Notice2025-21410
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection; Title-Identifying/Marking Explosive Materials
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November 28, 2025
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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 54762-54763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21410]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB 1140-0055]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection;
Title--Identifying/Marking Explosive Materials
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 Andy Stephenson, Explosives Enforcement
Specialist, by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8cede2e8fee9fba2fff8e9fce4e9e2ffe3e2ccedf8eaa2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1677787264736138656273667e73786579785677627038717960">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to 99 New
York Ave. NE; Room 6.N.518; Washington, DC 20226. Identify comments by
the OMB control number 1140-0055. 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: Andy
Stephenson, either by mail at EIPB, 99 New York Ave. NE; Room 6.N.518;
Washington, DC 20226, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#51343821337c383f373e233c3025383e3f323e3d3d343225383e3f113025377f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb8e829b89c682858d8499868a9f828485888487878e889f828485ab8a9f8dc58c849d">[email protected]</span></a>,
or by telephone at 207-272-5355.
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: To protect the public from misuse of explosives,
implementing regulations at 27 CFR 555.109 require licensees/permittees
to mark certain explosives they manufacture or import, as well as mark
immediate containers and outside packaging. The markings must include
certain information and be clear and permanent, though they can be done
via sticky label, marker, etc. Some types of explosives are too small
or too fluid to be marked, or in a form that cannot be marked, and are
therefore excepted from the marking requirements.
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Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of information collection: revision of a previously
approved collection.
2. The title of the form/collection: Identifying/Marking Explosive
Materials.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: 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: private sector for-profit
institutions. The obligation to respond is mandatory per 27 CFR part
555.109.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated 103
respondents will respond to this collection 520 times annually, and it
will take each respondent approximately 0.000834 (3 seconds) 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 45 total hours, which is equal to 103 (total
respondents) * 520 (# of responses per respondent) * 0.000834 (3
seconds).
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: $0.
Estimated Annualized Respondent Cost and Hour Burden
[Rounded]
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Time per
Activity Number of Frequency Total annual response Total annual
respondents (times/year) responses (hours) burden (hours)
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Marking explosive materials........................................ 103 520 53,560 0.000834 45
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Revisions to This Information Collection
This information collection, OMB control number 1140-0055,
previously covered only manufacturer markings, and another information
collection, 1140-0062, covered importer markings. However, to
streamline the two information collections and eliminate redundancies
that have evolved, ATF has decided to combine the two ICRs and has
slightly revised the title to no longer limit it to manufacturers. ICR
1140-0055 is now the resulting combined ICR. In addition, the number of
licensees/permittees in both groups has decreased a small amount since
the last renewal for each ICR, for a combined decrease in licensees/
permittees from 2,066 to 2,054, or a decrease of 12. In addition, ATF
has updated the ICR to account for only the portion of these licensees/
permittees that actually manufacture or import and distribute the kinds
of explosives they are required to mark, which is five percent of the
total licensees/permittees registered to manufacture or import,
resulting in a further decrease in respondents affected by this
information collection to 103 total. Consequently, the total responses
and burden hours have also decreased due to the reduced number of
respondents, from 895 hours to 45, or a reduction of 850 hours. In
addition, due to a new request by OMB, the agency is including in the
ICR a monetized value for the time, which it had not included in
previous ICRs.
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 25, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-21410 Filed 11-26-25; 8:45 am]
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