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regional offices and centers use the

information contained on the form to

evaluate applicants’ experience for the

purpose of designating qualified

individuals to serve on the fee roster for

their stations. Qualifications are stated

in 38 CFR 36.4339. Collection of this

information is essential in evaluating

the professional expertise of fee

applicants.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The Federal Register

notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on May

27, 1997 at page 28756.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,067

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 20 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

6,200.

Send comments and

recommendations concerning any

aspect of the information collection to

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt,

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503

(202) 395–4650. Please refer to ‘‘OMB

Control No. 2900–0113’’ in any

correspondence.

Dated: July 29, 1997.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 97–22716 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0178]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Veterans Benefits

Administration (VBA), Department of

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the

collection of information abstracted

below to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and comment.

The PRA submission describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected cost and burden; it includes

the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before September 26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Ron Taylor,

Information Management Service

(045A4), Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–8015

or FAX (202) 273–5981. Please refer to

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0178.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title and Form Number: Monthly

Certification of On-the-Job and

Apprenticeship Training, VA Form 22–

6553d.

(Note. A reference to VA Form 22–6553d also

includes VA Form 22–6553d–1 unless

otherwise specified. VA Form 22–6553d–1

contains the same information as VA Form

22–6553d.)

OMB Control Number: 2900–0178.

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired.

Abstract: The form is used by trainees

and employers to report the number of

hours worked in on-the-job training

programs and apprenticeships, and to

report terminations of training in such

program. The information is used by the

VA to determine whether a trainee’s

education benefits are to be continued,

changed or terminated, and the effective

date of such action.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The Federal Register

notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

December 30, 1996 at page 68817–

68818.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, business or other for-profit,

not-for-profit institutions, Federal

Government, and State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Annual Burden: 17,782

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 5 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Monthly.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

12,375.

Send comments and

recommendations concerning any

aspect of the information collection to

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt,

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, New Executive Office Building,

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503

(202) 395–4650. Please refer to ‘‘OMB

Control No. 2900–0178’’ in any

correspondence.

Dated: August 5, 1997.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 97–22717 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on the

Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of

Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 that a meeting of the Advisory

Committee on the Readjustment of

Veterans will be held September 11

through 13, 1997. This meeting will be

a field meeting conducted primarily at

VA facilities in New York City and

White River Junction, Vermont. The

committee will also visit the VA Vet

Centers in Bangor, and Caribou, Maine,

to review the availability of services for

area rural and minority veterans. The

purpose of the meeting is to provide the

Committee a first-hand opportunity to

review the provision and coordination

of VA services for war related posttraumatic stress disorders (PTSD) and

other readjustment difficulties specific

to war veterans. For this purpose, the

Committee will tour facilities, and

engage in discussions with VA service

providers and veteran consumers.

The meeting on September 11 will

begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m.

The day’s agenda will be conducted

concurrently at three different locations.

Specifically, the Committee will visit

the Manhattan, New York VA Medical

Center and Vet Center. The day’s agenda

will consist of direct observations of VA

readjustment counseling and mental

health services with particular attention

to PTSD programs. An additional focus

for the meeting is continuity of care and

clinical follow-up between area VA

medical centers and Vet Centers. Two

separate Committee subgroups will visit

the White River Junction, Vermont, VA

Medical Center and Vet Center, and the

Caribou, Maine, Vet Center to review

available services and meet with area

veterans.

The meeting on September 12 will

also begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 5

p.m. The second day’s agenda will also

be conducted concurrently at three

different locations. The primary agenda

will consist of a continuation of direct

observations of VA programs and

facilities at the Harlem, and Brooklyn,