Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 250 / Wednesday, December 31, 1997 / Notices 68267

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness).

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel

and Readiness) announces the following

proposed reinstatement of a public

information collection and seeks public

comment on the provisions thereof.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

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 March 2, 1998.

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)

(Force Management Policy/Personnel

Support Families and Education/

Community Support Policy), ATTN:

Colonel Jack Padgett, 4000 Defense

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–4000.

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

at (703) 693–6184.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Control Number: ‘‘Application for

Discharge of Member or Survivor of

Member of Group Certified to Have

Performed Active Duty with the Armed

Forces of the United States’’ DD Form

2168, 0704–0100.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection requirement is necessary to

implement Public Law 95–202, Section

401, which directs the Secretary of

Defense to determine if civilian

employment or contractual service

rendered by groups to the Armed Forces

of the United States shall be considered

active duty. This information is

collected on DD Form 2168,

‘‘Application for Discharge of Member

of Survivor of Member of Group

Certified to Have Performed Active Duty

with the Armed Forces of the United

States,’’ which provides the necessary

data to assist each of the Military

Departments in determining if an

applicant was a member of a group

which has performed active military

service. Those individuals who have

been recognized as a member of an

approved group are eligible for benefits

provided for by laws administered by

the Veteran’s Administration.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Annual Burden Hours: 1500.

Number of Respondents: 3000.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: .5

hours.

Frequency: On occasion.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

Public law 95–202 directed the

Secretary of Defense to determine if

civilian employment or contractual

service rendered by groups to the

Armed Forces of the United States shall

be considered active duty. Individuals

recognized as a member of an approved

group will be eligible for benefits

provided for by the laws of the Veteran’s

Administration. The information

collected on DD Form 2168,

‘‘Application for Discharge of Member

or Survivor of Member of Group

Certified to Have Performed Active Duty

with the Armed Forces of the United

States.’’ is necessary to assist each of the

Military Departments in determining if

an applicant was a member of a group

which has been found to have

performed active military service and to

assist in issuing an appropriate

certificate of service. Information

provided by the applicant will include:

the name of the group served with; dates

and place of service; highest grade/rank/

rating held during service; highest pay

grade; military installation where

ordered to report; specialty/job title(s). If

the information requested on the DD

Form 2168 is compatible with that of a

corresponding approved group, and the

applicant can provide supporting

evidence, he or she will receive

veteran’s status in accordance with

provisions of DoD Directive 1000.20.

Information from the DD Form 2168 will

be extracted and used to complete the

DD Form 214, ‘‘Certificate for Release or

Discharge from Active Duty.’’

Dated: December 23, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–33978 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

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).

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Number: Domestic Preparedness Hotline

User Survey; No Form; OMB Number

0702-[to be determined].

Type of Request: New Collection.

Number of Respondents: 600.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 600.

Average Burden Per Response: 15

minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 150.

Needs and Uses: The information

collection requirement is necessary to

obtain information from users regarding

the features of a hotline for reporting

instances of chemical, biological, or

weapons of mass destruction.

Respondents are firefighters, hazardous

materials responders, emergency

medical services, and emergency

planners/managers from 150

metropolitan areas in the U.S. They are

the intended hotline user group. The

purpose of this information collection is

to obtain input from this user group on

the features they would like to have

incorporated into a hotline for reporting

emergencies of a chemical, biological, or

weapons of mass destruction nature.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Edward C.

Springer.

Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

Mr. Springer at the Office of

Management and Budget, Desk Officer

for DoD, Room 10236, New Executive

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Robert

Cushing.

Written requests for copies of the

information collection proposal should

be sent to Mr. Cushing, WHS/DIOR,