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 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 (NCA), 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 November 15, 2007.

ADDRESSES:

Submit written comments on the collection of information through

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. 2900-0546” in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Denise McLamb, Records Management 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@mail.va.gov

. Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0546” In any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title:

Gravesite Reservation Survey (2 Year), VA Form 40-40.

OMB Control Number:

2900-0546.

Type of Review:

Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract:

VA Form Letter 40-40 is sent biennially to individuals holding gravesite set-asides to ascertain their wish to retain the set-aside, or relinquish it. Gravesite reservation surveys are necessary as some holders become ineligible, are buried elsewhere, or simply wish to cancel a gravesite set-aside. The survey is conducted to assure that gravesite set-asides do not go unused.

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 August 8, 2007, at pages 44613-44614.

Affected Public:

Individuals or households, Business or other for profit.

Estimated Annual Burden:

2,750.

Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent:

10 minutes.

Frequency of Response:

Biennially.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

16,500.

Dated: October 10, 2007.

By direction of the Secretary.

Denise McLamb,

Program Analyst, Records Management Service.

[FR Doc. E7-20331 Filed 10-15-07; 8:45 am]

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