Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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title: "Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review"
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publication_date: "2003-06-03"
agencies:
  - "Veterans Affairs Department"
fr_citation: "68 FR 33227"
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  - "OMB Control No. 2900-0565"
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#  Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

**AGENCY:**

Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

**ACTION:**

Notice.

**SUMMARY:**

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 *et seq.* ), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), 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 July 3, 2003.

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

Denise McLamb, Records Management Service (005E3), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273-8030, FAX (202) 273-5981 or e-mail: *[email protected].* Please refer to “OMB Control No. 2900-0565.”

Send comments and recommendations concerning any aspect of the information collection 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. 2900-0565” in any correspondence.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

*Title* : State Application for Interment allowance Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 23, VA Form 21-530A.

*OMB Control Number:* 2900-0565.

*Type of Review:* Extension of a currently approved collection.

*Abstract:* VA Form 21-530a is used to gather information from states that are seeking payment of the benefits for plot-interment allowances. The form allows states to submit a consolidated application for plot or interment allowances for eligible veteran buried in a cemetery owned by that State and is also used for the interment of persons eligible for burial in a national cemetery.

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 6, 2003, at page 10782.

*Affected Public:* State, Local or Tribal Government.

*Estimated Annual Burden:* 20,000 hours.

*Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent:* 30 minutes.

*Frequency of Response:* One time.

*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 40,000.

By direction of the Secretary:

Dated: May 15, 2003.

Jacqueline Parks,

IT Specialist, Records Management Service.