[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38939-38940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17312]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation

[OMB Number 1110-0015]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Hate Crime Incident Report

AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI), Criminal Justice Information Services Division 
(CJIS), 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
October 16, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: All comments, suggestions, or 
questions regarding additional information, to include obtaining a copy 
of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions, 
should be directed to Mrs. Amy C. Blasher, Unit Chief, Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, Criminal Information Services Division, Module E-3, 
1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306; facsimile 
(304) 625-3566.

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 Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, 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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Hate Crime Incident Report.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The form number is 1-700. The 
applicable component within the Department of Justice is the Criminal 
Justice Information Services Division, in the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Primary: City, county, state, tribal and 
Federal law enforcement agencies. Abstract: Under Title 28, U.S. Code, 
Section 534, this information collection requests hate crime data from 
respondents in order for the FBI UCR Program to serve as the national 
clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of hate crime data 
and to publish these statistics annually in ``Hate Crime Statistics''. 
This provides for the national UCR Program a record of each hate crime 
incident including

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the offense classification and its respective bias motivation, the 
number and type of victims, the location of the incident, the number of 
suspected offenders, the suspected offender's race, and whether the 
victims and offenders are under 18 or over the age of 18.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: UCR Participation 
Burden Estimation: There is a potential of 10,106 law enforcement 
agency respondents that submit monthly for a total of 121,272 responses 
with an estimated response time of 7 minutes per response.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are approximately 4,716 hours, annual 
burden, associated with this information collection.
    If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: August 11, 2017.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2017-17312 Filed 8-15-17; 8:45 am]
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