[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 240 (Friday, December 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64367-64368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27056]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1117-0014]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection, 
eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; 
Application for Registration and Applicaton for Registration Renewal; 
DEA Forms 224, 224A

AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA), 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 
February 12, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
If you have comments 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 Kathy L. Federico, Diversion Control Division, Drug 
Enforcement Administration; Mailing Address: 8701 Morrissette Drive, 
Springfield, Virginia 22152; Telephone: (202) 598-6812.

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 agency, 
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,

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including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    --Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information proposed 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: Revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Registration and 
Application for Registration Renewal.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: DEA Forms: 224, 224A. The 
applicable component within the Department of Justice is the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract:
    Affected public (Primary): Business or other for-profit.
    Affected public (Other): Not-for-profit institutions; Federal, 
State, local, and tribal governments.
    Abstract: The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) (21 U.S.C. 801-971) 
requires all persons that manufacture, distribute, dispense, conduct 
research with, import, or export any controlled substance to obtain a 
registration issued by the Attorney General. The DEA will be revising 
the proposed information collection instruments concerning the 
liability questions on the Application for Registration and Application 
for Registration Renewal. Over the years, many applicants have answered 
some of the liability questions incorrectly. These changes will avoid 
confusion to the applicant by separating compound questions into 
multiple parts that will require the applicant to answer them 
individually.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond:

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                                                   Number of
                                                    annual        Average time per response **     Total annual
                                                 respondents *                                       hours **
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DEA-224 (paper)...............................           3,838  0.22 hours (13 minutes).........             832
DEA-224 (electronic)..........................         125,848  0.15 hours (9 minutes)..........          18,877
DEA-224A (paper)..............................           6,193  0.22 hours (13 minutes).........           1,342
DEA-224A (electronic).........................         482,100  0.08 hours (5 minutes)..........          40,175
    Total.....................................         617,979  ................................          61,226
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* Although practitioners are registered for a three-year cycle and the number of registrants is not equally
  distributed between years of the cycle, October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018 is a reasonable approximation of
  the average annual burden as it is very close to the average of the three years. Additionally, the growth rate
  in the number of practitioners is low enough where the actual numbers for this period would not be materially
  different from the number expected for the next several years.
** An extra minute has been added to each average time per response to reflect the proposal for the first
  liability question in the application to now be broken down into two parts.
*** Figures are rounded.

    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the proposed collection: The DEA estimates that this collection 
takes 61,226 annual burden hours.
    If additional information is required please 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, Suite 3E.405B, Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: December 10, 2018.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2018-27056 Filed 12-13-18; 8:45 am]
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