[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28620-28621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09878]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB 1140-0NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested; New Information Collection: Title--Cigarettes and
Smokeless Tobacco Record-Keeping and Reporting Requirements
AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following new
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: ATF encourages comments on this information collection. You may
submit written comments until midnight on July 17, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for this
information collection, especially on the estimated public burden or
associated response time, to Andrew Blacker, Office of Chief Counsel,
by email to [email protected], or by mail to 99 New York Avenue
NE; Washington, DC 20226. Identify comments by information collection
title ``Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Record-Keeping and Reporting
Requirements.''
You may view the proposed information collection instrument online
at https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/federal-register-actions/forms-and-information-collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions or need a
different copy of the proposed information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information, contact: Andrew Blacker, Office
of Chief Counsel, either by mail at 99 New York Avenue NE; Washington,
DC 20226, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 202-
648-9446.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We encourage written comments and
suggestions from the public and affected agencies concerning the
proposed information collection. Your comments should address one or
more of the following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary to
properly perform ATF's functions, including whether the information
will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the agency's estimate of the proposed information
collection's burden for accuracy, including
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validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether, and if so, how, the quality, utility, and clarity
of the collected information can be enhanced; and
--Minimize the information collection's burden on those who are to
respond, including using appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical,
or other technological collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting people to submit electronic
responses.
Overview of This Information Collection:
1. Abstract: The Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act and ATF regs
at 27 CFR 646 require that each person who ships, sells, or distributes
cigarettes or smokeless tobacco must keep copies of invoices, bills of
lading, or other suitable commercial records relating to each
disposition of more than 10,000 cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in
excess of 500 single-unit consumer-sized cans or packages, and must
report the purchaser or recipient's name; destination street address;
and quantity of cigarettes distributed.
2. Type of information collection: new information collection.
3. Title of the form/collection: Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco
Record-Keeping and Reporting Requirements.
4. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
Form number: none.
Component: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;
U.S. Department of Justice.
5. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as the obligation to respond:
Affected public: private sector-for-profit institutions.
Obligation to respond: mandatory per the Patriot Improvement and
Reauthorization Act of 2005, which amended the Contraband Cigarette
Trafficking Act (CCTA) (18 U.S.C. 2341-2346).
6. Estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated
14,311 respondents retain information to be in compliance with this IC
once annually. However, it will not take respondents any time to
respond because, to comply with this information collection,
respondents simply retain their regular commercial business records for
five years.
7. Estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated with
the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with this
collection is 0 total hours, which is equal to 14,311 (total
respondents) * 0 (# of responses per respondent) * 0 (0 minutes).
8. Estimate of the total annual other cost burden associated with
the collection, if applicable: $0.
Estimated Total Hourly Burden
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Time per Total annual
Activity Number of Frequency Total annual response burden
respondents responses (hours) (hours)
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Record Keeping.................. 14,311 1 14,311 0 0
Reporting to ATF................ 14,311 0 0 0 0
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Revisions to this information collection:
This is a new information collection.
If you require additional information, contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer; United States Department of Justice;
Justice Management Division, Enterprise Portfolio Management Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218; Washington, DC.
Dated: May 14, 2026.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2026-09878 Filed 5-15-26; 8:45 am]
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