[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 225 (Thursday, November 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70241-70242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29584]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation

National Instant Criminal Background Check System Section


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, 
Comments Requested

AGENCY: 60 day notice of information collection under review: extension 
of a currently approved collection; Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) 
enrollment e-check enrollment form FFL officer employee acknowledge of 
responsibilities under the National Instant Criminal Background Check 
System (NICS) form.
    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation 
(FBI), National Instant Criminal Background

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Check System (NICS) Section has submitted 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 60 days until January 21, 2003. This process 
is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    If you have 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 Natalie Goff-Haggerty, Program Analyst, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services 
(CJIS) Division, NICS Section, Module A-3, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, 
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306, or facsimile at (304) 625-2356.
    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:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency/
component, including whether the information will have practical 
utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's/component's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed collection of the 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 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

    (1) Type of information collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) Title of the form: Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Enrollment/
E-check Enrollment Form, FFL Officer/Employee Acknowledgment of 
Responsibilities under the National Instant Criminal Background Check 
System (NICS) Form.
    (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
department sponsoring the collection:
    Form number: 1110-0026.
    Sponsor: Criminal Justice Information (CJIS) Services Division of 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice (DOJ).
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract:
    Primary: Any Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) or State Point of 
Contact (POC) requesting access to conduct NICS Checks telephonically 
or by the Internet through the NICS E-Check.
    Brief abstract: The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, 
required the Attorney General to establish a national instant criminal 
background check system that any Federal Firearms Licensee may contact, 
by telephone or by other electronic means, such as the NICS E-Check, 
for information, to be supplied immediately, on whether receipt of a 
firearm to a prospective purchaser would violate state or federal law. 
Information pertaining to licensees who may contact the NICS is being 
collected to manage and control access to the NICS and to the NICS E-
Check, to ensure appropriate resources are available to support the 
NICS, and also to ensure the privacy and security of NICS information.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:
    It is estimated that enrollment occurs at approximately 500 per 
month for a total of 6,000 per year.
    The average response time for reading the directions for the 
Federal Firearms Licensee Enrollment/E-Check Enrollment Form is 
estimated to be two minutes; time to complete the form is estimated to 
be three minutes; and the time it takes to assemble, mail, or fax the 
form to the FBI is estimated to be three minutes, for a total of eight 
minutes. It is estimated that enrollment occurs at approximately 500 
per month for a total of 6,000 per year.
    The average hour burden for this specific form is 6,000 x 8 
minutes/60 = 800 hours.
    The FFL Officer/Employee Acknowledgment of Responsibilities Form 
takes approximately three minutes to read the responsibilities and two 
minutes to complete the form, for a total of five minutes. The average 
hour burden for this specific form is 6,000 x 5 minutes/60 = 500 hours.
    The accompanying letter mailed with the packet takes an additional 
two minutes to read which would be 6,000 x 2 minutes/60 = 200 hours.
    The entire process of reading the letter and completing both forms 
would take 15 minutes per respondent. The average hour burden for 
completing both forms and reading the accompanying letter would be 
6,000 x 15/60 = 1,500 hours.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection:
    The entire process of reading the letter and completing both forms 
would take 15 minutes per respondent. The average hour burden for 
completing both forms and reading the accompanying letter would be 
6,000 x 15/60 = 1,500 hours.
    If additional information is required, contact: Mr. Robert B. 
Briggs, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of 
Justice, Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management 
Division, Suite 1600, Patrick Henry Building, 601 D Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: November 18, 2002.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 02-29584 Filed 11-20-02; 8:45 am]
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