Agency Information Collection (Request for Disinterment) Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0365]

Agency Information Collection (Request for Disinterment) Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY:

National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), this notice announces that the National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, will submit 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; it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES:

Comments must be submitted on or before

July 8, 2010.

ADDRESSES:

Submit written comments on the collection of information through

http://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. 2900-0365” in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records Service (005R1B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461-7485, FAX (202) 273-0443 or e-mail

denise.mclamb@va.gov

. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0365.”

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title:

Request for Disinterment, VA Form 40-4970.

OMB Control Number:

2900-0365.

Type of Review:

Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract:

Claimants complete VA Form 40-4970 to request removal of remains from a national cemetery for interment at another location. Interments made in national cemeteries are permanent and final. All immediate family members of the decedent, including the person who initiated the interment, (whether or not he/she is a

member of the immediate family) must provide a written consent before disinterment is granted. VA will accept an order from a court of local jurisdiction in lieu of VA Form 40-4970.

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 March 29, 2010, at pages 15494-15495.

Affected Public:

Individuals or households.

Estimated Annual Burden:

55.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent:

10 minutes.

Frequency of Response:

On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

329.

Dated: June 2, 2010.

By direction of the Secretary.

Denise McLamb,

Program Analyst, Enterprise Records Service.

[FR Doc. 2010-13598 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]

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