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TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Activity Number of 

respondents 

Total annual 

responses 

Time per response 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

DEA—224 ....................................................... 146,285 ........................ 0.33 hours (20 minutes) ................................. 48,762 

DEA—224A ..................................................... 524,196 ........................ 0.17 hours (10 minutes) ................................. 87,366 

Unduplicated Totals ................................. 670,481 ........................ ......................................................................... 136,366 

If additional information is required 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: October 1, 2024. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23027 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1117–0060] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; New 

Information Collection Request; 

Emergency Medical Services 

Recordkeeping and Notice 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Drug Enforcement 

Administration, Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 60-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. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

December 6, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional 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 

Heather E. Achbach, Regulatory Drafting 

and Policy Support Section, Drug 

Enforcement Administration; Mailing 

Address: 8701 Morrissette Drive, 

Springfield, Virginia 22152; Telephone: 

(571) 776–3882; Email: DEA.PRA@

dea.gov or Heather.E.Achbach@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 Bureau of Justice 

Statistics, 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; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; 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. 

Abstract: The Controlled Substances 

Act (CSA) (21 U.S.C. 801–971) requires 

all persons who handle controlled 

substances to obtain a registration from 

the Attorney General. 21 U.S.C. 822, 

823, 831, 957, and 958. The ‘‘Protecting 

Patient Access to Emergency 

Medications Act of 2017,’’ (hereafter the 

‘‘Act’’) which became law on November 

17, 2017, amended the Controlled 

Substances Act to allow for a new 

registration category for emergency 

medical services agencies that handle 

controlled substances. It also 

established standards for registering 

emergency medical services agencies, 

and set forth new requirements for 

delivery, storage, and recordkeeping 

related to their handling of controlled 

substances. 

With this proposed collection, DEA is 

proposing recordkeeping regulations for 

EMS agencies to incorporate the Act’s 

CSA amendments regarding 

recordkeeping, and to ensure an 

accurate accounting of the controlled 

substances outside the two-registrant 

integrity system. 

The Act require EMS agencies to 

maintain records of the EMS personnel 

whose State license or certification gives 

them the ability to administer controlled 

substances, in compliance with their 

State laws. Under 21 U.S.C 827(b), 

controlled substance records for all DEA 

registrants are required to be maintained 

for at least two years from the date of 

such inventory or records. Following 

the Act, 21 U.S.C. 823(k)(9)(B)(ii), DEA 

would require that records be 

maintained, whether electronically or 

otherwise, at each registered and 

designated location of the agency where 

the controlled substances involved are 

received, administered, or otherwise 

disposed of. 

Consistent with the Act’s 

amendments to the CSA, 21 U.S.C. 

823(k)(9), DEA would require an EMS 

agency to maintain records for each 

controlled substance administered or 

disposed of in the course of providing 

emergency medical services. In 

addition, any EMS personnel who 

disposes of or administers controlled 

substances to a patient in the course of 

providing emergency medical care 

would have to record the name of the 

controlled substance(s) and detailed 

information about the circumstances 

surrounding the administration of the 

controlled substance(s) (e.g., name of 

the substance, date dispensed, 

identification of the patient). 

Additionally, in accordance with 21 

U.S.C 821(k)(9)(b), that an EMS agency 

must maintain records of controlled 

substances delivered between registered 

and designated locations of the agency 

(except agencies restocking at the 

hospital under which the EMS agency is 

operating, because the hospital is 

required to keep records of such 

restocking). These records, for example, 

should include the name of the 

controlled substance(s), finished form, 

number of units in the commercial 

container, date delivered, and the 

address of the EMS agency location 

where the controlled substances were 

delivered. 


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Overview of This information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

New information collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Emergency Medical Services 

Recordkeeping and Notice 

Requirements. 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

No form number is associated with this 

collection. The applicable component 

within the Department of Justice is the 

Drug Enforcement Administration, 

Diversion Control Division. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as the 

obligation to respond: Affected Public: 

(Primary) Business or other for-profit. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The DEA estimates that 21,283 

Registrants participate in this 

information collection. The time per 

response is 5 minutes. 

6. An estimate of the total annual 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: DEA Estimates that this 

collection takes 92,226 annual burden 

hours. 

7. An estimate of the total annual cost 

burden associated with the collection, if 

applicable: $0. 

TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Activity Number of 

respondents Frequency Total annual responses 

Time per 

response 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

EMS Recordkeeping and Notice ......................................... 21,283 52 1,106,716 5 min 92,226 

Unduplicated Totals ...................................................... 21,283 ........................ 1,106,716 ........................ 92,226 

If additional information is required 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, 

Washington, DC. 

Dated: October 2, 2024. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23091 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB 1140–0050] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Revision of a 

Previously Approved Collection; 

Identification Markings Placed on 

Firearms 

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

Firearms and Explosives, Department of 

Justice. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 

(DOJ), The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 

Firearms and Explosives (ATF), 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. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until 

December 6, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional 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, contact: Jennifer 

Scott, FIPB, either by mail at Bureau of 

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 

Explosives; 99 New York Ave., 

Washington, DC 20226, by email at fipbinformationcollection@atf.gov or 

telephone at 202–648–7190. 

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 Bureau of Justice 

Statistics, 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; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; 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. 

Abstract: Each licensed firearms 

manufacturer and licensed firearms 

importer must legibly identify each 

firearm by engraving, casting, stamping 

(impressing), or otherwise 

conspicuously placing on the frame or 

receiver an individual serial number, 

any associated license number, and all 

other additional required information to 

a depth of at least .003 inch and in a 

print size no smaller than 1⁄16 inch. 

Used to facilitate the investigations of 

the criminal use of firearms. Information 

Collection (IC) OMB #1140–0050 is 

being revised to reflect an increase in 

costs resulting from an increase in the 

number of respondents and firearms 

covered by the information collection, 

and from adding both a burden hour 

monetized value and start-up costs 

based on a rulemaking that occurred 

since the last time this collection was 

renewed. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a previously approved 

collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Identification Markings Placed on 

Firearms. 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

None. 

Component: Bureau of Alcohol, 

Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as the 

obligation to respond: Affected Public: 

Private Sector-for or not for profit 

institutions. 

The obligation to respond is 

mandatory per 18 U.S.C Chapter 44 and 

26 U.S.C § 5842. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 


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