[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61644-61645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21252]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: 
Application for Individual Manufacturing Quota for a Basic Class of 
Controlled Substance.

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    The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Administration 
(DEA), 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 
``sixty days'' until December 27, 2005. 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 Patricia M. Good, Chief, Liaison and Policy 
Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
Washington, DC 20537.
    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 agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; 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.

    Overview of this information collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved 
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Individual 
Manufacturing Quota for a basic Class of Controlled Substance.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: DEA Form 
189. Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, 
Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well 
as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. Other: 
None. Title 21, United States Code, Section 826, and Title 21, Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) 1303.22 require that any person who is 
registered to manufacture any basic class of controlled substances 
listed in Schedule I or II and who desires to manufacture a quantity of 
such class must apply on DEA Form 189 for a manufacturing quota for 
such quantity of such class.
(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 36 persons complete 297 individual DEA Forms 189, at 30 minutes 
per form, for an annual burden of 149 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with

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the collection: It is estimated that there are 149 annual burden hours 
associated with this collection.

    If additional information is required contact: Robert B. Briggs, 
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: October 18, 2005.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 05-21252 Filed 10-24-05; 8:45 am]
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