[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 33 (Thursday, February 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8524-8525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4133]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0546]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Cemetery System, 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 et seq.), this notice announces that the National 
Cemetery System (NCS), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted 
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 March 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Ron 
Taylor, Information Management Service (045A4), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8015 
or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0546.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title and Form Number: Adjacent Gravesite Set-Aside Survey (2 
Year), VA Form Letter 40-40.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0546.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: In the past, the survey was conducted annually. VA Form 
Letter 40-40 will be sent biennially (once every two years on a 24 
month rotating basis) to individuals holding gravesite set-asides in 
national cemeteries to ascertain their wish to retain their set-aside, 
or wish to relinquish it. The collection of information is necessary to 
assure that gravesite set-asides are not wasted. Some holders become 
ineligible, are buried elsewhere, or simply wish to cancel a gravesite 
set-aside for them. Without this information, unused set-asides would 
exist which could be used by other veterans.

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    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 13, 1997 at page 60936.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 3,000 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 10 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Biennially.
    Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 18,000.
    Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the 
information collection to VA's OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt, OMB 
Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-4650. Please refer to ``OMB 
Control No. 2900-0546'' in any correspondence.

    Dated: January 26, 1998.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Donald L. Neilson,
Director, Information Management Service.
[FR Doc. 98-4133 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]
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