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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: Nomination for Appointment to the United States Military Academy, Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy; DD Form 1870; OMB Number 0701-0026.

Type of Request: Reinstatement.

Number of Respondents: 15,425.

Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Annual Responses: 15,425.

Average Burden Per Response: 30 minutes.

Annual Burden Hours: 7,713.

Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary to receive nominations from all Members of Congress, the Vice President, Delegates to Congress, and the Governor and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico annually to each of the three service academies, as legal nominating authorities. The DD Form 1870 is used solely by legal nominating authorities, who by federal law, are entitled to make appointments to the United States Military Academy, Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy. The nomination form allows for legal nominating authorities to select by checking one box as to which academy is being provided with the name of a nominee. The form provides the required information in order for a nomination to be processed.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

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 Office 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, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302.

Dated: September 2, 1998. Patricia L. Toppings, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

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