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;

—Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and/or

—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 technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

Written comments and recommendations for this information collection should be submitted within ( printed page 62561) 30 days of the publication of this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function and entering either the title of the information collection or the OMB Control Number 1117-0061. This information collection request may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Justice, information collections currently under review by OMB. If submitting a comment, please send a copy of your comment to Heather Achbach to DEA.PRA@dea.gov.

DOJ seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOJ notes that information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.

Abstract: This information collection requires the transferring pharmacy to update the electronic prescription record to note that the prescription was transferred, and to add the following information: the name, address, and DEA registration number of the pharmacy to which the prescription was transferred; the name of the pharmacist receiving the transfer; the name of the transferring pharmacist; and the date of the transfer. The pharmacy receiving the transfer is required to update the electronic prescription record with the name, address, and DEA registration number of the pharmacy transferring the prescription, the name of the transferring pharmacist, the name of the pharmacist receiving the transfer, and the date of the transfer.

Overview of This Information Collection

1. Type of Information Collection: Extension of a previously approved collection.

2. Title of the Form/Collection: Recordkeeping for the Transfer of Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances in Schedules II-V between Pharmacies for Initial Filling.

3. Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: No form number is associated with this collection. The applicable 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) Business or other for-profit.

5. Obligation to Respond: Mandatory, 21 U.S.C. 827 and 958.

6. Total Estimated Number of Respondents: The DEA estimates that 66,088 registrants participate in this information collection.

7. Estimated Time per Respondent: The time per response is 3 minutes for the recordkeeping.

8. Frequency: As needed, Annual.

9. Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 645,000 hours.

10. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

If additional information is required, contact: Darwin Arceo, Department Clearance Officer, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Justice Management Division, United States Department of Justice, Two Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC 20530.

91 FR 62560