28910 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 110 / Thursday, June 6, 1996 / Notices

referenced post-employment waiver,

granted in its January 4, 1996

Memorandum and as extended in this

document, will expire and is revoked

effective on November 1, 1996. The

Office of Government Ethics will keep

agencies informed of further progress on

the legislative initiative.

Even if the post-employment law is

not amended, executive branch

departments and agencies can still over

the next several months consider and

prepare, if appropriate, requests for the

long-term exemption of individual

positions or categories of positions to be

submitted to OGE for consideration

pursuant to 5 CFR 2641.201(d)(3) of

OGE’s post-Government employment

regulations. Under the statute and

OGE’s implementing regulations, the

OGE Director may determine that a

waiver (exemption) is warranted with

respect to a qualified position or a

category of positions if he finds that the

imposition of the restrictions with

respect thereto would create an undue

hardship to the department or agency

concerned in obtaining qualified

personnel to fill the position(s) and that

granting the exemption would not create

the potential for use of undue influence

or unfair advantage based on past

Government service. See 18 U.S.C.

207(c)(2)(C) and 5 CFR 2641.201(d)(5).

In light of the pendency of a possible

legislative amendment and because of

this extension of the existing waiver,

OGE requests that departments and

agencies wait until late summer before

filing any requests for exemption as to

SES level 4 and similarly situated

positions which are covered by the

current OGE waiver and which they

believe should be permanently

exempted based on the statutory and

regulatory criteria.

Approved: May 22, 1996.

Stephen D. Potts,

Director, Office of Government Ethics.

[FR Doc. 96–14199 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6345–01–U

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request For Reclearance of

Information Collection SF 2802, SF

2802B, and RI 36–7

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 will submit to

the Office of Management and Budget a

request for reclearance of the following

information collections. SF 2802,

Application for Refund of Retirement

Deductions (CSRS), SF 2802B, Current/

Former Spouse’s Notification of

Application for Refund of Retirement

Deductions, and RI 36–7, Marital

Information Required of Refund

Applicants. OPM must have the SF 2802

completely filled out and signed before

paying a refund of retirement

contributions. SF 2802B must also be

completed if there are spouse(s) or

former spouse(s) who must be notified

of the employee’s intent to take a

refund. RI 36–7 is needed when the SF

2802 is incomplete as to the applicant’s

marital status.

Approximately 35,000 SF 2802 forms

are completed annually. Each form takes

approximately 45 minutes to complete.

The annual estimated burden is 26,250

hours. Approximately 31,500 SF 2802B

forms are completed annually. Each

form takes approximately 15 minutes to

complete. The annual estimated burden

is 7,875 hours. Approximately 21,050 RI

36–7 forms are completed annually.

Each form takes approximately 10

minutes to complete. The annual

estimated burden is 3,508 hours. The

combined total annual burden is 37,633

hours.

For copies of this proposal, contact

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

to jmfarron@mail.opm.gov

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received by July 8, 1996.

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

20415–0001

and

Joseph Lackey, OPM Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office

Building, NW., Room 3002,

Washington, DC 20503

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION—CONTACT:

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Management

Services Division, (202) 606–0623.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Lorraine A. Green,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 96–14250 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

[Docket No. A96–17]

In the Matter of: Huntley, Nebraska

68951: (J. Donald Schluntz, Petitioner);

Notice and Order Accepting Appeal

and Establishing Procedural Schedule

Under 39 U.S.C. 404(b)(5)

Issued June 3, 1996.

Docket Number: A96–17.

Name of Affected Post Office:

Huntley, Nebraska 68951.

Name(s) of Petitioner(s): J. Donald

Schluntz.

Type of Determination: Closing.

Date of Filing of Appeal Papers: May

28, 1996.

Categories of Issues Apparently

Raised:

1. Effect on postal services [39 U.S.C.

404(b)(2)(C)].

2. Effect on the community [39 U.S.C.

404(b)(2)(A)].

After the Postal Service files the

administrative record and the

Commission reviews it, the Commission

may find that there are more legal issues

than those set forth above. Or, the

Commission may find that the Postal

Service’s determination disposes of one

or more of those issues.

The Postal Reorganization Act

requires that the Commission issue its

decision within 120 days from the date

this appeal was filed (39 U.S.C. 404

(b)(5)). In the interest of expedition, in

light of the 120-day decision schedule,

the Commission may request the Postal

Service to submit memoranda of law on

any appropriate issue. If requested, such

memoranda will be due 20 days from

the issuance of the request and the

Postal Service shall serve a copy of its

memoranda on the petitioners. The

Postal Service may incorporate by

reference in its briefs or motions, any

arguments presented in memoranda it

previously filed in this docket. If

necessary, the Commission also may ask

petitioners or the Postal Service for

more information.

The Commission Orders

(a) The Postal Service shall file the

record in this appeal by June 12, 1996.

(b) The Secretary of the Postal Rate

Commission shall publish this Notice

and Order and Procedural Schedule in

the Federal Register.

By the Commission.

Margaret P. Crenshaw,

Secretary.

Appendix

May 28, 1996—Filing of Appeal letter

June 3, 1996—Commission Notice and Order

of Filing of Appeal