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respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 21, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

the Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense (Personnel and Readiness), 

ODUSD (PI)/Defense Human Resources 

Activity, ATTN: Ms. Heidi Boyd, 4040 

Fairfax Boulevard, Suite 200, Arlington 

VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to the above address or call 

(703) 696–0404. 

Title, Associated Form and OMB 

Control Number: Application for 

Uniformed Services Identification 

Card—DEERS Enrollment, DD Form 

1172, OMB Number 0704–0020. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection requirement is needed to 

obtain the necessary information to 

authorize members of the Uniformed 

Services, their spouses and dependents, 

and other authorized individuals certain 

benefits and privileges. These privileges 

include health care, use of commissary, 

base exchange, and morale, welfare, and 

recreation facilities. This information 

collection is needed to obtain the 

necessary data to determine eligibility, 

to provide eligible individuals with an 

identification card for benefits and 

privileges administered by the 

Uniformed Services, and maintain a 

centralized database of eligible 

individuals. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 281,092. 

Number of Respondents: 1,623,246. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Average Burden Per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Information Collection 

This information collection identifies 

those individuals eligible for the 

benefits and privileges authorized in 

sections 1061–1065, 1072–1074c, 1076a, 

1077, 1174a, 1175 and 1408 of title 10 

and issuance of the appropriate 

Uniformed Services Identification 

Cards. 

The Uniformed Services Identification 

Card is the key to authorized usage of 

military health care, commissary, 

exchange privileges, and morale, 

welfare, and recreation facilities. In 

order to obtain this identification card, 

an applicant is required to go to an 

identification card issuing facility and 

update the DD Form 1172, ‘‘Application 

for Uniformed Services Identification 

Card—DEERS Enrollment.’’ The 

sponsor, or person authorized to sign 

the DD Form 1172 in accordance with 

the criteria established in DoD 

Instruction 1000.13, provides 

appropriate dependent information and 

verification, i.e., birth certificate, 

marriage license, etc. The information is 

entered into an automated system by the 

identification card issuing official and 

reviewed by the applicant. Once the 

applicant has reviewed the information, 

the sponsor, or person authorized to 

sign the form, will sign the systemprinted DD Form 1172. The DD Form 

1172 must be signed by both the 

sponsor (or person authorized to sign 

the form) and the verifying official. The 

person authorized to sign the form must 

sign it in the presence of the verifying 

official. On those rare occasions where 

the sponsor (or person authorized to 

sign the form) is unable to accompany 

his/her dependent to the identification 

card issuing facility, the signature must 

be notarized in accordance with the 

criteria set forth in DoD Instruction 

1000.13 prior to verification by the 

verifying official. This does not happen 

very often and does not create a 

significant increase in burden to the 

public. Once the DD Form 1172 has 

been properly signed, the form is taken 

to the identification card issuing facility 

for issuance of the ID card. The date is 

transmitted to the Defense Manpower 

Data Center to be entered into the 

Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting 

System (DEERS) database. The 

application is required to update the 

information once every four years or as 

changes occur, i.e., Reservist entering 

active duty or being released from 

activity duty, etc. 

Respondent will be: Active duty, 

reserve, and retired personnel of the 

Uniformed Services (Army, Navy, Air 

Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, U.S. 

Public Health Service, and NOAA), and 

their dependents; surviving dependents 

of deceased active duty, eligible former 

spouses, and any eligible individual 

who may be eligible for benefits 

associated with the issuance of an 

identification card.

Dated: November 12, 2004. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary 

Transformation Advisory Group 

Meeting of the U.S. Joint Forces 

Command

AGENCY: Department of Defense, 

USJFCOM.

ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.

SUMMARY: The Transformation Advisory 

Group (TAG) will meet in a closed 

session on November 30 and December 

1, 2004. The mission of the TAG is to 

provide timely on scientific, technical, 

and policy-related issues to the 

Commander, U.S. Joint Forces 

Command as he develops and executes 

the Department of Defense strategy. Full 

development of the topics will require 

discussion of information classified in 

accordance with Executive Order 12958, 

dated April 17, 1995, as amended March 

25, 2003. Access to this information 

must be strictly limited to personnel 

having the requisite security clearances 

and specific need-to-know. 

Unauthorized disclosure of the 

information to be discussed at the TAG 

meeting could have exceptionally grave 

impact on national defense. In 

accordance with Section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. 552b(c), and 41 CFR 102–3.155, 

this meeting will be closed.

DATES: 30 November–01 December 

2004.

ADDRESSES: USJFCOM, 1562 Mtscher 

Avenue, Suite 200, Norfolk, Virginia 

23551–2488.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie Roper-Burton, Executive 

Director, (757) 836–0965.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Jerome 

Mahar, Joint Staff, (703) 614–6465.

Dated: October 29, 2004. 

Jeannette Owings-Ballard, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 04–25905 Filed 11–19–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AC05–4–000] 

Sun River Electric Cooperative, Inc.; 

Notice of Request for Waiver 

November 12, 2004. 

On October 18, 2004, Sun River 

Electric Cooperative, Inc. filed a request 

for waiver of the Commission’s