Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

ACTION: Request OMB Emergency Approval; Notice of Information

Collection Under Review; New Collection; National Instant Criminal

Background Check System (NICS) Federal Firearms Licensee Enrollment

Form.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation

(FBI) has submitted the following information collection request (ICR)

utilizing emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.13

(1)(i)(ii)(2)(iii) Emergency Processing of the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995.

The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments

from the public and affected agencies. OMB approval has been requested

by July 27, 1998. If granted, the emergency

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approval is only valid for 180 days. A copy of this ICR, with

applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling Allen

Nash, Management Analyst, CJIS Division, Federal Bureau of

Investigation, (304) 625-2750.

Comments and questions about the emergency information collection

request should be forwarded to OMB, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, (202) 395-7316, Attention: Department of Justice

Desk Officer, Room 10235, Office of Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503.

During the first 60 days of this same period a regular review of

this information collection is also being undertaken. Comments are

encouraged and will be accepted until September 21, 1998. Written

comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies

concerning the proposed colleciton of information should address one or

more of the following four points.

(1) 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;

(2) 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;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(4) 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: New data collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: National Instant Criminal

Background Check System (NICS) Federal Firearms Licensee Enrollment

Form.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: None. Criminal Justice

Information Service Division (CJIS), Federal Bureau of Investigation,

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

(Federally licensed firearms dealers, manufacturers, or importers).

Secondary: None. Brief Abstract: The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention

Act of 1994, requires the Attorney General to establish a national

instant criminal background check system that any Federal Firearm

Licensee may contact, by telephone or by other electronic means, for

information, to be supplied immediately, on whether receipt of a

firearm by a prospective purchaser would violate federal or state law.

Information pertaining to licensees who may contact the NICS is being

collected to plan and manage the NICS.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount

of time estimated for an average repsondent to respond: 60,000 Federal

Firearms Licensees at an average of 30 minutes to respond.

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated

with the collection: 30,000 for start-up, 3,000 annually thereafter.

If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the

proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or

additional information, please contact Allen Nash, Management Analyst,

Federal Bureau of Investigation, CJIS Division, Module C-3, 1000 Custer

Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306, (304) 625-2738. Comments

may also be submitted to the FBI via facsimile to (304) 625-5388.

If additional information is required contact: Mr. Robert B.

Briggs, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,

Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division,

Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20530.

Comments may also be submitted to DOJ via facsimile to (202) 514-1534.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.

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