Notice2025-21338
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Title-Revision of a Previously Approved Collection; Explosives Licensee/Permittee Out-of-Business Records
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November 28, 2025
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Justice Department
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), will be submitting the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 227 (Friday, November 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54760-54761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21338]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB 1140-0102]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Title--Revision of a Previously Approved
Collection; Explosives Licensee/Permittee Out-of-Business Records
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
information collection request (ICR) 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 January 27, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for this
information collection to Matthew Grim, by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1dfc5d2ded3c3d2f1d0c5d79fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ddb3a9beb2bfafbe9dbca9bbf3bab2ab">[email protected]</span></a>, or
by mail to National Tracing Center; 244 Needy Road, Martinsburg, WV
25405. Identify comments by the OMB control number 1140-0102. You may
view the proposed information collection instrument online at <a href="https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/federal-register-actions/forms-and-information-collection">https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/federal-register-actions/forms-and-information-collection</a>.
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:
Matthew Grim, Out-of-Business Records Center, either by mail at
National Tracing Center; 244 Needy Road, Martinsburg, WV 25405, by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acc2d8cfc3cedecfeccdd8ca82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bf5eff8f4f9e9f8dbfaeffdb5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a>, or telephone at 800-788-7133, ext. 03683.
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: Regulations under 27 CFR 555.128 require explosives
licensees/permittees to transfer required records to the ATF Out-of-
Business Records Center when they discontinue business without a
successor. The records on licensee/permittee importing, manufacturing,
shipping, receiving, selling, or otherwise disposing of explosive
materials aid ATF in conducting investigations into trafficking and
other criminal misuse of explosives.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of information collection: revision of a previously
approved collection.
2. The title of the form/collection: Explosives Licensee/Permittee
Out-of-Business Records.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: ATF Form none.
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: individuals or households, private
sector for- or not-for-profit institutions. The obligation to respond
is mandatory per Sec. 555.121.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 250
respondents will respond to this collection when they discontinue
business, and it will take each respondent approximately 30 minutes
(0.5 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 115 total hours, which is equal to 230 (total
respondents) * 1 (# of responses per respondent) * 0.5 hours (30
minutes).
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: Based on records over the past three years,
most out-of-business records are submitted in electronic form, but some
licensees/permittees augment with remaining paper records. They submit
these paper records in a large envelope. ATF estimates that capital
costs to submit out-of-business records are $1.27 for a large envelope.
At 230 annual responses, ATF estimates that the capital cost for this
information collection renewal is $292.
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Estimated Annualized Respondent Cost and Hour Burden
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Time per
Activity Number of Frequency Total annual response Total annual
respondents responses (hours) burden (hours)
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Submit out-of-business records 230 1 230 0.5 115
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Revisions to This Information Collection
ATF is revising this information collection, OMB control number
1140-0102, to reflect a decrease in the number of explosives licensees/
permittees going out of business over the past three years. This change
has also resulted in a corresponding decrease in public burden hours,
reducing the number of respondents along with the shipping and mailing
cost burden. In addition, this renewal includes a monetized value for
the time burden, based on a new request from OMB, and the title has
been slightly modified to clarify that it applies to explosives
licensees/permittees.
If additional information is required, 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: November 24, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-21338 Filed 11-26-25; 8:45 am]
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