[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29363-29364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08470]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1121-0030]


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

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Statistics, 
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 30 days until 
May 22, 2024.

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: Tracy L. Snell, 
Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh St NW, 
Washington, DC 20531 (email: [email protected]; telephone: 202-
598-1660).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed information collection was 
previously published in the Federal Register, 89 FR 10098-10099 on 
February 13, 2024, allowing a 60-day comment period.
    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 1121-0030. 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: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    2. Title of the Form/Collection: Capital Punishment Report of 
Inmates Under Sentence of Death.
    3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the 
Department of Justice 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 within the 
Department of Justice is the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in the 
Office of Justice Programs. The NPS-8 collection is fielded annually. 
BJS requests clearance for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 NPS-8 under OMB 
Control No. 1121-0030. The NPS-8 was last approved under OMB Control 
No. 1121-0030 (exp. date 01/31/2024).
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Affected Public: State departments of 
correction, state Attorneys General, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the 
Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the U.S. Attorney for the District of 
Columbia.
    Abstract: For the NPS-8 and NPS-8A forms, the affected public 
consists for 33 respondents from state departments of correction and 
the Federal Bureau of Prisons (DOC staff). Staff responsible for 
keeping records on inmates under sentence of death in their 
jurisdiction and in their custody are asked to provide information for 
the following categories: condemned inmates' demographic 
characteristics, legal status at the time of capital offense, capital

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offense for which imprisoned, number of death sentences imposed, 
criminal history information, reason for removal and current status if 
no longer under sentence of death, method of execution, and cause of 
death by means other than execution. For the NPS-8B and NPS-8C, the 
affected public includes 52 respondents from state Attorneys General, 
and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (AG staff). These 
reporters provide information pertaining to the status of and changes 
to death penalty statutes in their jurisdictions during the calendar 
year. BJS plans to publish this information in reports and reference it 
when responding to queries from the U.S. Congress, Executive Office of 
the President, the U.S. Supreme Court, state officials, international 
organizations, researchers, students, the media, and others interested 
in criminal justice statistics.
    5. Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
    6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 85.
    7. Estimated Time per Respondent: 38 hours for DOC staff and 16 
minutes for AG staff.
    8. Frequency: Once a year.
    9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1,292 hours
    10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

                                                          Table 1--Total Estimated Burden Hours
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                                                                   Total       Time per                  Time for
                Form                   Number of       Freq        annual       survey     Follow-up    follow-up    Total time    Total annual burden
                                      respondents                responses      (mins)     responses      (mins)       (mins)             (hrs)
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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 (75930 min/60
                                                                                                                                  min).
NPS-8B/8C...........................           52            1           52           15            5           10          830  14 (830 min/60 min).
Unduplicated Totals.................           85  ...........        2,540  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  1,292
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    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: April 16, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2024-08470 Filed 4-19-24; 8:45 am]
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