerate processing of registrant

applications. Social Security Number

and/or Tax Identification Numbers are

requested to correctly identify

registrants, to expedite application

processing, database integration and

telephone system upgrades.

5. An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 10,000 respondents at 1

response per year at 30 minutes per

response.

6. An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 5,000 annual burden hours.

Public comments on this proposed

information collection is strongly

encouraged.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW., Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 97–33571 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Revision of a Current

Approved Information Collection:

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of information collection

under review; Application for

Registration (DEA Form 224) and

Application for Registration Renewal

(DEA Form 224a).

Office of Management and Budget

approval is being sought for the

information collection listed below.

This proposed information collection

was previously published in the Federal

Register on July 7, 1997 at 62 FR 36306,

allowing for a 60-day public comment

period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow

an additional 30 days for public

comments until January 23, 1998.

Written comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in this

notice, especially the estimated public

burden and associated response time,

should be directed to the Office of

Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention DOJ Desk Officer,

Washington, DC 20530. Additionally,

comments may be submitted to OMB via

facsimile to (202) 395–7285. Comments

may also be submitted to the

Department of Justice (DOJ), Justice

Management Division, Information

Management and Security Staff,

Attention: Department Clearance

Officer, Suite 850, 1001 G Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20530. Additionally,

comments may be submitted to DOJ via

facsimile to (202) 514–1590.

Written comments and suggestions

from the public and affected agencies

concerning the proposed collection of

information 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, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

2. 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;

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 through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

Overview of the Information Collection

1. Type of Information Collection:

Revision of a currently approved

collection.

2. Title of the Form/Collection:

Application for Registration (DEA Form

224) and Application for Registration

Renewal (DEA Form 224a).

3. Agency form number: DEA Form

224, DEA Form 224a; Applicable

component of the Department of Justice

sponsoring the collection: Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration, Department of Justice.
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4. Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit, Other: individuals or households,

Not-for-profit institutions and State,

Local or Tribal Government.

All firms and individuals who

distribute or dispense controlled

substances must register with the DEA

under the Controlled Substances Act.

Registration is needed for control

measures over legal handlers of

controlled substances and is used to

monitor their activities.

These revisions of the forms will not

add any burden to the affected public.

The subject forms are being revised to

provide the ability to use an Optical

Character Reader (OCR) for form

processing and to provide for registrants

Social Security Number and/or Tax

Identification Number. The OCR will

enable DEA to increase efficiency and

accelerate processing of registrant

applications. Social Security Number

and/or Tax Identification Numbers are

requested to correctly identify

registrants, to expedite application

processing, database integration and

telephone system upgrades.

5. An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amounts of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 355,000 respondents at 1

response per year at 12 minutes per

response.

6. An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 71,000 annual burden hours.

Public comments on this proposed

information collection are strongly

encouraged.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 97–33572 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–09–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

Bureau of Justice Statistics; Agency

Information Collection Activities:

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

Under Review: Prison Population

Reports Midyear Population Counts and

Advance Year-end Population Counts—

National Prisoner Statistics 1997.

The proposed information collection

is published to obtain comments from

the public and affected agencies.

Comments are encouraged and will be

accepted for sixty days from the date

listed at the top of this page in the

Federal Register. This process is in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

Request written comments and

suggestions from the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information. Your

comments should address one or more

of the following four points:

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

collection of 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 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.

If you have additional comments,

suggestions, or additional information,

especially regarding the estimated

public burden and associated response

time, please write to Dr. Jan M. Chaiken,

Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics,

810 Seventh St. NW, Washington, D.C.

20531. If you need a copy of the

collection instruments with

instructions, or have additional

information, please contact James

Stephan at (202) 616–3289, or via

facsimile at 202–307–1463.

Overview of this information

collection:

(1) Type of information collection.

Revision of currently approved

collection.

(2) The title of the Form/Collection:

Prison Population Reports Midyear

Counts; and Prison Population Report

Advance Year-end Counts—National

Prisoner Statistics 1997.

(3) The agency form number and the

applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection.

Form: NPS–1A; and NPS–1B.

Corrections Unit, Bureau of Justice

Statistics, Office of Justice Programs,

United States Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

to respond, as well as a brief abstract:

Primary: State Departments of

Corrections. Others: The Federal Bureau

of Prisons. For the NPS–1A form, 52

central reporters (one from each State,

the District of Columbia, and the

Federal Bureau of Prisons) responsible

for keeping records on inmates will be

asked to provide information for the

following categories:

(a) As of June 30, 1996 and June 30,

1997, the number of male and female

inmates under their jurisdiction with

maximum sentences of more than one

year, one year or less; and unsentenced

inmates; and

(b) As of June 30, 1996 and June 30,

1997, the number of male and female

inmates in their custody with maximum

sentences of more than one year, one

year or less; and unsentenced inmates.

For the NPS–1B form, 52 central

reporters (one from each State, the

District of Columbia, and the Federal

Bureau of Prisons) responsible for

keeping records on inmates will be

asked to provide information for the

following categories:

(a) As of December 31, 1996 and

December 31, 1997, the number of male

and female inmates under their

jurisdiction with maximum sentences of

more than one year, one year or less;

and unsentenced inmates;

(b) The number of inmates housed in

county or other local authority

correctional facilities, or in other state

or Federal facilities on December 31,

1997 solely to ease prison crowding;

(c) As of the direct result of state

prison crowding during 1997, the

number of inmates released via court

order, administrative procedure or

statute, accelerated release, sentence

reduction, emergency release, or other

expedited release; and

(d) The aggregate rated, operational,

and design capacities, by sex, of each

State’s correctional facilities at year-end

1997.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics uses

this information in published reports

and for the U.S. Congress, Executive

Office of the President, practitioners,

researchers, students, the media, and

others interested in criminal justice

statistics.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

needed for an average respondent to

respond: 52 respondents each taking an

average 2.5 hours to respond.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 130 annual burden hours.