[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 44625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17784]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Proposed Information Collection (Open Burn Pit Registry Airborne 
Hazard Self-Assessment Questionnaire) Activity; Extension of Comment 
Period

AGENCY: Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice; Extension of Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Department of 
Veterans Affairs (VA), is extending the comment period for the notice 
published June 5, 2013 (78 FR 33894), and posting the draft 
questionnaire that was the subject of that notice, on the VA's Web 
site.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed collection 
of information should be received on or before August 20, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the collection of information 
through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at 
www.Regulations.gov; or to Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Veterans Health 
Administration (10B4), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420 or email: [email protected].
    Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900--NEW, Open Burn Pit Registry 
Airborne Hazard Self-Assessment Questionnaire,'' in any correspondence. 
During the comment period, comments may be viewed online through FDMS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Harvey-Pryor at (202) 461-5870 
or Fax (202) 495-5397.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 5, 2013, VA published a notice in 
the Federal Register (78 FR 33894) (FR Doc. 2013-13224) announcing an 
opportunity for public comment on a proposed collection of certain 
information by VA. This notice solicited comments on a draft 
questionnaire to collect information to ascertain and monitor the 
health effects of service members' exposure to toxic airborne chemicals 
and fumes caused by open burn pits. The notice listed a VA point of 
contact that provided the draft questionnaire to members of the public 
during the comment period.
    In response to a suggestion from several Members of Congress, VA 
has decided to post the draft questionnaire on our Web site at http://www.publichealth.va.gov/docs/exposures/draft-questionnaire-burn-pit-registry.pdf and http://www.publichealth.va.gov/docs/exposures/justification-burn-pit-registry.pdf and is extending the comment period 
for an additional 15 days, to August 20, 2013.

    Dated: July 19, 2013.

    By direction of the Secretary.
Crystal Rennie,
Clearance Officer, Enterprise Records Service, Office of Information 
and Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2013-17784 Filed 7-23-13; 8:45 am]
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