Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 231 / Tuesday, December 2, 2014 / Notices 71507 

c. Request for Changes in Hearing 

Date—3,070. 

d. Motions for Reconsideration—642. 

Dated: November 20, 2014. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Crystal Rennie, 

Department Clearance Officer, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27848 Filed 12–1–14; 8:45 am] 

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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 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is updating the monetary 

allowance payable for qualifying 

interments that occur during calendar 

year 2015, which applies toward the 

private purchase of an outer burial 

receptacle (or ‘‘graveliner’’) for use in a 

VA national cemetery. The allowance is 

equal to the average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners less any 

administrative costs to VA. The purpose 

of this Notice is to notify interested 

parties of the average cost of 

Government-furnished graveliners, 

administrative costs that relate to 

processing and paying the allowance 

and the amount of the allowance 

payable for qualifying interments that 

occur during calendar year 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamula Jones, Budget Operations and 

Field Support Division, National 

Cemetery Administration, Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420. 

Telephone: 202–461–6688 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

2306(e)(3) and (4) of title 38, United 

States Code authorizes VA to 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 that occur during 

calendar year 2015 is the average cost of 

Government-furnished graveliners in 

fiscal year 2014, 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 that 

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 $327.00 for fiscal year 

2014. 

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 $9.00 for calendar year 

2015. 

The allowance payable for qualifying 

interments occurring during calendar 

year 2015, therefore, is $318.00. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. Jose 

D. Riojas, Chief of Staff, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on November 24, 2014, for 

publication. 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

William F. Russo, 

Acting Director, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of the General Counsel, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28259 Filed 12–1–14; 8:45 am] 

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