Notice2025-14775
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a previously approved collection Title-National Tracing Center (NTC) Trace Request/Solicitud de Rastreo del Centro Nacional de Rastreo (NTC)
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August 5, 2025
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) of the Department of Justice, will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37565-37566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14775]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB 1140-0043]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a previously approved collection
Title--National Tracing Center (NTC) Trace Request/Solicitud de Rastreo
del Centro Nacional de Rastreo (NTC)
AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Department
of Justice
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ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
of the Department of Justice, will be submitting the following
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewal review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
October 6, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional 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, contact: Carrie
Robertson, National Tracing Center Division, either by mail at 244
Needy Road; Suite 1500, Martinsburg, WV 25405, by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d6e6c7f7f6468237f626f687f797e62634d6c796b236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="284b495a5a414d065a474a4d5a5c5b474668495c4e064f475e">[email protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at 304-260-1695.
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 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.
Abstract: Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) at all levels submit
requests to ATF to trace guns used in crimes. So that ATF may swiftly
and accurately provide responsive information on these crime guns, ATF
requests LEAs to submit certain information on Form 3312.1 that will
aid ATF in tracing the firearm. ATF reports the resulting information
only to the requesting LEA and does not create a registry of firearms
in the process. ATF is revising information collection (IC) OMB 1140-
0043 to include an increase in respondents from 1,153 annually to
17,000 since the last renewal period, a difference of 15,847 per year.
This is due to more law enforcement agencies submitting more trace
requests each year. The adjustments therefore also include an increase
in the total number of trace requests from 24,490 during the last
renewal to 510,000 now. Consequently, the total burden hours have also
increased from 2,449 to 51,000, resulting in a difference since the
last renewal of 48,551 total annual hours.
Overview of this information collection:
1. Type of information collection: Revision of a previously
approved collection.
2. Title of the form/collection: National Tracing Center (NTC)
Trace Request/Solicitud de Rastreo del Centro Nacional de Rastreo
(NTC).
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: ATF Form 3312.1/
3312.1S.
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 the obligation to respond: Affected public: State, local, and
tribal governments. The trace requests are voluntary or as required by
the state (not ATF); however, if the respondent wants the trace to be
conducted, they must provide the requested information to obtain/retain
that benefit.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated
17,000 respondents will respond to this collection with 30 requests per
LEA, and it will take each respondent approximately 6 minutes (0.10
hours) to complete their responses.
6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with
this collection is 51,000 total hours, which is equal to 17,000 (total
respondents) * 30 (# of responses per respondent) * 6 minutes (0.10
hours).
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: $2,443,920.
Table--Estimated Annualized Respondent Cost and Hour Burden
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Monetized
Number of Total annual Time per Total annual value of
Activity respondents Frequency responses response burden Hourly rate respondent
(hours) time
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LEA trace requests...................... 17,000 30 510,000 0.10 51,000 $47.92 $2,443,920
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If you need additional information, contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer; United States Department of Justice;
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff; Two
Constitution Square; 145 N Street NE, 4W-218; Washington, DC.
Dated: July 31, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-14775 Filed 8-4-25; 8:45 am]
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