[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 84559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28243]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Proposed Revised Information 
Collection Comment Request; Limited Access Death Master File Subscriber 
Certification Form

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Technical Information Service, Commerce.
    Title: Limited Access Death Master File Subscriber Certification 
Form (Certification Form).
    OMB Control Number: 0692-0013.
    Form Number(s): NTIS FM161.
    Type of Request: Revised information collection.
    Number of Respondents: NTIS expects to receive approximately 560 
applications for certification or renewal of certification every year 
for access to the Limited Access Death Master File.
    Average Hours per Response: 2.5 hours.
    Burden Hours: 1400 (560 applications x 2.5 hours = 1400 hours).
    Needs and Uses: NTIS issued a final rule establishing a program 
through which persons may become eligible to obtain access to Death 
Master File (DMF) information about an individual within three years of 
that individual's death. The final rule was promulgated under Section 
203 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, Public Law 113-67 (Act). The 
Act prohibits the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) from disclosing DMF 
information during the three-year period following an individual's 
death (Limited Access DMF), unless the person requesting the 
information has been certified to access the Limited Access DMF 
pursuant to certain criteria in a program that the Secretary 
establishes. The Secretary delegated the authority to carry out Section 
203 to the Director of NTIS. Initially, on March 26, 2014, NTIS 
promulgated an interim final rule, establishing a temporary 
certification program (79 FR 16668) for persons who seek access to the 
Limited Access DMF. Subsequently, on December 30, 2014, NTIS issued a 
notice of proposed rulemaking (79 FR 78314). NTIS adjudicated the 
comments received, and, on June 1, 2016, published a final rule (81 FR 
34822).
    NTIS created the Certification Form used with the interim final 
rule for Persons and Certified Persons to provide information to NTIS 
describing the basis upon which they are seeking certification. In the 
notice of proposed rulemaking, NTIS discussed proposed revisions to the 
Certification Form (79 FR 78314 at 78320-21). The final rule requires 
that Persons and Certified Persons provide additional information to 
improve NTIS's ability to determine whether a Person or Certified 
Person meets the requirements of the Act (81 FR 34882).
    Affected Public: Members of the public seeking certification or 
renewal of certification for access to the Limited Access Death Master 
File under the final rule for the ``Certification Program for Access to 
the Death Master File.''
    Frequency: Once a year.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory for any Person seeking 
certification or renewal of certification for access to the Limited 
Access DMF.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-28243 Filed 11-22-16; 8:45 am]
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