Bureau of Justice Assistance; Public Safety Officers Benefits Program Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

Bureau of Justice Assistance; Public Safety Officers Benefits

Program Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a

Currently Approved Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of information collection under review; (Reinstatement,

without change, of a previously approved collection for which approval

has expired); Report of Public Safety Officers Permanent and Total

Disability Program.

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The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of

Justice Assistance has submitted the following information collection

request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. Office of Management and Budget approval is

being sought for the information collection listed below. This proposed

information collection was previously published in the Federal Register

on May 12, 1998, allowing for a 60-day public comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for

public comment until October 23, 1998. This process is conducted in

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained

in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and

associated response time, should be directed to the Office of

Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Department of Justice Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530.

Additionally, comments may be submitted to OMB via facsimile to (202)

395-7285. Comments may also be submitted to the Department of Justice

(DOJ), Justice Management Division, Information Management and Security

Staff, Attention: Department Deputy Clearance Officer, Suite 850, 1001

G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20530.

Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed collection of information should

address one or more of the following four points:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of

the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Overview of this information:

(1) Type of information collection: Extension of previously

approved collection.

(2) The title of the form/collection: report of Public Safety

Officers' Permanent and Total Disability Program.

(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of

the Department sponsoring the collection: Form 3650/7, Public Safety

Officers' Benefit Program, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of

Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as

well as a brief abstract: Primary: Federal Government, State, Local

public safety agencies.

Other: National public safety membership organizations. The Public

Safety Officers' Disability Program provides a benefit to Public Safety

Officers who have become permanently and totally disabled by a

catastrophic injury sustained in the line of duty.

(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount

of time estimated for an average respondent to respond/reply: 30

respondents at 10 hours to respond (one hour for application form, and

nine hours for compilation of required supporting documents).

(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated

with the collection: 300 annual burden hours. The total number of

annual hour burden hours to complete the application form and compile

supporting documentation is 300 annual burden hours.

If additional information is required contact: Mrs. Brenda E. Dyer,

Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,

Information Management and Security Staff, Justice Management Division,

Suite 850, Washington Center, 1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20530.

Dated: September 16, 1998.

Brenda E. Dyer,

Department Deputy Clearance Officer, United States Department of

Justice.

[FR Doc. 98-25401 Filed 9-22-98; 8:45 am]

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