[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33877]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request for Reclearance of 
Expiring Information Collections: OPM Form 1496 and 1496A

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13, May 22, 1995), this notice announces that the Office of 
Personnel Management (OPM) will submit to the Office of Management and 
Budget a request for reclearance of an information collection. OPM 
Forms 1496 and 1496A, Application for Deferred Retirement (Separations 
before October 1, 1956) and Application for Deferred Retirement 
(Separations on or after October 1, 1956) are used by eligible former 
Federal employees to apply for a deferred Civil Service annuity. Two 
forms are needed because there was a major revision in the law 
effective October 1, 1956; this affects the general information 
provided with the forms.
    Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management, and whether it will have practical 
utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection 
of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and 
methodology; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use 
of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Approximately 3,000 OPM Forms 1496 and 1496A will be completed 
annually. We estimate it takes approximately 1 hour to complete the 
form. The annual burden is 3,000 hours.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Jim Farron on (202) 418-3208, 
or E-mail to [email protected].

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before March 
2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Lorraine E. Dettman, Chief, 
Operations Support Division, Retirement and Insurance Service, U.S. 
Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW, Room 3349, 
Washington, DC 20415.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION CONTACT:
Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Budget & Administrative Services Division, 
(202) 606-0623, U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 97-33877 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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