[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78805-78806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31567]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900-0261]
Agency Information Collection (Application for Refund of
Educational Contributions) Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 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 January 18, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information
through http://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. 2900-0261'' 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) 461-7485, FAX (202) 461-0966 or e-mail
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0261.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application for Refund of Educational Contributions (VEAP,
Chapter 32, Title 38, U.S.C.), VA Form 22-5281.
OMB Control Number: 2900-0261.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Veterans and service persons complete VA Form 22-5281 to
request a refund of their contribution to the Post-Vietnam Veterans
Education Program. Contribution made into the Post-Vietnam Veterans
Education Program may be refunded only after the participant has
disenrolled from the program. Request for refund of contribution prior
to discharge or release from active duty will be refunded on the date
of the participant's discharge or release from activity duty or within
60 days of receipt of notice by the Secretary of the participant's
discharge or disenrollment. Refunds may be made earlier in instances of
hardship or other good reasons. Participants who stop their enrollment
from the program after discharge or release from active duty
contributions will be refunded within 60 days of receipt of their
application.
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 October 7, 2010, at pages 62187-62188.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 142 hours.
Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 10 minutes.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 850.
Dated: December 10, 2010.
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By direction of the Secretary.
Denise McLamb,
Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-31567 Filed 12-15-10; 8:45 am]
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