[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 6853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02109]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0376]


Agency Information Collection (Agent Orange Registry Code Sheet) 
Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Health 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. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the Veterans Health 
Administration (VHA), 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 March 4, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through www.Regulations.gov; or 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. 2900-0376'' in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie, Enterprise Records 
Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632-7492, fax (202) 632-7583 or email 
[email protected]. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0376.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Agent Orange Registry Code Sheet, VA Form 10-9009.
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0376.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: VA in an on-going effort to maintain an Agent Orange 
Registry (AOR) developed a reporting format to facilitate the 
collection of information obtained from Veterans during the Agent 
Orange registry examination process. VA is required to organize and 
update the information contained in AOR to be able to notify Vietnam 
era veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam of any increased 
health risks resulting from exposure to dioxin or other toxic agents. 
VA may also provide, upon request, a health examination, consultation, 
and counseling Veterans who are eligible for listing or inclusion in 
any health-related registry administrated by VA that is similar to the 
Persian Gulf War Veterans Health Registry. Registry examinations is 
provided to veterans who served in Korea in 1968 or 1969, and/or any 
U.S. veteran who may have been exposed to dioxin, or other toxic 
substance in a herbicide or defoliant, during the conduct of, or as a 
result of, the testing, transporting, or spraying of herbicides, and 
who requests an Agent Orange Registry examination. VA will enter the 
information obtained from the veteran during the interview on VA Form 
10-9009, Agent Orange Registry Code Sheet. The registry will provide a 
mechanism that will catalogue prominent symptoms, reproductive health, 
and diagnoses and to communicate with Agent Orange Veterans. VA will 
inform the veterans on research finding or new compensation policies 
through periodic newsletters. The registry is not designed or intended 
to be a research tool and therefore the results cannot be generalized 
to represent all Agent Orange Veterans.
    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 19, 2012, at pages 69548-69549.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6,667 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden per Respondent: 20 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,000.

    Dated: January 25, 2013.

    By direction of the Secretary.
William F. Russo,
Deputy Director, Office of Regulations Policy and Management, Office of 
General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-02109 Filed 1-30-13; 8:45 am]
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