[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 143 (Friday, July 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 44927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16008]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1117-0046]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection, 
eComments Requested; Extension Without Change of a Previously Approved 
Collection; Self-Certification, Training, and Logbooks for Regulated 
Sellers and Mail-Order Distributors of Scheduled Listed Chemical 
Products; DEA Form 597

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 
September 22, 2020.

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 Scott A. Brinks, Diversion 
Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration; Mailing Address: 
8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152; Telephone: (571) 
362-3261.

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, 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 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: Self-Certification, Training, and 
Logbooks for Regulated Sellers and Mail-Order Distributors of Scheduled 
Listed Chemical Products.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: DEA Form 597. 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: Business or other for-profit.
    Abstract: The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 (CMEA), 
which is Title VII of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization 
Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-177), requires that on and after September 30, 
2006, a regulated seller must not sell at retail over-the-counter (non-
prescription) products containing the List I chemicals ephedrine, 
pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, unless it has self-certified 
to DEA, through DEA's website. The Methamphetamine Production 
Prevention Act of 2008 (MPPA) (Pub. L. 110-415) was enacted in 2008 to 
clarify the information entry and signature requirements for electronic 
logbook systems permitted for the retail sale of scheduled listed 
chemical products.

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                                                                     Number of       Number of     Average time
                            Activity                                  annual          annual       per response
                                                                    respondents      responses       (minutes)
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Training record.................................................          51,657         681,872               3
Self-certification..............................................                          51,657              15
Transaction record (regulated seller)...........................                      24,481,773               1
Transaction record (customer)...................................      24,481,773      24,481,773               1
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    Total.......................................................      24,533,430      49,697,075  ..............
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    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The below table 
presents information regarding the number of respondents, responses and 
associated burden hours.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the proposed collection: DEA estimates that this collection takes 
188,600 cost of 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: July 20, 2020.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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