1505-0152 Supporting_statement 2018

Department of the Treasury

SUPPORTING STATEMENT

Request for Transfer of Property Seized/Forfeited by a Treasury Agency

1505-0152

1. CIRCUMSTANCES NECESSITATING COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

This form is an application from local law enforcement entities to the Treasury Department to request a percentage of proceeds or tangible property that has been seized/forfeited by the federal government.

2. USE OF DATA

The information on form TD F 92-22.46 is used to evaluate a request for asset sharing by a local, county, state or law enforcement agency that participated in a Treasury investigation.

3. USE OF IMPROVED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE

BURDEN

The collection of information does not involve the use of automated, electronic, or other technological collection techniques.

4. EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY DUPLICATION

We have attempted to eliminate duplication within the Department wherever possible.

5. METHODS TO MINIMIZE BURDEN ON SMALL BUSINESSES OR OTHER

SMALL ENTITIES

We have requested information that will provide for the evaluation of the requestor's application for asset sharing.

6. CONSEQUENCES OF LESS FREQUENT COLLECTION ON FEDERAL

PROGRAMS OR POLICY ACTIVITIES

Delays would occur in the payment of asset sharing to those law enforcement entities entitled to it.

7. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING DATA COLLECTION TO BE

INCONSISTENT WITH GUIDELINES IN CFR 1320.5(D)(2)

None applicable.

8. CONSULTATION WITH INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE OF THE AGENCY ON

AVAILABILITY OF DATA, FREQUENCY OF COLLECTION, CLARITY OF

INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMS, AND DATA ELEMENTS

We received no comments in response to the Federal Register Notice dated September 27, 2018 (83 FR 48895). In addition, Treasury law enforcement personnel routinely meet with local, county, state and federal agency personnel in joint law enforcement situations and would have ample opportunity to advise this office if there were any concerns regarding the asset sharing application forms.

9. EXPLANATION OF DECISION TO PROVIDE PAYMENT OR GIFT TO

RESPONDENTS

Not applicable.

10. ASSURANCE OF COFIDENTIALITY OF RESPONSES

Reponses remain a part of the public record and may be made available under the Freedom of Information Act.

11. JUSTIFICATION OF SENSISTIVE QUESTIONS

No personally identifiable information (PII) is collected.

12. ESTIMATED BURDEN OF INFORMATION COLLECTION

The burden is as follows:

Number of Responses Time per Responses Total Hours

7,000 30 Minutes 3,500

Approximately 1000 agencies (respondents) sending in 7 forms a year on average yields 7,000 responses.

13. ESTIMATED TOTAL ANNUAL COST BURDEN TO RESPONDENTS

Based on a fully loaded wage of $48.43/hour¹, we estimate that total annual labor costs will be $169,512. There are no non-labor costs.

14. ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

There is no direct cost to the federal government. However, the form is

utilized as part of the equitable sharing package.

15. EXPLAIN THE REASONS FOR ANY PROGRAM CHANGES OR

ADJUSTMENTS REPORTED IN 13 OR 14 OF THE OMB

A revised Guide to Equitable Sharing was released in July 2018. Form TDF 92-22.46 has been updated to capture the changes.

There is no change to the previously approved burden for this form.

16. PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION COLLECTION RESULTS

Not applicable.

17. APPROVAL TO NOT DISPLAY THE EXPIRATION DATE ON THIS FORM

We believe the public interest will be better served by not printing an expiration date on the form. Printing the expiration date on the form will result in increased costs because of the need to replace inventories that become obsolete by passage of the expiration date each time OMB approval is required. Without printing the expiration date, supplies of the form could continue to be used.

Not printing the expiration date on the form will also avoid confusion among users who may have identical forms with different expiration dates in their possession. For the above reasons, we request authorization to omit printing the expiration date on this form and permission to use previous versions of TD F 92-22.46.

18. EXPLAIN EXCEPTIONS TO THE CERTIFICATION STATEMENT

IDENTIFIED AT ITEM 19

Not applicable.

1 The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a median wage of $30.27 for Police and Detectives (in 2017). A benefits and overhead factor of 60% has been added to calculate a fully-loaded wage rate of $48.43. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/protective-service/police-and-detectives.htm