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1The Build America, Buy America Act was 

included as title XI, subtitle A of the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. 117–58). 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2024–0158] 

Request for Comments on the Renewal 

of a Previously Approved Collection: 

Application for Construction Reserve 

Fund and Annual Statements (CRF) 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration 

(MARAD) invites public comments on 

our intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

proposed collection OMB 2133–0032 

(Application for Construction Reserve 

Fund (CRF) and Annual Statements) is 

used to evaluate an applicant’s 

eligibility for CRF program benefits. 

There was a reduction in the public 

burden since the last renewal. We are 

required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register to obtain comments 

from the public and affected agencies. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David M. Gilmore, Director, 202–366– 

5737, Office of Marine Financing, 

Maritime Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, Email: David.gilmore@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Application for Construction 

Reserve Fund Program (CRF). 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0032. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

previously approved collection. 

Abstract: The Construction Reserve 

Fund Program (CRF), authorized by 46 

U.S.C. chapter 533, is a financial 

assistance program which provides tax 

deferral benefits to U.S.-flag operators. 

Eligible parties can defer the gain 

attributable to the sale or loss of a 

vessel, provided the proceeds are used 

to expand or modernize the U.S. 

merchant fleet. The primary purpose of 

the CRF is to promote the construction, 

reconstruction, reconditioning, or 

acquisition of merchant vessels which 

are necessary for national defense and to 

the development of U.S. commerce. 

Respondents: Citizens who own or 

operate vessels in the U.S. foreign or 

domestic commerce who desire tax 

benefits under the CRF must respond. 

Affected Public: Owners or operators 

of vessels in the domestic or foreign 

commerce. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 10. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 9. 

Annual Estimated Total Annual 

Burden Hours: 90. 

Frequency of Response: Once 

Annually. 

A 60-day Federal Register Notice 

soliciting comments on this information 

collection was published on October 1, 

2024 (89 FR 80011) in the Federal 

Register indicating comments should be 

submitted by December 2, 2024. No 

comments were received. 

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended; and 

49 CFR 1.49.) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29537 Filed 12–13–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No.: DOT–OST–2024–0129] 

Notice of Proposed Waiver of Buy 

America Requirements for the Pacific 

Island Territories and the Freely 

Associated States 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT) is seeking 

comments on a proposed general 

applicability public interest waiver of 

the requirements of section 70914(a) of 

the Build America, Buy America Act 

(BABA) and related domestic preference 

statutes administered by DOT and its 

Operating Administrations (OAs) for 

Federal financial assistance awarded for 

infrastructure projects located in the 

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 

Islands (CNMI), Guam, and American 

Samoa, collectively referred to as the 

Pacific Island territories. The proposed 

waiver would also apply to 

discretionary grant assistance provided 

by DOT to the Freely Associated States 

(the Republic of Palau, Republic of the 

Marshall Islands, and Federated States 

of Micronesia) in the Pacific that is 

subject to a domestic preference statute 

(which does not include BABA, as that 

statute only applies to the United States 

and its territories). The waiver will 

remain in effect for five years after the 

effective date of the final waiver. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

December 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit your 

comments to the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site at https://

www.regulations.gov, Docket: DOT– 

OST–2024–0129. 

Note: All submissions received, 

including any personal information 

therein, will be posted without change 

or alteration to https://

www.regulations.gov. For more 

information, you may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Elizabeth Fox, DOT Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Transportation 

Policy, at elizabeth.fox@dot.gov or at 

202–366–4540. For legal questions, 

please contact Jennifer KirbyMcLemore, DOT Office of the General 

Counsel, 405–446–6883, or via email at 

jennifer.mclemore@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Buy America preferences set forth 

in section 70914(a) of BABA1 require 

that all iron, steel, manufactured 

products, and construction materials 

used for infrastructure projects in the 

United States under Federal financial 

assistance awards be produced in the 

United States. 

Under section 70914(b) and in 

accordance with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB)’s 

Guidance Memorandum M–24–02, 

Implementation Guidance on 

Application of Buy America Preference 

in Federal Financial Assistance 

Programs for Infrastructure, DOT may 

waive the application of BABA 

requirements in any case in which it 

finds that: (i) applying the domestic 

content procurement preference would 

be inconsistent with the public interest; 

(ii) types of iron, steel, manufactured 

products, or construction materials are 

not produced in the U.S. in sufficient 

and reasonably available quantities or of 

a satisfactory quality; or (iii) the 

inclusion of iron, steel, manufactured 

products, or construction materials 

produced in the U.S. will increase the 

cost of the overall project by more than 

25 percent. 

BABA also provides that the 

preferences under section 70914 apply 


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2 DOT OAs that provide or administer financial 

assistance covered under this proposed waiver 

include the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); 

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA); Federal 

Transit Administration (FTA); and the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

3 In this notice, references to ‘‘Buy America’’ 

include domestic preference laws referred to ‘‘Buy 

American’’ that apply to DOT financial assistance 

programs. 

4For example, section 409 of the Transportation, 

Housing and Urban Development, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 states that ‘‘no 

funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 

expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that 

in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 

1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known as the 

‘Buy American Act’).’’ 

only to the extent that a domestic 

content procurement preference as 

described in section 70914 does not 

already apply to iron, steel, 

manufactured products, and 

construction materials. IIJA section 

70917(a)–(b). Federal financial 

assistance programs administered by 

DOT’s Operating Administrations 

(OAs) 2 are subject to a variety of modespecific statutes that apply particular 

Buy America 3 requirements to iron, 

steel, and manufactured products, 

including 49 U.S.C. 50101 (FAA); 23 

U.S.C. 313 (FHWA); 49 U.S.C. 5323(j) 

(FTA); and 46 U.S.C. 54101(d)(2) 

(MARAD). Recent annual 

appropriations acts have also required 

DOT to apply the Buy American Act (41 

U.S.C. chapter 83) to funds appropriated 

under those acts,4 where a modespecific statute is not in place. These 

statutes also allow for waivers of the 

Buy America requirements to be issued 

when the Department determines that 

doing so is in the public interest. 

DOT and its OAs provide financial 

assistance to the three Pacific Island 

territories of Guam, American Samoa, 

and CNMI through both discretionary 

grants and allocated programs, 

including assistance programs for 

highways and bridges, public 

transportation, airports, and port 

facilities. The Freely Associated States 

(the Republic of Palau, Republic of the 

Marshall Islands, and Federated States 

of Micronesia) in the Pacific region are 

also eligible recipients of discretionary 

grants under FAA’s Airport 

Improvement Program (AIP). 

During FY 2024, DOT OAs provided 

more than $132.7 million in financial 

assistance for at least 20 capital projects 

in the Pacific Island territories under 

various programs where infrastructure is 

an eligible activity and may be subject 

to BABA or other DOT existing Buy 

America requirements. DOT also 

provided $47.6 million in AIP 

discretionary grants to the Freely 

Associated States in the Pacific region 

for 3 projects during that time. 

On April 29, 2024, DOT issued a 

temporary general applicability waiver 

of the requirements of section 70914(a) 

of BABA and related domestic 

preference statutes administered by 

DOT and its OAs. The DOT waiver was 

part of an interagency effort, led by the 

OMB, to provide time for DOT and other 

infrastructure agencies to collect and 

analyze evidence to determine if a longterm waiver of these requirements is in 

the public interest and allow time for 

DOT and its OAs to offer technical 

assistance to potential assistance 

recipients in the remote communities in 

the Pacific Island territories and Freely 

Associated States. The temporary 

waiver expires on March 1, 2025. 

During the temporary general 

applicability waiver period, DOT has 

worked with OMB’s Made in America 

Office (MIAO) and with other 

infrastructure agencies to better 

understand the local manufacturing 

environment, consider how to best 

balance the equities for residents of the 

Pacific Island territories and domestic 

suppliers, and explore ways to 

potentially ease supply chain challenges 

for infrastructure projects in those 

territories. The Pacific Islands are over 

5,000 miles from the mainland United 

States and must import products via air 

or sea. These economies have few local 

heavy manufacturers and largely rely on 

regional supply chains from east Asia, 

Australia, and New Zealand. Most 

goods, equipment, materials, and 

supplies are imported and rely on 

shipping with extended timelines and 

unpredictable shipping cost 

fluctuations. Moreover, materials 

sourced from the mainland U.S. lead to 

additional shipping fees and longer lead 

times, thus significantly extending 

construction activity schedules. 

Along with other Federal agencies, 

DOT has reviewed the U.S. International 

Trade Commission’s 2023 report ‘‘U.S.- 

Pacific Islands Trade and Investment: 

Impediments and Opportunities’’, 

which noted the geographic isolation, 

high costs of shipping, dependence on 

imports, regulatory barriers, limited 

economies of scale, and environmental 

challenges as persistent barriers that the 

Pacific Island territories face. 

Additionally, the lack of available land 

on the Pacific Island territories creates 

barriers for developing new 

manufacturing and assembly facilities. 

Those infrastructure products readily 

available and produced locally on the 

Pacific Islands, such as aggregates and 

cement products, are mostly statutorily 

exempt from BABA requirements. For 

these reasons, the DOT remains 

concerned that complying with the 

domestic sourcing requirements may 

increase already elevated project time 

and costs. 

In considering this waiver, DOT 

consulted with the relevant Federal 

assistance programs in the respective 

OAs, including the regional offices in 

those agencies that directly administer 

DOT funding programs in the Pacific 

Island territories and Freely Associated 

States. DOT also relied on other 

communications that it has received 

from stakeholders in those territories. 

For example, CNMI and Guam have 

cited their isolated location in the 

Western Pacific and reliance on ocean 

freight as the only mode of transporting 

commodities to the island as creating 

significant challenges in obtaining 

materials from domestic sources, with 

impacts on both project costs and 

delivery schedules. The two territories 

have also indicated that shipping 

construction materials from the 

continental United States raises 

shipping costs by approximately 30 

percent above the cost to ship directly 

to the islands from Asia. 

In August 2024, the U.S. Department 

of the Interior (DOI) hosted the third 

Territorial Climate and Infrastructure 

Workshop in Honolulu, HI, which 

included many representatives from 

various territorial agencies and 

departments. During the workshop, DOI 

and DOT led a session on the Build 

America, Buy America Act, during 

which many participants described the 

structural challenges the territories face 

in complying with Buy America 

requirements and the desire for relief 

due to the significant cost increases and 

delays in project timelines that would 

ensue. In addition, in February 2023, 

DOI hosted the Interagency Group on 

Insular Areas, at which the governors of 

the Territories expressed concerns 

related to BABA implementation and 

potential project delays and requested 

that Federal agencies be flexible in these 

requirements, including consideration 

of waivers. 

Additionally, representatives from 

American Samoa have indicated to the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

that ‘‘As a containerized community, 

our territories depend on goods, 

equipment, materials, and supplies to be 

imported.’’ They further stated that ‘‘we 

can purchase equipment from foreign 

countries closer to American Samoa and 

with reasonable prices and shorter 

shipping time.’’ American Samoa 

representatives also noted that 

availability of materials from nearby 

foreign countries such as New Zealand 

and Australia would result in a 

significant cost savings to the grantors. 


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5https://www.fcc.gov/laboratory-division/ 

equipment-authorization-approval-guide/ 

equipment-authorization-system#step2. 

6https://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/rfdevice. 

7 2024–002–Worldwide-Foreign Adversarial 

Technological, Physical, and Cyber Influence 

https://www.maritime.dot.gov/msci/2024-002- 

worldwide-foreign-adversarial-technologicalphysical-and-cyber-influence. 

8The proposed waiver under section 70914(b)(1) 

of BABA excludes projects in the Freely Associated 

States because the requirements under section 

70914(a) are applicable only to infrastructure 

projects ‘‘in the United States’’ and, therefore, the 

BABA requirements to not apply to projects in the 

Freely Associated States. However, airports located 

in the Freely Associated States are eligible 

recipients under FAA’s Airport Improvement 

Program, and the Buy American requirements 

specific to that program would thus also apply to 

the Freely Associated States. 

Proposed Waiver and Request for 

Comments 

DOT is proposing to use its authority 

under section 70914(b)(1) to waive the 

Act’s Buy America preferences for iron 

and steel, manufactured products, and 

construction materials used in 

infrastructure projects located within 

the Pacific Island territories of CNMI, 

Guam, or American Samoa and funded 

under DOT-administered financial 

assistance programs, on the basis that 

doing so would be in the public interest. 

The proposed waiver would apply to all 

awards obligated after the effective date 

and, in the case of awards obligated 

prior to the effective date, the proposed 

waiver would apply to all expenditures 

for non-domestic iron, steel, 

manufactured products, and 

construction materials incurred after the 

effective date. The proposed waiver 

would not apply to the following 

products that have been identified by 

OMB as critical supply chains that 

warrant special consideration: 

• Telecommunications infrastructure: 

Æ Telecommunications equipment 

used to transmit and receive digital 

signals across constructed networks 

(e.g., vaults, cabinets, routers, switches, 

optical line terminals (OLTs), optical 

network terminals (ONTs), wi-fi capable 

customer equipment, and other 

electronic hardware used to connect the 

network). This includes: 

D Video surveillance equipment, 

including any equipment that is used in 

fixed and mobile networks that provides 

advanced communications service in 

the form of a video surveillance service, 

provided the equipment includes or 

uses electronic components. This 

encompasses any equipment that can be 

used in a fixed or mobile broadband 

network to enable users to originate and 

receive high quality voice, data, 

graphics, and video telecommunications 

using technology with connection 

speeds of at least 200 kbps in either 

direction.5

D Broadcasting equipment, including 

radio frequency devices contained in 

electronic-electrical products that are 

capable of emitting radio frequency 

energy by radiation, conduction, or 

other means. These products have the 

potential to cause interference to radio 

services operating in the radio 

frequency range of 9 kHz to 3000 GHz.6

Æ Broadband equipment (e.g., fiber/ 

coax cable, conduit, pedestals, 

handholes, tower structures, and other 

physical components used to connect to 

telecommunication equipment) 

• Grid-connected utility-scale energy 

generation and stationary storage 

(>5MW) 

• Cargo handling equipment, 

including cranes, that are manufactured 

by or contain any networks, operating 

systems, or software identified in U.S. 

Maritime Advisory 2024–0026 or 

successor advisories 7

While these items would be excluded 

from this general waiver, DOT 

recognizes that purchases of these items 

from non-domestic sources as part of a 

federally-assisted project may be 

warranted in certain circumstances. For 

those individual projects, DOT and its 

OAs will consider requests for potential 

waivers of BABA or other Buy America 

requirements on a case-by-case basis, 

with special attention to any strategic 

security issues that may be associated 

with those purchases. 

DOT specifically requests comment 

on the items that have been identified 

by OMB as critical supply chains that 

warrant special consideration and 

whether any of those items should be 

removed from the list, for example 

broadband equipment. If items are 

removed from this list following the 

public comment period, then those 

products would be included within the 

scope of the final waiver. 

Because many DOT-administered 

financial assistance programs are also 

subject to program-specific domestic 

preference requirements, the waiver 

proposed in this notice would also 

apply to those requirements. 

Specifically, the waiver would also be 

an exercise of DOT’s authority to issue 

public interest waivers under 23 U.S.C. 

313(b)(1), 49 U.S.C. 5323(j), 46 U.S.C. 

54101(d)(2)(B)(i)(I), 49 U.S.C. 

50101(b)(1), and 41 U.S.C. chapter 83. 

Under those DOT authorities, the 

proposed waiver would also apply to 

projects in the Freely Associated States 

(the Republic of Palau, Republic of the 

Marshall Islands, and Federated States 

of Micronesia).8

The proposed duration of the waiver 

is five years after the effective date of 

the final waiver. The Department will 

periodically review this waiver to assess 

whether it remains necessary to the 

fulfillment of DOT’s missions and goals 

and consistent with applicable legal 

authorities, such as the IIJA, Executive 

Order 14005, and OMB M–24–02. The 

Department may, based on the results of 

that review, terminate the waiver, or 

take action to develop a new waiver in 

consultation with the MIAO. 

Without the waiver, DOT-assisted 

infrastructure projects located within 

the Pacific Island territories will 

experience challenges with product 

delivery, availability, reliability, and 

project scheduling. Infrastructure 

project schedules rely on readily 

available products delivered within 

reasonable timeframes. Due to the 

extreme distances that manufacturers 

for products produced in the mainland 

United States would have to ship 

products to the Pacific Island territories 

and due to the lack of existing local 

product supply networks for these 

products, manufacturers may not be 

able to assure on-time delivery of 

compliant products and associated 

projects. As a result, the Pacific Island 

territories could potentially face 

unreasonable scheduling uncertainty. 

Under OMB Memorandum M–24–02, 

agencies are expected to assess 

‘‘whether a significant portion of any 

cost advantage of a foreign-sourced 

product is the result of the use of 

dumped steel, iron, or manufactured 

products or the use of injuriously 

subsidized steel, iron, or manufactured 

products’’ as appropriate before granting 

a public interest waiver. DOT’s analysis 

has concluded that this assessment is 

not applicable to this waiver. 

DOT will consider all comments 

received in the initial 15-day comment 

period during our consideration of the 

proposed waiver, as required by section 

70914(c)(2) of IIJA. Comments received 

after this period, but before notice of our 

finding is published in the Federal 

Register, will be considered to the 

extent practicable. Pursuant to section 

117 of the SAFETEA–LU Technical 

Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110– 

244, 122 Stat. 1572), if FHWA makes a 

finding that a waiver is appropriate 

under 23 U.S.C. 313(b), FHWA will also 

invite public comment on this finding 

for an additional 5 days following the 

date of publication of the finding. 


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Comments received during that period 

will be reviewed, but the finding will 

continue to remain valid. Those 

comments may influence DOT/FHWA’s 

decision to terminate or modify a 

finding. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Polly E. Trottenberg, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0674] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Notice of Disagreement: 

Appeal to the Board of Veterans’ 

Appeals 

AGENCY: Board of Veterans’ Appeals, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Board of Veterans’ 

Appeals (Board), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 14, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted through www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Program-Specific information: Sue 

Hamlin White, 202–632–5100, 

Edna.HamlinWhite@va.gov. 

VA PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 

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, the Board 

invites comments on: (1) whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the Board’s functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

Board’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: Notice of Disagreement (NOD)/ 

Appeal to the Board of Veterans’ 

Appeals, VA Form 10182 and VA Form 

9. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0674. 

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: Appellate review of the 

denial of VA benefits may only be 

initiated by the filing of a Notice of 

Disagreement with the Board. 38 U.S.C. 

7105(a). A VA Form 10182 Decision 

Review Request: Board Appeal (Notice 

of Disagreement) is required to initiate 

Board review of an appeal in the 

modernized review system as 

implemented by the Veterans Appeals 

Improvement and Modernization Act of 

2017 (AMA). The VA Form 9 Appeal to 

the Board of Veterans’ Appeals may be 

used to complete a legacy appeal to the 

Board. The completed form becomes the 

‘‘substantive appeal’’ (or ‘‘formal 

appeal’’), which is required by the preAMA version of 38 U.S.C. 7105(a) and 

(d)(3) to complete an appeal to the 

Board. Additionally, the proposed 

information collections allow for 

withdrawal of services by a 

representative, requests for changes in 

hearing dates and methods under 38 

U.S.C. 7107, and motions for 

reconsideration pursuant to 38 CFR 

7103(a). 

The Board is requesting to revise the 

currently approved OMB Control No. 

2900–0674 as there has been a decrease 

in the estimated number of respondents 

and annual burden. There has been a 

decrease in the use of the VA Form 9 

Appeal to the Board of Veterans’ 

Appeals, as the VA Form 10182 

Decision Review Request: Board Appeal 

(Notice of Disagreement) is required to 

initiate Board review of decisions issued 

on or after February 19, 2019. 

Consequently, the majority of incoming 

appeals at the Board are governed by the 

AMA; therefore, the estimated number 

of respondents who utilize the VA Form 

10182 Decision Review Request: Board 

Appeal (Notice of Disagreement) has 

been adjusted accordingly. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 60,305 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 30 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

119,800. 

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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