[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 150 (Monday, August 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 45245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17799]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities: New Information 
Collection; Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of New Information Collection Under Review: NICS 
Act State Record Estimates Information Collection Form.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Bureau 
of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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 for ``sixty days'' until October 3, 
2008. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    The proposed information collection is available line at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/niaa.htm. Written comments should be directed to: 
Gerard F. Ramker, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St., NW., 
Washington, DC 20531. Comments are solicited to:
    <bullet> Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of 
Justice Statistics pursuant to the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007 (Public Law 110-180), including whether the information will have 
practical utility;
    <bullet> Evaluate the accuracy of BJS's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    <bullet> Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    <bullet> 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: New information collection.
    (2) Title of the Form/Collection: NICS Act State Record Estimates 
Information Collection Form.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Not applicable.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: State and Local Government. This 
information collection seeks of available state and local records, and 
other information pursuant to the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007 (Public Law 110-180), enacted on January 8, 2008. Submission of 
this information is a prerequisite for states to be eligible to apply 
for federal grant funds under programs authorized in the Act, should 
Congress appropriate funds for this purpose.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Respondents may 
include the fifty (50) states, the District of Columbia, and the 
territories of Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The time required 
to complete the information collection form is estimated at two (2) 
hours. It is estimated that the collaboration, research and analysis 
required to develop the estimates and formulate the responses required 
by the initial information collection could range between 8 and 160 
hours depending on the availability of data on which required estimates 
can be based.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The range of total burden hours associated with 
this collection is estimated at between 896 and 17920 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: July 29, 2008.
Lynn Bryant,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. E8-17799 Filed 8-1-08; 8:45 am]
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