Notices - 2005
FR Doc 05-21252 [Federal Register: October 25, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 205)] [Notices] [Pages 61644-61645] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr03no05-73]
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review:
Application for Individual Manufacturing Quota for a Basic Class of
Controlled Substance.
The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA), has submitted 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 is published to obtain comments from the public
and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for
``sixty days'' until December 27, 2005. This process is conducted in
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
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 Patricia M. Good, Chief, Liaison and Policy
Section, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Washington, DC 20537.
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 agencies 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
--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.
Overview of this information collection:
(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Individual
Manufacturing Quota for a basic Class of Controlled Substance.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: DEA Form
189. Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well
as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. Other:
None. Title 21, United States Code, Section 826, and Title 21, Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 1303.22 require that any person who is
registered to manufacture any basic class of controlled substances
listed in Schedule I or II and who desires to manufacture a quantity of
such class must apply on DEA Form 189 for a manufacturing quota for
such quantity of such class.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated
that 36 persons complete 297 individual DEA Forms 189, at 30 minutes
per form, for an annual burden of 149 hours.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with
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the collection: It is estimated that there are 149 annual burden hours
associated with this collection.
If additional information is required contact: Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry
Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street NW., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: October 18, 2005.
Robert B. Briggs,
Department Clearance Officer, Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 05-21252 Filed 10-24-05; 8:45 am]
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