Notice2025-21688
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection Application/Permit To Import Firearms, Ammunition, and Defense Articles-ATF Form 5330.3A (Form 6, Part I)
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December 1, 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 228 (Monday, December 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55180-55181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21688]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB 1140-0005]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection
Application/Permit To Import Firearms, Ammunition, and Defense
Articles--ATF Form 5330.3A (Form 6, Part I)
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 30, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments and recommendations for this
information collection, especially on the estimated public burden or
associated response time, to Justine Hall, Firearms and Explosives
Imports Branch, by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c16090f0815121952141d10103c1d081a521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ef4ebedeaf7f0fbb0f6fff2f2deffeaf8b0f9f1e8">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to 244
Needy Road; Martinsburg, WV 25405. Identify comments by the OMB control
number 1140-0005. 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 questions, or need a copy
of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions or
additional information, contact: Justine Hall, Firearms and Explosives
Imports Branch, either by mail at 244 Needy Road; Martinsburg, WV
25405, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#39534c4a4d50575c175158555579584d5f175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="573d2224233e3932793f363b3b1736233179303821">[email protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at 304-616-
4593.
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.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Abstract: The Gun Control Act and other statutes prohibit
persons from importing firearms, ammunition, and defense articles into
the US unless the articles meet certain criteria, the importer is not a
prohibited person, and the Attorney General (delegated to Director,
ATF) approves that person to import those items. ATF uses this form to
collect the information necessary to determine the above facts and
approve a person to import the articles; the form then serves as their
permit to do so.
2. Type of information collection: revision of a previously
approved collection.
3. Title of the form/collection: Application/Permit to Import
Firearms, Ammunition, and Defense Articles.
4. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
Form number: ATF Form 5330.3A (``Form 6, part I'').
Component: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;
U.S. Department of Justice.
5. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as the obligation to respond:
Affected public: individuals or households, state, local and tribal
governments, private sector-for-profit institutions, and federal
government.
Obligation to respond: required to obtain or retain a benefit.
6. Estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: An estimated
13,777 respondents will respond to this information collection once
annually, and it will take each respondent an average of 17 minutes
(0.281 hours) to complete their responses (approximately 30 minutes for
persons submitting a paper form, or 15 minutes for persons submitting
electronically).
7. Estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated with
the collection: The estimated annual public burden associated with this
collection is 3,869 total hours, which is equal to 13,777 (total
respondents) * 1 (# of responses per respondent) * 0.281 (17 minutes).
8. Estimate of the total annual other cost burden associated with
the collection, if applicable: $1,241.
Estimated Total Hourly Burden
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Total
Number of Total annual Time per annual
Activity respondents Frequency responses response burden
(hours) (hours)
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Paper form......................... 1,700 1 1,700 .5 850
Electronic form.................... 12,077 1 12,077 .25 3,019
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Totals......................... 13,777 1 13,777 *.281 3,869
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* (Combined average; roughly 17 minutes.)
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Revisions to This Information Collection
ATF is revising this information collection, OMB 1140-0005, to
reflect an increase in the number of persons who submit requests to
import, from 10,000 three years ago to 13,777 in 2025, an increase of
3,777 requests annually. In addition, the collection has been revised
to reflect a change in the amount of time it takes to complete and
submit the information, due to technological developments. More than 90
percent of respondents now respond via ATF's online eForms system,
cutting out the time involved in completing and mailing paper forms. As
a result of these combined changes, the information collection has been
revised to reflect a decrease in the total annual hourly burden, from
5,000 hours three years ago to 3,869 in 2025, a decrease of 1,131
hours. In addition, ATF is including monetized value of this time due
to recent OMB changes and has also made small revisions to the title to
make it easier to read.
If you require 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: November 26, 2025.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2025-21688 Filed 11-28-25; 8:45 am]
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