67924 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 1997 / Notices

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

OMB Approval of Agency Information

Collection Activity; Termination of

Single Employer Plans; Missing

Participants; PBGC Forms 500–501,

600–602; Payment of Premiums; PBGC

Form 1–ES and PBGC Form 1

(Including Schedule A)

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of OMB approval.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the Office of Management and Budget

has extended its approval of the

collections of information contained in

the Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation’s regulations on

Termination of Single Employer Plans,

Missing Participants, and Payment of

Premiums and implementing forms and

instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold J. Ashner, Assistant General

Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation, 1200 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20005–4026, 202–326–

4024. (For TTY/TDD, call the Federal

relay service at 1–800–877–8339 and

ask to be connected to 202–326–4024.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB has

extended its approval through December

31, 2000, under OMB control number

1212–0036, of the collection of

information requirements contained in

(1) the PBGC’s new regulations on

Termination of Single Employer Plans

and Missing Participants, 29 CFR Parts

4041 and 4050 (62 FR 60424, November

7, 1997) and implementing forms and

instructions (PBGC Forms 500–501 and

600–602), and (2) the PBGC’s existing

regulations on Termination of Single

Employer Plans and Missing

Participants and implementing forms

and instructions.

OMB also has extended its approval

through December 31, 2000, under OMB

control number 1212–0009, of the

collection of information requirements

contained in the PBGC’s regulation on

Payment of Premiums, 29 CFR Part

4007, and implementing forms and

instructions (PBGC Form 1–ES and

PBGC Form 1 (including Schedule A).

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.

Issued in Washington, D.C. this 22nd day

of December, 1997.

David M. Strauss,

Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 97–33873 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7708–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Submission for OMB Review:

Comment Request for Reclearance of

Expiring Information Collections: OPM

Form 1496 and 1496A

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice

announces that the Office of Personnel

Management (OPM) will submit to the

Office of Management and Budget a

request for reclearance of an information

collection. OPM Forms 1496 and 1496A,

Application for Deferred Retirement

(Separations before October 1, 1956) and

Application for Deferred Retirement

(Separations on or after October 1, 1956)

are used by eligible former Federal

employees to apply for a deferred Civil

Service annuity. Two forms are needed

because there was a major revision in

the law effective October 1, 1956; this

affects the general information provided

with the forms.

Comments are particularly invited on:

Whether this collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of functions of the Office of Personnel

Management, and whether it will have

practical utility; whether our estimate of

the public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

and ways in which we can minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, through

the use of appropriate technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Approximately 3,000 OPM Forms

1496 and 1496A will be completed

annually. We estimate it takes

approximately 1 hour to complete the

form. The annual burden is 3,000 hours.

For copies of this proposal, contact

Jim Farron on (202) 418–3208, or E-mail

to jmfarron@opm.gov.

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before March

2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments

to—Lorraine E. Dettman, Chief,

Operations Support Division,

Retirement and Insurance Service, U.S.

Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E

Street, NW, Room 3349, Washington,

DC 20415.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION CONTACT:

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Budget &

Administrative Services Division, (202)

606–0623, U.S. Office of Personnel

Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–33877 Filed 12–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Review of a New

Information Collection: Form RI 25–51

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Public Law 104–13, May 22, 1995), this

notice announces that the Office of

Personnel Management (OPM) intends

to submit to the Office of Management

and Budget a request for review of a

new information collection. RI 25–51,

Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)

Survivor Annuitant Express Pay

Application for Death Benefits, will be

used by the Civil Service Retirement

System solely to pay benefits to the

widow(er) of an annuitant. The

application is intended for use in

immediately authorizing payments to an

annuitant’s widow or widower, based

on the report of death, when our records

show the decedent elected to provide

benefits for the applicant.

Comments are particularly invited on:

Whether this collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of functions of the Office of Personnel

Management, and whether it will have

practical utility; whether our estimate of

the public burden of this collection of

information is accurate, and based on

valid assumptions and methodology;

and ways in which we can minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, through

the use of appropriate technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Approximately 22,000 RI 25–51 forms

will be completed annually. We

estimate it takes approximately 30

minutes to complete the form. The

annual estimated burden is 11,000

hours.