83 FR 27022 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection, eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; The National Forensic Laboratory Information System Collection of Drug Analysis Data

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 112 (June 11, 2018)

Page Range		27022-27023
FR Document		2018-12444

The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will be submitting 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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 112 (Monday, June 11, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

[OMB Number 1117-0034]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection, 
eComments Requested; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; The 
National Forensic Laboratory Information System Collection of Drug 
Analysis Data

AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA), will be submitting 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.

DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until 
August 10, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have comments 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, please contact Michael J. Lewis, Diversion 
Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration; Mailing Address: 
8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152; Telephone: (202) 
598-6812.

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;
--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 proposed 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 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. Title of the Form/Collection: The National Forensic Laboratory 
Information System Collection of Drug Analysis Data.
    3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of 
the Department sponsoring the collection: Medical Examiner/Coroner 
Office Survey; National Forensic Laboratory Information System Drug 
Survey of Drug Laboratories; and Toxicology Laboratory Survey for the 
component within the Department of Justice is the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, Diversion Control Division.
    4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as 
well as a brief abstract: Affected public (Primary): Forensic Science 
Laboratory Management.
    Abstract: The National Forensic Laboratory Information System 
(NFLIS) collections provide the DEA with national databases on analyzed 
drug samples from law enforcement activities, antemortem toxicology 
samples (toxicology laboratories), and post-mortem toxicology samples 
(medical examiner/coroner offices (MECs) from federal, state, and local 
laboratories. Specifically, NFLIS-Drug data provide DEA current, 
precise, and representative estimates of drugs seized by law 
enforcement and analyzed by forensic laboratories. Since 2001, DEA has 
had case and drug report estimates for all drugs reported in NFLIS that 
are statistically representative of the nation and of census regions. 
The estimates, which are made possible by updating the laboratory 
profiles through the survey effort (see draft survey in Appendix), have 
given DEA the ability

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to track national and regional drug trends; a clearer national picture 
of illicit or diverted drug availability; additional information about 
the temporal changes in drug availability by geographic region; and the 
ability to detect new or emerging drugs. Information from NFLIS is 
combined with other existing databases to develop more accurate, up-to-
date information on abused drugs. This database represents a voluntary, 
cooperative effort on the part of participating laboratories and MECs 
to provide a centralized source of analyzed drug data. Existing federal 
drug abuse databases do not provide the type, scope, timeliness, or 
quality of information necessary to effectively estimate the actual or 
relative abuse potential of drugs as required under the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811(b)) and international treaties in a 
timely and efficient manner. For example, much of the trafficking data 
for federal drug scheduling actions is presently obtained on a case-by-
case basis from state and local laboratories. Occasionally scientific 
personnel from the DEA's Diversion Control Division, Drug and Chemical 
Evaluation Section, have contacted specific laboratories and requested 
files. In addition, some DEA field offices routinely subpoena MEC 
records for use in case work. The development of the National Forensic 
Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) greatly enhances the collection 
of such data. Submission of information for this collection is 
voluntary. DEA is not mandating this information collection.
    5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The DEA estimates 
that 140 persons annually for this collection at 1.6 hour per 
respondent, for an annual burden of 218 hours.
    6. An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the proposed collection: The DEA estimates that this collection 
takes 218 annual burden hours.
    If additional information is required please 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, Suite 3E.405B, Washington, DC 
20530.

    Dated: June 6, 2018.
Melody Braswell,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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(a) The complainant is: Bear Archery, notice, and to authorize the functions of the agency, including
Inc., 817 Maxwell Avenue, Evansville, administrative law judge and the whether the information will have
IN 47706. Commission, without further notice to practical utility;
(b) The respondents are the following the respondent, to find the facts to be as —Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
entities alleged to be in violation of alleged in the complaint and this notice estimate of the burden of the
section 337, and are the parties upon and to enter an initial determination proposed collection of information,
which the complaint is to be served: and a final determination containing including the validity of the
2BULBS Technology Co. Ltd., Qilin such findings, and may result in the methodology and assumptions used;
Technology Innovation Park, Nanjing, issuance of an exclusion order or a cease —Evaluate whether and if so how the
Jiangsu, China 210046 and desist order or both directed against quality, utility, and clarity of the
Ningbo Linkboy Outdoor Sports Co., the respondent. information proposed to be collected
Ltd, B1, 599 Qiming Road, Xiaying can be enhanced; and
By order of the Commission. —Minimize the burden of the collection
Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, Issued: June 6, 2018.
Zhejiang, China of information on those who are to
Lisa Barton, respond, including through the use of
Shenzhen Keepmyway Tech. Co., Ltd.
Building 2, Bagualing Industrial Zone,
Secretary to the Commission. appropriate automated, electronic,
Bagua 2nd Rd., Futian District, [FR Doc. 2018–12469 Filed 6–8–18; 8:45 am] mechanical, or other forms of
BILLING CODE 7020–02–P information technology, e.g.,
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 518000
Zhengzhou IRQ Outdoor Sports Co., permitting electronic submission of
Ltd., Shengshijingwei Building B, No. responses.
18, Xinghua North St., Zhengzhou, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Overview of This Information
Henan, China [OMB Number 1117–0034] Collection
Wenqing Zhang, Room 308, No. 2,
Fuhua Building, Fuhua Road, Futian 1. Type of Information Collection:
Agency Information Collection Revision of a currently approved
District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Activities; Proposed eCollection,
51800 collection.
eComments Requested; Revision of a 2. Title of the Form/Collection: The
Tingting Ye, Freecity 659, Huaqiangbei, Currently Approved Collection; The National Forensic Laboratory
Futian District, Shenzhen, National Forensic Laboratory Information System Collection of Drug
Guangdong, China 51800 Information System Collection of Drug Analysis Data.
Tao Li, Shenzhenshi Longhuaqu Analysis Data 3. The agency form number, if any,
Dalangjiedao, Tongshengshequ and the applicable component of the
Iinchenggongyeyuan, Disandong 11 AGENCY: Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice. Department sponsoring the collection:
Lou Afengeti, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Medical Examiner/Coroner Office
China 518000 ACTION: 60-Day notice.
Survey; National Forensic Laboratory
Sean Yuan, 97 Fuzhou South Road, Information System Drug Survey of
Jiaozhou, Qingdao, Shandong, China SUMMARY: The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Drug Enforcement Drug Laboratories; and Toxicology
266300 Laboratory Survey for the component
Administration (DEA), will be
(c) The Office of Unfair Import submitting the following information within the Department of Justice is the
Investigations, U.S. International Trade collection request to the Office of Drug Enforcement Administration,
Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite Management and Budget (OMB) for Diversion Control Division.
401, Washington, DC 20436; and review and approval in accordance with 4. Affected public who will be asked
(4) For the investigation so instituted, the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. or required to respond, as well as a brief
the Chief Administrative Law Judge, DATES: Comments are encouraged and
abstract: Affected public (Primary):
U.S. International Trade Commission, will be accepted for 60 days until Forensic Science Laboratory
shall designate the presiding August 10, 2018. Management.
Administrative Law Judge. Abstract: The National Forensic
Responses to the complaint and the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If Laboratory Information System (NFLIS)
notice of investigation must be you have comments on the estimated collections provide the DEA with
submitted by the named respondents in public burden or associated response national databases on analyzed drug
accordance with section 210.13 of the time, suggestions, or need a copy of the samples from law enforcement
Commission’s Rules of Practice and proposed information collection activities, antemortem toxicology
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to instrument with instructions or samples (toxicology laboratories), and
19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), such additional information, please contact post-mortem toxicology samples
responses will be considered by the Michael J. Lewis, Diversion Control (medical examiner/coroner offices
Commission if received not later than 20 Division, Drug Enforcement (MECs) from federal, state, and local
days after the date of service by the Administration; Mailing Address: 8701 laboratories. Specifically, NFLIS-Drug
Commission of the complaint and the Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia data provide DEA current, precise, and
notice of investigation. Extensions of 22152; Telephone: (202) 598–6812. representative estimates of drugs seized
time for submitting responses to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written by law enforcement and analyzed by
complaint and the notice of comments and suggestions from the forensic laboratories. Since 2001, DEA
investigation will not be granted unless public and affected agencies concerning has had case and drug report estimates
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good cause therefor is shown. the proposed collection of information for all drugs reported in NFLIS that are
Failure of a respondent to file a timely are encouraged. Your comments should statistically representative of the nation
response to each allegation in the address one or more of the following and of census regions. The estimates,
complaint and in this notice may be four points: which are made possible by updating
deemed to constitute a waiver of the —Evaluate whether the proposed the laboratory profiles through the
right to appear and contest the collection of information is necessary survey effort (see draft survey in
allegations of the complaint and this for the proper performance of the Appendix), have given DEA the ability

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Section		Notices
Action		60-Day notice.
Dates		Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until August 10, 2018.
Contact		If you have comments 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, please contact Michael J. Lewis, Diversion
FR Citation		83 FR 27022