Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 58 / Monday, March 26, 2012 / Notices 17501 

Square, 145 N Street NE., Washington, 

DC 20530. 

Jerri Murray, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United 

States Department of Justice. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1123–0009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Comments Requested: 

Inspection of Records Relating to 

Visual Depictions of Simulated 

Sexually Explicit Performances 

ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information 

Collection. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ), 

Criminal Division, Child Exploitation 

and Obscenity Section (CEOS) will be 

submitting the following information 

collection renewal to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The information collection 

renewal is published to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. This information collection 

renewal was previously published in 

the Federal Register Volume 77, 

Number 13, pages 3003–04, on January 

20, 2012, allowing for a 60-day 

comment period. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comment until April 25, 2012. This 

process is conducted in accordance with 

5 CFR 1320.10. 

If you have comments especially on 

the estimated number of respondents, 

estimated public burden or associated 

response time, suggestions, or need 

additional information, please contact 

Andrew G. Oosterbaan, Chief, Child 

Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 

Criminal Division, United States 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20530, email: admin.ceos@usdoj.gov, 

phone: (202) 514–5780. This is not a 

toll-free number. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

(1) 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) 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) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How to 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. 

Summary of Information Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Renewal of a currently approved 

collection. 

(2) Title: Inspection of Records 

Relating to Visual Depictions of 

Simulated Sexually Explicit 

Performances. 

(3) Agency form number, if any: None. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. Other: None. Abstract: This is a 

renewal of an existing information 

collection implementing the 

recordkeeping, labeling, and inspection 

requirements of 28 CFR part 75, 

accounting for changes in the 

underlying statute made by Congress in 

enacting the Adam Walsh Child 

Protection and Safety Act of 2006. 

Need for Collection 

The information collection documents 

the recordkeeping, labeling, and 

inspection requirements for producers 

of visual depictions of actual and 

simulated sexually explicit conduct, 

and the certification regime for the 

exemption from these requirements, in 

certain circumstances, for producers of 

visual depictions of simulated sexually 

explicit conduct and visual depictions 

of actual sexually explicit conduct 

constituting the lascivious exhibition of 

the genitals or pubic area of a person. 

These statutory requirements of 28 CFR 

part 75, codified at 18 U.S.C. 2257 and 

2257A, are designed to ensure that 

visual depictions of sexually explicit 

conduct are produced in accordance 

with laws and regulations, and without 

the involvement of minors under 18 

years of age. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The Department is unable to 

estimate with any precision the number 

of entities producing visual depictions 

of simulated sexually explicit conduct. 

As a partial indication, the Department’s 

2008 regulatory review, including the 

information collection request and PRA 

Supporting Statement (RIN 1105–AB19), 

cited data collected by the U.S. Census 

Bureau in 2002. Employing the same 

method of analysis, according to data 

collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in 

2007, there were 11,974 establishments 

engaged in motion picture and video 

production in the United States. Based 

on a rough assumption that 10% of the 

establishments are engaged in the 

production of visual depictions of 

simulated sexually explicit conduct, the 

Department estimates that 

approximately 1,974 motion picture and 

video producing establishments are 

required to comply with these statutory 

requirements. (The Department does not 

Additionally, the statute provides an 

exemption from these requirements 

applicable in certain circumstances, and 

it requires producers to submit 

certifications to qualify for this 

exemption. From March 18, 2009, the 

effective date of the certification regime, 

to the present, the Department has 

received approximately 865 certification 

letters. For the entities that qualify for 

the exemption, the Department 

estimates that it would take less than 20 

hours per year to prepare the biennial 

certification required for the exemption. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: If OMB were to assume that 

3,000,000 visual depictions of simulated 

sexually explicit conduct are created 

each year and that it requires 6 minutes 

to complete the recordkeeping 

requirement for each depiction, the 

recordkeeping requirements would 

impose a burden of 300,000 hours. If, 

however, OMB were to assume that 

producers of 90% of these depictions 

qualify for the statutory exemption from 

these requirements, the requirements 

would only impose a burden of 30,000 

hours (These estimates were included in 

the Department’s 2008 regulatory 

review, including the information 

collection request and PRA Supporting 

Statement (RIN 1105–AB19). The 

Department does not certify the 

accuracy of these numbers.) 

If additional information is required 

contact: Jerri Murray, Department 

Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning 

Staff, Justice Management Division, 

Department of Justice, Two Constitution 

Square, Room 2E–508, 145 Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Jerri Murray, 

Department Clearance Officer, PRA, United 

States Department of Justice. 

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