[Federal Register: October 14, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 198)]
[Notices]
[Page 53355]

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Review of a Revised
Information Collection: Form SF 2802, SF 2802-B, RI 36-7

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public
Law 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 a request for review of a revised of the
following information collections: SF 2802, Application for Refund of
Retirement Deductions (Civil Service Retirement System); SF 2802B,
Current/Former Spouse's Notification of Application for Refund of
Retirement Deductions; and RI 36-7, Marital Information Required of
Refund Applicants. The OPM must have the SF 2802 completed and signed
before paying a refund of retirement contributions from the Civil
Service Retirement and Disability Fund. SF 2802B must be completed if
there are spouse(s) or former spouse(s) who must be notified of the
employee's intent to take a refund from the Fund. RI 36-7 is needed
when the SF 2802 received at the OPM is incomplete about the
applicant's marital status.
    Approximately 35,000 SF 2802 forms are completed annually. We
estimate it takes approximately 45 minutes to complete the form. The
annual burden is 26,250 hours. Approximately 31,500 SF 2802B forms are
completed annually. We estimate it takes approximately 15 minutes to
complete. The estimated annual burden is 7,875. Approximately 21,050 RI
36-7 forms are completed annually. Each form takes approximately 10
minutes to complete. The annual estimated burden is 3,508 hours. The
total combined annual burden is 37,663 hours.
    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 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 use of the appropriate
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.

    For copies of this proposal, contact Jim Farron on (202) 418-3208,
or E-mail to jmfarron@opm.gov

DATES: Comments on this proposal should be received on or before
December 15, 1997.

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, Management Services Division, (202) 606-0623.

Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 97-27112 Filed 10-10-97; 8:45 am]
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