Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection; Identification Markings Placed on Firearms

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 estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 22,662 respondents will provide information in compliance with this information collection once per firearm, and it will take each respondent approximately 1 minute to complete their responses.

6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated with the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with this collection is 257,419,782 total hours, which is equal to 15,455,156 (total respondents) * 1 (# of response per respondent) * 0.016666667 (1 minute).

7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the collection, if applicable: 45,598,278.