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Average Burden Per Response: 10 

minutes (approximately). 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,917. 

Needs and Uses: Military Services 

area authorized to repay eligible student 

loans for individuals who meet certain 

criteria and who enter 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 

necessary verification data from lending 

institutions. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Hillary Jaffe. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Jaffe at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: August 18, 2006. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 06–7145 Filed 8–24–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[No. DOD–2006–OS–0063] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

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). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by September 25, 

2006. 

Title, Associated Form and OMB 

Number: Application for Review of 

Discharge from the Armed Forces of the 

United States, DD Form 293, OMB 

Number 0704–0004. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 5,607. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 5,607. 

Average Burden Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 2,804. 

Needs and Uses: Former members of 

the Armed Forces who received an 

administrative discharge have the right 

to appeal the characterization or reason 

for separation. Title 10 of the U.S. Code, 

Section 1553, and DoD Directive 

1332.41 established a Board of Review 

consisting of five members to review 

appeals of former Service members. The 

DD Form 293, Application for Review of 

Discharge from the Armed Forces of the 

United States, provides the respondent 

a vehicle to present to the Board their 

reasons/justifications for a change in the 

characterization of their service or the 

reason for their separation, while also 

providing the Service the basic data 

needed to process the appeal. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Hillary Jaffe. 

Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be sent to 

Ms. Jaffe at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Desk Officer for DoD, Room 

10236, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

You may also submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by the following method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Ms. Patricia 

Toppings. 

Written requests for copies of the 

information collection proposal should 

be sent to Ms. Toppings at WHS/ESD/ 

Information Management Division, 1777 

North Kent Street, RPN, Suite 11000, 

Arlington, VA 22209–2133. 

Dated: August 18, 2006. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 06–7146 Filed 8–24–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[No. DOD–2006–OS–0079] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

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). 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by September 25, 

2006. 

Title, Associated Form and OMB 

Number: Exceptional Family Member 

Program, DD Form 2792 and DD Form 

2792–1, OMB Control Number 0704–

0411. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 43,332. 

Responses Per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 43,332. 

Average Burden Per Response: .4991 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 19,460. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

screen members of military families to 

determine if they have special medical 

or educational conditions so that these 

conditions can be taken into 

consideration when the Service member 

is being assigned to a new location with 

his/her family. The information is used 

by the personnel system to identify 

special considerations necessary for 


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