[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 16 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3957-3958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01265]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Docket ID: DoD-2015-OS-0004]


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness announces a proposed public information collection and seeks 
public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: (a) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency'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 
information collection on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by March 
27, 2015.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number and 
title, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Federal Docket Management System Office, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350-3100.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket number and title for this Federal Register document. The 
general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the 
public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov as they are received without 
change, including any personal identifiers or contact information. Any 
associated form(s) for this collection may be located within this same 
electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow the 
instructions at http://www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. 
Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, 
form number, and title.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this 
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and 
associated collection instruments, please write to the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Defense, Military Community and Family Policy, ATTN: 
Casualty Affairs, 4000 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-4000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Statement of Disposition of 
Military Remains, DD Form X634; Disposition of Remains Election 
Statement Initial Notification of Identified Partial Remains, DD Form 
X635; Disposition of Remains Election Statement Notification of 
Subsequently Identified Partial Remains, DD Form X3636; Disposition of 
Organs Retained for Extended Examination, DD Form X637; Advanced 
Restorative Art of Remains, DD Form X638; Election for Air 
Transportation of Remains of Casualties Dying in a Theater of Combat 
Operations, DD Form X639; OMB Control Number 0704-XXXX.
    Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary 
to obtain the election (as applicable) of the Person Authorized to 
Direct Disposition (PADD) of the remains of the decedent. These forms 
were directed by the Secretary of Defense for transparency and 
standardization of the mortuary procedures as part of the Final Report 
of the Dover Port Mortuary Independent Review Subcommittee 
Implementation Plan and 180-day study. The applicable form(s) is 
included in the individual case file of the decedent.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Person Authorized to 
Direct Disposition (PADD); family members of the deceased.
    Annual Burden Hours: 15.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    The respondents are the PADD of the decedent for whom mortuary 
services as described on the applicable form (DD Form X634; DD Form 
X635; DD Form X636; DD Form X637; DD Form X638; or DD Form X639) is 
recommended or required, and the witness to that election. The PADD 
documents their election, and the PADD and witness sign the applicable 
form to formalize this process and document the election of the PADD. 
These forms become a part of the Official Individual Deceased Personnel 
File. If the PADD does not sign these forms, then the Department cannot 
provide mortuary and transportation services to the PADD. Currently 
there is a lack of standardization across the Military Services, as 
each Service currently utilizes different forms for these elections and 
they do not all capture the same information even on similar forms. 
Standardizing the information collected is essential in maintaining the 
transparency and integrity of the mortuary affairs process.

    Dated: January 21, 2015.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2015-01265 Filed 1-23-15; 8:45 am]
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