61696 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 205 / Tuesday, October 25, 2005 / Notices 

Service (005E3), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 565–8374, 

FAX (202) 565–6950 or e-mail: 

denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0016.’’

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–

0016’’ in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Claim for Disability Insurance 

Benefits, Government Life Insurance, 

VA Form 29–357. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0016. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Policyholder’s complete VA 

Form 29–357 to claim disability 

insurance on National Service Life 

Insurance and United States 

Government Life Insurance policies. 

The information collected is used to 

determine the policyholder’s eligibility 

for disability insurance benefits. 

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 

February 9, 2005 at pages 6925–6926. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 14,175 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Respondent: 1 hour and 45 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,100. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,200. 

Dated: October 13, 2005. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Denise McLamb, 

Program Analyst, Records Management 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E5–5870 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Advisory Committee on 

Environmental Hazards; Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that a meeting of the Veterans’ Advisory 

Committee on Environmental Hazards 

will be held on Wednesday, November 

30 and Thursday, December 1, 2005, 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The 

meeting will be held at the Hilton 

Tampa Airport Westshore, 2225 N. Lois 

Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33607. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice to the Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs on adverse health 

effects that may be associated with 

exposure to ionizing radiation and to 

make recommendations on proposed 

standards and guidelines regarding VA 

benefit claims based upon exposure to 

ionizing radiation. 

The major items on the agenda for 

both days will be discussions and 

analyses of medical and scientific 

papers concerning the health effects of 

exposure to ionizing radiation. On the 

basis of its analyses and discussions, the 

Committee may make recommendations 

to the Secretary concerning the 

relationship of certain diseases with 

exposure to ionizing radiation. On 

November 30, there will be a 

presentation by VA’s Public Health and 

Environmental Hazards Office. The 

December 1 session will include 

planning future Committee activities 

and assignment of tasks among the 

members. 

Those who wish to attend should 

contact Ms. Bernice Green of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Compensation and Pension Service, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420, by phone at (202) 273–7210, or 

by fax at (202) 275–1728. Members of 

the public may submit written questions 

or prepared statements in advance for 

the Committees review. Statements 

should be sent to Ms. Green’s attention 

at least 5 days prior to the meeting at the 

address show above. Those who submit 

material may be asked to clarify it prior 

to its consideration by the Committee. 

An open forum for verbal statements 

from the public will also be available for 

20 minutes during the morning and 20 

minutes in the afternoon each day. Each 

person who wishes to make a verbal 

statement before the Committee will be 

accommodated on a first-come, firstserved basis and will be provided three 

(3) minutes to present a statement. 

Dated: October 19, 2005. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–21313 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

National Research Advisory Council; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the National Research Advisory 

Council willhold a meeting on Tuesday, 

November 8, 2005, at the Hamilton 

Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14th & K streets, 

NW., Washington, DC. The meeting will 

convene at 8:30 a.m. and conclude by 3 

p.m. The meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Council is to provide 

external advice and review for VA’s 

research mission. 

The agenda will include a review of 

and discussion about the Council’s 

annual report for 2005, an overview of 

research, education, and clinical 

centers, and an update on deployment 

health and Gulf War research. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

attend the meeting or wishing further 

information should contact Ms. Karen 

Scott, Designated Federal Officer, at 

(202) 254–0200. Oral comments from 

the public will not be accepted at the 

meeting. Written statements or 

comments should be transmitted 

electronically to 

karen.scott@hq.med.va.gov or mailed to 

Ms. Scott at Department of Veterans 

Affairs, Office of Research and 

Development (12C), 810 Vermont Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20420. 

Dated: October 14, 2005. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–21316 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Prosthetics 

and Special Disabilities Programs; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Advisory Committee on 

Prosthetics and Special Disabilities 

Programs will meet on November 16–17, 

2005, at the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420. On November 

16, the session will be held in the Omar 

Bradley Conference Room from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on November 17, 

the session will be held in Room 830 

from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. The meeting 

is open to the public.