[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 107 (Friday, June 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35752-35753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13107]


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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 Under 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 Under 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: 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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and 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 August 
2, 2016.

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: Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Management Officer, Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark 
Center Drive, Mailbox #24, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, docket

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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: Mortuary Affairs Forms; 
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 X636; 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) or the Person Authorized to Effect 
Disposition (PAED) 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; Individuals or 
Household.
    Annual Burden Hours: 225.
    Number of Respondents: 900.
    Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Annual Responses: 900.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    The respondents are the PADD or PAED 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 
or PAED documents their election, and the PADD or PAED and witness sign 
the applicable form to formalize this process and document the election 
of the PADD or PAED as applicable. These forms become a part of the 
Official Individual Deceased Personnel File. If the PADD or PAED does 
not sign these forms, then the Department cannot provide mortuary and 
transportation services as requested by the PADD or PAED. 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: May 31, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2016-13107 Filed 6-2-16; 8:45 am]
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