ATF Revises Rules for Marking Explosive Goods Smoothly
Published Date: 11/28/2025
Notice
Summary
The ATF is updating how they collect info about marking explosive materials and wants your feedback by January 27, 2026. This affects businesses and agencies handling explosives, aiming to make paperwork clearer and easier without extra costs. They’re making sure the rules stay useful and not too time-consuming for everyone involved.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Estimated Respondent Count and Reduced Burden
ATF estimates 103 respondents will respond 520 times per year, each response taking about 0.000834 hours (3 seconds), for a total annual burden of 45 hours and an estimated annual cost burden of $0. ATF reports this is a reduction from prior total burden of 895 hours (a decrease of 850 hours) and that the affected licensee/permittee pool fell from 2,066 to 2,054 and further to 103 (5% of registrants who actually mark).
Mandatory Marking of Explosive Materials
If you are a licensee or permittee covered by 27 CFR 555.109, you must mark certain explosives you manufacture or import, plus immediate containers and outside packaging. The markings must be clear and permanent but may be applied by sticky label, marker, or similar methods, and some explosives that are too small, too fluid, or otherwise impossible to mark are excepted.
Consolidation of Manufacturer and Importer Collections
ATF combined two prior information collections (manufacturers and importers) into one ICR under OMB control number 1140-0055 and revised the title so it is not limited to manufacturers. The change is intended to streamline and eliminate redundancies between collections.
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