[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 130 (Monday, July 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 37273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13210]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Revision of a Currently 
Approved Collection: OPM Forms 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) intends to submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) a request for revision of a currently 
approved collection. OPM Forms 1496 and 1496A, 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 were needed because there was a major revision in 
the law effective October 1, 1956; this affected the general 
information provided with both forms. However, we will no longer 
maintain a clearance of the OPM 1496, the waning population affected by 
this form is less than ten respondents a year. We are therefore 
requesting clearance of the revised OPM 1496A.
    Comments are particularly invited on: Whether this 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 2,800 OPM Form 1496A will be completed annually. We 
estimate it takes approximately 1 hour to complete this form. The 
annual burden is 2,800 hours.
    For copies of this proposal, contact Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on 
(202) 606-8358, FAX (202) 418-3251 or via e-mail to MaryBeth.Smith-
Toomey@opm.gov. Please include a mailing address with your request.

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received within 60 calendar 
days from the date of this publication.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments to: Pamela S. Israel, Chief, 
Operations Support Group, Center for Retirement and Insurance Services, 
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room 3349, 
Washington, DC 20415-3540.
    For Information Regarding Administrative Coordination, Contact: 
Cyrus S. Benson, Team Leader, Publications Team, RIS Support Services/
Support Group, (202) 606-0623.

    U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Tricia Hollis,
Chief of Staff.
[FR Doc. E7-13210 Filed 7-6-07; 8:45 am]
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