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###### Department of Veterans Affairs

          - [OMB Control No. 2900-0178]

# 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. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of                               ( print page 2352)                            Veterans Affairs, will submit 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 February 16, 2012.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Submit written comments on the collection of information through                         *www.Regulations.gov*                         or to VA's OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395-7316. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0178” in any correspondence.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-7479, FAX (202) 273-0487 or email                         *denise.mclamb@va.gov*. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0178.”                    

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title:*                     Monthly Certification of On-the-Job and Apprenticeship Training, VA Forms 22-6553d and 22-6553d-1.                

*OMB Control Number:*                     2900-0178.                

*Type of Review:*                     Extension of a currently approved collection.                

*Abstract:*                     Claimants receiving on the job and apprenticeship training complete VA Form 22-6553d to report the number of hours worked. Schools or training establishments also complete the form to report whether the claimant's educational benefits are to be continued, unchanged or terminated, and the effective date of such action. VA Form 22-6553d-1 is an identical printed copy of VA Form 22-6553d. Claimants use VA Form 22-6553d-1 when the computer-generated version of VA Form 22-6553d is not available. VA uses the data collected to process a claimant's educational benefit claim.                

                    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 November 1, 2011, at pages 67559-67560.                

*Affected Public:*                     Individuals or households.                

*Estimated Annual Burden:*                     30,722 hours.                

*Estimated Average Burden per Respondent:*                     10 minutes.                

*Frequency of Response:*                     Monthly.                

*Estimated Number of Respondents:*                     20,481.                

*Number of Responses Annually:*                     184,329.                

Dated: January 11, 2012.

By direction of the Secretary.

Denise McLamb,

Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.

[FR Doc. 2012-670 Filed 1-13-12; 8:45 am]

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