95-28313. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Public Comment Request: Gravesite Reservation Survey; Virginia

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 57626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28313]



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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

[Form Letter 40-12]


Proposed Information Collection Activity; Public Comment Request: 
Gravesite Reservation Survey; Virginia

AGENCY: National Cemetery System, Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, National Cemetery System (NCS) invites the general 
public and other Federal agencies to comment on this information 
collection. This request for comment is being made pursuant to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13; 44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)). Comments should address the accuracy of the burden 
estimates and ways to minimize the burden including the use of 
automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of 
information technology, as well as other relevant aspects of the 
information collection.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposal for the 
collection of information should be received by January 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to George Vogel, National 
Cemetery System (403C), Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC 
20420. All comments will become a matter of public record and will be 
summarized in the NCS request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval. In this document NCS is soliciting comments concerning the 
following information collection:
    OMB Control Number: 2900-0357.
    Title and Form Number: Gravesite Reservation Survey, VA Form Letter 
40-12.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Need and Uses: The form letter is used to determine whether 
individuals holding gravesite reservations in national cemeteries wish 
to continue the reservation and whether their eligibility for the 
reservation has been affected.
    Current Actions: From the late 1940's until January 1962, the 
Department of the Army allowed active duty servicepersons and surviving 
spouses of deceased veterans interred in national cemeteries to reserve 
gravesites for their interments. Recurring gravesite reservation 
surveys are necessary as some holders become ineligible, are buried 
elsewhere, or cancel their reservation; therefore, reserved gravesites 
would exist forever without use.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Annual Burden: 2,000 hours.
    Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent: 12 minutes.
    Frequency of Response: Biennially.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the form should be directed to Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Attn: Ron Taylor, VA Clearance Officer (045A4), Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20420, 
telephone [phone] or FAX [phone].

    Dated: November 7, 1995.

    By direction of the Secretary:
Donald L. Neilson,
Director, Information Management Service.
[FR Doc. 95-28313 Filed 11-15-95; 8:45 am]
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