Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900-0546]

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Cemetery System, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the National

Cemetery System (NCS), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted

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 March 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Ron

Taylor, Information Management Service (045A4), Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8015

or FAX (202) 273-5981. Please refer to ``OMB Control No. 2900-0546.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title and Form Number: Adjacent Gravesite Set-Aside Survey (2

Year), VA Form Letter 40-40.

OMB Control Number: 2900-0546.

Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: In the past, the survey was conducted annually. VA Form

Letter 40-40 will be sent biennially (once every two years on a 24

month rotating basis) to individuals holding gravesite set-asides in

national cemeteries to ascertain their wish to retain their set-aside,

or wish to relinquish it. The collection of information is necessary to

assure that gravesite set-asides are not wasted. Some holders become

ineligible, are buried elsewhere, or simply wish to cancel a gravesite

set-aside for them. Without this information, unused set-asides would

exist which could be used by other veterans.

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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 November 13, 1997 at page 60936.

Affected Public: Individuals or households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 3,000 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 10 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Biennially.

Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 18,000.

Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the

information collection to VA's OMB Desk Officer, Allison Eydt, OMB

Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room

10235, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-4650. Please refer to ``OMB

Control No. 2900-0546'' in any correspondence.

Dated: January 26, 1998.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 98-4133 Filed 2-18-98; 8:45 am]

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