[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 63570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24397]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0252]


Agency Information Collection Activities 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. 3501-21), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits 
Administration (VBA), 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 and includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 2, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise McLamb, Records Management 
Service (005E3), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 
NW., or e-mail [email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control 
No. 2900-0252.'' Send comments and recommendations concerning any 
aspect of the information collection 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. 2900-0252'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Application for Authority To Close Loans on an Automatic 
Basis--Nonsupervised Lenders, VA Form 26-8736.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0252.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Form 26-8736 is used by nonsupervised lenders 
requesting approval to close loans on an automatic basis. Automatic 
lending privileges eliminate the requirement for submission of loans to 
VA for prior approval. Lending institutions with automatic loan 
privileges may process and disburse such loans and subsequently report 
the loan to VA for issuance of guaranty. The form requests information 
considered crucial for VA to make acceptability determinations as to 
lenders who shall be approved for this privilege.
    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 August 10, 2004, at pages 48566-48567.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 50 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 25 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 120.

    Dated: October 14, 2004.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Loise Russell,
Director, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 04-24397 Filed 11-1-04; 8:45 am]
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