[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 78523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-28591]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0253]


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 January 31, 2005.

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. 2900-0253.'' 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. 2900-0253'' in any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Non-supervised Lender's Nomination and Recommendation of 
Credit Underwriter, VA Form 26-8736a.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0253.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA Form 26-8736a is completed by nonsupervised lender's 
and the lender's nominee for credit underwriting with the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. Lenders are authorized by VA to make automatic 
guaranteed loans if approved for such purposes. The lender is required 
to have a qualified underwriter to review loans to be closed on 
automatic basis and determine that the loan meets VA's credit 
underwriting standards. VA uses the data collected on the form to 
evaluate the nominee's credit underwriting experience.
    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 September 15, 2004, at pages 55664.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 1,000 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 20 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.

    Dated: December 15, 2004.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Loise Russell,
Director, Records Management Service.
[FR Doc. 04-28591 Filed 12-29-04; 8:45 am]
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