[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 63623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19941]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1140-0017]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation 
Report (AFMER)

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Department 
of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), 
Department of Justice (DOJ), 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. The proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register, on July 6, 2023, allowing 
a 60-day comment period.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 30 days until 
October 16, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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: Leslie 
Anderson, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 301-
616-4634.

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;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and/or
--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.

    Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the information collection or 
the OMB Control Number 1140-0017. This information collection request 
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view 
Department of Justice, information collections currently under review 
by OMB.
    DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

Overview of This Information Collection

    1. Type of Information Collection: Revision of a previously 
approved collection.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Annual Firearms Manufacturing and 
Exportation Report (AFMER).
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: ATF Form 5300.11.
    Component: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 
U.S. Department of Justice.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Private Sector--Businesses or other for-
profit.
    Abstract: The information collected is used to compile statistics 
on the manufacture and exportation of firearms. The furnishing of this 
information is mandatory under 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(5)(A). This form must 
be submitted annually for every Type 07 and Type 10 Federal Firearms 
Licensees (FFLs), even if no firearms were exported or distributed into 
commerce. The information collection (IC) OMB #1140-0017 is being 
revised due to material and non-material changes to the form, such as 
added instructions, definitions, formatting changes (to adjust form 
length), bolded lines (to fillable boxes), grammatical changes 
(sentence rephrasing/statement modification), and instruction 
clarification.
    5. Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. The statutory requirements are 
implemented under 18 U.S.C. chapter 44.
    6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 19,200 respondents.
    7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 minutes.
    8. Frequency: Once annually.
    9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 6,400 hours.
    10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: No new cost is 
associated with this collection. All respondents can electronically 
submit the AFMER to ATF free of charge, however, it is estimated that 
half the respondents submit the form to the Federal Firearms Licensing 
Center by mail. The annual cost has increased due to a change in the 
postal rate from $0.55 during the last renewal in 2020, to $0.63 in 
2023. Consequently, the new public cost burden will be reported as 
$6,048.00, which is equal to $0.63 (mailing cost per respondent) * 
19,200 (# of respondents) * 50% (percentage of responses submitted by 
mail).
    If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice 
Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218 Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: September 11, 2023.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-19941 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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