58778 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 210 / Thursday, October 30, 1997 / Notices

requesting repurchase of a loan, the

holder uses VA Form 26–8084. Upon

receipt of a holder’s VA Form 26–8084,

the supporting documents are examined

to see that all of the documents required

have been submitted and that they are

sufficient to complete the repurchase.

VA Form 26–8084 is compared with the

settlement sheet prepared when the loan

was sold and examined closely to

establish that there are no errors in the

holder’s methods of computation.

Following repurchase by VA, the

obligor(s) are notified in writing that VA

has repurchased the loan, and the

vendee account is serviced and

maintained by VA thereafter.

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 July

18, 1997 at pages 38606–38607.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 421 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 30 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

842.

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. 2900–0377’’ in any

correspondence.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

By direction of the Secretary.

Barbara Epps,

Management Analyst, Information

Management Service.

[FR Doc. 97–28715 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0222]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Cemetery System,

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 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 December 1, 1997.

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. 2900–0222.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title and Form Number: Application

for Standard Government Headstone or

Marker for Installation in a Private or

State Veterans’ Cemetery, VA Form 40–

1330.

OMB Control Number: 2900–0222.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: The form is used by the

public to apply for the benefit of

Government-provided headstones or

markers for unmarked graves of eligible

veterans in accordance with Title 38,

U.S.C., Section 906. It is the source of

information used to evaluate the

applicant’s claim for the benefit.

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

7, 1997 at pages 42626–42627.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Annual Burden: 85,000

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

340,000.

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. 2900–0222’’ in any

correspondence.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

By direction of the Secretary.

Barbara Epps,

Management Analyst, Information

Management Service.

[FR Doc. 97–28716 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0432]

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 December 1, 1997.

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. 2900–0432.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Titles and Form Numbers: Invitation,

Bid, and/or Acceptance or

Authorization, VA Form 26–6724.

OMB Control Number: 2900–0432.

Type of Review: Reinstatement,

without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval

has expired.

Abstract: The form is used to solicit

competitive bids or serves as a work

order for the repair of properties

acquired by the VA. In addition, the

form serves as a record of a contractor’s

bid, the VA’s acceptance of a bid,

inspection of completed work, and a

contractor’s invoice and payment

authorization. Without the use of VA

Form 26–6724, the VA would have to

rely on contractors to submit bids on

separate documents and would not have

the advantage of a single record of each

repair program’s specification, bid,

acceptance, inspection, and payment

authorization.