[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71591-71592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25578]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

[Docket ID USN-2022-HQ-0020]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: 30-Day information collection notice.

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SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by December 
23, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Duncan, 571-372-7574, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Navy Casualty Assistance 
Forms; OPNAV Forms 1770/1, 1770/2, and 1770/3; OMB Control Number 0703-
0076.
    Type of Request: Extension without change.
    Number of Respondents: 800.
    Responses per Respondent: 2.5.
    Annual Responses: 2,000.
    Average Burden per Response: 39 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,300.
    Needs and Uses: Navy Personnel Command is the Secretary of the 
Navy's office for the certification and administration of benefits in 
the event a Sailor is declared Duty Status, Whereabouts Unknown 
(DUSTWUN), Missing, or deceased--or incurs injuries or illness 
classified as Serious or Very Serious. Information must be collected 
from Sailors' Next of Kin in order to appropriately provide benefits 
and entitlements, as well as process travel requests and release their 
contact information to members of Congress. Respondents for each of the 
forms are family members and other individuals pertaining to a Sailor 
who dies or becomes seriously ill or injured. Responses are collected 
using OPNAV Form 1770/1, ``Consent to Release Information;'' OPNAV Form 
1770/2, ``Next of Kin Travel Request;'' and OPNAV Form 1770/3, ``Next 
of Kin Information.'' The forms are completed in the presence of a 
Casualty Assistance Calls Officer (CACO), and the completed forms are 
retained by the CACO for submission to Navy Personnel Command. OPNAV 
1770/1 is completed by a spouse, parent, or child of majority of a 
deceased Sailor to provide written permission to release their contact 
information to a member of Congress for condolence purposes. OPNAV 
1770/2 is completed by a qualifying family member if they desire to 
travel to a funeral or command memorial of a deceased Sailor or travel 
to the bedside of a seriously ill or injured Sailor. OPNAV 1770/3 is 
completed for each Next of Kin and beneficiary in a deceased case. The 
form is used to collect pertinent data in order to process claims for 
benefits and entitlements. Each form that requires completion is done 
so through an interactive session between the CACO and the family 
member. If the family member does not desire to complete a form at a 
certain meeting, the event is rescheduled. The CACO will not leave the 
form with the family to fill out--the Navy takes pride in direct 
assistance to family members, and the form is talked through and 
completed at a time convenient for the family member. Completed forms 
are forwarded to case managers at Navy Casualty, and stored 
electronically in the Defense Casualty Information Processing System.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

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    OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet Seehra.
    You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by 
Docket ID number and title, by the following method:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency 
name, Docket ID 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.
    DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela Duncan.
    Requests for copies of the information collection proposal should 
be sent to Ms. Duncan at [email protected].

    Dated: November 18, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2022-25578 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
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