BATFE Attempting End-Run Around AWB?

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A friend thinks that, if implemented, we would have to get "permission" from the BATFE to "assemble" any post-ban rifle into a pre-ban configuration by swapping uppers. Never mind purchasing a stripped AR-15 or AR-10 lower and getting a parts kit to "build it yourself".

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1155700/posts

[Federal Register: June 15, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 114)]
[Notices]
[Page 33404]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr15jn04-67]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested


ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review:
Letter Application To Obtain Authorization for the Assembly of a Nonsporting Rifle or Nonsporting Shotgun for the Purpose of Testing.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has submitted 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.
The proposed information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register Volume 69, Number 42, on page 10063, on March 3, 2004, allowing for a 60-day comment period.
The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days for public comment until July 15, 2004.
This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to The Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20503.

Additionally, comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202) 395-5806.

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 agencies 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
--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.


Overview of This Information Collection


(1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved collection.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Letter Application to Obtain Authorization for the Assembly of a Nonsporting Rifle or a Nonsporting Shotgun for the Purpose of Testing.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: None. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Business or other for-profit. Other: none. Abstract: The information is required by ATF to provide a means to obtain authorization for the assembly of a nonsporting rifle or nonsporting shotgun for the purpose of testing or evaluation.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: There will be an estimated 5 respondents, who will complete a written letter within approximately 30 minutes.

(6) An estimate of the total burden (in hours) associated with the collection: There are an estimated 3 total burden hours associated with this collection.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda E. Dyer, Department Clearance Officer,
United States Department of Justice, Policy and Planning Staff,
Justice Management Division, Suite 1600, Patrick Henry Building, 601 D Street NW., Washington, DC 20530.


Dated: May 28, 2004.
Brenda E. Dyer,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 04-13421 Filed 6-14-04; 8:45 am]
 
All the Federal Register notice is about is the reapproval of an existing form. The Paperwork Reduction Act requires forms to be reapproved every so often to make sure that the information collected is still necessary to the performance of some function. I just opened one copy of the Federal Register for May 27th that I have on my desk and I counted 11 similar notices for various agencies. This is just one day. I have to review each day's Federal Register edition to check for anything that will effect my work. I also check on BATF to see what they are up to. Most of the BATF actions are similar to this one.

Tell your friend to increase the thickness of his tinfoil hat.
 
There is no form number. It is a letter application which has to go through the same reapproval process since it involves collection of information.
 
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