[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13101-13102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5054]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


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

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

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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) intends to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) 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 both 
forms. The annual burden is 3,000 hours.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 
(202) 606-2150, or email to [email protected].

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before May 1, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to--Ronald W. Melton, Chief, 
Operations Support Division, Retirement and Insurance Service, U.S. 
Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW, Room 3349, 
Washington, DC 20415-3540.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION CONTACT: Donna G. 
Lease, Team Leader, Forms Analysis and Design, Budget & Administrative 
Services Division, (202) 606-0623.

Steven R. Cohen,
Acting Director, Office of Personnel Management.
[FR Doc. 01-5054 Filed 3-1-01; 8:45 am]
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