Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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agencies:
  - "Veterans Affairs Department"
fr_citation: "70 FR 17143"
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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. 3501-3521), 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 May 4, 2005.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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-NEW.” 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-NEW” in any correspondence.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

*Title:* Request for Contact Information, VA Form 21-30.

*OMB Control Number:* 2900-NEW.

*Type of Review:* New collection.

*Abstract:* VA Form 21-30 is used to locate individuals when contact information cannot be obtained by other means or when travel funds may be significantly impacted in cases where the individual resides in a remote location and is not home during the day or when visited. VA uses the data collected to investigate and interview witnesses upon any matter within the jurisdiction of the Department, including determining whether a fiduciary of a beneficiary is properly executing his or her duties.

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 December 1, 2004, at page 69991.

*Affected Public:* Individuals or households.

*Estimated Annual Burden:* 1,250 hours.

*Estimated Average Burden Per Respondent:* 15 minutes.

*Frequency of Response:* One-time.

*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 5,000.

By direction of the Secretary.

Dated: March 17, 2005.

Martin Hill,

Management Analyst, Records Management Service.