[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 195 (Friday, October 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54921-54922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26290]


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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION


Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB 
review; comment request

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NARA is giving public notice that the agency has submitted to 
OMB for approval the information collection described in this notice. 
The public is invited to comment on the proposed information collection 
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to OMB at the address below 
on or before November 8, 1999 to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to: Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Ms. Virginia 
Huth, Desk Officer for NARA, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the proposed information collection and supporting statement 
should be directed to Tamee Fechhelm at telephone number 301-713-6730 
or fax number 301-713-6913.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), NARA invites the general public and other 
Federal agencies to comment on proposed information collections. NARA 
published a notice of proposed collection for this information 
collection on July 20, 1999 (64 FR 38927 and 38928). No comments were 
received. NARA has submitted the described information collection to 
OMB for approval.
    In response to this notice, comments and suggestions should address 
one or more of the following points: (a) Whether the proposed 
information collection is necessary for the proper performance of the 
functions of NARA; (b) The accuracy of NARA's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collection; (c) Ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of information technology. In this notice, NARA is 
soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:
    Title: Authorization for Release of Military Medical Patient 
Records, Request for Information Needed to Locate Medical Records, 
Request for Information Needed to Reconstruct Medical Data, and 
Questionnaire about Military Service.
    OMB number: 3095-New.
    Agency form number: NA Forms 13036, 13042, 13055, and 13075.
    Type of review: Regular.
    Affected public: Veterans, their authorized representatives, state 
and local governments, and businesses.
    Estimated number of respondents: 79,800.
    Estimated time per response: 5 minutes.
    Frequency of response: On occasion (when respondent wishes to 
request information from a military personnel, military medical, and 
dependent medical record).
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 6,650 hours.
    Abstract: The information collection is prescribed by 36 CFR 
1228.162. In accordance with rules issued by the Department of Defense 
(DOD) and the Department of Transportation (DOT, U.S. Coast Guard), the 
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) of the National Archives and 
Records

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Administration (NARA) administers military personnel and medical 
records of veterans after discharge, retirement, and death. In 
addition, NRPC administers the medical records of dependents of service 
personnel. When veterans, dependents, and other authorized individuals 
request information from or copies of documents in military personnel, 
military medical, and dependent medical records, they must provide on 
forms or in letters certain information about the veteran and the 
nature of the request. A major fire at the NPRC on July 12, 1973, 
destroyed numerous military records. If individuals? requests involve 
records or information from records that may have been lost in the 
fire, requesters may be asked to complete NA Form 13075, Questionnaire 
about Military Service, or NA Form 13055, Request for Information 
Needed to Reconstruct Medical Data, so that NPRC staff can search 
alternative sources to reconstruct the requested information. 
Requesters who ask for medical records of dependents of service 
personnel and hospitalization records of military personnel are asked 
to complete NA Form 13042, Request for Information Needed to Locate 
Medical Records, so that NPRC staff can locate the desired records. 
Certain types of information contained in military personnel and 
medical records are restricted from disclosure unless the veteran 
provides a more specific release authorization than is normally 
required. Veterans are asked to complete NA Form 13036, Authorization 
for Release of Military Medical Patient Records, to authorize release 
to a third party of a restricted type of information found in the 
desired record.

    Dated: October 4, 1999.
L. Reynolds Cahoon,
Assistant Archivist for Human Resources and Information Services.
[FR Doc. 99-26290 Filed 10-7-99; 8:45 am]
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