Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act Registration Form, ATF F 5070.1, 23838-23839 [2017-10624]

Download as PDF 23838 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 99 / Wednesday, May 24, 2017 / Notices Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 30 days until June 23, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments, particularly with respect to the estimated public burden or associated response time, have suggestions, need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or desire any other additional information, please contact Gary Schaible, Office of Enforcement Programs and Services, National Firearms Act Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) either by mail at 99 New York Ave. NE., Washington, DC 20226, by email at nfaombcomments@ atf.gov, or by telephone at 202 648– 7165. Written comments and/or suggestions can also be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503 or sent to OIRA_submissions@ omb.eop.gov. DATES: 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; —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. asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Overview of This Information Collection Firearm and Registration to Special Occupational Taxpayer. (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: ATF Form 3 (5320.3). Component: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. 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: Individuals or households. Abstract: This form is used to transfer National Firearms Act (NFA) regulated items between Federal firearms licensees (FFL)/Special Occupational Tax (SOT) payers to be exempted from the transfer tax incurred for each item. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 10,500 respondents will utilize the form, and it will take each respondent approximately 30 minutes to complete the form. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with this collection is 88, 750 hours, which is equal to (177,500 (total # of annual responses) * .5 (30mins). (7) An Explanation of the Change in Estimates: The adjustments for this information collection are an increase in the number of respondents by 4,500, and an increase in the number of responses by 107,000. As a result of these increases, the annual burden hours has increased by 53,500 hours. If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530. Dated: May 19, 2017. Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2017–10625 Filed 5–23–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–14–P (1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection. (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Tax-Exempt Transfer of VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:43 May 23, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [OMB Number 1140–0098] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act Registration Form, ATF F 5070.1 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Department of Justice. ACTION: 30-Day notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will submit 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 was previously published in the Federal Register, on March 14, 2017, allowing for a 60-day comment period. DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 30 days until June 23, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments, particularly with respect to the estimated public burden or associated response time, have suggestions, need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or desire any other additional information, please contact Keith Krolczyk, National Investigative Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement Branch, either by mail at 99 New York Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20226, by email at ATEB@atf.gov, or by telephone at 202–648–8526. Written comments and/or suggestions can also be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503 or sent to OIRA_ submissions@omb.eop.gov. 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 agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM 24MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 99 / Wednesday, May 24, 2017 / Notices asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES —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. Overview of This Information Collection (1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection. (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act Registration Form. (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: ATF F 5070.1. Component: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. 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. Abstract: The form is required for any person who sells, transfers, or ships for profit cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in interstate commerce, whereby such cigarettes or smokeless tobacco are shipped into a State, locality, or Indian country of an Indian tribe taxing the sale or use of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco, or who advertises or offers cigarettes or smokeless tobacco for such a sale, transfer, or shipment, shall file first with the Attorney General of the United States. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 400 respondents will utilize the form, and it will take each respondent approximately 1 hour to complete the form. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with this collection is 400 hours, which is equal to (400 (# of respondents) * 1 (hourly rate to complete the form). (7) An Explanation of the Change in Estimates: This revision is due to ATF’s most recent figures regarding the VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:43 May 23, 2017 Jkt 241001 number of affected businesses annually, which have resulted in a decrease of respondents from 3,000 to 400, and a reduction in burden hours from 3,000 to 400. The wage rate is also updated to the September 2016 BLS wage rate, and also reflects a reduction in the burden costs for this collection from $42,000 to $9,396. If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530. Dated: May 19, 2017 Melody Braswell, Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice. [FR Doc. 2017–10624 Filed 5–23–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–14–P Notice of Lodging Proposed Consent Decree In accordance with Departmental Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby given that a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. James F. Jerge, Jr., Case Number 1:17–cv–00428, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District of New York on May 17, 2017. This proposed Consent Decree concerns a complaint filed by the United States against James F. Jerge, Jr., pursuant to Sections 301(a) and 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a) and 1344, to obtain injunctive relief from and impose civil penalties against the Defendant for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants without a permit into waters of the United States and failing to comply with the terms and conditions of a permit issued by the Department of the Army. The proposed Consent Decree resolves these allegations by requiring the Defendant to restore impacted areas, perform mitigation, and pay a civil penalty. The Department of Justice will accept written comments relating to this proposed Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this Notice. Please address comments to Amy N. Okereke, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York, 138 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14202 and refer to United States v. James F. Jerge, Jr., DJ # 90–5–1–1–20429. Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the Clerk’s Office, United States District Court for the Western District of New York, 2 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202. In addition, the proposed Consent Decree may be examined electronically at https://www. justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. Cherie L. Rogers, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Defense Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2017–10615 Filed 5–23–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OMB Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for Fiscal Year 2017 Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. ACTION: Notice of availability of the OMB Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for FY 2017. AGENCY: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PO 00000 23839 Sfmt 4703 SUMMARY: OMB is issuing its Final Sequestration Report to the President and Congress for FY 2017 to report on compliance of enacted 2017 discretionary appropriations legislation with the discretionary caps. The report finds that enacted appropriations are within the current law defense and nondefense discretionary limits for 2017; therefore, a sequestration of discretionary budget authority is not required. The report also finds that enacted supplemental appropriations for 2016 are within the 2016 caps. DATES: Effective May 22, 2016. Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue its Final Sequestration Report 15 calendar days after the end of a congressional session. With regard to this final report and to each of the three required sequestration reports, section 254(b) specifically states the following: SUBMISSION AND AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.—Each report required by this section shall be submitted, in the case of CBO, to the House of Representatives, the Senate and OMB and, in the case of OMB, to the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the President on the day it is issued. On the following day a notice of the report shall be printed in the Federal Register. However, a provision in the 2017 Continuing Resolution, which was in place until May 5, 2017, delayed the release of this report until 15 days after E:\FR\FM\24MYN1.SGM 24MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 24, 2017)]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-10624]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

[OMB Number 1140-0098]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection 
eComments Requested; Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act 
Registration Form, ATF F 5070.1

AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Department 
of Justice.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will submit 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 was previously published in 
the Federal Register, on March 14, 2017, allowing for a 60-day comment 
period.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for an additional 
30 days until June 23, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments, 
particularly with respect to the estimated public burden or associated 
response time, have suggestions, need a copy of the proposed 
information collection instrument with instructions, or desire any 
other additional information, please contact Keith Krolczyk, National 
Investigative Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement Branch, either 
by mail at 99 New York Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20226, by email at 
ATEB@atf.gov, or by telephone at 202-648-8526. Written comments and/or 
suggestions can also be directed to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention 
Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503 or sent to 
OIRA_submissions@omb.eop.gov.

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 agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;

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--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.

Overview of This Information Collection

    (1) Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently 
approved collection.
    (2) The Title of the Form/Collection: Prevent All Cigarette 
Trafficking (PACT) Act Registration Form.
    (3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection:
    Form number: ATF F 5070.1.
    Component: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 
U.S. 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.
    Abstract: The form is required for any person who sells, transfers, 
or ships for profit cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in interstate 
commerce, whereby such cigarettes or smokeless tobacco are shipped into 
a State, locality, or Indian country of an Indian tribe taxing the sale 
or use of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco, or who advertises or offers 
cigarettes or smokeless tobacco for such a sale, transfer, or shipment, 
shall file first with the Attorney General of the United States.
    (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount 
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 
400 respondents will utilize the form, and it will take each respondent 
approximately 1 hour to complete the form.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with 
this collection is 400 hours, which is equal to (400 (# of respondents) 
* 1 (hourly rate to complete the form).
    (7) An Explanation of the Change in Estimates: This revision is due 
to ATF's most recent figures regarding the number of affected 
businesses annually, which have resulted in a decrease of respondents 
from 3,000 to 400, and a reduction in burden hours from 3,000 to 400. 
The wage rate is also updated to the September 2016 BLS wage rate, and 
also reflects a reduction in the burden costs for this collection from 
$42,000 to $9,396.
    If additional information is required contact: Melody Braswell, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two 
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405A, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: May 19, 2017
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2017-10624 Filed 5-23-17; 8:45 am]
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