[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76859-76860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24544]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0030]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Extension of a Previously Approved Collection; 
Capital Punishment Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
January 8, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional 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 
Tracy L. Snell, Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh 
St NW, Washington, DC 20531 (email:[email protected]; telephone: 
202-598-1660).

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 Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, 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.

    Abstract: Capital punishment information is collected by the Bureau 
of Justice Statistics (BJS) annually as part of the National Prisoner 
Statistics data series (NPS-8). These establishment surveys provide BJS 
with the capacity to report annually on changes in the size and 
composition of persons under State or Federal sentence of death and 
changes to the laws regulating the imposition and implementation of 
death sentences in the United States. The NPS-8 covers all persons held 
in a State or Federal correctional facility under sentence of death at 
any time during the calendar year. The coverage includes capital 
prisoners transferred from death row to non-correctional institutions, 
such as mental hospitals, and prisoners who may have escaped custody. 
Excluded are capital prisoners who for any reason remain in local 
correctional institutions outside the jurisdiction of State or Federal 
correctional authorities from whom data are collected for this series. 
NPS-8 also excludes persons who were convicted and sentenced to death 
under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Information such as 
statutory, demographic, and criminal history data collected through 
NPS-8 is not attainable from any other single data source.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Capital Punishment Report of 
Inmates Under Sentence of Death.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: The Capital Punishment Report 
of Inmates Under Sentence of Death (NPS-8) contains four forms: NPS-8 
(Report of Inmates Under Sentence of Death; NPS-8A (Update Report of 
Inmates Under Sentence of Death); NPS-8B (Status of Death Penalty 
Statutes--No Statute in Force); and NPS-8C (Status of Death Penalty 
Statutes--Statute in Force). The applicable component: Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, OJP.
    (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as the obligation to respond: staff from State departments of 
correction, offices of State attorneys general, the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons, and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. The 
obligation to respond is voluntary.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time

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estimated for an average respondent to respond: The NPS-8 will collect 
data from an estimated 85 respondents from State departments of 
correction, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, State Attorneys General, and 
the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. For each data 
collection cycle, we estimate an average burden of 30 minutes for the 
NPA-8, 30 minutes for the NPS-8A, 15 minutes for the NPS-8B, and 15 
minutes to complete the NPS-8C. We estimate that data quality follow-up 
is needed for 50% of NPS-8 forms (10) and 5% of NPS-8A forms (124) and 
will run an average of 15 minutes for each response. We estimate a 10-
minute follow-up for 10% (5) of NPS-8B and NPS-8C respondents.
    (6) An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are approximately 1,292 total annual burden 
hours for this collection.
    (7) An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the 
collection: $41,596.

                                                                                       Total Burden Hours
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                                                                                                                            Time for
                   Form                        Number of        Freq      Total annual      Time per        Follow-up       follow-up      Total time          Total  annual  burden (hrs.)
                                              respondents                   responses     survey (mins)     responses        (mins)          (mins)
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NPS-8.....................................              33            1              19              30              10              15             720  12 (720 min/60 min).
NPS-8A....................................              33            1           2,469              30             124              15          75,930  1,266 (75,930 min/60 min).
NPS-8B/8C.................................              52            1              52              15               5              10             830  14 (830 min/60 min).
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    Totals................................              85  ...........           2,540  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  1,292
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    If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.

    Dated: October 31, 2023.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-24544 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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