Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans; Notice of Meeting, 78427 [E8-30422]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 246 / Monday, December 22, 2008 / Notices 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 Department of Veterans Affairs. Notice. AGENCY: mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: Public Law 104–275 was enacted on October 9, 1996. It allows 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 38.629), the allowance is equal to the average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners less any administrative costs to VA. The law provides a veteran’s survivors with the option of selecting a Governmentfurnished 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 and paying the allowance, and the amount of the allowance payable for qualifying interments that occur during calendar year 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan Jefferies, Budget and Finance Service (41B1), National Cemetery Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Telephone: 202–461–6742 (this is not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 38 U.S.C. 2306(e)(3) and (4) 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 that occur during calendar year 2009 is the average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners in fiscal year 2008, 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:07 Dec 19, 2008 Jkt 217001 projects and all double-depth graveliners. Using this method of computation, the average cost was determined to be $263.00 for fiscal year 2008. 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 2009. The allowance payable for qualifying interments occurring during calendar year 2009, therefore, is $254.00. Approved: December 16, 2008. Gordon H. Mansfield, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. [FR Doc. E8–30423 Filed 12–19–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320–01–P DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans; 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 Gulf War Veterans will hold a meeting on January 14–15, 2009. The Committee will meet on January 14 in Building 100, Room BB108 at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, Washington. The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on issues that are unique to veterans who served in the Southwest Asian theater of operations during 1990–1991 period of the Gulf War. On January 14, the Committee will meet in open session from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and will hear from healthcare officials from the Post-Deployment Integrated Care Initiative and the Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence as well as neurologists specializing in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. A representative from the Washington State Military Department Joint Headquarters and the President of the Veterans of Modern Warfare will also speak with the Committee. Additionally, the Committee will meet with a panel of Gulf War veterans who reside in the Seattle area. Gulf War veterans living in Seattle and the surrounding area who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during 1990–1991 wishing to participate in the panel should contact Lelia Jackson at (202) 461–5758 or via e-mail at lelia.jackson@va.gov. The meeting will be closed to the public from 4 p.m. PO 00000 Frm 00144 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 78427 until 5 p.m. in order to protect patient privacy as the Committee tours the VA Puget Sound Health Care System facility. Closing the meeting is in compliance with requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). On January 15, the Committee will visit the Seattle VA Regional Office, Seattle Vet Center and one of the homeless shelters in the grant and per diem program. This session will be closed to the public to protect patient privacy. Closing the meeting is in compliance with requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). The Committee will reconvene in the Carlsbad Room at the Crowne Plaza Seattle, 1113 Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. in an open session to review and discuss the Committee’s activities. Public comments will be received on January 14 from 2:15 p.m. until 2:45 p.m. Individuals wishing to speak must register not later than January 8 by contacting Ms. Jackson and by submitting 1–2 page summaries of their comments for inclusion in the official record. Public comments will be limited to five minutes each. A sign-in sheet will be available. Members of the public may also submit written statements for the Committee’s review to the Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420. Interested parties may also listen in by teleconferencing into the meeting. The toll-free teleconference line will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on January 14. To register for the teleconference, please contact Ms. Jackson. Any member of the public seeking additional information should contact Laura O’Shea, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461–5765. Dated: December 11, 2008. E. Philip Riggin, Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E8–30422 Filed 12–19–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8320–01–P DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board; Notice of Meeting The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under Public Law 92–463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Rehabilitation Research and Development Service Scientific Merit Review Board will meet from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. each day as indicated E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM 22DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 246 (Monday, December 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 78427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30422]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans; 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 Gulf War Veterans will hold a meeting on January 14-15, 2009. The 
Committee will meet on January 14 in Building 100, Room BB108 at the VA 
Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, 
Washington.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and 
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on issues that are 
unique to veterans who served in the Southwest Asian theater of 
operations during 1990-1991 period of the Gulf War.
    On January 14, the Committee will meet in open session from 9 a.m. 
until 4 p.m. and will hear from healthcare officials from the Post-
Deployment Integrated Care Initiative and the Multiple Sclerosis 
Centers of Excellence as well as neurologists specializing in 
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. A representative from the Washington 
State Military Department Joint Headquarters and the President of the 
Veterans of Modern Warfare will also speak with the Committee. 
Additionally, the Committee will meet with a panel of Gulf War veterans 
who reside in the Seattle area. Gulf War veterans living in Seattle and 
the surrounding area who served in the Southwest Asia theater of 
operations during 1990-1991 wishing to participate in the panel should 
contact Lelia Jackson at (202) 461-5758 or via e-mail at 
lelia.jackson@va.gov. The meeting will be closed to the public from 4 
p.m. until 5 p.m. in order to protect patient privacy as the Committee 
tours the VA Puget Sound Health Care System facility. Closing the 
meeting is in compliance with requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6).
    On January 15, the Committee will visit the Seattle VA Regional 
Office, Seattle Vet Center and one of the homeless shelters in the 
grant and per diem program. This session will be closed to the public 
to protect patient privacy. Closing the meeting is in compliance with 
requirements of 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). The Committee will reconvene in 
the Carlsbad Room at the Crowne Plaza Seattle, 1113 Sixth Avenue, 
Seattle, Washington, from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. in an open session 
to review and discuss the Committee's activities.
    Public comments will be received on January 14 from 2:15 p.m. until 
2:45 p.m. Individuals wishing to speak must register not later than 
January 8 by contacting Ms. Jackson and by submitting 1-2 page 
summaries of their comments for inclusion in the official record. 
Public comments will be limited to five minutes each. A sign-in sheet 
will be available. Members of the public may also submit written 
statements for the Committee's review to the Advisory Committee on Gulf 
War Veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20420.
    Interested parties may also listen in by teleconferencing into the 
meeting. The toll-free teleconference line will be open from 9 a.m. 
until 4 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on January 14. To register for the 
teleconference, please contact Ms. Jackson.
    Any member of the public seeking additional information should 
contact Laura O'Shea, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-5765.

    Dated: December 11, 2008.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-30422 Filed 12-19-08; 8:45 am]
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