20860 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 25, 2001 / Notices

The following paragraph applies to all

of the collections of information covered

by this notice:

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a valid OMB control number.

Books or records relating to a collection

of information must be retained as long

as their contents may become material

in the administration of any internal

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and

tax return information are confidential,

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.

Request for Comments

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval. All comments will become a

matter of public record. Comments are

invited on: (a) whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; and (e) estimates of capital

or start-up costs and costs of operation,

maintenance, and purchase of services

to provide information.

Approved: April 19, 2001.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–10271 Filed 4–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Department of Veterans Affairs

Allowance for Private Purchase of an

Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a

Government-furnished Graveliner for a

Grave in a VA National Cemetery

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Public Law 104–275 was

enacted on October 9, 1996. It allowed

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

to provide a monetary allowance

towards the private purchase of an outer

burial receptacle for use in a VA

national cemetery. Under VA regulation

(38 CFR 1.629), the allowance is equal

to the average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners minus any

administrative costs to VA. The law

continues to provide a veteran’s

survivors with the option of selecting a

Government-furnished graveliner for

use in a VA national cemetery where

such use is authorized.

The purpose of this Notice is to notify

interested parties of the average cost of

Government-furnished graveliners,

administrative costs that relate to

processing a claim, and the amount of

the allowance payable for qualifying

interments which occur during calendar

year 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Barber, Program Analyst,

Communications and Regulatory

Division (402B1), National Cemetery

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20420. Telephone:

202–273–5183 (this is not a toll-free

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 38

U.S.C. 501(a) and Public Law 104–275,

section 213, VA may provide a

monetary allowance for the private

purchase of an outer burial receptacle

for use in a VA national cemetery where

its use is authorized. The allowance for

qualified interments which occur during

calendar year 2001 is the average cost of

Government-furnished graveliners in

fiscal year 2000, less the administrative

costs incurred by VA in processing and

paying the allowance in lieu of the

Government-furnished graveliner.

The average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners is determined by

taking VA’s total cost during a fiscal

year for single-depth graveliners which

were procured for placement at the time

of interment and dividing it by the total

number of such graveliners procured by

VA during that fiscal year. The

calculation excludes both graveliners

procured and pre-placed in gravesites as

part of cemetery gravesite development

projects and all double-depth

graveliners. Using this method of

computation, the average cost was

determined to be $151.73 for fiscal year

2000.

The administrative costs incurred by

VA consist of those costs that relate to

processing and paying an allowance in

lieu of the Government-furnished

graveliner. These costs have been

determined to be $9.50 for calendar year

2001.

The net allowance payable for

qualifying interments occurring during

calendar year 2001, therefore, is

$142.23.

Approved: March 23, 2001.

Anthony J. Principi,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 01–10272 Filed 4–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8320–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA).

ACTION: Notice of amendment to system

of records.

SUMMARY: The Privacy Act of 1974 (5

U.S.C. 552(e) (4)) requires that all

agencies publish in the Federal Register

a notice of the existence and character

of their systems of records. Notice is

hereby given that the Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending the

system of records currently entitled

‘‘Blood Donor File-VA’’ (04VA113) as

set forth in the Federal Register 40 FR

38095. VA is amending the system by

revising System name and number and

the paragraphs for Categories of

Individuals; Categories of Records;

Authority for Maintenance; Routine

Uses of Records Maintained in the

System; and Policies and Practices for

Storing, Retrieving, Retaining, and

Disposing of Records in the System,

including Safeguards and Retention and

Disposal. VA is republishing the system

notice in its entirety.

DATES: Comments on the amendment of

this system of records must be received

no later than May 25, 2001. If no public

comment is received, the amended

system will become effective May 25,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

concerning the proposed new system of

records may be submitted to the Office

of Regulations Management (02D),

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20420. Comments will be available for

public inspection at the above address

in the Office of Regulations

Management, Room 1158, between the

hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday (except holidays).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

Privacy Act Officer, Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20420, telephone

(727) 320–1839.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The name

and number of the system is changed

from ‘‘Blood Donor File-VA’’ (04VA113)

to the ‘‘Blood Donor Information-VA’’