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VA PRA information: VA PRA 

Clearance Office, 202–461–8900, 

vacopaperworkreduact@va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VHA invites 

comments on: (1) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VHA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VHA’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: Nonprofit Research and 

Education Corporations (NPCs)— 

Annual Report, Remediation Plans & 

Assessment Questionnaires (VA Forms 

10–10073, 10–10073A, 10–10073B, and 

10–10073C). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0783. 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRASearch (Once at this link, you can 

enter the OMB Control Number to find 

the historical versions of this 

Information Collection). 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Federal law at 38 U.S.C. 

7366, Accountability and Oversight, 

states ‘‘(b) each such corporation (NPC) 

shall submit to the Secretary 

(Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)) 

an annual report providing a detailed 

statement of its operations, activities, 

and accomplishments during that year.’’ 

The individual NPC annual reports are 

combined into one NPC Annual Report 

to Congress. VA oversight of NPCs 

includes reviews, audits, selfassessments, and remediation plans. 

This information collection is used for 

oversight of NPCs and includes the 

following: 

a. NPC Annual Report Template, VA 

Form 10–10073 

b. NPC Audit Actions Items 

Remediation Plans, VA Form 10– 

10073A 

c. NPPO Internal Control Questionnaire, 

VA Form 10–10073B 

d. NPPO Operations Oversight 

Questionnaire, VA Form 10–10073C 

NPC Annual Report Template, VA 

Form 10–10073 

Since 1988, when the enabling 

legislation for the NPCs was passed, 

annual reports have been obtained from 

each NPC and combined into an NPC 

Annual Report to Congress. Congress 

uses the combined NPC Annual Report 

to Congress to monitor the progress of 

the overall NPC program it created. The 

NPC Annual Report to Congress is also 

used by top-level VA executives to 

evaluate the program and to recommend 

changes where needed. VHA’s 

Nonprofit Oversight Board and the 

Nonprofit Program Office (NPPO) use 

both the combined NPC Annual Report 

to Congress and the individual NPC 

Annual Report Templates to monitor 

and oversee the NPCs. Trend analyses 

and other financial information are 

analyzed for each NPC and judgments 

made about each NPC’s progress, 

financial viability, stewardship of 

assets, and accomplishments. 

NPC Audit Actions Items Remediation 

Plans, VA Form 10–10073A 

The NPC Audit Action Items 

Remediation Plans information 

collection is used to review the NPCs’ 

remedies for audit deficiencies and 

recommendations. The major objective 

of the information collection is to help 

ensure proper corrective action. If any of 

the remediation plans submitted are 

inadequate, then the NPPO will make 

recommendations for sound, workable 

remedies. 

NPPO Internal Control Questionnaire, 

VA Form 10–10073B 

The NPPO Internal Control 

Questionnaire, or portions of it, will be 

used in conducting reviews, audits, and 

investigations of the NPCs. The major 

objective of the questionnaire is to 

uncover weaknesses and lapses in 

internal controls. The NPPO will then 

make recommendations for improved 

internal controls wherever there are 

weaknesses or lapses. The questionnaire 

also may be used as a voluntary selfassessment by the NPCs. 

NPPO Operations Oversight 

Questionnaire, VA Form 10–10073C 

The NPPO Operations Oversight 

Questionnaire, or portions of it, will be 

used in conducting operational reviews 

of the NPCs. The major objective of the 

questionnaire is to uncover operating 

problems and areas that need 

improvement. The NPPO will then 

make recommendations for operations 

improvements wherever problems or 

opportunities for improvement are 

found. The questionnaire also may be 

used as a voluntary self-assessment by 

the NPCs. 

VHA does not anticipate any changes 

to the annual number of responses or 

burden hours. However, there are some 

minor updates to the forms for 

clarification and to comply with current 

guidance on standard PRA language. 

Total Annual Burden: 858 hours. 

Total Annual Responses: 300. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 

a. NPC Annual Report Template—301 

hours. 

b. NPC Audit Actions Items 

Remediation Plans—84 hours. 

c. NPPO Internal Control 

Questionnaire—344 hours. 

d. NPPO Operations Oversight 

Questionnaire—129 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Respondent: 

a. NPC Annual Report Template—210 

minutes. 

b. NPC Audit Actions Items 

Remediation Plans—120 minutes. 

c. NPPO Internal Control 

Questionnaire—240 minutes. 

d. NPPO Operations Oversight 

Questionnaire—90 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once 

annually. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

a. NPC Annual Report Template—86. 

b. NPC Audit Actions Items 

Remediation Plans—42. 

c. NPPO Internal Control 

Questionnaire—86. 

d. NPPO Operations Oversight 

Questionnaire—86. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27728 Filed 11–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0587] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Equipment 

Operation and Maintenance Manuals 

AGENCY: Procurement Policy and 

Warrant Management Service (PPS), 

Office of Procurement Policy, Systems 

and Oversight, Office of Acquisition and 

Logistics, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 


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1995, this notice announces that the 

Procurement Policy and Warrant 

Management Service, Office of 

Procurement Policy, Systems and 

Oversight, Office of Acquisition and 

Logistics, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, will submit 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, and it 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent by 

December 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To submit comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection, please type the 

following link into your browser: 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’, then search the 

list for the information collection by 

Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0587.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA 

PRA information: VA PRA Clearance 

Office, 202–461–8900, 

vacopaperworkreduact@va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: VAAR Clause 852.211–70, 

Equipment Operation and Maintenance 

Manuals. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0587 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRASearch. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The contracting officer shall 

insert the clause at 852.211–70, 

Equipment Operation and Maintenance 

Manuals, in solicitations and contracts 

for technical medical equipment, and 

other technical and mechanical 

equipment and devices where the 

requiring activity determines manuals 

are a necessary requirement for 

operation and maintenance of the 

equipment. Contractors are required to 

furnish both operation manuals and 

maintenance/repair manuals with the 

equipment provided to the Government. 

This clause sets forth those 

requirements and the minimum 

standards those manuals must meet to 

be acceptable. Generally, this is the 

same operation manual furnished with 

each piece of equipment sold to the 

general public and the same repair 

manual used by company technicians in 

repairing the company’s equipment. The 

cost of the manuals is included in the 

contract price or listed as separately 

priced line items on the purchase order. 

The operation manual will be used by 

the individual actually operating the 

equipment to ensure proper operation 

and cleaning. The repair manual will be 

used by VA equipment repair staff to 

repair the equipment. 

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 at 

89FR76193, September 17, 2024. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 745 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 2 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

22,337. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Notice of Plans for Department of 

Veterans Affairs to Assess Exposures 

and Conditions of Interest for Veterans 

Who Served At Karshi-Khanabad Air 

Base and To Solicit Public Comment 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) announces that it plans to 

conduct an assessment of scientific 

literature and historical claims data to 

determine whether there is an 

association between military 

environmental exposure to toxic 

substances related to military service at 

Camp Stronghold Freedom in KarshiKhanabad (K2) in Uzbekistan from 2001 

to 2005 and medical conditions. VA 

entered into an agreement with the 

Center for Disease Control and 

Prevention’s Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry and 

published a Report to Congress in 2022 

that identified the known health 

consequences associated with the 

identified toxic substances, chemicals, 

and airborne hazards at K2. As part of 

a continuing effort to assess the health 

risks that may be associated with 

military service at K2, VA is soliciting 

public comment on environmental 

exposures at K2 and medical conditions 

developed by Veterans who served 

there. This notice provides an 

opportunity for Veterans, caregivers, 

survivors, and the public to share 

relevant information with VA to inform 

decisions regarding presumptive 

benefits that could impact the roughly 

16,000 Veterans who served at K2. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted through www.regulations.gov. 

Except as provided below, comments 

received before the close of the 

comment period will be available as 

soon as possible after they have been 

received at www.regulations.gov for 

public viewing, inspection, or copying, 

including any personally identifiable or 

confidential business information that is 

included in a comment. VA will not 

post public comments that make threats 

to individuals or institutions or suggest 

that the commenter will take actions to 

harm an individual. VA encourages 

individuals not to submit duplicative 

comments. We will post comments from 

multiple unique commenters even if the 

content is identical or nearly identical 

to other comments. Any public 

comment received after the comment 

period’s closing date is considered late 

and will not be considered in any 

potential future rulemaking. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter D. Rumm, M.D., MPH, Director of 

Policy, Health Outcomes Military 

Exposures, Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, at 202–461– 

7297. This is not a toll-free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Camp 

Stronghold Freedom was established at 

a former Soviet Air Base in K2 located 

in Southwest Uzbekistan in October 

2001 and occupied by U.S. forces 

through the middle of 2005. During this 

period, several environmental site 

surveys were conducted by the 

Department of Defense (DOD) to assess 

contaminants that could impact the 

operational readiness of U.S. military 

operations and the safety of U.S. forces 

that deployed to K2. These surveys 

identified several contaminants, such as 

dust and particulate matter, 

underground jet fuel plumes, surface 

dirt with traces of asbestos, depleted 

uranium, benzene, chromium, and 

others. The Public Health website of the 

Defense Health Agency of the DOD lists 

contaminants of concern it identified at 

K2 [1]. 

Since 2021, VA has been assessing the 

potential health effects, including 

respiratory conditions and cancers, 

among K2 Veterans. Section 2010 of the 

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