Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Public Information Collection Requirement Submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review

ACTION: Notice.

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The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the

following proposal for collection of information under the provisions

of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Title and OMB Control Number: DoD Educational Loan Repayment

Program (LRP), DD Form 2475, OMB Number 0704-0152.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Number of Respondents: 40,000.

Responses per Respondent: One.

Annual Responses: 40,000.

Average Burden per Response: 10 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 6,667.

Needs and Uses: Military Services are authorized to repay Federal

Student Loans for individuals who meet certain criteria and who enlist

for active military service or enter the Selected Reserves for a

specified obligation period. Legislation requires that the Services

verify the status of the loan prior to payment. This form collects the

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necessary verification data from the lending institutions.

Affected Public: Business or other for profit.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C. Springer.

Written comments and recommendations on the proposed information

collection should be sent to Mr. Springer at the Office of Management

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. William Pearce.

Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal

should be sent to Mr. Pearce, WHS/DIOR, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

Dated: January 22, 1997.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97-1947 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]

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